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Slaanesh all the way, how can you choose another god when you can have one that wants you to pursue whatever it is that gives you pleasure?

To tell the truth, I am kinda shocked that it is as close as it is. I figured that Khorne would be way up there.

Slarg232 wrote:To tell the truth, I am kinda shocked that it is as close as it is. I figured that Khorne would be way up there.

Tzeentch is probably hacking the polls. He's sneaky like that.

I personally prefer Khorne. He doesn't pull punches, he doesn't actively beat around the bush. He punches you as hard as he can, and tears the bush up going for the throat.

Beaky would be curious for awhile, but then you slowly go mad trying to predict all the ways you could die, only to have your sanity break as you realized he wanted you to go insane.

Slaneesh...ehh, I got better things to do than figure out that someone else's pleasure is my decapitation and desecration.

Nurgle is Nurgle. I'm sure he's a great guy, but I just don't see eye to eye with him. Yeah, everything dies, but the whole "I'm a great big greasepot full of bacteria which have claimed a million worlds, and I've named them all" thing would be a bit creepy. Then Emprahmas comes around, and you really, really don't want to open his present to you, but you kinda gotta to avoid hurting his feelings, and it's puppy, but it's a really sick puppy. And you want to put him down, but Nurgle would know...

It's not him, it's me.

Blood for the Blood God!

The votes amount is quite similar for all of them, I don't know why I thought there would be bigger differences.

Nitros14 wrote:The Chaos Gods are nothing more than a reflection of every mortal's deepest darkest emotions.

So the question is really, what emotion resonates most with you?

It's less Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh and more

Anger?
Hope?
Despair?
Desire?

Nitros has nailed it. It is less what you'd chose and more what your are.

Which is why it doesn't matter if I may will it otherwise, that I know the horrors of She Who Thirsts...

I have and always have craved sensation in all its forms. Thus my soul is damned to Slaanesh.

Nakis, that's one of the funniest things I have seen on this forum.

And yeah, they are really close, which surprises me as well. I see a lot of people playing Khorne, but I guess the fan favorite of the Chaos deities is a little more even.

Jimsolo wrote:Nakis, that's one of the funniest things I have seen on this forum.

And yeah, they are really close, which surprises me as well. I see a lot of people playing Khorne, but I guess the fan favorite of the Chaos deities is a little more even.

A lot of people WANT to play Tzeentch but his army sucks so they stay away

For Chaos Marines anyway, I see a lot of Fateweaver Daemon armies. Certainly more than Khorne based ones.

Beer_&_Bolters wrote:While Nurgle isn't the most popular, he gets my vote. Why? he's jolly, like a decaying Santa.

This. A thousand times this.

S_P

VikingScott wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:

VikingScott wrote:

KamikazeCanuck wrote:

VikingScott wrote:

garret wrote:Malal.

Beat me to it.
As soon as i saw this thread i thought that only the so-called '4 chaos gods' would be the options.
And i was right!

Malal the God of renegades, It which hates all other chaos.

He's no longer Cannon cuz he was never owned by GW.

Yeah i know because the guy who made it left GW.
But if it was never owned by Gw then why do i have a fantasy roleplay book where Malal is listed as a Chaos God?
This book was made by GW.

And there are the lesser gods. But they just don't get the coverage.

Weird. What year is that book?

The copyright says: 1988.

Ah, well that explains it. I like the idea. The fact that Chaos's all destroying power even applies to itself.

I don't recall "Slaves to Darkness" talking about Malal. Maybe "Lost and the Damned". Too bad I don't have that one.

Tzeentch used to rule, till the other powers united and fricked him up. He then broke his staff

Malal has been renamed malice in the new fluff, due to copyright. His greater daemon is summoned by the Sons of Malice (Heroes of the Space Marines-The Labyrinth.).

karimabuseer wrote:Tzeentch used to rule, till the other powers united and fricked him up. He then broke his staff

Malal has been renamed malice in the new fluff, due to copyright. His greater daemon is summoned by the Sons of Malice (Heroes of the Space Marines-The Labyrinth.).

New as in we will be able to field his forces in the next edition, or will he remain outside of playability?

Nitros14 wrote:The Chaos Gods are nothing more than a reflection of every mortal's deepest darkest emotions.

So the question is really, what emotion resonates most with you?

It's less Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, Slaanesh and more

Anger?
Hope?
Despair?
Desire?

Nurgle, I love zombies.

But the way this man put it, I would go with hope.

Im surprised Tzeentch has as much of the vote as he does.

"or vote for change.... vote Tzeetntch"

Tzeentch.

Malal/Malice... if not, Khorne shall be

Tzeentch, change we can believe in...

Oh, that's too perfect. :p He's awesome, and the quotes are great. :p

Khorne.

Whilst Slaanesh was busy indulging, Nurgle in spreading plague, and Tzeentch in endlessly scheming, one Chaos God had to keep the blood flowing.

Slarg232 wrote:

karimabuseer wrote:Tzeentch used to rule, till the other powers united and fricked him up. He then broke his staff

Malal has been renamed malice in the new fluff, due to copyright. His greater daemon is summoned by the Sons of Malice (Heroes of the Space Marines-The Labyrinth.).

New as in we will be able to field his forces in the next edition, or will he remain outside of playability?

I doubt he'll be playable. Limited to books by the looks of things

Nitros14 wrote:
A lot of people WANT to play Tzeentch but his army sucks so they stay away

Hasn't stopped me! I do use the SW rules for my Tzeetch marines from time to time when I'm playing someone I don't like, or really want to clobber.

Nitros14 wrote:
I see a lot of Fateweaver Daemon armies. Certainly more than Khorne based ones.

I think you'll find plenty of Fatecrusher lists combining both Tzeentch and Khorne. With Demons you really have to spread the love around, in 40k at least. It's hard to do well with a mono-god list. Nurgle probably does it best, but even then it's tough.

karimabuseer wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

karimabuseer wrote:Tzeentch used to rule, till the other powers united and fricked him up. He then broke his staff

Malal has been renamed malice in the new fluff, due to copyright. His greater daemon is summoned by the Sons of Malice (Heroes of the Space Marines-The Labyrinth.).

New as in we will be able to field his forces in the next edition, or will he remain outside of playability?

I doubt he'll be playable. Limited to books by the looks of things

Ah, I suppose thats a good thing. They barely do anything with the four they've got....

Tzeentch is liable to expend you like the pawn you are when you outlive your usefulness.

I might add something to this point. The primary tenet of the Tzeentchian faith is that everything can be changed. Nothing is inevitable, including your own demise. Tzeentch isn't known as the architect of fate because he has any respect for fate. Rather he's the architect because he builds his own fate and expects his followers to do the same.

It's NURGLY talk to sit on your hands and wait for the end and to blindly follow. Anyone with the true spirit of hope, change and ambition that Tzeentch represents would be trying to outmaneuver their own god and change their fate so that they aren't cast aside.

There's actually some amusing fluff about the scheming that goes on between Lords of Change and Tzeentch and how they try to trick eachother.

I dunno. It seems that the chaos god of change would (eventually) cast you aside. All things being equal. It always seemed to me like Tzeentch and Khorne's followers were too easily cast aside. From my observations, Nurglish and Slaaneshi followers were actually rewarded based on service and usefulness, rather than cast away whenever it suited the deity in question. In other words, it seems like Slaanesh and Nurgle place some kind of value on their followers. That fact alone was what guided my decision. The deciding factor between those two was that I felt Slaanesh's powers came at too high a price.

Jimsolo wrote:I dunno. It seems that the chaos god of change would (eventually) cast you aside. All things being equal. It always seemed to me like Tzeentch and Khorne's followers were too easily cast aside. From my observations, Nurglish and Slaaneshi followers were actually rewarded based on service and usefulness, rather than cast away whenever it suited the deity in question. In other words, it seems like Slaanesh and Nurgle place some kind of value on their followers. That fact alone was what guided my decision. The deciding factor between those two was that I felt Slaanesh's powers came at too high a price.

Tzeentch only casts you aside if you, intentionally or unintentionally, fall into his schemes and give him the opportunity to gain by sacrificing you.

The reason Ahriman is so highly favoured by Tzeentch is precisely because he doesn't acknowledge Chaos as his master and dedicates all his considerable intellect into scheming for more knowledge, power and mastery of his own fate. Tzeentch actually appreciates his own followers being extremely ambitious, manipulative and basically giving him the finger, because by acting as such they embody everything he represents and increase his power in the warp by their reflection in it.

Similarly, Tzeentch is the patron god of Liars and Manipulators. So when Magnus the Red proclaims to the Thousand Sons:

"The minds of Gods are not for mortals to know or to judge. Accept that Tzeentch has a place for us all and be happy in the part you have to play."

This is actually a bald-faced lie to the entire Legion. Only the stupid or the weak would believe that, and those that do are pawns to be expended in the Great Game, rather than the true disciples of Tzeentch who would pretend to accept it and scheme to subvert it.

Good point. But that's like walking a tightrope made of razorwire over a vat of chilled alcohol. No one can keep balancing forever. And when you do fall, it's going to be a kind of pain you can't begin to imagine.

Jimsolo wrote:Good point. But that's like walking a tightrope made of razorwire over a vat of chilled alcohol. No one can keep balancing forever. And when you do fall, it's going to be a kind of pain you can't begin to imagine.

The path of the Changer of Ways is not for the stupid nor the faint of heart or the weak of spirit...

Tzeentch wrote:Be strong, only the strong are welcome.

-Libra Chaotica

Having Tzeentch as your master is like playing an eternal game of chess against a team of 10000000000 Gari Kasparov, and actually believe you can win. Actually it all comes down to your self-confidence.
Nurgle follower - "I'm too small to evade my fate and try to fight, i'd rather stay put and let it come"
Tzeentch follower : "I will take him on with everything i've got"

That, and it's actually funny to read your enemies minds, or point a finger at them, say "BOOM" and watch them blow into 100 pieces

Jimsolo wrote:Good point. But that's like walking a tightrope made of razorwire over a vat of chilled alcohol. No one can keep balancing forever. And when you do fall, it's going to be a kind of pain you can't begin to imagine.

Yes, but this is the same for every God. Sooner or later, any of their followers will fail. Except Abaddon. He's actually the Champion of Fail. 13 times over. He makes gaining from failing art

Rather than sit on their hands and take what's coming, I think that Nurglites take their fate and turn it around. By using their own inevitable decay as a weapon, they manage to A) prolong their own life despite their decay, and B) speed the demise of their enemies along. Seems like a decent plan to me.

Jimsolo wrote:Rather than sit on their hands and take what's coming, I think that Nurglites take their fate and turn it around. By using their own inevitable decay as a weapon, they manage to A) prolong their own life despite their decay, and B) speed the demise of their enemies along. Seems like a decent plan to me.

I actually meant fighting against the fate that's been given to them by their own God, not by their enemies. But you are right in what you said