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So this has come up in a couple of threads I have been in. Can a psycher roll on one table from in their Codex and another from in the BRB?

On a Farseer:

"Farseers generate powers from the Runes of Fate, Telepathy and Divination disciplines"

But from the BRB FAQ:

"Q: Can psychic powers be mixed and matched from the psychic
disciplines and those found in the Codexes? (p418)
A: No. You may select from the psychic powers listed in the
Codex as normal or swap them for a number of rolls on the
psychic disciplines tables."

RAI, its just referring to older codexes where you choose the power, rather than roll for it, but does RAW allow for someone with a newer codex to mix their disciplines?

Yes all 6th ed codexs lets you mix and match tables from codex and BRB, that FAQ is only revalent to older codex;s

If you read that closely you'll see that Runes of Fate and Runes of Battle are considered Psychic Disciplines, not powers from the codex. So Farseers have access to three disciplines - Fate, Telepathy and Divination; so that FAQ actually doesn't apply at all, rather than being overridden.

Wow. That's me being pretty picky...

It would also seriously mess up marked CSM Sorcerers, since they have to mix and match between rulebook and Codex disciplines (and includes an example of doing just that).

I've had a chance to check over the BRB's section on Generating Powers:

"In some codexes, a Psycher will have a specific psychic power, or set of psychic powers - where this is the case, it will be clearly stated in the relevant codex. Otherwise, a Psyker generates random psychic powers from amongst the psychic disciplines known to him."

- p418, in the hardback ed.

Emphasis mine. Farseer knows those three disciplines, generates from those three disciplines, seems straight forward.

So looks like I've answered my own question, though I think the FAQ needs to be updated to reflect the 6th Ed codexes, for clarity.

Wait so it actually means my Hive Tyrant could take a roll on the Biomancy table, get say.. Iron Arm and then roll on a different table for his second power?

The only thing I can't do is swap out only 1 of the 2 codex powers?

Looks like I had that wrong until now..

Baktru wrote:
Wait so it actually means my Hive Tyrant could take a roll on the Biomancy table, get say.. Iron Arm and then roll on a different table for his second power?

The only thing I can't do is swap out only 1 of the 2 codex powers?

Looks like I had that wrong until now..

Yup. Since Tyranids have an old codex, you can either take powers ONLY from the codex, or powers ONLY from the Disciplines available. You do have to pay for the powers you take from the Disciplines however - so you buy the 2 cheapest and then swap them out with a roll.

majendie wrote:

Baktru wrote:
Wait so it actually means my Hive Tyrant could take a roll on the Biomancy table, get say.. Iron Arm and then roll on a different table for his second power?

The only thing I can't do is swap out only 1 of the 2 codex powers?

Looks like I had that wrong until now..

Yup. Since Tyranids have an old codex, you can either take powers ONLY from the codex, or powers ONLY from the Disciplines available. You do have to pay for the powers you take from the Disciplines however - so you buy the 2 cheapest and then swap them out with a roll.

Except for the Tervigon, Tyranids don't have to pay for powers. Tervigons can opt to buy two additional powers but start with one.