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2013/10/28 03:34:35
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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I know the chaos gods have sacred numbers... Do the Eldar have sacred numbers?
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2013/10/28 03:42:42
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Potent Possessed Daemonvessel
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No. We aren't even sure if they have any kind of numbers, they probably quantify things by how fabulous and sparkly they are.
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2013/10/28 04:13:52
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Devestating Grey Knight Dreadknight
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 warpspider89 wrote:I know the chaos gods have sacred numbers... Do the Eldar have sacred numbers?
No sacred number for the eldar. As far as I can tell, the chaos gods don't have sacred numbers any longer either. There hasn't been any mention of them in the last two CSM codex releases, or in either of the daemons releases. I was never a fan of the sacred number idea, so this has been a welcome change for me.
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2013/10/28 10:14:19
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Courageous Space Marine Captain
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There is some mention of sacred Chaos Numbers. For example, Anngrath the Unbound is noted as requiring 888 skulls or something right?
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2013/10/28 10:26:26
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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That's how it used to be, yes.
Khorne's number used to be '8'. Back in the day that a Khorne lord with a Tzeentch mark was simply NOT THE DONE THING.
There has been stuff-all in the way of mentions of these sacred numbers, OR of the rivalry/enmities the gods have of each other, too - in several rules editions, though.
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2013/10/28 10:34:52
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Executing Exarch
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Wasn't it something like
Slaanesh = 6
Nurgle = 7
Khorne = 8
Tzeentch = 9
I've never heard of Eldar having sacred numbers.
Biel-tan, Iyanden, Ulthwe, Saim Ham and Alaitoc were the different eldar flavours back in 3rd ed.
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Its because ordinance is still a word.
However, firing ordinance at someone isn't nearly as threatening as firing ordnance at someone.
Ordinance is a local law, or bill, or other form of legislation.
Ordnance is high caliber explosives.
No 'I' in ordnance.
Don't drown the enemy in legislation, drown them in explosives.
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2013/10/28 11:17:19
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Preacher of the Emperor
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I'm guessing that sacred numbers are pretty much just a Chaos thing. I don't think I can recall any instance of any other factions placing such importance on numbers.
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2013/10/28 12:27:16
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Slippery Scout Biker
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They haven't specifically retconned the sacred numbers of the Gods, or the animosities. As they still loom large in the minds of many players, I think they are still valid.
But no, I can't think of any examples of other races or entities having sacred numbers. I bet some Guard units have lucky numbers, though....
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2013/10/28 15:38:57
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Solahma
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Why would you think Eldar would have one?
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2013/10/28 17:55:01
Subject: Re:Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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I don't see why Eldar would have sacred numbers, it seems just to be a Chaos thing. I also don't think they've been retconned either, they just don't have the rules relevance anymore, in A Thousand Sons for example they make a note of how Mortarion's bodyguard are never than 49 paces away or some such. So 7x7, meant to be pretty portentous I'm sure.
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2013/10/28 18:31:55
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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Sacred Numbers are things assigned to angels, devils and deities. Eldar are just aliens.
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2013/10/28 18:50:10
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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The Eldar are a very spiritual and religious race. It seems entirely plausible that they would attach special value to a number. After all, the SM seem to have a special attachment to 10 and the numbers produced as it is taken to various powers
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2013/10/28 19:03:48
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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They do? I can't think much of what 10 has to do with Space Marines besides Guilliman deciding to organize them as such.
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2013/10/28 19:08:12
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
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Other than it's the base digit for the metric system, and for military units the number 10 scales quite easily, I cannot see that it holds any particular "sacred" status to them.
For the Eldar, I can see their various gods having their own associated sacred numbers, sure, but for themselves? No.
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2013/10/30 00:56:20
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Various gods is close enough. Either way I was curious. I am trying to get to know more about Alaitoc background for army building purposes.
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2013/11/01 12:41:28
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Pious Warrior Priest
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Eldar probably don't even use the same base mathematics as us, they might perceive things on a more analog scale, or using a counting and mathematical method based on multiples or the fibonacci sequence.
Eldar minds could easily do something like mental long division or logarithms in an instant, and subconciously... our method of perceiving something like numbers probably seems primitive and sluggish... like how we look at apes, see that they can count up to three but no further and see that as a very basic grasp/ understanding of the world around them compared to our own.
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2013/11/01 13:01:09
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Numberless Necron Warrior
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 augustus5 wrote: warpspider89 wrote:I know the chaos gods have sacred numbers... Do the Eldar have sacred numbers?
No sacred number for the eldar. As far as I can tell, the chaos gods don't have sacred numbers any longer either. There hasn't been any mention of them in the last two CSM codex releases, or in either of the daemons releases. I was never a fan of the sacred number idea, so this has been a welcome change for me.
There is a subtle usage of the Chaos Gods' sacred numbers in the Apocalypse book under Chaos Daemons.
Each Formation is comprised of X number of Squads made up of X number of Models which equate to their sacred number.
Currently, the Eldar's sacred number is 6 for their Avatar reawakening and a gajillion representing the number of Eldar filled spirit stones to summon the Undead Eldar God.
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2013/11/01 21:23:23
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Abhorrent Grotesque Aberration
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The Eldar sacred number is 1.
As in even 1 Eldar still alive is 1 too many... 
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2013/11/07 01:13:26
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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clively wrote:The Eldar sacred number is 1.
As in even 1 Eldar still alive is 1 too many...
Filthy Xenos! Automatically Appended Next Post: Maybe it's 7. All those S7 shots...
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2013/11/10 15:56:51
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Wondering Why the Emperor Left
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I think it's 6. Slaanesh birth was caused by the elders hedonistic lifestyle at the time and slaanesh number is 6
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2013/11/11 02:11:48
Subject: Do Eldar have a sacred number?
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Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot
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Maybe it's the only number marines can count by besides 1.
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