@Xantalos
Since the Slaan are all psykers, what rating would you give, from the fifth generation all the way up to the first? What about Skink Priests and eventual newborn Slaan?
I assume you mean on the Imperial Assignment scale? I can do that at the start, but as BungieONI notes from my past self, slann kinda break the scale at their weakest so the closest I can get are relative comparisons. Within the Web all slannpower is basically arbitrary depending on how high the local magnitude, so I'll discuss off of it. Fifth gens are alpha+ in the sense that pretty much any human alpha psykers or standard farseers, being the two most common examples of consistently powerful/skilled wizards in 40k I can think of, would get defeated by them, though it of course may be a tough fight depending on the combatants. Fourth gens are more powerful, able to casually trash said standard alphas and able to comfortably tango with hero examples of those categories like Malcador and Eldrad. Third gens are above the ability of any one individual to defeat in a wizardry sense save for literal divine avatars and the like - Magnus the Red could probably pull it off, but he'd be coordinating with his legionnaires while doing so and attacking the slann as a group. Second generation are above even that - its hard to get into specifics without running into spoilers, but... part of the reason I sent the other elder slann flying around the galaxy was to help make sure the game didn't become a stomp-fest. First generation slann... Blotbova of the First Spawning, as noted in the previous turn results, was able to casually manipulate the innate magical reserves of over a hundred fifth generation slann in order to cause them to cast a teleportation spell on themselves against their will. He did this in the midst of a reality-swallowing warpstorm comparable to the nastier parts of the Eye of Terror, and did so without a single miscast on his part. Consider that, and think of what it would be like to have something of that potency and skill set against you.
You dunno how strong new slann will be - could be weaker, could be equal to the current fifth gens, hard to say right now. Lotta variables in slann spawning, it's why the research projects are so hard.
Skink priests on the other hand, are a lot more easily traceable. Newly spawned ones are basically equal to a generic human battle wizard/psyker/etc, with their skills obviously focused on one wind of magic. As they go up through the age categories detailed in the threadmark I have for that, they progress in skill (and innate power, but the skill's more important) at roughly the same metric that Saurus do for combat skill. Your current average oldest ones are around the thousand year or so mark, and so are basically equivalent to, say, an Asur mage that's newly mastered high magic, at least in power/skill type stuff. Your most powerful example is Ten-zlati, who is an exception because of his bond with Lord Kroak, would be roughly equal to a 5th gen sans said bond.
when we find out what the Eldar have done they will get quite the scolding
Yeah, how dare they move off of Ulthuan like they did
Well he likes big lizards and big men, which kroxigors are both of.
A good choice on your part, clearly!
That bit about a 5th Gen being roughly somewhere better than a Lord of Change in combat reminds me:
With some differences due to exact circumstances, the 'typical' greater daemons of different chaos gods are roughly equal. A kitted out Oldblood can fight a Bloodthirster with a reasonable expectation of victory. Does this mean in a theoretical duel* a properly equipped Oldblood has a chance against a 5th Gen?
One thing that should be noted is that, as noted, in the 40k Galaxy the warp is metaphysically bigger than it was in Mallus, so daemons are likely to be proportionally stronger here. Thus any Oldblood/Bloodthirster comparisons will have to be labeled speculative until you actually get the opportunity to tango with one.
That said, assuming the slann's temple guard aren't there for whatever reason and the Oldblood gets the drop on the 5th gen, close-quarters ambush, they'd mulch the weakass giant toad, given that the Oldblood would be more than twice the height of the slann and close to ... I forget my exact Saurus weight calcs, but in armor at least seven times heavier than it. If the slann saw the Saurus coming, however, it'd be a casual stomp in the slann's favor. It's a weird, mixmatched battle, heavily depending on circumstances, as most warrior vs wizard matchups are.
turn 20 will be In 7 years time
Ah cmon, probably quicker than that! Assuming each turn takes me 2.5 months on average to write and I never get faster, starting from turn 7 it'd take me 2.7 years to finish turn 20.
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Still a while, I admit, but still.
