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Can a Farseer on a jetbike, or foot, join a Wraithknight? I know Riptides be joined by ICs.
Can Spiritseers/Farseers cast powers from inside Waveserpents or is that a 5th ed holdover? I know shooting attacks definitely are a but what about blessings?


I think that is all the chicanery I can remember from my game last night. I was fairly sure the answer to all of the above is no. Thanks.

No. You may only join a riptide because it's not always a unit of a single model. A wraithknight/lord is .
No.

 B0B MaRlEy wrote:
No. You may only join a riptide because it's not always a unit of a single model. A wraithknight/lord is .
No.

Ok good, I got those right. Thanks!

To be more precise, psykers can cast blessings from inside transports, however, they are limited to who can be targeted.

 Happyjew wrote:
To be more precise, psykers can cast blessings from inside transports, however, they are limited to who can be targeted.

Oh, how so? Is it that they can only bless themselves, their unit, or the transport? Or can they bless anything within range of the hull (which came up last night)? Is that in the brb?

BRB, page 67, under declare target.

 OverwatchCNC wrote:

 Happyjew wrote:
To be more precise, psykers can cast blessings from inside transports, however, they are limited to who can be targeted.

Oh, how so? Is it that they can only bless themselves, their unit, or the transport? Or can they bless anything within range of the hull (which came up last night)? Is that in the brb?

I think you can only cast what you have LOS to unless stated otherwise. So the unit inside or perhaps the transport?

 Happyjew wrote:
BRB, page 67, under declare target.

Excellent, thank you for the citation, I will look it up when I get home.

 Happyjew wrote:
To be more precise, psykers can cast blessings from inside transports, however, they are limited to who can be targeted.

I think psykers can cast beam type psychic powers as well when in transports. Under page 69, beam type mentioned that beams can hit models even if the psyker does not have line of sight. Same too for maelstrom and nova types.

Also, witchfire on page 69 mentions that fire points can be used by the psyker for targetting.

So in summary,
1) line of sight for psykers in transport is himself, the unit embarked and the vehicle. (for blessings and malediction, but I can't imagine malediction on own forces)
2) Witchfire can be fired from fire points
3) Beam, maelstrom and nova does not require line of sight so can be fired at opponent from the vehicle.

Have I got it right?

No.

Bolded text, second paragraph from the top on the right of page 78. No fire point, no firing.

Beams and novas and what not can hit units it doesn't have line of sight to, but you still need line of sight for targetting. This means if you shot, say, Doombolt at a squad of guys where half were hidden behind a wall and one was out front of it, you could do it and blow up the guys behind the wall, assuming the line you drew to the guy you could see went over them.

If you have no fire points, you cannot draw line of sight.

I see what you mean. Thanks for the detailed explanation SRSFACE.

Still, it mentions "unless otherwise stated". Doesn't that mean maelstrom and nova, on page 69, are the exceptions?

The wording says "a maelstrom power automatically targets and hits all units, within maximum range, regardless of line of sight"

I have no vested interest since neither of my armies have psykers. But in a game with psykers I'd like to know what they can and cannot do.

An embarked unit in a vehicle with no Fire Points simply cannot fire, LoS or otherwise.

I don't see any reason why you couldn't Nova or Maelstrom without LoS if you're outside a vehicle, and if you're inside a vehicle without fire points, it's not the lack of LoS preventing you from firing.