I've just started a necron army and I have a question about the physical differences between the staff of light and the warscythe. You'll need a necron codex to follow me throughout this post.
Basically I'm trying to put together my destroyer lord and a coworker and I are having a debate as to which weapon that came with it is which. According to page 40 of the necron codex the lord shown is holding a staff. It reads "... then painted the staff in the same manner as the Warrior's gun, ..." On page 54 however when it shows all of the necron weapons it has the weapon that the lord on page 40 was wielding labeled as the warscythe.
Since the warscythe cannot shoot I figured it would be comprised of mostly blades and have no "beam focusing array." Oh this page the weapon labeled staff of light has blades and no array. The weapon labeled warscythe does have a "beam focusing array" labeled though. It also has a "Linear Accelerator Chamber" labeleed as do the other necron shooting weapons, (flayer, cannon, and blaster) which are shown. Of course there is the bit through in keeping up with the story that this page could be wrong.
One last thing to throw in the mix is that the pariahs are said to have warscythes with built in gauss blasters. They are shown on page 40 in the codex holding what looks like the plain warscythe shown on page 54.
So I'm asking which do you go by? Which is which to you?
Pics to help.
My belief is this is a warscythe:
This is a staff of light:
And this I have no idea. Looks like staff cause it has the anatomy to shoot:
I have all three parts. So I'm confused...
Basically I'm trying to put together my destroyer lord and a coworker and I are having a debate as to which weapon that came with it is which. According to page 40 of the necron codex the lord shown is holding a staff. It reads "... then painted the staff in the same manner as the Warrior's gun, ..." On page 54 however when it shows all of the necron weapons it has the weapon that the lord on page 40 was wielding labeled as the warscythe.
Since the warscythe cannot shoot I figured it would be comprised of mostly blades and have no "beam focusing array." Oh this page the weapon labeled staff of light has blades and no array. The weapon labeled warscythe does have a "beam focusing array" labeled though. It also has a "Linear Accelerator Chamber" labeleed as do the other necron shooting weapons, (flayer, cannon, and blaster) which are shown. Of course there is the bit through in keeping up with the story that this page could be wrong.
One last thing to throw in the mix is that the pariahs are said to have warscythes with built in gauss blasters. They are shown on page 40 in the codex holding what looks like the plain warscythe shown on page 54.
So I'm asking which do you go by? Which is which to you?
Pics to help.
My belief is this is a warscythe:

This is a staff of light:

And this I have no idea. Looks like staff cause it has the anatomy to shoot:

I have all three parts. So I'm confused...