Okay, my problem is this: My Ordo Xenos Inquisitor needs an Eldar ally and I'm looking for any ideas and suggestions on what kind of Eldar s/he could be? The Eldar can be of any type (Craftworld, Exodite or Dark) but must be joining forces with the Inquisitor because s/he wants to gently push the Inquisitor into fight with local Necrons. So pure mercenary type isn't what I'm looking for. More like the type that likes the men doing the hard and dangerous stuff instead of Eldar. The Eldar him/herself should have some resources and power but would be a bit of outsider or renegade amongst her own people, which is exactly why allying with Inquisition serves his or her interests at the moment...

All ideas and suggestions are welcome

The first thing that springs to mind is a Harelquin Solitaire - they walk apart from even the Harlequins themselves,take the part of Slaanesh in their masques.

Also the HArlequins deal with all types of Eldar, exodite, Dark & Craftworld so it gives you free reign to pull in any other type you wish.

Well the obvious answer would be an Eldar Ranger, they're running around the place not sticking to the path system as most other craftworld Eldar docould have any number of goals. I had a similar character as a bad guy at the end of my first Dark Heresy campaign who would stop at nothing to destroy Necrons including a centuries long plan to summon a Daemonic Horde onto a tomb world to destroy it... did I mention he was not sane?

So anyway rangers follow the path of the outcasthave to leave their craftworlds while they do this. They're traditionally equiped with a type of sniper rifle but some have other weapons too including shuriken pistolseldar power swords. Stats for themtheir gear are provided in Creatures Anathema which is handy.

Alternatively perhaps they could be a survivor from a minor craftworld that was destroyed by an awakening Tomb World? They are one of the few survivorsare considered cursed by their kin. Consumed by vengeance this individual could be from any leaning, an aspect warrior, scholar, seercarpenter.

An exodite eldar could be an interesting option, this less sophisticated (by Eldar standards) person could be out trying to stopfulfill some ancient prophecyhave rejected the ways of their people. Tech isn't as prevalent with these guys though they still have access to really nice stuff.

A Dark Eldar who has been exiled for some nefariousimagined slight might have to slum it amongst the lesser races. With no shipgoods to trade the Dark Eldar is for the moment atleast stuck in the sector until they can acquire funds. With knowledge of the tomb world they can ingratiate themselves to this human who has such sway over the other cattle. If they humans can muster the forces the crush the necrons then it makes the sector to live in while you set up suppliesmake disposable allies... if the humans fail then surely this human wont be foolish enough to stay in systemyou can get a ride out. Risky business though.

I'd disagree with the solitaire idea if you plan on having the players fight along side the individualif your players might insult them. Solitaires are really really really good in combatmight outshine your party a lot. Its said in a few places that they don't hesitate to kill at the slightest insult... they've got nothing to lose! But if it wont cause too many problems it could be a very interesting choice just think about it carefully on how you want this NPC to interact with the part.

Handy facts about Eldarthe Calixis Sector in case you didn't know themthey give you inspiration:

The Craftworld near the Calixis sector is Kaelor which migrates through every one thousand years, Imperial ships are under strict orders not to approach these. This is the most likely source of craftworld eldar outcasts. It's not in great condition though!

The Calixis sector is considered cursed by the Eldarthey largely tend to avoid it (not true of the Koronus Expanse). Eldar pirates do occassionaly come into the Calixis sector but that doesn't seem too common. This could be part of the reason why they came to the Calixis sector to hide from their kin.

One of the few Eldar to operate in the Calixis sector is Ulthyr Ellarion (found in creatures anathema) an infamous pirate. He hangs around the Drusus Marcheshas been their for four centuries. It is hinted that he searches for somethingthis is kept unclear but gives a few possibilities. Perhaps he could be your Eldar? Just say he has been searching for the Tomb Worldunableunwilling to convince others of his race is happy to aid the humans in taking it out.

If you plan on involving Eldar a bit their are some stats for themtheir gear in a few different places including: The Radicals Handbook, Creatures Anathema, Purge the Unclean, The Rogue Trader Rulebook, Into the StormLure of the Expanse off the top of my head.

Hi,

I vote for the Eldar Ranger as well. Said Ranger could be on a mission by an Eldar Runerprophet. Perhaps he is not even a "real Ranger" but an Dire Avenger posing as a Ranger (he might have walked that path before in his life) in order to bring his master plans to fruit.

If the pc work with the Ranger, they will find him straying from time to time. If they are able to somehow follow him (which should be a REAL hard task) they might find him in meditation with some crystal-wraithbone-thing hovering in front of him. A psyker present might feel the presence of another being after 5 success on an extended Psiniscience test (one role = one minute; the conversation with teh Prophet will not last longer then 1d5+2 minutes).

Otherwise, this "Eldar Renegade" could in Truth be an DarkEldar in disguise. The fact the he tries to manouvre the =I= against the Necron has nothing to do with any prophetic powersanything. His cabal just knows about one foetries to bring up another foe against the first one.

I just knew asking on this forums was the right thing to do

So many great ideas. The Solitaire one I leave out just because the Solitaires are so rare that my =I= would be tempted to kill it for later study. Rangers, Dire Avengerssuch work fine, like ExoditesDarkies. One thing, though, whichever breed the Eldar is heshe can't "disguise" as another sort. Not in this case at any rate. The Inquisitorseveral of her closest acolytes are powerful psykers so they would spot a non-psychic Dark Eldar trying to pass off as normal Eldar (who are all psychic) right awaywould probably get so suspicious of this that they would just kill teh eldar (yes, you guessed it, "for later study").

Anyway, great ideas so far. Keep 'em comingI'll start to cook something up.

Polaria said:

Hi Poloaria,

why do you think that every (Non-Dark) Eldar is a "psychic"?. As far as I have read through the stats, non but the Runeprophets/Warlooks do have Psyker-Stats.

Do you derived that information form the new codex for DE? Or from any other fluff source?

Just curious.

If it this is so..does your =I= know?

Gregorius21778 said:

Just because they're not psykers in rules terms doesn't mean they're not psychically active.

As it has been for decades - they're mentioned in the original Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader rulebook as being universally psychically-sensitive - all Eldar have a far greater innate psychic capability than humans,this is reflected in much of their technology, as most Eldar technology is made from psychoreactive materialsis grown through psychokinetic stimulation. For the Eldar, it takes only training to learn to wield those powers,Eldar techniques are typically far safer than those understood by humans. There is, however, a drawback to this - the heightened magnitude of an Eldar soul (they shine more brightly within the Warp, a consequence of their innate power) means that they remain consciousself-aware as a disembodied soul after death... this is not a problem inof itself, until you consider that any Eldar soul loose within the Warp (as opposed to bound within Soulstones) is swiftly devouredeternally tormented by Slaanesh.

Humans face oblivion in death... the Eldar experience every moment of it.

The Dark Eldar are different - due to their particular nature (being Eldar without soulstones who drink the souls of others to fortify their own against being devoured by Slaanesh,the experiments of the Haemonculi), the psychic capabilities of the Dark Eldar have atrophied to the point where they cannot learn to draw upon the powers of the Warp as an Eldar WarlockFarseer can.

Its pretty much like N0-1 says. The Eldar universal psychic-sensitivity is mentioned in old Eldar Codexthe new Dark Eldar one mentions that Dark Eldar are, unlike other Eldar, not psychically sensitive. As the Inquisitor has deal with Craftworld Eldar beforehas a soul of Dark Eldar imprisoned in Dark Eldar-issue soul trap she would probably know this difference with the two sorts of Eldar.

Perhaps. But I do not think that a psyker will necessarily feel this "activeness". If he would, he would have a chance to detect the presence of an Eldar around him like he would be able to sense a psyker around him. This would make it far easier to search for an Eldar in Hiding (as long as he is within the range of the Psiniscience of said psyker). On the same basis (Senses that pic up Psykers will pic up the psychic activeness of an Non-Dark Eldar)every device that is able to spot a psyker would be able to detect Non-Dark Eldar.

This feels strange to me.

It sounds like you are looking for a puppet master type eldar to ally with. In that case the WarlockFarseer would be ideal as they have the whole divination thing going for them.

Rangers would be good for a more immediate problem, like a hostile alien invasiondesecration of a 'site of eldar importance'. The Farseer type figure would be more interested in subtly directing the flow of actionsmanipulating weak-willed humans into furthering their own ends without realizing it.

But that would be pretty standard/stereotypical from all the delightful Dawn of War games we've had to enjoy over the years with manipulative quasi-good guy eldar running around doing things.

Asgard4tw said:

I was thinking I'd avoid the stereotype of meddling eldar psychicgo Exarch/Ranger/Dark Eldar route. There is no reason why an experienced eldar warrior would not use guilemanipulation where brute force is likely to fail.

The Dire Avenger idea sounded like I could write up something on that... Maybe a Dire Avenger Exarch? As Exarch heshe is "stuck" on the Warriors pathI could see that being partly why heshe is so obsessed with Necrons that allying with Inquisition starts to sound like a good idea.

However, why would Dire Avenger be out there alone?

Polaria said:

Knowing that neither the paththe armor of an Avenger would help him in his attempt to find somebodysomething to throw between his peoplethe Necron, s/he claimed to start the Path of the Ranger. But he did not. Not in his heart, because the learningseeing with new eyes is not part of the true agenda. . The eldar in question even went so far to steal his armortake it with him.

How does this concept sounds to you?

Polaria said:

I've always found it strange that the Eldar do not standard feature Psyniscience as skill in their stat ranks.

@Gregorius21778: Sounds good, I'll use that as base conceptsee what comes out.

@The Laughing God: I always thought they just forgot iterrataed Psynisciense into all Eldar profiles.

Okay, I made first draft version:

The Lost Exarch

What do you think? Anything striking oddnot adding up? Anything that should be changed? I purposefully left the Necrons out of the description so if anyone wants to steal the NPC for your own games you can just subsititute them with any suitably horrifying enemy.

I know it's a TT source but the Eldar Codex does state that Exarchs don't leave their temples except when called to fight, so it's unlikely to be an exarch of any sort, something to bare in mind if you have a knowledgable 40K group. As a suggestion it could just be a concerned citizen as all Eldar train in the Warrior Path for some time anyway, s/he may be a diplomat, or learning in some other path. You could go really wild hand have him as a Xenobiologist, he's on a sceince path to study the enemies and potential allies for his craftworld, as Eldar stay dedicated to their chosen path for many years, it's not impossible for him to team up with a more Radical Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos for an extended period this may be the duration of the Inquisitor's life.

Valdek said:

Point taken but this one has gone permanently AWOL. I don't know if it makes her ex-Exarch or what, but I don't think she has any business returning to the Temple anymore...