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KhornePysker wrote:
Why don't you write them to be the direction creations of the God Emperor's lost primarchs; in fact why don't you say that your race are the descdents of the lost primarch which happened to be a cat furry and a female space marine and that they are the key to bringing back the Emperor from the dead to to defeat the gods of chaos; also that they secretly taught Commissar Yarrick how to be awesome and that they helped Marneas Calgar destroy the tyranid hive fleet and that they are also the descendents of the Fallen Angels and they are secretly helping the Dark Angels too.

If you don't want to help, then don't post.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

KhornePysker wrote:
Why don't you write them to be the direction creations of the God Emperor's lost primarchs; in fact why don't you say that your race are the descdents of the lost primarch which happened to be a cat furry and a female space marine and that they are the key to bringing back the Emperor from the dead to to defeat the gods of chaos; also that they secretly taught Commissar Yarrick how to be awesome and that they helped Marneas Calgar destroy the tyranid hive fleet and that they are also the descendents of the Fallen Angels and they are secretly helping the Dark Angels too.

If you don't want to help, then don't post.

I'm helping by telling her to not make mary sues of which she is dangerously close to making by making a race that the Imperium would actually percieve as something to be cared about

KhornePysker wrote:
Why don't you write them to be the direction creations of the God Emperor's lost primarchs; in fact why don't you say that your race are the descdents of the lost primarch which happened to be a cat furry and a female space marine and that they are the key to bringing back the Emperor from the dead to to defeat the gods of chaos; also that they secretly taught Commissar Yarrick how to be awesome and that they helped Marneas Calgar destroy the tyranid hive fleet and that they are also the descendents of the Fallen Angels and they are secretly helping the Dark Angels too.

2/10 for the effort, getting a bit obvious now Khorne Psyker.

Bit? That's laughable.

 blood reaper wrote:

KhornePysker wrote:
Why don't you write them to be the direction creations of the God Emperor's lost primarchs; in fact why don't you say that your race are the descdents of the lost primarch which happened to be a cat furry and a female space marine and that they are the key to bringing back the Emperor from the dead to to defeat the gods of chaos; also that they secretly taught Commissar Yarrick how to be awesome and that they helped Marneas Calgar destroy the tyranid hive fleet and that they are also the descendents of the Fallen Angels and they are secretly helping the Dark Angels too.

2/10 for the effort, getting a bit obvious now Khorne Psyker.

Read my follow up post

I thought Ailie was a he....anyway, psyker. Stop, please. We're slowly fixing the gak to reveal the potential. If you have any proper criticism, set if forth.

Based on his history, I doubt it.

KhornePysker wrote:

 blood reaper wrote:

KhornePysker wrote:
Why don't you write them to be the direction creations of the God Emperor's lost primarchs; in fact why don't you say that your race are the descdents of the lost primarch which happened to be a cat furry and a female space marine and that they are the key to bringing back the Emperor from the dead to to defeat the gods of chaos; also that they secretly taught Commissar Yarrick how to be awesome and that they helped Marneas Calgar destroy the tyranid hive fleet and that they are also the descendents of the Fallen Angels and they are secretly helping the Dark Angels too.

2/10 for the effort, getting a bit obvious now Khorne Psyker.

Read my follow up post

Psyker, your a troll, plain and simple.

 blood reaper wrote:

KhornePysker wrote:

 blood reaper wrote:

KhornePysker wrote:
Why don't you write them to be the direction creations of the God Emperor's lost primarchs; in fact why don't you say that your race are the descdents of the lost primarch which happened to be a cat furry and a female space marine and that they are the key to bringing back the Emperor from the dead to to defeat the gods of chaos; also that they secretly taught Commissar Yarrick how to be awesome and that they helped Marneas Calgar destroy the tyranid hive fleet and that they are also the descendents of the Fallen Angels and they are secretly helping the Dark Angels too.

2/10 for the effort, getting a bit obvious now Khorne Psyker.

Read my follow up post

Psyker, your a troll, plain and simple.

Seconded.

I third this claim.

And I fourth it.

And I fifth it. Sorry for the delay. And to clear up any misconceptions, yes I am a guy.
I seem to have lost track of what exactly we were discussing; I haven't been on in a while, but this is what I've summarised:

1. We're all seeming to be ok with the Lynx's appearance and name. Anatomy needs tweaking a bit, but I've removed memory tears and enhanced strength. I think that should be suitable, and it seems to be what everyone wants.
2. Silvite, crystals, whatever, gone. Gone. Plain and simple. No more. This race doesn't need that kind of stuff to be good, thanks for finally making me realise that.
3. I think the Goddess is leaning more towards the "Chaos Goddess of Hope" thing, which would mean she would encroach on Tzeentch's domain and therefore p*ss him off. I could have her current state contained within most Lynx planet's core in something. A Lith, was it?
4. Castes seem good, apparently it's not a bad idea according to you guys. Yeah, I'll tweak Creation Caste to be more of a slave caste, if that's what you want.
5. The split race kind of thing seems plausible, if not slightly odd. Ferals, Civils, I think they're very nearly set in stone.

So you guys need something else to work with. What do we move onto then? Moar fluff? If so, what would you like to know? If not, and you want to move on to the army list or something, please tell me.

Ima think a bit 'bout the army list, see for different kinds of units. Not too good on fluff

That's one for army list. Any objections?

 Mynameisalie wrote:
And I fifth it. Sorry for the delay. And to clear up any misconceptions, yes I am a guy.
I seem to have lost track of what exactly we were discussing; I haven't been on in a while, but this is what I've summarised:

1. We're all seeming to be ok with the Lynx's appearance and name. Anatomy needs tweaking a bit, but I've removed memory tears and enhanced strength. I think that should be suitable, and it seems to be what everyone wants.
Mostly good, yet less pure cat, more feral and bestial in appearance
2. Silvite, crystals, whatever, gone. Gone. Plain and simple. No more. This race doesn't need that kind of stuff to be good, thanks for finally making me realise that.
Good.]
3. I think the Goddess is leaning more towards the "Chaos Goddess of Hope" thing, which would mean she would encroach on Tzeentch's domain and therefore p*ss him off. I could have her current state contained within most Lynx planet's core in something. A Lith, was it?
Daemon of Tzeentch, problem solved
4. Castes seem good, apparently it's not a bad idea according to you guys. Yeah, I'll tweak Creation Caste to be more of a slave caste, if that's what you want.
Don't call it caste, that's Tau territory.
5. The split race kind of thing seems plausible, if not slightly odd. Ferals, Civils, I think they're very nearly set in stone.
That's fine.

So you guys need something else to work with. What do we move onto then? Moar fluff? If so, what would you like to know? If not, and you want to move on to the army list or something, please tell me.

I thought the Caste thing was all right. I know it's encroaching onto Tau, but it seems most people generally think it's a good idea.
How about Birthrights? Is that a better name?

It's semantics really...
You can call it whatever you like but in the end the result is the same. You have a caste system. You could use order instead of caste. e.g. Slave Order, Leader Order, Warrior Order etc

 Mynameisalie wrote:
I thought the Caste thing was all right. I know it's encroaching onto Tau, but it seems most people generally think it's a good idea.
How about Birthrights? Is that a better name?

Class System.

Yes, a minor change, but it does make a difference.

Daemon of Tzeentch symbiosis, perhaps?
The reason I wanted a minor Chaos Goddess is simply because it helped explain how the Lynx gained their psychic abilities. They can't just get them out of nowhere, right?

 Mynameisalie wrote:
Daemon of Tzeentch symbiosis, perhaps?
The reason I wanted a minor Chaos Goddess is simply because it helped explain how the Lynx gained their psychic abilities. They can't just get them out of nowhere, right?

They can just have them?

Not all, but something like 1 in a 1000 or so. The Tzeentch Daemon's could have offered artifacts to enhance them, such as Daemonic scrolls and books.

What I got so far.
The guys need some more special rules and all, and still busy. If you give me a few names and short descriptions for special characters I can put them in too.

HQ:
----Lynx Noble…… 130 pts
Noble:WS:5 BS:4 S:5 T:4 W:2 I:5 A:2 Ld9
Lord: WS:6 BS:4 S:5 T:4 W:3 I:5 A:2
Base gear:
Standard armor (5+)
CC weapon
Pistol
Can swap pistol for standard issue gun…free
Can take better armor (4+) +10 pts
Can take better gun +5 pts
Can take better pistol +5 pts
Can take better CC weapon +10 pts
Can take power weapon +15 pts
Can be upgrade to Lynx Lord for 25 pts
----Lynx High Priest 105 pts
WS: 3 BS:3 S:4 T:3 W:2 I:5 A:1 Ld:9
Base gear:
Force weapon
Pistol
Lvl 2 Psyker
6++ save
Can take armor (6+) for 10 pts
Can take better pistol for 5 pts
Upgrade to lvl 3 psyker for +20 pts

----Feral Lynx Chieftain__________________100 pts
Chieftain: WS:6 BS:2 S:4 T:4 W:2 I:5 A:3 Ld:9
Warlord: WS: 7 BS:2 S:5 T:4 W:3 I:5 A:4 Ld:9
Base gear:
2 CC weapons
Light armor (6+)
Superduper agility (6++ save)
Can swap a CC weapon for a low-level pistol….free
Can upgrade both CC weapons to power weapons…+30 pts
Can take improved armor (5+)…+10 pts
Can be upgraded to Feral Lynx Warlord for +30 pts.

Elites
----Physic Blanc Lynx unit___________________150 pts
Blanc Lynx: WS:4 BS:3 S:4 T:3 W:2 I:4 A:2 Ld:8
Officer: WS:4 BS:3 S:4 T:3 W:2 I:5 A:2 Ld:9
5 Blanc Lynx
Base gear:
Armor (4+)
CC weapon
Gun
Can add more blanc lynx’ for …+30 pts each
For every 5 models one can take a flamer for… 5 pts
Upgrade one Blanc to a stronger one with CC weapon and pistol… +5 pts
Special rules:
Blancs: Deny the Witch rolls only fail on a 1.
Fearless
Furious charge

S/T 4 are out. We're talking very fragile, but very fast things here, not superhuman strength and toughness.

Ill scrap those then.

I wouldn't be against giving some close combat attacks rending, but definitely no high strength or toughness.

High initiative and something akin to Fleet of Foot.

Feline Grace: All units with this rule have the Fleet and Move Through Cover special rules. Furthermore, units with this rule may re-roll one D6 when rolling for charge movement.

I was indeed thinking about such a rule. Maybe give the ferals a rending on the charge?

Wow.
You guys went at that hammer and tongs. I'll show you the prototype HQ's. Ferals rending on charge sounds good, or maybe give them a special rule that allows them to have a different skill set each time? A couple of examples:
Razor Claws
Rending on the charge, +1 attack/WS, fleet of foot, move through cover
Blitzkrieg
+1" to movement both moving and charging, +1 initiative, fleet of foot, move through cover
Ghost Knives
Stealth, fleet of foot, move through cover, deep strike (maybe?)

Just a few. I think we should focus on Ferals first.
All Lynx units will have S3/4 and T3, unless they are particularly weak (priestesses) or particularly strong (Bladelords)

 blood reaper wrote:

 Mynameisalie wrote:
Daemon of Tzeentch symbiosis, perhaps?
The reason I wanted a minor Chaos Goddess is simply because it helped explain how the Lynx gained their psychic abilities. They can't just get them out of nowhere, right?

They can just have them?

Not all, but something like 1 in a 1000 or so. The Tzeentch Daemon's could have offered artifacts to enhance them, such as Daemonic scrolls and books.

Very good point...

 Mynameisalie wrote:
Wow.
You guys went at that hammer and tongs. I'll show you the prototype HQ's. Ferals rending on charge sounds good, or maybe give them a special rule that allows them to have a different skill set each time? A couple of examples:
Razor Claws
Rending on the charge, +1 attack/WS, fleet of foot, move through cover
Only HQ's or Elites, make it expesnive. The WS and attack should ether act like rage, or be included in the profile
Blitzkrieg
+1" to movement both moving and charging, +1 initiative, fleet of foot, move through cover
Remove this, it's ridiculous and the name isn't good.
Ghost Knives
Stealth, fleet of foot, move through cover, deep strike (maybe?)
No, far too much. One or two rules, not four.

Just a few. I think we should focus on Ferals first.
All Lynx units will have S3/4 and T3, unless they are particularly weak (priestesses) or particularly strong (Bladelords)