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On page 69 the rule book it says all witchfire powers must roll to hit unless they are blast or template (or one of the listed subtypes which have their own rules).

The psychic screech rule says to roll 3D6 and the unit suffers X wounds. But since it's a witchfire it technically has to roll to hit doesn't it? Would that be 1 roll to hit before the 3D6 are rolled or would each wound need to roll to hit using the psykers BS?

Likewise JotWW is a psychic shooting attack and the FAQ says it is not a beam power. Therefore wouldn't it also need to roll to hit as per page 69?

I know both of these powers aren't conventional shooting attacks but I am wondering if I missed something and they are somehow excluded from the rules on page 69. I know codex takes precedence over rule book but JotWW was never FAQ'ed to specifically ignore rolling to hit.

JotWW is a beam. Whoever wrote the faq saying it isnt needs to be fired.

Psychic screech should not be classified as a witchfire, but since there was no other classification close to it, they went with witchfire.

The powers description tells you what to do. Dont try to complicate them further.

So it's really a situation of RAW being silly and logic says to do it another way. Got it.

If you have to have strict RAW for a debate, then yes, classified as witchfires you would roll to hit.

However since there are no weapon profiles, the amount of dice you roll to hit with is undetermined, and the power could very well still go off even if you miss.

Its better to just not worry about the witchfire classification and do what the powers description says.

It is best to treat older edition powers as they are written. JotWW is not a beam power, but acts like one in some respects. Just simply do what the power tells you to do.

Jotww is specifically not called a beam, it tells you in the faq if you need to roll to hit and it tells you between the FAQ and the basic rules in the codex exactly how it works in 6th ed.

According to RAW you have to roll to hit with Psychic Shriek, but you aren't told how many dice to roll the results of the roll are completely irrelevant.
Resolving this requires a house-rule, either it automatically hits, or it is treated as an assault 1 strength - shooting attack that resolves the power if it hits but does not if it misses.