Oldhammer's Chaos Gods - /tg/ (#95928649) [Archived: 1115 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/22/2025, 6:00:32 PM No.95928649
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I miss the old editions of Warhammer Fantasy, Chaos Gods weren't 100% ultra-evil and had some good aspects, after all they're CHAOTIC, so it made sense.

It also made it believable that some people choose to worshipping them or some of them because that.

Would be cool if GW bring this back in Old World (WF 2.0), AoS and / or 40k.
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 6:54:27 PM No.95928931
You mean a few side notes in the books called SLAVES TO DARKNESS and THE LOST AND THE DAMNED? That were buried amongst descriptions of how monstrous they and their followers were? Those good aspects?
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 6:58:22 PM No.95928963
>>95928931
Yes, why not?

In 40k, you also have the pre-Imperium religion of Colchis, where the Chaos Gods are worshipped but they've positive aspects.
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 8:48:43 PM No.95929723
>>95928963
Because it's not a feature of old editions at all, and what little there is implies it's basically just a front to bait the naive rather than an actual feature of the gods.
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:05:42 PM No.95929811
>>95929723
Would it be bad if it becomes a feature in the future?
Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:11:04 PM No.95929843
>>95928649 (OP)
>oldhammer
>posts the most nuhammer image ever created
What did he mean by this?
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:41:37 PM No.95930024
>>95928649 (OP)
This was never really a thing, it was metanarrative to trick you, the audience, into thinking there were good things about the Chaos Gods in the same way they trick people in-setting.
Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:46:10 PM No.95930070
>>95928649 (OP)
I don't know or care anything about Warhammer, but I whole-heartedly support anyone trying to revive Art Nouveau for any purpose. So I agree with whatever the hell you're talking about.
Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:50:34 PM No.95930116
>>95928649 (OP)
The only time the Warhammer cosmology was even remotely interesting was ancienthammer, where the gods of law sealed the gods of chaos behind a huge ice wall and the story involved them growing complacent while the gods of chaos sowed dissent and tried to break out.

Ever since then, and once they got rid of Malal, the Warhammer cosmology became insufferably boring. It's just "4 evil assholes who are all-powerful do random shit" and all the other gods may as well not exist.
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:52:17 PM No.95930136
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>>95928649 (OP)
GWs Chaos gods were based on the characters of the british comedy series 'The Young ones'.
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:58:41 PM No.95930172
>>95930116
>ancienthammer, where the gods of law sealed the gods of chaos behind a huge ice wall and the story involved them growing complacent while the gods of chaos sowed dissent and tried to break out.
That's new for me.
Anonymous
6/22/2025, 9:59:43 PM No.95930177
>>95929843
Tzeentch always wins.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 9:39:45 AM No.95933829
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>>95928649 (OP)
>Slaanesh is an old god
someone stop this Malice slander
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Anonymous
6/23/2025, 10:07:21 AM No.95933913
>>95928649 (OP)
> the same quality of brain as "hitler had some good ideas"
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Anonymous
6/23/2025, 10:18:24 AM No.95933954
>>95933829
Malal isn't an ancienthammer god, he only had a blurb in WFRP 1st edition and an appearence in a comic, but not in older Fantasy material like Khorne who even had multiple aspects who behaved differently.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 11:01:25 AM No.95934086
>>95933913
Hitler was 99% good ideas.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 12:27:51 PM No.95934354
>>95933913
>The idiot can't see anything without the glasses of politics
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 12:44:27 PM No.95934421
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>>95928931
OP is a hive factory worker who just got off his 19 hour shift manually pouring powder into autogun shells, so it makes sense he's susceptible to the temptations of the dark gods
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 1:53:31 PM No.95934693
>>95928649 (OP)
What do you mean, Tzeentch is primarily the god of hope, how is that not positive?
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 4:34:57 PM No.95935524
There is exactly one line in oldhammer lore that says that the Chaos Gods were wholly evil.
Then the same book it comes from and other mainline rulebooks and publications said that they are 100% evil.
Fucking tourist. Call Ice, please.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 7:12:36 PM No.95936660
>>95933913
laws against animal cruelty and anti smoking campaigns were good ideas
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 7:19:30 PM No.95936723
>>95928649 (OP)
You can just play old games, anon. Nothing's stopping you.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:43:47 AM No.95941479
>>95933913
Kind of a retarded example since Hitler had mostly good ideas.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:01:00 AM No.95941528
>>95928649 (OP)
Oldhammer had even less nuance to chaos than it has now, what the fuck are you on?
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:01:17 AM No.95941530
even discarding the fact past lore made it clear their good qualities were heavily overshadowed by their evil qualities to the point its pointless to dwell on them, you still see these "good" aspects to the point you still have people arguing they are actually le good (this is especially prevalent with nurglefags)
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:01:14 PM No.95945095
>>95930136
>Tzeentch is the worst character
W-what did they mean by this?
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Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:50:25 PM No.95945374
>>95928649 (OP)
I think you're nostalgic about something that was never actually there as you think it was.

Your picture is not old, it's fanmade.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:54:26 PM No.95945399
>>95945095
Tzeentch will set you up to lose just because it serves his goals somewhere down the line. Khorne, Nurgle and Slaanesh at least try to win even if they're retarded, sabotaged by a oneitis and too busy cooming to pay half attention respectfully.