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Post subject: Tau and other species  Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:13 pm |
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And this is the biggest problem that I have with the Tau. Yes, the are not psychically aware, and yes a Tau was possessed (by a Tzeentch Greater Daemon). However, this was a 'shoehorn the fluff to fit the rules because they are cool' event as the Codex Daemonhunters had just been released.
The entire situation was just dumb, in my opinion.
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:48 pm |
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Found the Tau intell ... W/D 278, pgs. 62 & 66. Article entitled "The Downward Spiral", basically says, the Tau are naive and a G/Deamon in physical space could "convince" them, especially the renegade Tau. There are pics of the Tau with G/Deamons of Tzeentch and Slann ... pretty neat ! And W/D 283, pgs. 84 & 85 show models of an Ethereal and Battle Suit "possessed" by deamons ! As I said ... no one is safe ... 
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primarch
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:14 pm |
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Hi!
I'm with CS, it is pretty dumb.
Not all races need be influenced by chaos......
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:20 pm |
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Hey, there will be no G/Deamons in my Tau Forces ... but you know G/W always likes to muddy the waters to increase sales. That being said ... "be afraid ... be very afraid ..."  
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primarch
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 6:40 pm |
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Hi!
Well, the background just serves as a sales device, so consistency isnt a priority.
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nkunicki
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:10 pm |
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A couple of things:
Because of the warp storms raging on around the Tau homeworld/galaxy, the Imperium couldnt attack (Or "Cleanse", as they like to call it) them. The storms are still ongoing, but have died down a bit, but it would still hinder the Imperium if they ever decided on a planetary assault. The Tau can navigate through the warp using calculated jumps, and so they can travel through the storms safely. I quote the following from the Tau Codex:
"...the Ethereals and Air caste worked to refine the technique of travelling through warp space, but without the specialised mutation of the Navigator gene, their colony ships could only make short 'hops' into warp space, skimming the edges of the immaterium. With the tightly packed nature of the Tau empire, this did not prove to be a problem and protected them from many of the inherent dangers of warp travel."
As for being "possesed" by CHAOS, it isn't necessary to be psychicly aware technically. People can be influenced, persuaded to do things and turn against their people. I suppose these people could be considered by their people to be "possesed", as CHAOS has influence over them.
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CyberShadow
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:39 pm |
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| Quote (nkunicki @ 01 2004 April,12:10) | | As for being "possesed" by CHAOS, it isn't necessary to be psychicly aware technically. ?People can be influenced, persuaded to do things and turn against their people. ?I suppose these people could be considered by their people to be "possesed", as CHAOS has influence over them. |
True. But, if I remember correctly, this possession involved a Greater Daemon of Tzentch bursting out of a Ethereal. I thought that the daemons required a path from the warp to the material world, and the link to the humans soul provided this. If the Tau lacked this shadow in the warp, then theoretically, they could not be possessed.
They are able to dip through the warp to travel, but not to navigate it. I guess that a Ethereal could be possessed on one of these 'dips' into the warp, but it does push the likelyhood a little for me (obviously, pushing the likelyhood beyond the aliens, technology, witchcraft and so on!)_________________ https://www.cybershadow.ninja - A brief look into my twisted world, including wargames and beyond. https://www.net-armageddon.org - The official NetEA (Epic Armageddon) site and resource.
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Mojarn Piett
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Post subject: Tau and other species Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 7:01 am |
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| Quote (CyberShadow @ 01 2004 April,15:39) | True. But, if I remember correctly, this possession involved a Greater Daemon of Tzentch bursting out of a Ethereal. I thought that the daemons required a path from the warp to the material world, and the link to the humans soul provided this. If the Tau lacked this shadow in the warp, then theoretically, they could not be possessed.
They are able to dip through the warp to travel, but not to navigate it. I guess that a Ethereal could be possessed on one of these 'dips' into the warp, but it does push the likelyhood a little for me (obviously, pushing the likelyhood beyond the aliens, technology, witchcraft and so on!) |
Um, nowhere is it said that the Tau are blanks, eg. have no presence in the Warp. They just don't have any psychic powers. Or do they? Nothing is said about the ethereals and their ability to command absolute obedieness except that it is "mysterious". Some sort of latent psychic ability, perhaps...?
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