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Alright, maybe I'm over-complicating myself, but I want to clarify some things on Psychic Powers.

Last edition, MCs could use 2 Psychic Powers, which they could do by swapping out of their shooting attacks; most MCs could shoot two weapons, so you could use two Psychic Powers. I can't seem to find that anywhere in the new rulebook, that MCs can use two Psychic Powers by swapping out of their shooting attacks.

For example, Tyranids can have more than one Psychic Power, although they count as Mastery Level 1 in the FAQ. The Tervigon can actually have 3 total powers, but I guess s/he/it can only use one power according to the Mastery Level per turn.

I also hear of people talking about 'swapping' out powers the Psyker has for Disciplines; I assume you STILL roll randomly on the table rather than actually picking something out.

If this is confusing, I'm basically asking: Can Tervigons/Tyrants use 1 or 2 Psychic Powers per turn? Regardless, I suppose they can have more than one power, but can only use one of them. So, a Tervigon has 3 Psychic Powers, but decides to roll on a Discipline, and can select from the three available powers which to use in its turn.

Anyway, just need some clarification and I'm good! Thanks for looking!

It all depends on their mastery lvl. If it's 1, then they can only use 1 power a turn that requires 1 warp charge. If it's two then they can cast two differant powers that require 1 charge, or one power that requires 2 charges. Being an MC means nothing in regards to that.

As for the discipline question, yes. You pick it, and then roll a d6 per each power you are getting. Not 3d6 at once like in Fantasy, but one at a time.

Hm, alright. But a Lvl. 1 CAN have 3 powers, but only chooses one to use in its turn. Because a Tervigon can have 3 Powers from its codex - purchased and one already base - and I can choose to roll on a Discipline 3 times rather than keeping those powers.

All you get to choose is the discipline. But yes, as you write, nothing is stopping you from rolling on the same table multiple times.

Lastly, it looks like from what I've read that you can actually choose from multiple Disciplines rather than just the one, if you wanted.

I also suppose Psykers CAN have the same abilities as others in the Discipline, if you have multiple Psykers.

Whelp, other than that, I think it has been clarified! Thanks!

The downside to mixing disciplines is it makes it hard to get a power you actually want unless you roll really lucky.

Yep, exactly why I probably won't be using anything other than Biomancy for Tyranids.

It doesn't pertain to this question, but how many MCs is considered Nidzilla at 1500 pts? I managed to fit in 5 in my list.

It is nice that you have to roll the powers one at a time. So you can pick a discipline, roll, if you got the power you want your next roll can be on a different discipline.