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Taken from the Warhammer wiki : . A devotee of Khorne is as likely to be an honourable champion in combat as a blood-crazed slaughterer. Khornates take no artful approach to killing, seeking only to slay rather than to inflict pain, because while the blood of their victims strengthens Khorne, their suffering actually empowers his nemesis Slaanesh. The name "Khorne" derives from his name in Chaos' daemonic Dark Tongue, Kharneth, meaning "Lord of Rage" or "Lord of Blood". He is the mightiest and the second oldest of the four major Chaos Gods, fully coming into existence in the Immaterium sometime during Terra's European Middle Ages in the 2nd Millennium. Khorne is the Blood God, Lord of Rage, Taker of Skulls. He is wrath incarnate, the embodiment of a never-ending lust to dominate and destroy. It is his sole desire to drown the galaxy in a tide of slaughter, to conquer and kill every living thing until there is nothing left but spilt blood and shattered bone. The Blood God is commonly depicted as a broad and muscular humanoid who stands hundreds of feet tall. He has the face of a savage, snarling dog, though his twisted features are all but hidden by a baroque helm decorated with the skulls of conqueror kings. Khorne's exaggerated physique is further distorted by heavy, overlapping plates of armour fashioned from brass and blackened iron. His every word is a growl of endless fury, and his roars of bloodlust echo across his realm. Khorne broods from a throne of carved brass, atop a mountain of skulls, The macabre trophies are the fleshless heads of his champions, stacked alongside those of their defeated opponents. A hundred thousand species are represented, from human heads beyond counting to Tyranid skulls the size of hive city hab-blocks. The ever-growing pile of bloodstained bone reflects the material victories of his followers, feeding Khorne's glory but never quenching his thirst for blood and death. At Khorne's side rests a great two-handed sword, a legendary blade capable of laying waste to the substance of worlds with a single blow. This fell weapon is known by various names to the different intelligent races of the galaxy, including Woebringer, Warmaker, and the End of All Things. It is said that when Khorne takes up his sword, a single sweep can cut through reality itself, allowing Khorne's daemonic legions to spill forth into the Materium. The code of Khorne is simple: blood and more blood. His only temple is the battlefield, his sole sacrament the spilled blood of nations. Consciously or not, all warrior cultures pay him homage with their acts of murder and destruction, from the headhunting tribes of backwater Feral Worlds to the planet-conquering warbands of the Chaos Space Marines of the World Eaters Traitor Legion. Every single life taken in anger increases the Blood God's power. He looks well upon those warriors who slay their friends and allies, for they prove their understanding of a greater truth -- Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows, only that it flows. Friends or enemies, all the dead are equal in the eyes of the Lord of Battle. Those Khornate devotees who let a day pass without committing an act of bloody-handed slaughter inevitably incur the Blood God's displeasure. Khorne is said to have inherited a martial nobility and honour, and considers the weak and helpless to be unworthy of his wrath. The battle-cry of the followers of Khorne reflects his desire for wanton violence: "Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Throne of Khorne!" Alternatively, they may cry, "Skulls for the Skull Throne!" In the throes of violence, Khorne's followers are also known to bellow, "KILL! MAIM! BURN!" repeatedly while hacking apart their enemies. Also, the Khornate Berserkers known as Khorne's Chosen often shout "Break their backs!" while in the thick of the brutal, bloody battle they so passionately seek out. Followers of the Chaos God Slaanesh, who Khornates see as degenerate scum who kill only for pleasure rather than to test one's self against mighty enemies, are favoured foes to face in battle, as are the servants of Tzeentch, who are seen as Sorcerers unwilling to engage in fair and honourable combat. Khorne's sacred number is eight, reflected in the organization of his armies, and in smaller matters such as the number of syllables in a Khornate daemon's name. Where possible, his warriors will form up into squads of this number. His primary colours are blood red, black and brass. Also note that the Mark of Khorne looks vaguely like a figure of eight or a stylized human skull. METAL AS FUUUUUUUUUUCK! 
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Truga posted:https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6233451/#Comment_6233451 You could probably post a concern thread for each individual stretch goal and major game feature and find the majority of the community don't care about any of them. Well except the PVE slider, they'd care about that one. AP fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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Omi-Polari posted:WH40k lore is cool and it's fun to read about, but it always struck me as having diminishing returns. There's only so many city-sized churches you can throw at a planet before I go zzzzzzzzz. And gently caress playing it on a tabletop. There's plenty of good 40K fiction that uses the epic lore and puts a really good touch on it. Check out the 40K thread in the Book Barn, their stuff is all good. My favorite setting is Necromunda. One of these days I'll get off my rear end and do a CYOA for that setting, but then I remember how good my last effort went. EDIT: gently caress man, I remember reading Prosper and thinking about how much loving fun I had writing that. Maybe it's time to revisit. Beer4TheBeerGod fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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Mirificus posted:Stay classy Reddit.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:There's plenty of good 40K fiction that uses the epic lore and puts a really good touch on it. Check out the 40K thread in the Book Barn, their stuff is all good. Is this it? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3494493
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Star Citizen fantasies  https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/312504/what-is-everybody-expecting-from-star-citizen
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Daztek posted:Naw, the biggest class of ships are about 10 kilometers in length, with tens of thousands as crew, afaik. He might be talking craftworlds, in which case, yes, they're loving big. Space hulks are the remnants of 1+ wrecks that end up with poo poo infesting them, some of those hulks are pretty drat big. Omi-Polari posted:Not a WH40k fan but it's deffo got style and art direction, which doesn't get emphasized enough. The designers definitely know what they're trying to do, and they create the aesthetics to reflect it. Most of the guys that came up with the style are gone, and GW has been infested with sales suits. Still a hell of a compelling thing that was almost entirely inspired by 2000AD. Hillary Clintons Thong posted:Too bad it's inaccessible to people who aren't gods of micro precision painting. I tried painting some Battletech and Flames of War minatures and while I don't think they look awful, I'm sure they're laughable to the WH40k community based on everything I've seen. I paint minis for me rather than competition. It helps with fine motor control, and there's a certain level of zen involved in knowing how to apply a brush; you don't actually 'see' the surface you're painting. GW is beginning to crumble, though. They killed Fantasy in favour of a much stripped down game that plays like 40K, on the other hand, they're making GBS threads out licenses to everyone and their dog, so the lore will survive.
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My favorite bit of 40k lore comes from the actual meta-game and tournaments, where GW was trying to shoehorn the Orks into a mega alliance with Chaos and other baddies against the humies. In probably the best Goon-esque response, the Ork players decided to tell GW to zog off and fought whoever they felt like fighting. I forget the name/tournament the incident took place, but GW was absolutely frustrated with the Ork players for ruining their narrative.
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Mirificus posted:Pgabz, the next time you see Rajafa, you should tell him to go gently caress himself. Thing is , imagine if this horror show actually manifests itself as a game. Would you really want to play in a 'verse' with c*nts like this in it !!
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What I love most about all of this is that there's a group of Citizens who wail on and on about how little Goons affect anything, how much they don't think we matter, how irrelevant we are etc. All while posting lengthy discussions about Goons, reading SA to pull quotes and complain about etc. It's comical. Mirificus posted:Stay classy Reddit. The report function still doesn't work. Wonder if poking the mods will actually do anything. This is the same guy they gave a 24 hr temp ban for posting misogynistic poo poo the other day too. PGabz, you should reference his racism when he spergs out at you on YouTube and see if he tries to pretend its not him again.
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Unfunny Poster posted:What I love most about all of this is that there's a group of Citizens who wail on and on about how little Goons affect anything, how much they don't think we matter, how irrelevant we are etc. Are we sure that PGabz isn't a Sandi ALT?
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The reason CIG is focusing on SQ42 and not the game people wanted from the kickstarter is because all the unskippable cutscenes let CIG have a little more time to work on the game
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:METAL AS FUUUUUUUUUUCK! Slightly out of date as well. The Chaos gods got a loving after Bryan Ansell left the company and they started to remove the authors from the books. Slaanesh, the god of desire, temptation and all things pink was retired as 'too sexy', Khorne got promoted, Nurgle's still around, and Tzeentch, changer of the ways was given short-shrift. I think the current 40K is for 'chaos undivided'; Fantasy got killed off. It was a shame as well, because Fantasy had a slightly more pernicious and 'creeping horror' feel to the predations of chaos, who were coming out of the northern wastes, but also managed to tempt normal people to support it. Chaos started to come out of the cold as generic bad guy bezerkers, and then _nothin'_. While I'm in the derail - http://www.returnofreckoning.com/ - private server for the warhammer MMO that shut down.
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VideoGames posted:When I told that guy earlier not to be creepy I meant for other posters to take note as well. Don't be creepy like this. At all. It made me giggle reading that while looking at your fantastic profile picture.
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Its as if anytime two "local physics grids" come close to one another the engine goes bonker, misplacing every parts at is seem unable to correctly adjucate where things are supposed to go
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rajafa not racist. he only know 3 race: human, banu, vanduul.
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Unfunny Poster posted:The report function still doesn't work. Wonder if poking the mods will actually do anything. This is the same guy they gave a 24 hr temp ban for posting misogynistic poo poo the other day too.
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Hav posted:Slightly out of date as well. The Chaos gods got a loving after Bryan Ansell left the company and they started to remove the authors from the books. Slaanesh, the god of desire, temptation and all things pink was retired as 'too sexy', Khorne got promoted, Nurgle's still around, and Tzeentch, changer of the ways was given short-shrift. Never underestimate how a bad company can kill off good IPs.
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Yup, that's the one. Bootcha posted:My favorite bit of 40k lore comes from the actual meta-game and tournaments, where GW was trying to shoehorn the Orks into a mega alliance with Chaos and other baddies against the humies. That was the Eye of Terror campaign, right?
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Dapper Dan posted:Never underestimate how a bad company can kill off good IPs. The biggest crime Games Workshop has committed is renaming the Imperial Guard to Astra Militarum.
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I think I solved the mystery:
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Yup, that's the one. I've never read any of the books, grabbed me the Eisenhorn Omnibus, should be good bedtime reading 
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Dapper Dan posted:Never underestimate how a bad company can kill off good IPs. GW has been heading in the wrong direction for a very long time. Two years ago they moved to bigger, more expensive models, then shat out some rules that would have you fielding three tanks (~$45 each) as a single unit. As it is the 40K rules have relaxed the concept of allies to the point where you can collect two armies. poo poo, I remember picking up the Warhammer 2nd edition with a friend instead of the car wars stuff I wanted from Games Workshop in Brum. Neither of us could afford the minis, so we used counters instead. Final straw for me was devolving White Dwarf into a tiny tablet book of painting and a monthly catalog supplement. About the only thing keeping it afloat is nostalgia. Edit: Pick up Ravenor while you're at it. ^^^^
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Hav posted:Slightly out of date as well. The Chaos gods got a loving after Bryan Ansell left the company and they started to remove the authors from the books. Slaanesh, the god of desire, temptation and all things pink was retired as 'too sexy', Khorne got promoted, Nurgle's still around, and Tzeentch, changer of the ways was given short-shrift. Honestly I have no desire to ever get involved in painting figurines (never have done never will do) same goes for the games, but I could read an entire book filled with descriptions like that. I tried getting into lovecraft because I love the thought of cosmic horror and monsters with eyes and mouths the size of galaxies but I was bored to tears.I'll try again another time.
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Just play the relic games tbh. e: And read the books, those are cool too.
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EightAce posted:I just want to add that most of the actual dev guys , I mean arse on chair, head down earning a wage permanently in crunch dev guys (In other words the UK and Deutschland) ; are really talented. Some of the best in the industry and certainly some of the best I have worked with. Thats why its so infuriating to see these vacuous hacks appearing on their lovely you tube shows and ludicrous Q and A sessions talking such clap trap. It reflects badly on the real talent who KNOW this project is simply not possible the way the Emperor is pitching it. G0RF fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Honestly I have no desire to ever get involved in painting figurines (never have done never will do) same goes for the games, but I could read an entire book filled with descriptions like that. Totally fair enough. I'm a child of the seventies and was brought up on airfix and dangerous chemicals masquerading as paint. Brazilianpeanutwar posted:I tried getting into lovecraft because I love the thought of cosmic horror and monsters with eyes and mouths the size of galaxies but I was bored to tears.I'll try again another time. Have you read any of the Charlie Stross 'Laundry' novels? The black library handles the GW fiction end of things - http://www.blacklibrary.com/ - The Horus Heresy, which is the origin story of the 'modern' Imperium runs to a fairly huge number of books, and is one of the most detailed things you'll ever come across. The fiction tends to run from bad fanfic through to Dan Abnett.
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Bootcha posted:My favorite bit of 40k lore comes from the actual meta-game and tournaments, where GW was trying to shoehorn the Orks into a mega alliance with Chaos and other baddies against the humies. that owns thats GW's fault for trying to get Orks to do a thing that wasn't just killing things the narrative for Orks should be that they like fighting things and they arent really necessarily the 'allying' type, and then you design around that
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Hav posted:Totally fair enough. I'm a child of the seventies and was brought up on airfix and dangerous chemicals masquerading as paint. Thanks for all the info, I think i'm gonna have to get some books for the first time in ages 
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Hav posted:He might be talking craftworlds, in which case, yes, they're loving big. Space hulks are the remnants of 1+ wrecks that end up with poo poo infesting them, some of those hulks are pretty drat big.
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I hope Chris has read the latest xkcd "what if" and announces a new station type soon.
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I couldn't get this comparison out of my head and had to share it. Or is it just me?
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$220s for a 1 year access actually only gives you 11 months. https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/40op9y/cig_math/ 
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Kakarot posted:So much for the cloud...
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Steam: I will feel grief. https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6226719/#Comment_6226719  https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6226912/#Comment_6226912
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This is me trying in a small way to contribute to the thread, Feel free to photoshop this or use it anyway you want (if you want) : http://imgur.com/D2KfuAo http://imgur.com/rfSPKCP If this is the wrong way to post images then let me know and i'll just not do it again.
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Hav posted:GW has been heading in the wrong direction for a very long time. Two years ago they moved to bigger, more expensive models, then shat out some rules that would have you fielding three tanks (~$45 each) as a single unit. As it is the 40K rules have relaxed the concept of allies to the point where you can collect two armies. The only thing I like about 40k is the FFG RPGs. I used to run them online using Vassal 40k for the models. It was a lot of fun. I don't touch the overpriced pieces of plastic though
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