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I seem to remember seeing a model from back in Rouge Trader of a Eldar with a bionic arm, but I don't clearly remember. With humans and orcs obviously being able to replace lost limbs with mechanical ones, I don't remember seeing or reading about the elder or dark elder doing it. Do the regenerate? Obviously if they had artificial limbs they would be wraith bone and probably superior to any other races versions.

I'm not sure if the novels/game fluff mentions it, but a race as advanced as the Eldar probably knows how to build prosthetics. Recognizing them as such would be the problem for someone used to human/ork tech, seeing how Eldar are more into the aesthetics of gear than many others. A replacement limb might well be impossible to spot without using some scanner to identify it.

They have the technology to regrow limbs or any other body part, but if you like some kinky bionics you might want to visit a Haemonculus.

Spetulhu wrote:
I'm not sure if the novels/game fluff mentions it, but a race as advanced as the Eldar probably knows how to build prosthetics. Recognizing them as such would be the problem for someone used to human/ork tech, seeing how Eldar are more into the aesthetics of gear than many others. A replacement limb might well be impossible to spot without using some scanner to identify it.

This is on the money as I understand it. I remember reading a description of Bionics somewhere (probably one of the RPGs) that compared 'crude, imperial versions' to 'near invisible Eldar prosthetics'.

I have no idea how eldar regeneration works in detail. This might be really strange, if we have to find it in the old fluff.

Doesn't Illic Nightspear have an arm made out of Wraithbone because of his run in with Imhotek?

Yriel has a big bionic eye I'm sure.

 tikhunt wrote:
Doesn't Illic Nightspear have an arm made out of Wraithbone because of his run in with Imhotek?

I'm think that's Eldorath Starbane.

In the old inquisitor game, eldar bionics tended towards the "advanced, indistinguishable from natural parts" look (they didn't usually get the option for lesser parts).

Yriel has his bionic laser eye.

If they did have any bionics, it'd probably be made of Wraithbone, which is kinda like putty-circuit board; it doesn't require cluncky parts and can not only be reshaped by psychic emanations from the user, but also function exactly as intended.

So yeah, gives new meaning to the phrase "boned by the eldar".