Quote: (mnb @ 23 Apr. 2009, 13:32 )
back on topic, can anyone tell me a reason for the variable SR.
couldn't that same reason be used for just about any army out there? don't you think a chaos warrior would fight better if his god was on the battlefield w/ him?
seriously, we're talking about robots here. i could kick him in the jimmy or pat him on the back and his reaction would be the same.
it's a special rule that's just not needed.
They aren't just robots.
They are what's left of the origional race, bound forever into the artificial bodies they now wear. For most of them, their personality just didn't survive the transfer. For others (like Lords and Immortals who went willingly) their personalities did survive.. mostly. Some were almost completely intact from what the stories say.
But fundamental was how they are bound to their C'tan, and together. The Necron's aren't imaginative, or creative. They lack even the flexibility of the Ultramarines, who are inflexible. Thus they do not react swiftly to the changing environment of the battlefield.
However, if they are led by a C'tan (or one of the Lords who still has his personality intact) THAT individual does have the flexibility, origionality, and creativity to adjust on the fly. Because the Necrons are so closely linked, not even requiring verbal communication, such a leader can effectively direct them as if they were an extension of his own will.
Thus the crappy SR, is the SR of your average Necron Lord. The good SR is the SR of a C'tan or an intact Lord. And because they exert such total control over their underlings, their SR is what you use for as long as they are around. If they are gone, then the Necrons must fall back on their own, limited, abilities.
