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Polecat wrote:
Page 67:

"A Psychic test is a Leadership test, however, where Leadership tests could be taken on the value of another model, a Psychic test is always taken on the Psyker's own Leadership."

It says "Could be taken." Which in this case it can't be because the special rule clearly indicates that the character model with the special rule takes the test, then the effects are applied to the unit.

Also Celestine's Warlord trait.

Beacon of Faith: All friendly models that are within 12" of the Warlord use the Warlord’s Leadership value when taking Act of Faith or War Hymns Leadership tests, unless their own is higher.

Why would they put this rule in if any priest could simply take the highest value LD for his test in all cases?

RAW = Priest has special rule, priest makes test at Ld7.

Also since when are special rules modified by the rules in the core rulebook rather than the other way around? That's why they're called special rules.

It doesn't matter what page seven says about morale tests, because War Hymns is a special rule and not a morale test.

 Nilok wrote:

I don't see how that is relevant. The warlord trait allows friendly models to use a different unit's LD, it dose not state that they test their LD like a psychic test.

It's relevant because one has to take the context of the rule into account and the intent of the people who wrote the rulebook. Not just some power-gamer on Dakka's desire for the rule to be broken to benefit him.

Unless you want to declare that the intent of the rule writers is irrelevant. Which is sort of the meta reason why 40k is at this point in time completely unplayable in a competitive atmosphere and almost everyone I know is now playing warmachine tournaments instead.

I'd think the Sister Superior would be too busy scanning for enemies, finding cover, giving orders to her squad and generally leading to start up a sing-a-long.