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Jackster wrote:

smudgethekat wrote:Black Templars probably spend their time playing darts, with pictures of various psykers pasted over the board.

Pictures? They nail living psykers on the board!

Eldrad didn't actually get eaten by slannesh.

the BTs are using him as a dartboard

Jackster wrote:

smudgethekat wrote:Black Templars probably spend their time playing darts, with pictures of various psykers pasted over the board.

Pictures? They nail living psykers on the board!

Gave me a good laugh, that did.

I bet they also have a weekly live-fire exercise with some psykers.

I'm sure you can guess what role they play.

StormRaven wrote:Space Wolfs PARTY!!!!!

HELL YEAH THEY DO! They also play war games! Drink! Feast! Dance and Brawl!

I think its mostly dinking... they do hunt Fenrisian Game, though, and fight, and bet with eachother over it... I think they have it best out of all the chapters. Just seems like the most fun.

Blood angels paint and sculpt and do embroidery.
I'm not even joking.

If we go by the latest established canon, Space Wolves don't do that much "drinking", at least not in the sense everyone here is using that word. They don't drink booze, since it's impossible for a Space Marine to get drunk anyway. The mjod they drink is a combination of blood, various nutrients, combat stimulants, and something akin to battery acid.

I mean come on, the idea that these utterly devoted warriors will spend their downtime getting wasted is quite ludicrous. The whole Viking thing is slowly being bled out of the Wolves, thankfully.

Omegus wrote:If we go by the latest established canon, Space Wolves don't do that much "drinking", at least not in the sense everyone here is using that word. They don't drink booze, since it's impossible for a Space Marine to get drunk anyway. The mjod they drink is a combination of blood, various nutrients, combat stimulants, and something akin to battery acid.

What?
They do drink booze, as GT already explained (and myself as well), there is a rare herd found on Fenris (and other places) that overcomes a SMs natural resistance to alcohol (poisons). The mead they drink is also ridiculously strong and helps to overwhelm them.

Booze not mentioned in Prospero Burns, nor in Battle of the Fang. Doing anything that reduces their mental faculties just seems extremely out of character.

I personally like those personifications of Space Wolves, rather than the King versions where they all come across as stupid teenagers that fight and fart and drink all day. The time you say they are drunk they would more likely spend on more training. YMMV.

Dude, its not out of character. THese guys are insane viking maniac bersekrers, who run around naked on fehting FENRIS. Why else would they do that but booze and bravery?

Again, the latest canon kind of bled out the silly viking stuff. Getting drunk on a deathworld = super stupid. They described as drinking mjod, not alcohol.

Grey Templar wrote:

wamper111 wrote:and for hunting, marines will probably use non-explosive bolt rounds when hunting for food. .75 caliber isn't so large that a solid slug would just rip an animal apart.

I disagree, a .75 caliber (3/4 of an inch in diameter) is just smaller than a 20mm cannon that being .78 caliber. That size round hitting anything but the elephant size or above is the like hitting hitting a rabbit with a 12 gauge slug. It's not going to leave alot of usable meat. IMHO

Well them space wolves, they're pretty cool dudes that doesn't afraid of anything.


Their party attitude is one of the things that I'm ambivalent about, myself.

spence76 wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:

wamper111 wrote:and for hunting, marines will probably use non-explosive bolt rounds when hunting for food. .75 caliber isn't so large that a solid slug would just rip an animal apart.

I disagree, a .75 caliber (3/4 of an inch in diameter) is just smaller than a 20mm cannon that being .78 caliber. That size round hitting anything but the elephant size or above is the like hitting hitting a rabbit with a 12 gauge slug. It's not going to leave alot of usable meat. IMHO

This conversation is irrelevant, since no Space Wolf worth his salt would actually hunt for game using a weapon. They'd strip down naked and hunt by tooth and claw.

Space Wolves - Drink and Eat and Drink some more
Salamanders - Craft, hunt, ritual scarring and meditating

I'm gonna go ahead and say clean their weaponry, thus is the mindset of a soldier.


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Kravox wrote:Space Wolves - Drink and Eat and Drink some more
Salamanders - Craft, hunt, ritual scarring and meditating

Blood Angels - Paint and make music.

One wonders what some of the 'lost' Primarchs are doing. We know that Ferrus Mannus, Sanguinus and Rogal Dorn are dead; Gulliman's chillin' on his seat, busy being a tourist attraction to create revenue for the Smurfs, and Lion El'Johnson is playing on his Xbox deep inside the rock. But we don't truly know where all the others went. Me and my brother eventually decided that they're just chilling on a beach, waiting for the last battle to arrive, presumably along with Eldrad who's just joined them and Commander Farsight who got tired of being told he can't chop stuff up into little pieces.


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Incidentally, in reference to the Space Wolf thing, I prefer Bill King's version of the Wolves getting drunk and brawling all over the place. Practice? These guys would fight over a mug of spilled ale, they get plenty of practice! Plus they're Viking Space Marines for God's sake, of course they're gonna drink and fight, its obligatory to their vibe.

Eldrad? Who died a while back and whos soul was eaten by Slaanesh?
Personally im of the opinion that the other Primarchs died.

Revenent Reiko wrote:Eldrad? Who died a while back and whos soul was eaten by Slaanesh?
Personally im of the opinion that the other Primarchs died.

This is 40k my friend. The unknown and the vague can be whatever the hell we want it to be, and as far as I'm concerned, the more outlandish, comedic and kickass, the better.

GoldenKaos wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:Eldrad? Who died a while back and whos soul was eaten by Slaanesh?
Personally im of the opinion that the other Primarchs died.

This is 40k my friend. The unknown and the vague can be whatever the hell we want it to be, and as far as I'm concerned, the more outlandish, comedic and kickass, the better.

whats vague?
He died, end of.

Prior to the heresy they partook in enlightened activities like viticulture and other romanesque noble activities... Now I imagine them as brutes and little else. Bloody fasle emperor.

acekevin8412 wrote:In response, sorry if I'm thread jacking, but what do the various chaos legions do for fun? One could easily guess for Khorne and Slaanesh, but Nurgle.......?

Disease bingo.

Hm, maybe Iron Hands work on coding projects or something.

Revenent Reiko wrote:

GoldenKaos wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:Eldrad? Who died a while back and whos soul was eaten by Slaanesh?
Personally im of the opinion that the other Primarchs died.

This is 40k my friend. The unknown and the vague can be whatever the hell we want it to be, and as far as I'm concerned, the more outlandish, comedic and kickass, the better.

whats vague?
He died, end of.

Ah, but a few of his spirit stones were rumored to have survived, and some believe his soul is still whole and struggling against the warp. It's these uncertainties and unknowns that make 40k interesting. Sure, they're usually slight, but the possibility of them being true is too cool to abandon, IMO.

GoldenKaos wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:

GoldenKaos wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:Eldrad? Who died a while back and whos soul was eaten by Slaanesh?
Personally im of the opinion that the other Primarchs died.

This is 40k my friend. The unknown and the vague can be whatever the hell we want it to be, and as far as I'm concerned, the more outlandish, comedic and kickass, the better.

whats vague?
He died, end of.

Ah, but a few of his spirit stones were rumored to have survived, and some believe his soul is still whole and struggling against the warp. It's these uncertainties and unknowns that make 40k interesting. Sure, they're usually slight, but the possibility of them being true is too cool to abandon, IMO.

Touche, i didnt know about his spirit stones, but i would have thought his spirit would be tied to those rather than in the warp?
I am totally with you on ambiguity and uncertainty making the fluff great (not all the time, some of the vagueness sucks , but most of it is great)

Omegus wrote:Booze not mentioned in Prospero Burns, nor in Battle of the Fang. Doing anything that reduces their mental faculties just seems extremely out of character.

I personally like those personifications of Space Wolves, rather than the King versions where they all come across as stupid teenagers that fight and fart and drink all day. The time you say they are drunk they would more likely spend on more training. YMMV.

but it is mentioned in battle of the abyss

and in the Space Wolf omnibuses.

Not to mention numerous times in the codex...

Revenent Reiko wrote:

Shayden wrote:

Revenent Reiko wrote:http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Daily_rituals_of_a_Space_Marine
what down time?

Right. All fifteen minutes. If that.

Yup, bad times for the Marines

It makes sense. The less time they have to themselves the less the chances are they fall to chaos. Idle hands are the devil's workshop after all!

Black templars spent most time praying and mantaining their relics and of course killing what they want.