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I'm going to building up a Craftworld ally force to go with my DE, it'll probably be a custom craftworld as I want a green and black colour scheme (possibly orange and black, but that's not important).

I'd like the craftworld to be on the verge of destruction, with very few "living" eldar left. To represent that I'd like to have an abundance of Wraithguard. My thought is that the living craftworld eldar could be in stasis, or something equally protective, and are only roused in the direst of circumstances, with the Wratihguard as core troops.

My question is this - is there anything in the eldar codex that allows you to take Wraithguard as troops? Are their any Wraithguard HQ's? Is the FW Wraith Seer a codex option so I could use him in "normal" games?

Thanks,

If you take a squad of 10 Wraithguard with a Spiritseer they become a troops choice in Codex: Eldar.

However, there isn't any "Wraith" HQs in a normal game and even the Wraithseer requires you to have an additional HQ along with him.

Iranna.

They'll need someone to stick the dying Eldar into Spirit Stones, so just use a Farseer as HQ.
You will be using warlocks for wraithguard squads, and keep them near the Wraithlords if you use any.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldar_Craftworlds_(Warhammer_40,000)

Craftworld Iyanden has similar fluff.


Yes. 10 wraithguard with Spiritseer = troops
Psykers are important because they give eyes for the real world to the wraith constructs.

Iyanden has the most wraiths walking around

You could model up a farseer as a wraithguard. I think it could look really cool. Use the rules for a farseer on a jetbike maybe(for the toughness)

There is a Wraithseer in one of the more recent Imperial Armour books.

Excellent - I wanted to include Yriel - always loved that model - so that'd fit quite nicely. I'm wondering if my GS skills are to modding the FW Wraithseer to mimic Yriel in some way... probably not but we'll get round to it one day.

Also really liking the sound of the Lugganath Rebel Craftworld, though there doesn't seem to be much information on them when I search google and all that; does anyone know of anything? I've checked out 40k wiki and lexicanum but only got bare bones information so far.

Exergy - what are your thoughts on converting a wraithseer to look like a farseer? What'd make it obvious that that's what it's supposed to represent?


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also, is there nothing in current codex (is it really from from 4th ed?) on Iyanna Arienal? Sounds like she'd fit in perfectly

kitch102 wrote:also, is there nothing in current codex (is it really from from 4th ed?) on Iyanna Arienal? Sounds like she'd fit in perfectly

Yes, the current codex is from 4th.

Iyanna was a special character in the 3rd edition codex, but she's not in the 4th edition at all.

That sucks, was she any good or am I not missing out on much?

kitch102 wrote:That sucks, was she any good or am I not missing out on much?

She was pretty cool, but not great.

She did have an awesome ability where all her armor/invul saves were replaced with a leadership check.

That sounds like fun, I hope they bring her back at some point


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Next question - have any of the Craftworld ever splintered off? Like the SM Legions were chopped down in to smaller chapters, did anything like that ever happen with the Eldar?

If not, d'you think I'd get hunted by fluff nazi's for coming up with my own back story saying they did?

kitch102 wrote:That sounds like fun, I hope they bring her back at some point


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Next question - have any of the Craftworld ever splintered off? Like the SM Legions were chopped down in to smaller chapters, did anything like that ever happen with the Eldar?

If not, d'you think I'd get hunted by fluff nazi's for coming up with my own back story saying they did?

I don't know of any instances of members of craftworlds that have created new craftworlds. Those that leave their home craftworld follow the Path of the Outcast and become rangers. Sometimes they will return to the craftworld after a time or join a Corsiar Pirate crew. There are instances however of craftworlds though lost turning up out of the warp. Mymeara stayed hidden for a long time due to its thin population (even by Eldar standards) and inability to adequetely defend itself. When they finally had to act the treated with other craftworlds and Corsiar bands for help.

Corsairs even bridge the gap between Eldar and their dark cousins.

I think you still have a lot of room to create your own fluff although by nature Eldar are very loyal to their race and home. Even rangers will come home in its defence.