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Question about the Chaos Demon power Miasma of Pestilence. This is a blessing which, while in effect, enemies in close combat with the psyker or his unit get -D3 to Weapon Skill and Initiative. So, first question is that if an enemy unit fails a fear test and has it's WS reduced to 1, will the effects of MoP reduce this to zero, meaning the unit is hit automatically and cannot strike back?

Secondly, what happens if there are two different psykers are in the a unit which both have MoP active (e.g a unit with two heralds who have both cast MoP on themselves)? I know there are loads of threads on whether or not psychic powers stack or not, but this seems a bit different. The MoP is a blessing which results in a debuff, and it's not the case that it's stacking twice on the same psyker - its two separate blessings on two different psykers. The debuff it grants isn't a malediction (there's no chance to DTW or anything) so is there any reason the two wouldn't stack? And again, if it did stack, could it potentially reduce WS to 0, and therefore end up with enemies that can't hit back? (I know that the main FAQ limits the init debuff to 1, but couldn't see anything to prevent WS going to 0).

Rules inform us how to modify Characteristics state that 'set' modifiers are applied last, after any subtraction or addition, so without looking closer at the rule I would advise page 2... I think it is 2. The second question needs more research and debate then I can give it from this terminal, to confirm if it states such things as 'can stack with itself' or to see the order of application and if there is overlap. Needless to say, the underlining debate occurring in other threads would also have to be considered in presenting any answers found as one side will protest regardless.

Page 2, as noted. Set modifier - WS1 - is applied after the -D3.

Asfor the second one - -D3 followed by -D3 is indeed -2D3, so does stack. Without an FAQ or rule otherwise it could indeed drop the enemy to WS0

Don't the rules for blessings and Maledictions specify they cannot drop a stat to less than 1?

I believe that restriction is found bundled into Modifying Characteristic rules themselves, though most have permission to be modified to 0 but not below. The vast majority of Rules that I have vague memory of all have additional 'no going below 1' restrictions built into them as well. Maybe Maldictions do have the same restriction built into them by default, I would expect an Eldar player to have better memory of the Psyker Rules then a Tau player, but I can't seem to pull the required sentence to mind.

All I know, it is another thing to add to the list of research material to do when I have time.

Yeah you minus two separate d3 rolls as per page 68 you can't modify any stat above 10 or below 1.