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Any fluff theories on what it will be about? The biggest psychic related hints dropped that I can remember off the top of my head is the tyranids building a giant psychic beacon and the T'au Fourth Sphere expansion encountering a warp entity born from their psychic auxilliaries belief in the Greater Good. Maybe the nid beacon will awaken/amplify the powers of warp sensitive creatures in nearby space.

It's probably hoping too much for this to be a xenos event of T'au vs Tyranids or something but it would be nice. I'm sure the Grey Knights or Sororitas will get involved somehow. The latter especially as they're due for release around the end of the year so giving them a.large role in the upcoming event would be good coverage for them.

I think its going to be introducing Endless Spells from AOS into 40k. So the fluff justification will probably just be that the size of the rift is making all the psykers more powerful and as a result their abilities are becoming stronger.

balmong7 wrote:
I think its going to be introducing Endless Spells from AOS into 40k. So the fluff justification will probably just be that the size of the rift is making all the psykers more powerful and as a result their abilities are becoming stronger.

I can get behind the rift messing with reality and anyone connected to the warp(latent or innate) powers would be amplified psykers powers.

I'm just interested in the models themselves. the AOS ones are fertile ground for conversion bits. The Fireslayers one especially, it has basically sculpted flame perfect size for larger flamers(infernus, kinght/titan).

I think many people are taking the title too literally.

I hope it’s Ynnead fully awakening but I kind of doubt it.

return of the Emperor, of course!!

Maybe we'll see some non-daemon warp horrors show up.

Physical psychic powers like Endless Spells. The ES have sold well for GW in AoS just like Terrain has; and just like terrain it lets GW release something fairly quick that doesn't impact their Nottingham production facilities.

One generic pack of powers any faction can use (within reason) and then a unique pack per race. For factions like Tau with no psychers they'll likely get powers based on their race to counter. So they might get a nano-machine cloud or somesuch. Basically the same concept just approached from a different story angle. Khorne does the same in AoS as Khorne has no mages, but does have prayers instead.

or maybe the awkening will have Tau suddenly develop psykic powers and stop being one trick ponys

BrianDavion wrote:
or maybe the awkening will have Tau suddenly develop psykic powers and stop being one trick ponys

BOO! I don't want psychic tau. I want my big anime robots to learn how to punch! Like real gundams! GIVE ME BEAM SABRES AND HEAT HAWKS

BrianDavion wrote:
or maybe the awkening will have Tau suddenly develop psykic powers and stop being one trick ponys

I'd rather they introduce a psychic auxiliary, like Nicassars.
Remember how auxiliaries were a thing in the Tau army, and how they are supposed to be an Empire consisting of different races that "agreed" to join the Empire?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.

I figure Tau could get allies like that, but honestly I think the day when Tau were going to be a catch-all Xenos faction with loads of creative different races all living together against the giant that is the Imperium are long gone. Today Tau are the mecha-faction - even their Kroot allies are very under-supported in terms of new sculpts and updates.

I figure if we get Kroot updates that would be a big thing in itself for them.


No I'd say Tau would develop new weapons of significant power akin to the powers of the other factions. They would likely not get to use the generic abilities (if a generic set was produced) but they would get their own roster. Much like how Khorne in AoS can't use the universal Endless Spells (save through an allied mage) but can make use of their own superpowered faction prayers.