honeybadger33 wrote:

In it Logan Grimnar used a weapon wielded by a Champion of Chaos. I thought that the Adeptus Astartes couldnt use weapons in this manner.

 Muhr wrote:
In the HH series, Lucius of the Emperor's Kid's Legion cuts an arm off of one of the space prawns he duelled on Murder and used it as an extra weapon until he was strongly censored for the heretical deed. If the weapon is of alien origin it's practically deemed heretical to use or even study one.

Personally, having knowledge and skill with enemy weapons sounds like a good idea to me, the more the better.

 Lammikkovalas wrote:
In DoW II: Chaos Rising you get access to a lot of wargear during all the missions, some of it corrupted by Chaos. Using these items is an easy way to get Commander Hairgel and his boys to fall to the dark side.

I don't think that any even somewhat reasonable marine would suggest using chaos-tainted weapons or armor but if you have the mental fortitude and redeem yourself through your actions you might be able to pull it off.

Also, I think there's some holier-than-thou Grey Knight Mary Sue that has a daemon weapon but he's not really using any of the powers of the sword in question.

 ProwlerPC wrote:
I'd still like to lean more towards the idea that his PK is powered by the Ork Waaagh! I get what you mean and I certainly wouldn't discount it. But I'd like to offer up some fluff that may help my theory. Follow along, convoluted as the logic may seem you will find rich rewards at the end.

Ghazzy is no ordinary Warboss. Even without any formal education whatsoever Ghazzy is by human standards an utter genius. Not the savant like genius of the Meks. Ghazzy is fully aware of the big picture, of the strengths and weaknesses of different clanz then his own and how to effectively deploy them including proper timing for co-ordination (he had to knock some speed freak heads to teach them but he got it worked out). What I do find interesting is that he's also completely aware Waaagh! energy and the purpose behind increasing it as well as how to maintain it, indeed this seems to be his galactic wide mission as he moves from one great waaaagh to another in order to boost the beacon and turn the waaaaagh into something perpetual that doesn't lose steam. The way he purposefully and creatively plays with his Ork crowd has me even believing he understands how the waaaaagh! energy works with their positive beliefs and even that it triggers adolescent growth spurts in his troops. It's these creative displays that I'll now get into concerning Yarrick.

Ghazzy had once caught the pursuing Yarrick alive after leaving Armageddon the first time and had him as a captive. He told his Orks that the first invasion was to learn about Ooomies and that he now knew everything he needed to know about Ooomies and he decided to use Yarrick as the example to teach his Orks as well as to show the Orks his own complete dominance over an Ooomie hero. He warned his Orks that while most Oomies are soft not all are the same and some can be real 'ard. So he then tossed Yarrick into certain death situations that always killed other Ooomies and said watch Yarrick will not only survive and escape he'll come right back here trying to kill everyone. Sure enough Yarrick did each time and came straight for Ghazzy each time. When Ghazzy felt the point was made he let Yarrick go and told Yarrick to warn the others that he knows how Ooomies work and they better prepare because he's coming back and is spoiling for a good fight!

This not only triggered a surge of confidance in his audience as well as himself, and thus triggering another moment of adolescence and increased his beacon. But it also cemented Yarrick's reputation with the Orks as well, having not only now learned that the rare Ooomie is 'ard like an Ork, but they can also give one of them a name. Yarrick. Just like an Ork Warboss a worthy name amongst Orks spreads like wild fire and I believe his PK works because the Orks believe he's the Ooomie equivalent of an Ork.