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Daemons, yes, very much so. Tyranids no, very much not.

Tyranids kinda don't talk.

Tyranids don't even speak to one another, unless they are of a level where they command other bugs. They mostly function through psychic and pheremonal sensory input.

Oh, Tyranids and Daemons are the best to talk to.

They always take you out to dinner. and you'll end up have some really cool conversations, after you both finish eating They always pay the bill.

PS: Never ask to try there food.... The only order the same thing ever.. Tyranids gets this green looking soup and I swear I saw a eyeball in it one time... and daemons get this glowing blue soup.. reminded me of a ghost..

There's lots of examples of Daemons speaking in the fluff. Nids, however, don't really have a real consciousness. You might be able to communicate with the Hive Mind, but that'd be the most of it.

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:
There's lots of examples of Daemons speaking in the fluff. Nids, however, don't really have a real consciousness. You might be able to communicate with the Hive Mind, but that'd be the most of it.

Communicating with the hive mind tends to result in your head exploding.

You'd figure a hive tyrant could say gak... Lol

Dalymiddleboro wrote:
You'd figure a hive tyrant could say gak... Lol

Why talk when psychic commands are faster, less readable by the enemy, and don't require you to move your mouth?

Pretty sure these guys could

Daemons LOVE to talk to humans.

Nids, MAYBE you get to talk to the hive mind psychicly, but all its likely to say is "nomnomnom, tasy soul"

As far as I know, they only person able to communicate with the Hive Mind without going insane was Tigurius. Or he "Looked upon it", whatever that means.

 c0j1r0 wrote:
As far as I know, they only person able to communicate with the Hive Mind without going insane was Tigurius. Or he "Looked upon it", whatever that means.

Well you can look at a stormy ocean but that doesn't mean you can swim in it.

Tyranids talking to humans would be like you talking to your mashed potatoes or the probiotic in your kiefer drink. It is neither possible nor productive.

The Hive Mind exists on a completely different level of consciousness from the other races of the galaxy. Even from the Chaos Gods, or Gork and Mork.

Why don't you ever write anything in your OP besides the word "Topic"? Put some effort in and you can get a better conversation going, especially if you give people some context for the discussion.

Daemons speak with humans frequently, but not really on the battlefield. More in their subconscious, or through possessed people. It's not like a Bloodthirster is going to have a cultured conversation with Joe Guardsman over brunch.

Nids just screech and scream and make bug/dinosaur noises. Tigurius spoke with the Hive Mind but it's not clear whether he actually spoke to it and understood it on a literal level, or just kind of felt its emotions/psychic emanations and understood them.

Genestealers and broodlords can communicate through infected cultists, but that's about it.

 Brother SRM wrote:
Why don't you ever write anything in your OP besides the word "Topic"? Put some effort in and you can get a better conversation going, especially if you give people some context for the discussion.

Daemons speak with humans frequently, but not really on the battlefield. More in their subconscious, or through possessed people. It's not like a Bloodthirster is going to have a cultured conversation with Joe Guardsman over brunch.

Nids just screech and scream and make bug/dinosaur noises. Tigurius spoke with the Hive Mind but it's not clear whether he actually spoke to it and understood it on a literal level, or just kind of felt its emotions/psychic emanations and understood them.

"I say good chap, care to discuss the finer points of the religion of Khorne before I horribly disembowel you for my God?"

"Oh by Jove that would be heretical my abominable fellow."

"Ah but your veneration of the corpse emperor is heretical in my eyes dear anathema following fool."

"Oh botheration the commissar would not approve of this conversation you horrid beast."

 Kain wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
Why don't you ever write anything in your OP besides the word "Topic"? Put some effort in and you can get a better conversation going, especially if you give people some context for the discussion.

Daemons speak with humans frequently, but not really on the battlefield. More in their subconscious, or through possessed people. It's not like a Bloodthirster is going to have a cultured conversation with Joe Guardsman over brunch.

Nids just screech and scream and make bug/dinosaur noises. Tigurius spoke with the Hive Mind but it's not clear whether he actually spoke to it and understood it on a literal level, or just kind of felt its emotions/psychic emanations and understood them.

"I say good chap, care to discuss the finer points of the religion of Khorne before I horribly disembowel you for my God?"

"Oh by Jove that would be heretical my abominable fellow."

"Ah but your veneration of the corpse emperor is heretical in my eyes dear anathema following fool."

"Oh botheration the commissar would not approve of this conversation you horrid beast."

Lol this... Im.not going to role play with you in my post. My topic handled everything I was asking as it was a simple question.

I think some lesser daemons can't/don't talk. But the very essence of their existence is to meddle with the material world, and corrupt those to their will.

We don't know if bugs can or can't communicate with us, we know they don't though

Tyranids talking to humans would be like you talking to your mashed potatoes or the probiotic in your kiefer drink. It is neither possible nor productive.

Brilliant.

It's possible to talk to mashed potatoes...

Dalymiddleboro wrote:
It's possible to talk to mashed potatoes...

But if they talk back to you, I know these nice men in white coats with some Tesla coils for you.

 Rippy wrote:
I think some lesser daemons can't/don't talk. But the very essence of their existence is to meddle with the material world, and corrupt those to their will.

We don't know if bugs can or can't communicate with us, we know they don't though

They probably will though, since supposedly Ward's got the codex.

I'm going to step in and mention Hive Fleet Colossus. In the 4th edition Nid codex, that a Hive Fleet or some other relation to Nids tried to settle on a planet in Imperial Space, seeking a place to escape oppressors in another galaxy. So they talk or whatever, have conch like spacecraft, says talking nids to me.
Seriously interesting piece of fluff and it's a shame it was never expanded upon.

 Rippy wrote:
I think some lesser daemons can't/don't talk. But the very essence of their existence is to meddle with the material world, and corrupt those to their will.

We don't know if bugs can or can't communicate with us, we know they don't though

I vaguely seem to recall a couple BL stories where lesser daemons communicate with humans, at least mentally. Not sure though, its been a while since I've read any...

 Ferrum_Sanguinis wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
I think some lesser daemons can't/don't talk. But the very essence of their existence is to meddle with the material world, and corrupt those to their will.

We don't know if bugs can or can't communicate with us, we know they don't though

I vaguely seem to recall a couple BL stories where lesser daemons communicate with humans, at least mentally. Not sure though, its been a while since I've read any...

I think is was one of the Word Bearers novels when they were fighting White Consuls that civilians could hear whispers and voices, so that'd be the lesser daemons.

 c0j1r0 wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
I think some lesser daemons can't/don't talk. But the very essence of their existence is to meddle with the material world, and corrupt those to their will.

We don't know if bugs can or can't communicate with us, we know they don't though

They probably will though, since supposedly Ward's got the codex.

Where did you hear Matt Ward has the new tyranid codex?

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
I'm going to step in and mention Hive Fleet Colossus. In the 4th edition Nid codex, that a Hive Fleet or some other relation to Nids tried to settle on a planet in Imperial Space, seeking a place to escape oppressors in another galaxy. So they talk or whatever, have conch like spacecraft, says talking nids to me.
Seriously interesting piece of fluff and it's a shame it was never expanded upon.

Those were probably Zoats, which were a slave-race to the Tyranid at the time, and which have since vanished from all mentions of the game.

Genestealer cultists are obviously capable of talking to people. As for the rest of the Nids, no one's ever survived having dinner with them to talk about the quality of the conversation.

 c0j1r0 wrote:

 Rippy wrote:
I think some lesser daemons can't/don't talk. But the very essence of their existence is to meddle with the material world, and corrupt those to their will.

We don't know if bugs can or can't communicate with us, we know they don't though

They probably will though, since supposedly Ward's got the codex.

I can see it now....
Nids are now a collection of autonomous hive fleets there are multiple Hive Minds and they all war with one another in addition to everyone else. They speak to humans using telepathy, and they can now ally with Space Wolves as battle brothers, because reasons.