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 sing your life wrote:

 Troike wrote:

welshhoppo wrote:
I'd love to join Chaos. At least they appreciated liberal ideas and free religion.

Hardly. The abhor free thoughts that go against their ideals. And them being an alternative religion doesn't mean that they support free religion at all. They still hate other religions, and want to kill or convert anybody who doesn't worship Chaos.

Indeed! [burn the heretic I say]

I forget that sarcasm doesn't always translate into text.

But still, Chaos for the win! I'd love to be a cess-pit of nurgle, laughing as bullets enter my body but don't bother me.

Slannesh. Free drugs and sex?
It would be hard to resist that sirens song.

Would I fall? Oh, apocalyptically so.
Probably end up leaning towards Slaanesh - I mean, everyone wants to be adored, right?
Plus I could have drag races with Doomrider. Who is awesome.

 Dark Apostle 666 wrote:
Would I fall? Oh, apocalyptically so.
Probably end up leaning towards Slaanesh - I mean, everyone wants to be adored, right?
Plus I could have drag races with Doomrider. Who is awesome.

So you would ware wigs and dresses while riding your bikes, I guess I can see why you chose Slaanesh.

I would probably fall to Tzeentch. I would get to hunt knowledge and screw with peoples' heads for the rest of my life. I would also be a psyker with a spell familiar.

I'd follow my own path, using chaos as a tool, maybe it would corrupt me, but then again I'm a sucker for logic and logic can't be corrupted.

I don't think I would... unless they were offering free miniatures

 TheDungen wrote:
I'd follow my own path, using chaos as a tool, maybe it would corrupt me, but then again I'm a sucker for logic and logic can't be corrupted.

Hahaha.... oh, ye of little faith. Of *course* logic can be corrupted! That's what Chaos is all about. Nothing is true, and everything is permitted. The agents of Chaos will show you vistas of reality far stranger than you could ever have conceived of as possible, sights that shatter the mind and shrivel the soul into a pain-maddened husk.

Khorne, hands down. I'd be drawn to the simplicity of it all, being given black and white answers to everything. No shades of grey, just red. Red everywhere.

Chaos worship has steep costs in the material realm, let alone the immaterial realm, where by all accounts your souls then belong to those gods to do with as they please.
- Nurgle worshipers become diseased and otherwise horrible. Not an acceptable cost.
- Khorne worshippers will likely die in his service, also become more focused purely on violence, losing who they are. Not an acceptable cost.
- Slaanesh worshippers constantly need stronger sensations, when they don't get them they feel horrible. Not an acceptable cost.
- Tzeentch worshippers get intertwined in his schemes. This can work out, but is more likely to just get you killed as Tzeentch doens't help you, he uses you.

No, it's not worth falling to chaos. The Imperium - and other main races that oppose chaos - are far from perfect, but they are still far better options than falling to chaos. Still a lot of fun to play as chaos though in games ; p

 TheDungen wrote:
I'd follow my own path, using chaos as a tool, maybe it would corrupt me, but then again I'm a sucker for logic and logic can't be corrupted.

Define logic

Logic only works if the logician is sane


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 Yonan wrote:
Chaos worship has steep costs in the material realm, let alone the immaterial realm, where by all accounts your souls then belong to those gods to do with as they please.
- Nurgle worshipers become diseased and otherwise horrible. Not an acceptable cost.
- Khorne worshippers will likely die in his service, also become more focused purely on violence, losing who they are. Not an acceptable cost.
- Slaanesh worshippers constantly need stronger sensations, when they don't get them they feel horrible. Not an acceptable cost.
- Tzeentch worshippers get intertwined in his schemes. This can work out, but is more likely to just get you killed as Tzeentch doens't help you, he uses you.

No, it's not worth falling to chaos. The Imperium - and other main races that oppose chaos - are far from perfect, but they are still far better options than falling to chaos. Still a lot of fun to play as chaos though in games ; p

Nurgle's cost: Everyone around you loves you, and you don't care that you're what mortals would abhor (win-win)
Khorne's cost: All you cared about is killing anyways, but you still probably die (meh)
Slaanesh's cost: Only acceptable cost if you become a daemon (pretty bad)
Tzeentch's cost: You'd have to be mad to join him, and most of them are.

I would probably fold like a bent playing card, given much of the Imperium's living conditions.

Heck, if they told me Chaos has free icecream I'd turn traitor in an instant.

Tzeentch take the wheel!

the Imperium and chaos! I'd rather be working for the Orks!

"Some slaves are chained to machines, serving as their perpetual operators. Others are forced to make weapons in Ork workshops under the beady eyes of Mekboyz and Gretchin overseers. Some rise rapidly in Ork status on account of their expertise and talent. In fact, a talented alien slave can often rise to a position of respect in Ork society more quickly than a free citizen can in his own society. This is due to the fact that a talented slave is a rare commodity. Orks are quick to recognise useful skills and are easily impressed by know-how, especially technical and administrative skills. Slaves with these talents get respect and rewards they might never get at home. In fact, some slaves willingly work for their Ork masters and become trusted advisors."

-Waargh the Orks

FOR THE WAAAAAGHHHH! (but really though thats awesome, orks are the good guys!)

Based on the books of Eisenhorn and many others, I would hold off as long as possible. I'd consider myself a Puritan through and through, until I realize after slaughtering tons of people to "better mankind" that I had become a Radical and started dipping into the forces of the Warp.
Usually, you won't even know you're a Chaos pawn until it's to late!

I'd instantly fall to the Chaos God of Fenris: ale. No seriously, I'd either become a Space wolf or drink myself to death trying.

I don't know, which one offers cookies?

If I were to suddenly become an Imperial citizen, I wouldn't even know about Chaos, would I? And if I did, I'd be killed for admitting it.. I'd be dead before I turned to Chaos

If I was a marine I'd stand tall but if I was any other human I'd probably go to the God of Chaos Khorne

I'll be honest.

Slaanesh,

Gargantuan wrote: the Imperium and chaos! I'd rather be working for the Orks!

"Some slaves are chained to machines, serving as their perpetual operators. Others are forced to make weapons in Ork workshops under the beady eyes of Mekboyz and Gretchin overseers. Some rise rapidly in Ork status on account of their expertise and talent. In fact, a talented alien slave can often rise to a position of respect in Ork society more quickly than a free citizen can in his own society. This is due to the fact that a talented slave is a rare commodity. Orks are quick to recognise useful skills and are easily impressed by know-how, especially technical and administrative skills. Slaves with these talents get respect and rewards they might never get at home. In fact, some slaves willingly work for their Ork masters and become trusted advisors."

-Waargh the Orks

raiden wrote:FOR THE WAAAAAGHHHH! (but really though thats awesome, orks are the good guys!)

While this is true, you must remember that first of all, you must have talent, and secondly, you must also be able to communicate in Orkish.

Which means being able to hand out and take hard thumps every few grunts, snorts, snarls and yellings of "WAAAGH!"

 Yonan wrote:
Chaos worship has steep costs in the material realm, let alone the immaterial realm, where by all accounts your souls then belong to those gods to do with as they please.
- Nurgle worshipers become diseased and otherwise horrible. Not an acceptable cost.
- Khorne worshippers will likely die in his service, also become more focused purely on violence, losing who they are. Not an acceptable cost.
- Slaanesh worshippers constantly need stronger sensations, when they don't get them they feel horrible. Not an acceptable cost.
- Tzeentch worshippers get intertwined in his schemes. This can work out, but is more likely to just get you killed as Tzeentch doens't help you, he uses you.

No, it's not worth falling to chaos. The Imperium - and other main races that oppose chaos - are far from perfect, but they are still far better options than falling to chaos. Still a lot of fun to play as chaos though in games ; p

Forgive me if the information is available, but I'm wondering what happens to a true believer in the Imperial cult after he or she dies. Do they join with the Emperor in the warp?

I never boast that I would be able to pass some test or trial of adversity, as you never know how you will react in a given situation until you have actually been tested. Can anyone here honestly say they have prior experience in resisting the temptations of Chaos?

I can however say that I wouldn't want to fall to Chaos. The Chaos gods are clearly evil in the classic sense, and don't particularly have your best interests at heart. You're just ants to squash and torment, or pawns on a chessboard. The only way you can possibly hope for a positive, desirable fate in the service of the Chaos Gods would be if you were nasty and evil yourself, and stronger than all the other Champions of Chaos vying for your God's favour.

But I can totally understand why one would wish to rebel against the Imperium. It is after all a brutal, bureaucratic, bigoted, totalitarian, superstitious, xenophobic Empire.

So I would either (hope) to be a loyal citizen of the Empire, or an indepedent-minded secessionist rebel who avoided the temptations of Chaos.

I think the latter is one of the possibilities to explain what happened to the two Unknown Primarchs and Legions. Maybe they didn't agree with the direction and ethos of the Imperium, and rebelled, seeking to secede from it but not to destroy it and throw in their lot with Chaos as Horus did. The Emperor couldn't risk a domino effect of Primarchs disobeying him, so ordered Leman Russ to execute them and their legions.

The only chaos god who doesn't completely mortify me is Khorne, since he believes in honoring worthy opponents and straight fights. And though Tzeentch's trollery seems pretty fun, he still lost a chess game against CREED, which I cannot ignore.

Has Switzerland gotten its own planet I can move to, or is that just the Tau?

Truth be told I would likely fall to Chaos. As a standard human I would likely find myself in a position that is not so incredible.

Beaten into submission by the overbearing Imperium and living life virtually (if not in actuality) as a slave would leave little of the positive emotions that might grant one strength to avoid the fall to chaos. Whether in the bowels of a ship or slaving away in an underhive life would be spent searching for any means to either avoid the pain of the lash or find an opportunity to fight back at the technologically uber-advanced overlords. In this environment chaos might not actually look so bad.

Nurgle has rot, but you are already rotting in the belly of the beast. Khorne is brutal, but so are your oppressors (Jim got lobotomized and turned into a servitor last week for stealing bread for his wife and kids -- they got lashed with nuero-whips publically). In this environment you not only find purpose in chaos, but a level of personal freedom that is otherwise lacking. That you can get a modicum of power from your deity if you do -really- well is only icing on the cake.

Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
I never boast that I would be able to pass some test or trial of adversity, as you never know how you will react in a given situation until you have actually been tested. Can anyone here honestly say they have prior experience in resisting the temptations of Chaos?

I'm reminded of one of the early Horus Heresy novels, where a marine contracts a nurgle disease, and is left fighting it in horrible agony for days or weeks before he breaks down. Having experienced ~9's on the pain scale a couple times, if they were to continue unrelenting for a too long and I couldn't top myself... I'd no doubt cave to papa nurgle so he makes it better, regardless of the consequences. I'm not that strong willed ; p

Raiden, how old are you? There's something off about these polls.
Regardless, you never have a choice. If the gods want you to fall, they'll just make you.

 TheDungen wrote:
I'd follow my own path, using chaos as a tool, maybe it would corrupt me, but then again I'm a sucker for logic and logic can't be corrupted.

This would be a start on my path towards the Tzeentch.

 ThePrimordial wrote:
Raiden, how old are you? There's something off about these polls.
Regardless, you never have a choice. If the gods want you to fall, they'll just make you.

I am not quite sure what you mean?

I would proberbly end up being an Inquisitor, however i guess i woudl be intregued into uncovering the next stone, and looking at more than the black and white, and look into the shades of grey - i guess ill be on the damned path to Tzeeentch before i even realised