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ok, just read the faq, and it says that a farseer can't use psychic powers while on a transport, question is, does this include using them on himself or the squad he has joined on the transport, or the transport itself?
example: eldrad joins squad of fire dragons with a waveserpent trasnport, can he guide the firedragons or the waveserpent?

I think that the FAQ question/answer is clarifying the BRB. p67 says, "The Psyker must have line of sight to his target. This means that a Psyker embarked on a Transport can only target himself, his vehicle or another unit embarked on the same vehicle."
So the Eldar FAQ means that, even though Farseers don't need LoS to cast, they still cannot cast outside the transport. All Psykers, though, can cast on the transport or the embarked unit.

ok, just getting into eldar myself and am learning the ropes.

so i can cast fortune and guide on a vehicle im embarked on??

mwwaaaaahahahahaha!!

"Q: The Farseer Psychic Powers ......... Does this mean that they
can be used by an Eldar psyker embarked on a Transport? (p28)
A: No."

This is what troubles me, the RAW says they cannot use a Farseer Psychic Power while embarked at all, the wording is just crappy. Honestly RAI should be yes, they can still cast on their squad or the vehicle, just not to stuff outside.

It is worth mentioning that the FAQ has nothing to do with the Rulebook powers, whichever way you interpret it. Invisibility for 2+ coversave Wave Serpents is a blast!

Eldar Farseer powers CANNOT be used while embarked, as the FAQ clearly states

Crapy answer, likely not what they intended, however I will not assume that it is wrong as I cannot know this is the case

 Elric Greywolf wrote:
I think that the FAQ question/answer is clarifying the BRB. p67 says, "The Psyker must have line of sight to his target. This means that a Psyker embarked on a Transport can only target himself, his vehicle or another unit embarked on the same vehicle."
So the Eldar FAQ means that, even though Farseers don't need LoS to cast, they still cannot cast outside the transport. All Psykers, though, can cast on the transport or the embarked unit.

^ This

I'm ignoring the FAQ's wording refering to casting out of a transport, if casting on the passengers or vehicle.
The BRB says they can do that, and they shouldn't be nerfed by badly-worded 'fix'.

 Skinnereal wrote:

 Elric Greywolf wrote:
I think that the FAQ question/answer is clarifying the BRB. p67 says, "The Psyker must have line of sight to his target. This means that a Psyker embarked on a Transport can only target himself, his vehicle or another unit embarked on the same vehicle."
So the Eldar FAQ means that, even though Farseers don't need LoS to cast, they still cannot cast outside the transport. All Psykers, though, can cast on the transport or the embarked unit.

^ This

I'm ignoring the FAQ's wording refering to casting out of a transport, if casting on the passengers or vehicle.
The BRB says they can do that, and they shouldn't be nerfed by badly-worded 'fix'.

Which, while is not what the FAQ says, is a perfectly viable house-rule (which I explain to my opponent whenever I play my Eldar).

This came up sometime ago. I'll bring back my old idea, which is commonly accepted by my gaming group. My idea is that a psyker embarked can cast only on his unit or the vehicle he is in.

Does the fact that Eldar pskykers do not need LOS to cast powers allow them to cast while embarked?
No. [faq]

Does the fact that the BRB clearly states that a psyker has LOS with himself, his unit and the vehicle he is sitted in give him LOS to the target?
Yes. [brb]

Does the BRB allow a psyker to cast while in a transport on a target in LOS?
Yes. [brb]

Not allowing something is really different from disallowing it. The simple fact that something is not allowing him to cast, does not mean he is not allowed to cast by some different rule.

Suppose there was written a rule like this: "the fact that a model owns a fire weapon does not allow him to shoot."
I would reply with "well, my model has BS>0, he can shoot."
Nobody would dare to say "the faq is stating you can't shoot", right?
I feel this is quite the same.

And, though FAQ>BRB, the faq is not stating something against the brb, it's just stating something quite obvious.

My thought is, quite obviously, provocatory. I'll first try to explain my opponent that the faq is poorly written. In the case my opponent does not agree i'll prove me right using logic and raw.