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I played a game against daemons using my eldar and both myself and the daemon player wasn't 100% how the rule blessing of the blood god works against eldar psychic powers. The khorne gift gives 2+ save against wounds caused by psychic powers and force weapons.

I used doom and guide powers. Doom allows re-roll to wound and guide allows re-roll to hit with shooting. We played it that the re-rolls only allowed 2+ save.

However actually looking at the codex it says wounds caused by the psychic power; the power just allows re-rolls, it doesn't cause wounds as such because the weapon would cause wounds normally.

How exactly would this work? Or wouldn't it as doom and guide powers aren't even causing a wounds, it's the unit doing the shooting/attacking what is.

sounds pretty simple. If you manage to wound him with either of these things then he gets a 2+ save.

It also depends on what kind of psychic power you are talking about. If its a shooting attack, he gets a 2+ save against it.

He can't save against doom though. just like you can't save against having to roll 3 dice on a leadership test against eldar.

gannam wrote:sounds pretty simple. If you manage to wound him with either of these things then he gets a 2+ save.

It also depends on what kind of psychic power you are talking about. If its a shooting attack, he gets a 2+ save against it.

He can't save against doom though. just like you can't save against having to roll 3 dice on a leadership test against eldar.

Not sure what you are trying to say here. It sounds like you are saying he gets the 2+ save against Doom and Guide, but then you say he does not.

Neither wounds were "caused" by the psychic power - all they did was increase your chance of hitting with X weapon or wound with X weapon, the psychic power itself didnt wound the creatures.

So no 2+ save against either.

Sadly no save. But then again its only a 5 point upgrade.

nosferatu1001 wrote:Neither wounds were "caused" by the psychic power - all they did was increase your chance of hitting with X weapon or wound with X weapon, the psychic power itself didnt wound the creatures.

So no 2+ save against either.

After reading the codex I agree that is the case. At the time the daemon player told me he gets a 2+ save against psychic powers; he didn't say from any wounds caused by the power. As mentioned the actual powers are not causing any wounds.

I was simply saying that the phychic ability would have had to have caused a wound to get the 2+ save. You wouldn't get it against something like doom though since it causes no wounds.

You should get it against a force weapon attack though for sure.

That's what I thought you meant to say, but it was just not coming accross that way to me. Thanks for clearing that up.