Editing Cryptek

[[File:Every9thEdCryptek.png|right|thumb|Me and the boys trying not to get shot off the board ('''Left to right :''' Chronomancer, Technomancer, Plasmancer, Psychomancer)]]

[[File:99070110002 Cryptek01.webp|300px|right|thumb|A Technomancer, sporting the classic Crpytek chin shared with all robo-wizards]]

'''Crypteks''' are the [[Necron]]s' equivalent of [[wizard]]s, although their powers come from an extremely advanced understanding of science, rather than [[magic]] <strike>(their name comes from "crypt" + "technology"... I know it makes us sad too)</strike>. <strike>The word you are looking for here is "cryptic".</strike> 'Cryptek' is actually the ancient Necrontyr word for nerd. Nerd is a Terran word from the 21st century, with synonyms like "everyone who has commented on this thread." And so the cycle of the evolution of diction continues...[[Just as Planned]].

Like <strike>wizards</strike> nerds, they tended to isolate themselves from the affairs of their fellow Necrontyr, and this has remained the case after being upgraded into Necrons (and the feeling is mutual — most nobles aren't very interested in how their technology works, so they leave the Crypteks in peace, much the same way the popular kids show little interest when they see you playing with dice and little figurines that the spergiest among you flips out over anyone touching). Those that do associate with others generally do so for <strike>patronage</strike> DKP — they join the royal court of an [[Necron Overlord|Overlord]] or [[Phaeron]] and lend their powers and advice in exchange for a first pick of the spoils of war, rare technology, or other favors. Of course, while Crypteks usually don't bother with the political affairs of the noble courts, they are always busy with their own inter-academic rivalries and the struggles of organizing DnD groups when your character sheet needs to be engraved on a 30ft obelisk.
[[File:Cryptek.jpg|thumb|The original Finecast Cryptek Model]]
== Disciplines ==

Crypteks specialize in one of several disciplines to focus their studies and gain more powerful tools.

* '''Harbingers of Despair''' or [[Psychomancer|"Psychomancers"]] are all about manipulating minds, mostly causing fear.
* '''Harbingers of Destruction''' or [[Plasmancer|"Plasmancers"]] shoot fire and light to wreck things. Now with their own plastic model! 
* '''Harbingers of Eternity''' or [[Chronomancer|"Chronomancers"]] play tricks with time -- speeding it up, slowing it down, shifting people into or out of phase with it, or even (in the case of [[Orikan the Diviner]]) running it backwards.
* '''Harbingers of the Storm''' or "Ethermancers" control the air and weather, and in battle, they call down the lightning.
* '''Harbingers of Transmogrification''' or "Geomancers" are rather like alchemists -- they can transmute matter from one form into another, or animate it temporarily (which is good for causing earthquakes). Somehow they are able to rock your armor off, OW YEAH!!!!
* '''Astromancers''' read the patterns and movement of the stars to predict the future. [[GW|Don't ask me how it works]].
* '''Biomancers''' are the guys who do experiments on organic races.
* '''Technomandrites''' are the most advanced and knowledgeable of the Crypteks, and designed practically all of the Necron tech that's currently in use. They were banished by the Silent King because he feared their power, but they were released from exile by special anti-Chaos protocols after the opening of the Great Rift. 

There are other disciplines, but the first five are the only ones who go to battle on a regular basis.

'''And then the 7th struck.'''
Taking away this glorious collection of stuff and gear we were introduced to the HQ that (for some fun reason) costs the same as a 5th [[Necron Lord|lord]] with a res orb. And fun fact: it is giving them +1 to their Reanimation. Now that would not be so bad were it not for the T4 and the 4+ save... 

Still as an HQ if you didn't have the points to make a reclamation legion you did good to take this guy and just simply stick him to the most important unit (that would be Immortals or a huge group of Warriors) to keep them alive. Could also take a little thing that gives a 5++ against shooting.

9th Edition came in looking to step back the horrible horrible mistake of removing these specializations, as the Indomitus boxed set is including a Plasmancer as a new model and the Cryptek with Canoptek Cloak renamed to Technomancer. HUZZAH! Our hopes were high that this meant the other disciplines were also gaining new models. And our prayers were promptly answered when the Psychomancer and Chronomancer have joined the plastic ranks of the New-crons, looking baller as fuck.

== Famous Crypteks ==

* [[Orikan the Diviner]], an astromancer with some expertise in chronomancy.
* [[Illuminor Szeras]], a spider-bodied plasmancer who has taken up vivisection as a hobby.
* [[Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II#Necron Campaign|Zaa of Tomorrow]], astromancer and faithful sidekick.

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