--- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, Peter Ramos <primarch_at_c...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> ....Since the slann necrons will be renamed, its perhaps wise to
revisit the
> fluff and conform the background to make then a more direct player
in ......
> Peter
Hi Peter,
thanks for the chance to comment. I am a newbie here at netepic, but
a long time epic slann player with necron allies using house rules.
You can imagine my great delight to discover that there was a network
of people 'out there' with many of the same ideas. As such, although
I do not object to a stand alone Necron Army list, perhaps quite
different from the present Slann ally list, I do object to renaming
and removing the necrons from the Slann list.I have three lines of
rational for this:
1. From the earliest days of the necrons, there has always been a
slight slann look about them. the monoliths resemble the Slann flying
pyrimid of WD #100, and many of the necron starships have a very
mayan temple look to them, so much so that I always considered them
Slann starships crewed by Necrons. As backstory I see the Slann and
Necrons once being allies, with the issue of the creation of the
necrons being murky to accept recent GW story line or a more old
fashion view, and the split being the primary cause of the current
decline of the slann
2. The Slann have always been difficult to build armies with because
they were never well supported by GW, so you don't have
much 'offical' background to work with. Removing/renaming the necrons
would remove the one major touchstone Slann players have to the
modern GW universe and create another non-canon race for which a
background would have to be created, with no real connection to any
universe
3. Epic Slann players are, by their nature, use to 'making do' with
all manner of ad hoc miniatures to fill out there army, but this
doen't mean that they would not be delighted to actually be able to
buy appropriate minatures. I know we'll never see epic slann
miniatures, but was looking forward to the day that I could buy real
offical Necrons!
My purpose/hope here is to see the slann as a viable epic army. Part
of this is from well thought out and tested rules, which netepic
provides,but part of this comes from th fluff, background and
presenting an army the future epic players can relate to. I believe
that Necrons are an important part of that viability. Again I have no
objection to a stand alone Necron Army, that may be quite different
from the Slann Allies.
I hope in the near future to post some pictures and house rules on my
Slann army, it developed for many years apart from netepic so is
another take on things.
Cheers,
Bob
Received on Mon Feb 23 2004 - 20:40:59 UTC