Quote Originally Posted by odinsgrandson View Post
It only needs a rewrite if you think that sort of messiness is an issue. I get the impression that GW aren't trying to limit themselves with clear rules to their magic system.

Maybe that GW is going for a mythic approach. Gods in mythology are basically capable of whatever the story suggests- sometimes the immortals cannot be killed (imprisoned Loki) and sometimes they can (dead Baldur).



Probably, the chaos gods are the weaker ones- the only personal encounter that'd been had was a big loss for the chaos god.

So the incarnates are more powerful. Clearly.

Very good point. If your rules are too tight in that regard it's very much going to limit your creativity to some degree. GW clearly do not want to limit AoS, certainly in regard to creativity.

Khorne (or rather his sword) did make a brief and very destructive appearance in the Old World during the Endtimes. So it isn't totally impossible for the chaos gods to manifest.

On the OP I'd say that the Chaos gods were more representative of an Abrahamic God. In that they are individually very powerful but somewhat restricted to a separate plain of existence and will effect the world through their followers and indirect means rather than directly involve themselves in person. Where as the others are representative of a polytheistic pantheon like the Norse or Greek gods who are more limited in their scope of power but who do directly involve themselves with events.