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| The Phoenix is a creature from Greco-Roman mythology, a fiery bird with metaphysical connections to the sun said to live in Arabia. Its most famous trait is its immortality, which it achieves by ceremonially immolating itself when it grows old and feeble, only to be reincarnated as a chick from the ashes.
| | ''If you are looking for the Eldar ground attack aircraft, see [[Phoenix Aircraft]].'' |
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| In fantasy gaming, like most mythological monster and as popularized by [[Dungeons & Dragons]], Phoenixes tend to be a species rather than a single individual. Like the [[Unicorn]], they have been generally associated with the Good branch of [[alignment]], mostly because of their adoption as a Christ-figure in Christianity and their long association with healing, life, renewal and immortality in general. They tend to be significantly more badass, often given both [[element]]al control over fire and/or allowed to resurrect themselves in combat. | | The '''Phoenix''' is a creature from Greco-Roman mythology, a fiery bird with metaphysical connections to the sun said to live in Arabia. Its most famous trait is its immortality, which it achieves by ceremonially immolating itself when it grows old and feeble, only to be reincarnated as a chick from the ashes. |
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| | ==Roleplaying Games== |
| | In fantasy gaming, like most mythological monsters and as popularized by [[Dungeons & Dragons]], Phoenixes tend to be a species rather than a single individual. Like the [[Unicorn]], they have been generally associated with the Good branch of [[alignment]], mostly because of their adoption as a Christ-figure in Christianity and their long association with healing, life, renewal, and immortality in general, Traits are likely taken from A similar asein creature called a Fenghuang or Hō-ō and are often conflated, likely way Phoenixes tend to be placed in the celestial good catagory. They tend to be significantly more badass, often given both [[element]]al control over fire and/or allowed to resurrect themselves in combat. |
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| | in D&D 5e, likely realizeing Phoenixes and Fenghuang were two different birds, it was reclassified from its traditional good outsider to a special type of fire [[elemental]], hellbent on burninating everything (still a neutral aligned creature though). |
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| | ===Gallery=== |
| | <gallery> |
| | Phoenix 1e.jpg|1e |
| | Phoenix MC8.jpg|2e |
| | Phoenix MM 2e.png |
| | Phoenix 3e.jpg|3e |
| | Phoenix 5e.jpg|5e |
| | Phoenix B1.png|Pathfinder |
| | </gallery> |
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| == Monstergirls == | | == Monstergirls == |
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| Phoenixes as a kind of fiery [[harpy]] [[sorcerer]] are actually surprisingly popular, although the powers associated with the actual monster means that phoenix-girls are often seen as rather [[Mary Sue]], even by monstergirls fans. | | Phoenixes as a kind of fiery [[harpy]] [[sorcerer]] are actually surprisingly popular, although the powers associated with the actual monster means that phoenix-girls are often seen as rather [[Mary Sue]], even by monstergirls fans. |
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| == In WH40K ==
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| [[File:Phoenix1.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Pew pew...]]
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| In WH40K however, the Phoenix is a super-heavy aircraft in the Eldar army. Unlike most Eldar aircraft, the Phoenix sacrifice speed and maneuverability in order to carry FUCKHUGE weapons payload for ground attack missions. The Phoenix along with its smaller cousin the [[Nightwing Interceptor|Nightwings]] work in symbiosis; with the Nightwings clearing the skies of enemy aircraft and escorting Phoenixes as they rain destruction upon ground forces. However despite lower top speeds, the Phoenix is still a thousand times faster than its Imperium counterparts, what with most [[Reasonable Marines|Eldar aircraft looking sleek and aerodynamic]] while some [[Stormtalon|Imperial aircraft]] [[Thunderhawk|looks like]] [[Stormwolf|they are massacring]] [[Stormfang|the air with their fleet]] [[Caestus Assault Ram|of flying cargo containers.]]
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| In terms of armaments and the amount of [[Dakka]] it can carry, the Phoenix holds a pair of twin-linked [[Shuriken Cannon]]s mounted in the craft's nose for engaging other aircraft or infantry units, while below the fuselage is a single centerline-mounted [[Pulse Laser]] for pinpoint accuracy against hardened ground targets such as [[Terminators]] or [[Dreadnoughts]]. The Phoenix's main ground attack weapons are twin [[Phoenix Missile Launcher]]s which can also be mounted in the fuselage or in wing mounts. They typically carry plasma missiles for saturation bombardment of a target, but may replace it with a complement of Krak Missiles. Alternatively, some Phoenix bombers will instead carry the same deadly Monofilament Weaponry as found on the ground-based Night Spinner in place of missile launchers.
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| It also comes equipped with the usual Holo-fields to make it hard for the enemy to shoot down.
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| In 8th Edition, the Phoenix was corrected from Fast Attack to Flyer. Not The cheapest of all the Aeldari "Flyers" though it has more wounds then most of the Space Elf flyers AND more shots than all of them too! Built-in CTM means you can shoot the underslung heavy weapons at the closest unit without the -1 to hit penalty. Due to flyer movement this is a little trickier to utilize than other eldar flyers, so watch out. The Phoenix Pulse Laser has one more strength than the normal Pulse Laser, so it's more likely to wound T8 Super-Heavy vehicles like Knights and Baneblade variants than standard bright lances and pulse lasers. Twin [[Starcannon]]s are very expensive but 4 shots semi-guarantee death (even with the FAQ errata for D3 damage instead of 3). Nightfire missiles averaging 7 shots a turn can be used as an anti-horde option, and includes a debuff if you wound the enemy if you're playing an apocalypse game. Phoenix Missiles are similar to starcannons with only D6 variable shots and flat 2 damage, so they're unreliable for big damage output but can trim a few enemy Terminators or Primaris Space Marines from any squad. Finally the nose-mounted Twin Shuriken cannons add more anti-infantry and since they are assault, can shoot even at far targets without the -1 to-Hit penalty.
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| === Void Dragon Phoenix ===
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| [[Image:Void_Dragon_Phoenix.jpg|300px|right|thumb|All pretense of restraints are off once this bird is off the ground.]]
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| The Void Dragon Phoenix is a variant of the Eldar Phoenix fighter-bomber, flown by an Eldar Corsair warband known as the Void Dragons (Not to be confused with the actual [[Mag'ladroth|Void Dragon]]). The only difference between this variant and the original is the replacement of the fuselage [[Pulse Laser]] with twin-linked [[Starcannon]]s. As the Void Dragons have sold their services to both the Craftworld Eldar and Dark Eldar, so too has the Void Dragon Phoenix flown in support of both brethren.
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| The last time the Void Dragon Phoenix had rules was back in 7th Edition. Seeing as how Eldar Corsairs are as dead as [[Exodite|their woodland friends]] due to having a few models that didn't sell well due to, you know, [[EPIC FAIL|a lack of models,]] the vehicle has been morphed with the regular Phoenix in later editions as a vehicle upgrade.
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| Anyways, the Void Dragon Phoenix is a fast attack choice for the Eldar Corsairs. Like the Nightwing, this flyer also comes with stealth and vector dancer for unparalleled mobility and a modicum of protection, plus strafing run for BS 5 against ground targets. It can torrent absurd amounts of anti-infantry dakka, but it almost reaches [[Land Raider]]’s price-tag in points. There are a couple of things the Phoenix actually does really well: killing MEQ’s in the open - consider it a flying [[Dark Reapers|Dark Reaper]] squad.
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| It also tears other flyers out of the skies by throwing around fifteen of S5-S8 shots depending on what your under slung weapon choice has been. Against Horde armies like Guard, Nids or Orks it can just remove entire squads, particularly if you replace the [[Phoenix Missile Launcher]]s with Nightfire missile launchers, giving you six frag missiles that pin and ignore cover on top of all the other firepower.
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If you are looking for the Eldar ground attack aircraft, see Phoenix Aircraft.
The Phoenix is a creature from Greco-Roman mythology, a fiery bird with metaphysical connections to the sun said to live in Arabia. Its most famous trait is its immortality, which it achieves by ceremonially immolating itself when it grows old and feeble, only to be reincarnated as a chick from the ashes.
Roleplaying Games[edit]
In fantasy gaming, like most mythological monsters and as popularized by Dungeons & Dragons, Phoenixes tend to be a species rather than a single individual. Like the Unicorn, they have been generally associated with the Good branch of alignment, mostly because of their adoption as a Christ-figure in Christianity and their long association with healing, life, renewal, and immortality in general, Traits are likely taken from A similar asein creature called a Fenghuang or Hō-ō and are often conflated, likely way Phoenixes tend to be placed in the celestial good catagory. They tend to be significantly more badass, often given both elemental control over fire and/or allowed to resurrect themselves in combat.
in D&D 5e, likely realizeing Phoenixes and Fenghuang were two different birds, it was reclassified from its traditional good outsider to a special type of fire elemental, hellbent on burninating everything (still a neutral aligned creature though).
Gallery[edit]
Monstergirls[edit]
 | This article or section is about Monstergirls (or a monster that is frequently depicted as a Monstergirl), something that /tg/ widely considers to be the purest form of awesome. Expect PROMOTIONS! and /d/elight in equal measure, often with drawfaggotry or writefaggotry to match. |
Phoenixes as a kind of fiery harpy sorcerer are actually surprisingly popular, although the powers associated with the actual monster means that phoenix-girls are often seen as rather Mary Sue, even by monstergirls fans.
