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Assuming your psyker can use multiple powers per turn, and he is not using more that one shooting psychic attack per turn. Can he use or try for the same power more then once a turn?

I get into arguments about this all the time, I am a bit surprised it has not made it into any FAQ.

Yes.

It made it into the GW's CSM FAQ, and the answer there is: yes it is okay to use the same power more than once per turn as long as it isn't a psychic shooting attack.

yakface wrote:
It made it into the GW's CSM FAQ, and the answer there is: yes it is okay to use the same power more than once per turn as long as it isn't a psychic shooting attack.

Was there a caveat against it in a different edition that would require the Eldar codex to point out that Eldrad may even use a power that he's already used that turn?

So why do people freak out if Mephiston makes multiple attempts at his powers?

I_like_u wrote:So why do people freak out if Mephiston makes multiple attempts at his powers?

Because Mephiston is a powerful unit and people are afraid of him being more powerful then they thought?

Much Thanks, I was afraid they may have had a valid rules based reason for their disagreement.

A valid reason can still be wrong.

puma713 wrote:

yakface wrote:
It made it into the GW's CSM FAQ, and the answer there is: yes it is okay to use the same power more than once per turn as long as it isn't a psychic shooting attack.

Was there a caveat against it in a different edition that would require the Eldar codex to point out that Eldrad may even use a power that he's already used that turn?

Yeah, the Eldar codex specifically denies Eldar psykers from using the same power more than once per turn...but that's a codex specific rule (which is why Eldrad's rule is needed).

Wait, i am confused.

I dont see how this can be used to an advantage.

Can you use Gate of Infinity more then once and hop over to your enemies forces or something?

Stubby wrote:Wait, i am confused.

I dont see how this can be used to an advantage.

Can you use Gate of Infinity more then once and hop over to your enemies forces or something?

Its only relevant with some powers. Gate of Infinity could not be used twice in the same phase because Deep Striking (which GoI does) counts as movement and a model cannot voluntarily be moved more than once in the movement phase phase.

In fact, I don't think any of the powers in the basic SM codex can be used more than once to gain any further benefit.

Of course, you COULD use it again if the power would fail or be dispelled. That might be the reason.

But very few actually buy the +1 power/turn thingie...

Stubby wrote:Wait, i am confused.

I dont see how this can be used to an advantage.

Can you use Gate of Infinity more then once and hop over to your enemies forces or something?

If you failed your psychic check (or got hooded, etc) and you had the ability to use multiple powers per turn you try for the same power again.

Ahriman can cast Gift of Chaos three times.

Two tries with a force weapon?

Now there's an idea.

yakface wrote:
It made it into the GW's CSM FAQ, and the answer there is: yes it is okay to use the same power more than once per turn as long as it isn't a psychic shooting attack.

People have jumped all up in my BLANK for trying to use such rulings as precedence across Codex's. So they can use the same power multiple times, if they are Ahriman.

Homer

Homer S wrote:

yakface wrote:
It made it into the GW's CSM FAQ, and the answer there is: yes it is okay to use the same power more than once per turn as long as it isn't a psychic shooting attack.

People have jumped all up in my BLANK for trying to use such rulings as precedence across Codex's. So they can use the same power multiple times, if they are Ahriman.

Homer

The exact same thing happens to me virtually everytime. People try to bully and guilty you for do something that is clearly within the rules of the game. Many times merely bringing up the matter tends to zero your comp score.

Any possibility of getting this added to INAT FAQ for BA or psykers in general?

Homer S wrote:
People have jumped all up in my BLANK for trying to use such rulings as precedence across Codex's. So they can use the same power multiple times, if they are Ahriman.

Homer

Its one thing if a ruling in a codex FAQ is ruling AGAINST the printed word of the rules (like the Shadows in the Warp ruling against Tyranids affecting embarked psykers). In those cases there certainly isn't any reason to assume that one ruling takes precedence over the general rules.

However in this case, there is NO restriction in the rulebook about using a non-shooting attack psychic power more than once, so that ruling is as good as gold. Because nobody has any evidence as to why you can't use a non-psychic shooting attack more than once, why wouldn't the reasoning behind that ruling apply?

I_like_u wrote:

The exact same thing happens to me virtually everytime. People try to bully and guilty you for do something that is clearly within the rules of the game. Many times merely bringing up the matter tends to zero your comp score.

Any possibility of getting this added to INAT FAQ for BA or psykers in general?

Already there, my friend! RB.50C.01 for the general psyker question, and a specific question for the Blood Angel 'might of heroes' as its the only power that has the potential to 'stack' abilities on each other.