Psychic Awakening N&R - FAQs p.183.

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**TheFleshIsWeak**

Ghaz wrote:
That doesn't promise new plastic for those armies.

When did I mention new plastics?

**Shadenuat**

JohnnyHell wrote:
Edit: Aelftober? Octobelf?

Samhain.

**Ghaz**

TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
That doesn't promise new plastic for those armies.

When did I mention new plastics?

Considering all the discussion has been on the new plastic Banshees...

**BrianDavion**

Ghaz wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
That doesn't promise new plastic for those armies.

When did I mention new plastics?

Considering all the discussion has been on the new plastic Banshees...

sure but doesn't mean any additional releases, it could well be that CWE get a new unit, Dark Eldar some specialist rules, and Ynnari get rules for running without their special chars

**Bharring**

pm713 wrote:
Platuan4th wrote:
I think a lot of people here don't really get how pantheons work. Just because you dedicate your service to one god doesn't mean you stop paying tribute to the rest.

Helping the Ynnari achieve their goals doesn't suddenly mean that Kahinites aren't still dedicated to Khaine.

That's true but taking your worship away from one god and giving it all to another seems like a bad thing for a priest whose become irretrievably obsessed to do.

I'm fairly sure the Aspect of Khaine they're obsessed with (hunting, obliteration, murder, speed, vengence, etc) cares not for whom the blood flows.

Blood for the Blood Handed God! Death for the Death God!

(I swear I'm not tainted.)

**An Actual Englishman**

JohnnyHell wrote:
An Actual Englishman wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Don Savik wrote:
Does anyone in this thread actually play eldar because all I see is industrial levels of salt towards the eldar aesthetic.

Well, I'm here because I was promised a release that would include not just Eldar but also DE, Harlequins and Ynnari.

Still waiting for anything relating to DE or Harlequins so in the meantime I might as well comment on the Banshee models.

Who promised you DE, Harlequins and Ynarri releases? E - in this, Craftworld focused release?

ZOMG OCTELFBER IS LIKE ORKTOBER ALL OVER AGAIN

Edit: Aelftober? Octobelf?

Not quite. GW actually promised releases for Orks in Orktober.

TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
An Actual Englishman wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Don Savik wrote:
Does anyone in this thread actually play eldar because all I see is industrial levels of salt towards the eldar aesthetic.

Well, I'm here because I was promised a release that would include not just Eldar but also DE, Harlequins and Ynnari.

Still waiting for anything relating to DE or Harlequins so in the meantime I might as well comment on the Banshee models.

Who promised you DE, Harlequins and Ynarri releases? E - in this, Craftworld focused release?

"Phoenix Rising
The ancient and proud Aeldari race is split into various factions. The stoic and noble Asuryani live their lives adrift on planet-sized Craftworlds. The depraved Drukhari venture forth from the dark metropolis of Commorragh to raid and pillage. The mysterious Harlequins travel the galaxy according to their unfathomable whims via the webway. And the newly formed Ynnari, comprised of members from all walks of Aeldari life, are united in the desire to awaken Ynnead, god of the dead."

Gosh, can't imagine why I thought the release might involve Dark Eldar, Harlequins and/or Ynnari.

Nor me since that fluff piece says nothing about the releases you should expect and is literally a brief background piece.

Again - who promised you DE, Harlequin or Ynarri releases?

**Platuan4th**

Bharring wrote:
pm713 wrote:
Platuan4th wrote:
I think a lot of people here don't really get how pantheons work. Just because you dedicate your service to one god doesn't mean you stop paying tribute to the rest.

Helping the Ynnari achieve their goals doesn't suddenly mean that Kahinites aren't still dedicated to Khaine.

That's true but taking your worship away from one god and giving it all to another seems like a bad thing for a priest whose become irretrievably obsessed to do.

I'm fairly sure the Aspect of Khaine they're obsessed with (hunting, obliteration, murder, speed, vengence, etc) cares not for whom the blood flows.

Blood for the Blood Handed God! Death for the Death God!

(I swear I'm not tainted.)

Bharring gets it. My point was, Aspects are most likely there representing what they believe to be Khaine's interests in Ynnari's plans rather than actually wholesale swapping their full devotion. It's basically like a priest of Zeus praying for aide for Athens despite the fact that it's a city which has a different patron god in the pantheon.

**Ghaz**

BrianDavion wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
That doesn't promise new plastic for those armies.

When did I mention new plastics?

Considering all the discussion has been on the new plastic Banshees...

sure but doesn't mean any additional releases, it could well be that CWE get a new unit, Dark Eldar some specialist rules, and Ynnari get rules for running without their special chars

Didn't say that it doesn't, just that what was quoted didn't promise new plastic. The only thing each army has been promised is new rules...

Spoiler:

**Shadenuat**

Platuan4th wrote:
Bharring gets it. My point was, Aspects are most likely there representing what they believe to be Khaine's interests

Khaine doesn't have interests, if anything Path of the Warrior is more about denying him than serving him. Phoenix Lords do.

**Hellebore**

Platuan4th wrote:
Bharring wrote:
pm713 wrote:
Platuan4th wrote:
I think a lot of people here don't really get how pantheons work. Just because you dedicate your service to one god doesn't mean you stop paying tribute to the rest.

Helping the Ynnari achieve their goals doesn't suddenly mean that Kahinites aren't still dedicated to Khaine.

That's true but taking your worship away from one god and giving it all to another seems like a bad thing for a priest whose become irretrievably obsessed to do.

I'm fairly sure the Aspect of Khaine they're obsessed with (hunting, obliteration, murder, speed, vengence, etc) cares not for whom the blood flows.

Blood for the Blood Handed God! Death for the Death God!

(I swear I'm not tainted.)

Bharring gets it. My point was, Aspects are most likely there representing what they believe to be Khaine's interests in Ynnari's plans rather than actually wholesale swapping their full devotion. It's basically like a priest of Zeus praying for aide for Athens despite the fact that it's a city which has a different patron god in the pantheon.

The aspects are more like Templars and the exarchs are specifically referred to as priests of khaine. They conduct all the rituals around the aspect of khaine they embody. Each exarch is literally one facet of Khaine.

What this is more like, is vestal virgins using their temples, sacred fire and religious rituals to pay fealty to Mars. The aspect is an expression of khaine - it would be like using the star of David to pray to Jesus.

**Racerguy180**

Shadenuat wrote:
Not Online!!! wrote:
They probably have a death wish?

Ha-ha.

But it might be kinda close to truth. Like, CW wear masks to distance themselves from reality of war and not submit to bloodthirst; but Ynnari are fine with this. The aspect armor is full of symbolism after all.

this is reasonable.

Ghaz wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
That doesn't promise new plastic for those armies.

When did I mention new plastics?

Considering all the discussion has been on the new plastic Banshees...

yeah, but the thread is Psychic Awakening, there is a specific Banshee thread for that.

I'm liking the ynarri model and hope there can be more for other units(whatever they'll call ynarri specific one)

**Voss**

yeah, but the thread is Psychic Awakening, there is a specific Banshee thread for that.

If there is, it fell off the front page rather quick. As the only known PA release (so far), this seems like the place for it.

**Imateria**

Shadenuat wrote:
Obviously. I doubt it's Thorpe who is furiously typing the news on GW website.

It would be nice if those finally would be some female faces goddamit.

I can't help but laugh at all the comments regarding Exarch armour eating it's occupants, Gav Thorpe himself retconned that out over a decade ago in his Path of the Eldar books, if not earlier. And a good thing too because it was a dumb bit of lore.

**the_scotsman**

Imateria wrote:
Shadenuat wrote:
Obviously. I doubt it's Thorpe who is furiously typing the news on GW website.

It would be nice if those finally would be some female faces goddamit.

I can't help but laugh at all the comments regarding Exarch armour eating it's occupants, Gav Thorpe himself retconned that out over a decade ago in his Path of the Eldar books, if not earlier. And a good thing too because it was a dumb bit of lore.

Yeah I mean...https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Eldar-Dire-Avengers-2017

That's a bare head on there.

**Sunny Side Up**

Cronch wrote:

People don't seem to get, GW is nowhere near obsessed with it's own lore as the most rabid fans are. If somehow there was a million-strong customer base for female marines tomorrow, they'd trip over themselves to release those, all previous fluff be damned.
.

Female Space Marines would be truly 'back-to-the-roots' lore though. They existed long, long before all that new-fangled ret-con nonsense about Space Marine legions and Primarchs and whatever the hipster kids jumped onto in 2nd Ed.

Fluff from a more civilized age ...

Spoiler:

**Hellebore**

Imateria wrote:
Shadenuat wrote:
Obviously. I doubt it's Thorpe who is furiously typing the news on GW website.

It would be nice if those finally would be some female faces goddamit.

I can't help but laugh at all the comments regarding Exarch armour eating it's occupants, Gav Thorpe himself retconned that out over a decade ago in his Path of the Eldar books, if not earlier. And a good thing too because it was a dumb bit of lore.

So you find Phoenix lords dumb too? Because they were simply an extension of the process of making exarchs - 10,000 years of soul accumulation.

Do you also find farseers (the exarchs of the seer path) stupid for slowly solidifying over the centuries in a similar "doomed to your path but super powerful" way?

**Mr Morden**

JohnnyHell wrote:
An Actual Englishman wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Don Savik wrote:
Does anyone in this thread actually play eldar because all I see is industrial levels of salt towards the eldar aesthetic.

Well, I'm here because I was promised a release that would include not just Eldar but also DE, Harlequins and Ynnari.

Still waiting for anything relating to DE or Harlequins so in the meantime I might as well comment on the Banshee models.

Who promised you DE, Harlequins and Ynarri releases? E - in this, Craftworld focused release?

ZOMG OCTELFBER IS LIKE ORKTOBER ALL OVER AGAIN

Edit: Aelftober? Octobelf?

Well it will be the same as every other month - some bits and pieces for on faction alongsidde whatever Marine release is being highlighted that month.

There will be a good few new Primaris models I would think.

**Shadenuat**

Imateria wrote:
I can't help but laugh at all the comments regarding Exarch armour eating it's occupants, Gav Thorpe himself retconned that out over a decade ago in his Path of the Eldar books, if not earlier. And a good thing too because it was a dumb bit of lore.

Drukhari scum were not given a word on awesome Eldar lore.

And Thorpe also had Avatar of Khaine infested with genestealer. Yeah great writer.

**Albertorius**

Sunny Side Up wrote:
Cronch wrote:

People don't seem to get, GW is nowhere near obsessed with it's own lore as the most rabid fans are. If somehow there was a million-strong customer base for female marines tomorrow, they'd trip over themselves to release those, all previous fluff be damned.
.

Female Space Marines would be truly 'back-to-the-roots' lore though. They existed long, long before all that new-fangled ret-con nonsense about Space Marine legions and Primarchs and whatever the hipster kids jumped onto in 2nd Ed.

Fluff from a more civilized age ...

Spoiler:

I mean... personally I'm all for it, but that's not actually anything official from GW, but an article from GDW's (i.e. Games Designer's Workshop, not Games Workshop) magazine.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Yeah, that's not from GW. GDW is another company that shut down in 1996.

**Ghaz**

Racerguy180 wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
TheFleshIsWeak wrote:
Ghaz wrote:
That doesn't promise new plastic for those armies.

When did I mention new plastics?

Considering all the discussion has been on the new plastic Banshees...

yeah, but the thread is Psychic Awakening, there is a specific Banshee thread for that.

I'm liking the ynarri model and hope there can be more for other units(whatever they'll call ynarri specific one)

No. It is in THIS THREAD because the Banshee kit is a part of the 'Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising' release.

Spoiler:

**Shadenuat**

The more banshee threads the better.

**witchdoctor**

An Actual Englishman wrote:
Not quite. GW actually promised releases for Orks in Orktober.

Does this mean that all the Tau are getting for Sep't-ember is the new Kill Team starter box?

**bullyboy**

Hellebore wrote:
Imateria wrote:
Shadenuat wrote:
Obviously. I doubt it's Thorpe who is furiously typing the news on GW website.

It would be nice if those finally would be some female faces goddamit.

I can't help but laugh at all the comments regarding Exarch armour eating it's occupants, Gav Thorpe himself retconned that out over a decade ago in his Path of the Eldar books, if not earlier. And a good thing too because it was a dumb bit of lore.

So you find Phoenix lords dumb too? Because they were simply an extension of the process of making exarchs - 10,000 years of soul accumulation.

Do you also find farseers (the exarchs of the seer path) stupid for slowly solidifying over the centuries in a similar "doomed to your path but super powerful" way?

yeah, far from dumb lore. Actually much better than the watered down versions we have now.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Does this mean the Black Templars won't get a primaris librarian?

**Shadenuat**

GW already said picture is not representative of everything we get.

**Crazyterran**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Does this mean the Black Templars won't get a primaris librarian?

There's also no UM, IH, Salamanders, IF, CF, WS, or RG symbols, so clearly only successor chapters are getting new Librarians!

**Geifer**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Spoiler:

Does this mean the Black Templars won't get a primaris librarian?

All the new witchcraft goes into Tau and Necrons. Don't be greedy now.

**Galef**

I love how people are freaking out about Necrons/Tau/Black Templars getting rules with Psychic Awakening. There is hardly any confirmation that these rules will be Psychic powers for them. More likely, they will be getting ANTI-PSYKER rules.
And you know if GW didn't confirm those factions as getting new rules, people would be complaining about that too.

-

**kingheff**

Shadenuat wrote:
Imateria wrote:
I can't help but laugh at all the comments regarding Exarch armour eating it's occupants, Gav Thorpe himself retconned that out over a decade ago in his Path of the Eldar books, if not earlier. And a good thing too because it was a dumb bit of lore.

Drukhari scum were not given a word on awesome Eldar lore.

And Thorpe also had Avatar of Khaine infested with genestealer. Yeah great writer.

That avatar patriarch thing was a true abomination, just not in the way the writer intended.