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Hi all,

Now that the Runes of Warding have been nerfed into the ground, the Eldar have gone from being the premier anti psyker race to complete chumps in the face of the Space Wolves and the Tyranids.

Therefore, I propose this nifty little wargear item to give the Eldar psykers some of their mojo back without being as overpowered as Runes of Warding used to be.

Without further ado:

Runes of Channelling - The psyker is able to draw from the collected wisdom of the Infinity Circuit of his Craftworld, drawing on the knowledge and power of his ancestors in order to resist the magics of the foe.

A Farseer or Spirit Seer with Runes of Channelling always counts as being one Mastery Level higher than the opposing psyker for Deny the Witch tests.

I was thinking probably around 20pts for this item. Does that seem fair?

I had also considered a lesser version for Warlocks which would allow them to always count as the same Mastery Level as the opposing psyker which would be priced at 10pts.

At ML3 I don't think there would be that many times when you really need this. I'd been thinking about the same thing and thought of something like you expend a Warp Charge on your turn, and then until your next turn you've got the old RoW effect within 12 inches.

I actually think it could be more useful than you think as the 6th edition codexes get updated.

After all, I believe that CSM, Daemons, DA and now Eldar all have access to ML3 psykers do they not? Plus Grey Knights of course.

Being able to stop a reasonable amount of their powers with the +1 from these runes could be helpful.

But the powers that you most often wish you could stop are blessings, which DtW can't help with. There aren't all that many maledictions or direct-damage powers that I feel like I need to worry about enough to warrant 20 points.