- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Is the compass really equal to the other options? I mean, yes, even I'm voting for the cool Necron pirate compass, but where's the secret horror of it?
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The Lost (30k Primarch Quest)
- Thread starter HalfTangible
- Start date
- Sci-Fi Fantasy
- Location
- California, USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Is a compass focused on the giant eldritch hole in reality that may or may not be a literal eye that is also hell, not at least as creepy as a laser sword or a lance key?
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[X] – Veil of Darkness
[X] – Hyperphase Sword
[X] – Translocational Compass
[X] – write-in
-[X] There were several scarab-shaped machines in various states of disassembly and decay. One stood out to you, as though someone had remodelled it for some unfathomable reason to resemble some form of avian. It called to you.
[X] – Hyperphase Sword
[X] – Translocational Compass
[X] – write-in
-[X] There were several scarab-shaped machines in various states of disassembly and decay. One stood out to you, as though someone had remodelled it for some unfathomable reason to resemble some form of avian. It called to you.
HalfTangible
Only half sane (it's less cringe)
- Location
- Valkyrie, Primus
Who needs X to mark the spot when you have a magic compass raided from a skeleton tomb?
An armor made from starstuff that fits a Primarch?
Hm... I wonder... >=3
Either will work wonders.
And honestly I'm thinking about potential places to find/steal another such item. Because I was going to have this be a one-off cool thing but a pirate Primarch both able and willing to use xeno weapons just because they look cool sounds both fitting and like a rip-roaring good time.
I think you need to add the "[X] - Write In" above it for that to count... lemme check.
Wouldn't be much of a secret horror if I told you now would it?
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It also explains why he got purged in canon.
[X] – Eldritch Lance
- Location
- Australia
[X] – Hyperphase Sword
[X] – Translocational Compass.
[X] – Translocational Compass.
- Location
- New York
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Well as long as OP is making the compass as eldritch as the rest of the equipment that's fine.
We need more horrors beyond mortal ken in our life.
We need more horrors beyond mortal ken in our life.
Tabascoheath
Unkempt, Evil-eyed Charlatan, and Pseudo-Mystic
- Location
- Your Nearest Orbital Habitat
I'd say it's about as eldritch as navigators using the astronomicon as a lighthouse. I mean necrons having a compass/chartering map to find their way around (or to) the big daemon holes is right up warhammers alley.
Undead alien robot parrot.
HalfTangible
Only half sane (it's less cringe)
- Location
- Valkyrie, Primus
I'm sure I'll think of something. Got an idea or two swirling in my head already...
The issue there is that the Necrons A) were around before daemons first emerged, and B) didn't/don't use the Warp for travel. Or anything, really.
But I'll come up with something properly eldritch and necron-y...
Polly want
- Location
- I'm not telling.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Something to point them in the direction of warp shenanigans might have come in handy during the war though.
- Location
- A Pit Of My Own Making
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] – Hyperphase Sword
[X] – write-in
-[X] There were several scarab-shaped machines in various states of disassembly and decay. One stood out to you, as though someone had remodelled it for some unfathomable reason to resemble some form of avian. It called to you.
Sword? Bitchin.
A Canoptek Parrot? Even more so.
[X] – write-in
-[X] There were several scarab-shaped machines in various states of disassembly and decay. One stood out to you, as though someone had remodelled it for some unfathomable reason to resemble some form of avian. It called to you.
Sword? Bitchin.
A Canoptek Parrot? Even more so.
Alayne
The Reader
- Location
- Home of the Vikings
Daemons as we know them didn't exist yeah. Warp Predators did tho. Which is basically unaligned daemons. Also, considering the level of Fuck Everything weaponry getting thrown around I can easily see Warp Rifts constantly getting opened and then closed by whatever side won the fight.
The Webway is a thing and the Necrons use it as their primary form of transportation.
Webway - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Webway
The Webway, also known as the Labyrinth Dimension, or the Labyrinthine Dimension in older texts, is an extra-dimensional space partitioned off from the Immaterium millions of Terran years ago by an extremely advanced xenos species known as the Old Ones. Today, it is utilised by the Asuryani...
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HalfTangible
Only half sane (it's less cringe)
- Location
- Valkyrie, Primus
huh. I thought they used weird dimensional shifting tech that nobody understood... was that changed in the Necron rework?The Webway is a thing and the Necrons use it as their primary form of transportation.
Webway - Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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Webway
The Webway, also known as the Labyrinth Dimension, or the Labyrinthine Dimension in older texts, is an extra-dimensional space partitioned off from the Immaterium millions of Terran years ago by an extremely advanced xenos species known as the Old Ones. Today, it is utilised by the Asuryani...
Tabascoheath
Unkempt, Evil-eyed Charlatan, and Pseudo-Mystic
- Location
- Your Nearest Orbital Habitat
In the Battlefleet gothic 2 game they make mention to dolmen gates but I didn't think they were connected to the webway network.
edit: Just looked it up, turns out they did subvert a portion of the webway via the gates they built. however it was unstable and the webway had a tendency to reject any long term travel from them. So I think they still mainly used their weird frictionless drives.
edit: Just looked it up, turns out they did subvert a portion of the webway via the gates they built. however it was unstable and the webway had a tendency to reject any long term travel from them. So I think they still mainly used their weird frictionless drives.
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[x] – write-in
- [x] There were several scarab-shaped machines in various states of disassembly and decay. One stood out to you, as though someone had remodelled it for some unfathomable reason to resemble some form of avian. It called to you.
[x] – Translocational Compass
- [x] There were several scarab-shaped machines in various states of disassembly and decay. One stood out to you, as though someone had remodelled it for some unfathomable reason to resemble some form of avian. It called to you.
[x] – Translocational Compass
- Location
- A Pit Of My Own Making
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Old Ones first made the Webway, they let the Eldar (and possibly some other of their races) use it during the War In Haven.
Necrons got tired of the Old Ones using the webway so they made Dolemn Gates both to subvert and invade the webway
Necrons got tired of the Old Ones using the webway so they made Dolemn Gates both to subvert and invade the webway
- Location
- The underworld
[X] – Veil of Darkness
Vote closed
HalfTangible
Only half sane (it's less cringe)
- Location
- Valkyrie, Primus