Flameboy911

I saw the end of fire warrior the game and I thought i heard someinthg about the Tau being immune to chaos corrpution is this true or not?

Jack Soloman

I don't think any of them are. An article from one of GW's magazines said that no Tau character (for the Inquisitor game) could have psychic powers, so I presume that it applies for the race as a whole.

Farseer

their etherals are psychic me thinks.

Piccolo

the Tau themselves have no psyker's in their race.

The etherals are not really tau, nobody knows what they are, but either way they do not register in the warp.

In BFG the tau have added a new allied race to their empire much the way they added kroot that does have psykers, the Nicassar. There are at this time no plans I have heard of to bring the nicassar into 40k.

Dimension

first off, there is no official fluff on ethereals (that I'm aware of) that sheds light into their exact nature. it is hinted at in the codex and in firewarrior that their influence over the tau might be due to pheromones.

it was also established that tau as a whole are not psychic. if ethereals are psychic, they can't be corrupted, as their souls are pure. warp energy just pains them, but it doesn't corrupt them. firewarrior hints that not all regular tau might be as pure. if they focus on the principles of the tau'va however, they can focus their mind to a point where they become immune to non-physical influences of chaos.

since the shovah enclaves are without ethereals and have revoked the Tau'va, they'd be a good deal more vulnerable to the influence of chaos than loyal tau. no telling how vulnerable however. if they find another philosophy to help focus their minds, they can fend off the taint of chaos however.

when it comes to humans, this also goes to show that devotion to the cause of the holy emperor protects from impurity is much, much more than empty blabble.

theshadowduke

From what I read I took away that they were like the Culexus Temple Assassins, not only no pressence in the warp, but they actually leave a void there.