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Looking for some assistance please. I only own the small rulebook and I can't seem to find where it addresses the use of psychic abilities while embarked in a vehicle.

Can you do that? For example; Warp Quake inside a Rhino?

Thanks!

dont have my rule book on me, but it should be in the psychic abilities section. i remember the wording is in regards to abilities like warp quake which need you to measure a range from the model, in which case you measure from the hull. However recent faqs have tweeked the rules a bit so that if the power requires line of sight but is not a psa, then it may not be used through a firing point as psa's are. Warp quake, since it need no line of sight, still functions measured from the hull. Check the army relative faq and i bet it will have a couple useful bits.

BRB FAQ explicitly covers this

In relation to this question;

What powers/wargear is actually affected by this FAQ?

Without having gone through my codexes, only Weaken Resolve springs to mind. It is not a PSA (though it is used in the shooting phase) and requires LOS.

Added;
Lord of Tempests (Njal Stormcaller)
I've Been Expecting You (Inquisitor Corteaz)
Mind In The Machine (Anrakyr the Traveller)
Counter Tactics (Nemesor Zahndrekh)


Anybody know of anything else?

Edit.

Here is the wording of the FAQ.

"Q: Can models embarked upon a vehicle use its fire
points to draw line of sight to a unit to use special
rules or wargear (other than shooting)? (p66)
A: No.

Njal and Coteaz come to mind

Weaken Resolve still works fine. It's a psychic power that requires LOS so you "use" up a firing point to use it.

Special rules and wargear can't be used.

Agreeing with rigeld , because the new FAQ does not remove this FAQ:

Q: Can a model use a psychic power that is not a
Psychic Shooting Attack if it is embarked in a transport
vehicle? (p50)
A: Yes. If the power requires line of sight, this is still
worked out from the vehicle’s fire points (this will
count as one model shooting through that fire point if
the power is used in the Shooting phase).
If the psychic power does not require line of sight and
has a range or an area of effect that is normally
measured from the model using it, these are measured
from the vehicle’s hull, as explained in the Embarking
section on page 66.

In my space wolves I know i can use rune priests just fine, I believe as long as you have a hatch/view point the that's ok because you can shoot normally from it.

If its a PSA or psychic power yes. If its wargear or a special rule, no.

@Rigeld2 and Kmdl1066.

You are absolutely right. I had missed that FAQ.

So far it seems that Lord of Tempests and I've Been Expecting You are still affected. As they are not psychic powers at all, and requires LOS.


...

MitM as well

Sorry to be dense, but what is MitM?

Steelmage99 wrote:Sorry to be dense, but what is MitM?

Mind in the Machine (Necron power to control vehicles I believe).

Ah, of course...thanks.

Thanks for the info everyone.

So since Warp Quake is a psychic ability and has a ranged effect, that means I CAN use it while in a rhino?

kmdl1066 wrote:Agreeing with rigeld , because the new FAQ does not remove this FAQ:

Q: Can a model use a psychic power that is not a
Psychic Shooting Attack if it is embarked in a transport
vehicle? (p50)
A: Yes. If the power requires line of sight, this is still
worked out from the vehicle’s fire points (this will
count as one model shooting through that fire point if
the power is used in the Shooting phase).
If the psychic power does not require line of sight and
has a range or an area of effect that is normally
measured from the model using it, these are measured
from the vehicle’s hull, as explained in the Embarking
section on page 66.

Yes.