Tau

By MDMann, in Rogue Trader

Psion said:

Somewhat off topic but do you think the Tau will make it into the supplement for Xenos FFG is hinting at? Even if it's just a "This is the stats for the Tau, how you fit them into your game is your own problem." sort of deal?

Possibly, but I doubt it. Every page in a supplement is precious. Using some of them for a xenos race that isn't present in the Expanse seems unlikely. Those pages could instead be spent on another race, or used to add more details for another race.

macd21 said:

Or imagine if the next GW summer campaign was set in 001.M42 and was titled "The Tyrant Star Campaign: Death of the Calixis Sector"...

This is a campaign for the combined 3 RPGs (DH, RT and DW) I would love to see released just prior to the FFG license expiring. A large 150 page adventure the details the final hours of Calixis!

macd21 said:

Psion said:

Somewhat off topic but do you think the Tau will make it into the supplement for Xenos FFG is hinting at? Even if it's just a "This is the stats for the Tau, how you fit them into your game is your own problem." sort of deal?

Possibly, but I doubt it. Every page in a supplement is precious. Using some of them for a xenos race that isn't present in the Expanse seems unlikely. Those pages could instead be spent on another race, or used to add more details for another race.

It's unlikely, but the Tau do represent a tech-using nation that is completely unlike the Imperium and a interesting number of RP possiblties. That being said, you're right in the sense that the space could be better spent on developing those... maggot men dudes who's name suddenly slipped my mind.

What if the 13th tribe of the Tau set up shop in the Koronus Expanse and someday a rag-tag fleet of Tau, fleeing Imperial tyranny, will come looking for them?

That would mean that said rag-tag fleet travelled through the entire Imperium they're trying to flee to get there...

Cifer said:

What if the 13th tribe of the Tau set up shop in the Koronus Expanse and someday a rag-tag fleet of Tau, fleeing Imperial tyranny, will come looking for them?

That would mean that said rag-tag fleet travelled through the entire Imperium they're trying to flee to get there...

Far more silly things have happened in the WH40K fluff...