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I just realized I may have written the most accurate portrayal of an obscure later Founding Chapter last Crusade.

I mean, the Death Ravens were totally forgotten about by everyone present immediately, managed to do feth-all (or at least, no-one heard of anything they did), were constantly overshadowed by the more esteemed Chapters (looking at you, Ultras and Templars) and died tragically in the few battles they were in.

Seriously, point me to anyone who's ever written a homebrew Chapter to which the in-universe response might as well have been "Wait, who?"

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:

In my experience, it's always better to be more subdued in why your faction is different and better. Instead of being Faction+1, make your backstory and culture more interesting. Your leader doesn't need to be the Best Swordsman, or the Best Shot, or the most/best at anything - make us sympathise and know the character, and people will respect them and like them more.

This. So much this.

TS, because null field matrices are a pain

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:

Who are down to ally with Etwerkteil

Call him "Twerky" next, he'll love that

 Kharne the Befriender wrote:
TS, because null field matrices are a pain

Assuming you can find him... Without a psyker, that'll be hard.

Upon further research, Kroot Shapers tend to have 'shamanistic' powers, such as communing with past Kroot spirits, and and using the blood of great predators to grant blessings onto his kindred. As such, he may be able to sense some of the bigger warp disruptions. So, I'm tempted to gave a scene with him meditating and feels a great evil enter the Materium (the evil being Ewryht'eikl), but not able to entirely make out what it is, because his powers wouldn't be on par with any notable psyker.

I suppose my main issue is that it seems outrageous to have Ta'lok have this type of power, but also have him able to be close to Meenos and not have a seizure. Any thoughts?

 2BlackJack1 wrote:
Upon further research, Kroot Shapers tend to have 'shamanistic' powers, such as communing with past Kroot spirits, and and using the blood of great predators to grant blessings onto his kindred. As such, he may be able to sense some of the bigger warp disruptions. So, I'm tempted to gave a scene with him meditating and feels a great evil enter the Materium (the evil being Ewryht'eikl), but not able to entirely make out what it is, because his powers wouldn't be on par with any notable psyker.

I suppose my main issue is that it seems outrageous to have Ta'lok have this type of power, but also have him able to be close to Meenos and not have a seizure. Any thoughts?

What is Meenos exactly?

He's a Kroot that is a blank.

 2BlackJack1 wrote:
He's a Kroot that is a blank.

Then Ta'lok would be fine around him. If he were an Untouchable, it would be a different story.

Ezra Tyrius wrote:I just realized I may have written the most accurate portrayal of an obscure later Founding Chapter last Crusade.

I mean, the Death Ravens were totally forgotten about by everyone present immediately, managed to do feth-all (or at least, no-one heard of anything they did), were constantly overshadowed by the more esteemed Chapters (looking at you, Ultras and Templars) and died tragically in the few battles they were in.

Seriously, point me to anyone who's ever written a homebrew Chapter to which the in-universe response might as well have been "Wait, who?"

I'll be honest, I really liked the Death Ravens - even if their impact wasn't as big as some of the others.

2BlackJack1 wrote:Upon further research, Kroot Shapers tend to have 'shamanistic' powers, such as communing with past Kroot spirits, and and using the blood of great predators to grant blessings onto his kindred. As such, he may be able to sense some of the bigger warp disruptions. So, I'm tempted to gave a scene with him meditating and feels a great evil enter the Materium (the evil being Ewryht'eikl), but not able to entirely make out what it is, because his powers wouldn't be on par with any notable psyker.

I suppose my main issue is that it seems outrageous to have Ta'lok have this type of power, but also have him able to be close to Meenos and not have a seizure. Any thoughts?

That works well in my book - I'm not too well versed on Kroot lore, so I thought they were actual psykers!
Of course, you could have a kroot who ate a psyker, or lots of them, and gained minor psychic potential?

I have no idea how I can justify Ewryht'eikl's prescence with my Tau, given their lack of a tangible soul or psychic essence. But then, it's not my problem anyways.

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
I just realized I may have written the most accurate portrayal of an obscure later Founding Chapter last Crusade.

I mean, the Death Ravens were totally forgotten about by everyone present immediately, managed to do feth-all (or at least, no-one heard of anything they did), were constantly overshadowed by the more esteemed Chapters (looking at you, Ultras and Templars) and died tragically in the few battles they were in.

Seriously, point me to anyone who's ever written a homebrew Chapter to which the in-universe response might as well have been "Wait, who?"

What if I were to tell you that some of them survived? And that they are now proud members of the Ultramarines 3rd company?

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
I have no idea how I can justify Ewryht'eikl's prescence with my Tau, given their lack of a tangible soul or psychic essence. But then, it's not my problem anyways.

You can probably see him... With your eyes...

 War Kitten wrote:

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
I just realized I may have written the most accurate portrayal of an obscure later Founding Chapter last Crusade.

I mean, the Death Ravens were totally forgotten about by everyone present immediately, managed to do feth-all (or at least, no-one heard of anything they did), were constantly overshadowed by the more esteemed Chapters (looking at you, Ultras and Templars) and died tragically in the few battles they were in.

Seriously, point me to anyone who's ever written a homebrew Chapter to which the in-universe response might as well have been "Wait, who?"

What if I were to tell you that some of them survived? And that they are now proud members of the Ultramarines 3rd company?

What if I were to tell you that one of them may be Ryus?

I had thought that blank and untouchable were just interchangeable terms for the same thing? I know that there's a hierarchy per se of blanks' and psykers' levels, but I never really bothered with coming up with a specific power level for Meenos, (if that makes any sense). Also, for Ta'lok's abilities, they wouldn't really be anything useful in a fight, as in no lighting shooting from his fingers or chucking fireballs and whatnot. I picture it'd be more along the lines of witch doctors, shamans, etc. He really isn't a psyker, just skimming the barest surface of the warp, if that makes any sense.


And didn't Amberley Vail call Gunner Jurgen both an untouchable and a blank when trying to explain what it meant to Cain, as one example of the terms being switched around?

 2BlackJack1 wrote:
I had thought that blank and untouchable were just interchangeable terms for the same thing? I know that there's a hierarchy per se of blanks' and psykers' levels, but I never really bothered with coming up with a specific power level for Meenos, (if that makes any sense). Also, for Ta'lok's abilities, they wouldn't really be anything useful in a fight, as in no lighting shooting from his fingers or chucking fireballs and whatnot. I picture it'd be more along the lines of witch doctors, shamans, etc. He really isn't a psyker, just skimming the barest surface of the warp, if that makes any sense.


And didn't Amberley Vail call Gunner Jurgen both an untouchable and a blank when trying to explain what it meant to Cain, as one example of the terms being switched around?

A Blank is someone who is technically not in the Warp. (Ghost from Squad Talon Alpha in the Deathwatch Novel for instance)

An Untouchable is the extreme of a Blank, an anti-psyker if you will. These are your Culexes Assassins.

TS master of trolls I wait upon a roll.

The wolves are off to explore a ruined costal site and probbly find gribbly nasty monsters.

I could introduce a librarian who detects TS's daemon but i think I have enough characters already

My rune preist will just have a unexplained head ache.

And maybe a unsettling dream .

My Knights probably won't pick up anything (unless they happen to be near jhe's Rune Priest). My Eldar will definitely know about it though.

Oh, and I'm also waiting on a roll TS

Njord will detect something, the headache etc but only know sonthing is unsettling. No exact. And no idea of scale.

Or he may make it snow ... Maybe...

So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Taranis would definitely sense it.

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

Scratch that actually, I have plans and it would better suit at a later stage. Sorry

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

Scratch that actually, I have plans and it would better suit at a later stage. Sorry

Ulfric takes names off the ale barrel list on emparors day lol

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

Scratch that actually, I have plans and it would better suit at a later stage. Sorry

Ulfric takes names off the ale barrel list on emparors day lol

Hopefully, if the right things happen to the right kind of people and if my writing is on the ball the hunt will be perfect. I mean we could have a hunt right now but Faolan would not have a hound to accompany him as his was eaten by the kroot, up to you Jhe, the ball is in your court.

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

Scratch that actually, I have plans and it would better suit at a later stage. Sorry

Ulfric takes names off the ale barrel list on emparors day lol

Hopefully, if the right things happen to the right kind of people and if my writing is on the ball the hunt will be perfect. I mean we could have a hunt right now but Faolan would not have a hound to accompany him as his was eaten by the kroot, up to you Jhe, the ball is in your court.

True, and that's not fun.
We can wait till he gets a new hound. Sure you can get one :-)

Ok, with this newfound information, I feel like I should lay out my plans with Meenos.

I wanted him to be able to harm psykers when near them, so I guess he's an Untouchable, and also be able to make non-psykers uncomfortable, but he'd also have a nullifier for this, so the effects are dampened until he takes off the collar. This does open up my problem with me giving Ta'lok the minor abilities. I'm mainly justifying it with Ta'lok being so minor of a psyker (if he can really be called that) that he really only senses major changes in the warp, but can't tell what those disturbances mean.

Also, Smudge, it is possible for the Kroot to eat the psykers and gain abilities from that, as well as passing that gene on. And eating more psykers would make that more potent. This is also how Kroot could become blanks/untouchables. I do thank you for the vote of confidence.

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

Scratch that actually, I have plans and it would better suit at a later stage. Sorry

Ulfric takes names off the ale barrel list on emparors day lol

Hopefully, if the right things happen to the right kind of people and if my writing is on the ball the hunt will be perfect. I mean we could have a hunt right now but Faolan would not have a hound to accompany him as his was eaten by the kroot, up to you Jhe, the ball is in your court.

True, and that's not fun.
We can wait till he gets a new hound. Sure you can get one :-)

Never said he would get a new hound but have no fear whoever does go hunting will have a hound accompanying them.

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:

 jhe90 wrote:

 Irishpeacockz wrote:
So Jhe Cearul is off killing orkz and Faolan is twiddling his thumbs back at Canis Caelum, Hunt ?

Aye Il send someone and some mighty wolves. How big hunt?

Scratch that actually, I have plans and it would better suit at a later stage. Sorry

Ulfric takes names off the ale barrel list on emparors day lol

Hopefully, if the right things happen to the right kind of people and if my writing is on the ball the hunt will be perfect. I mean we could have a hunt right now but Faolan would not have a hound to accompany him as his was eaten by the kroot, up to you Jhe, the ball is in your court.

True, and that's not fun.
We can wait till he gets a new hound. Sure you can get one :-)

Never said he would get a new hound but have no fear whoever does go hunting will have a hound accompanying them.

If you did want I could send Njord and a wolf to go hunting or maybe vioarr the wolf preist with his own to go hunting with the hounds.