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Can a Space Wolves Rune Priest in a transport and still nullify powers with his runic weapon? If so, would you measure range from the hull of the transport?

i dont see why not if it has a firing point.

stormoffires wrote:
i dont see why not if it has a firing point.

Quick clarification:

Firing points can only be used to make shooting attacks.

The firing point is irrelevant. You measure to the hull.

The rulebook FAQ refers to area effect wargear being measured from the hull. But a runic weapon is neither an area effect wargear or a psychic power. It is not like a psychic hood either, since it doesn't require the power to target one of your units or relate to deny the witch.

I'm leaning toward no. Just because I think it is intended to be like a psychic hood, and they can only be used to protect the transport your in.

I would think that you can't but then I'm not sure as to how I'd justify that position

You can, actually. The Runic Weapon - as Kavish already pointed out - doesn't need a target or a line of sight. Therefore as you're measuring something from the embarked unit, you measure it from the hull. This is actually in the rulebook itself, never mind the FAQ - my memory is telling me it's page 71 or thereabouts, not that I can double-check that. It's under transport rules.

With regards to intent - DtW and the way that psychic hoods work were BIG changes to 6th. But Runic Weapons (apart from the FAQ making them a one-attempt-only thing) weren't changed at all. This works right now, but when the new Codex eventually rolls along I'd expect it to change.

For a Runic weapon to be used a psychic test must be passed by an enemy model within 24" of the wielder.

I don't see where them being in a transport would affect that 24" limitation.

Same old story, edition after edition, the transport rules are not fit for purpose.
As a general rule of thumb, expect things to work going out, but not coming in, despite the mechanisms being the same.

So putting him in a land raider makes him the best anti-psyker in the game then.

 Kavish wrote:
So putting him in a land raider makes him the best anti-psyker in the game then.

He's the best anti-psyker outside a Land Raider
You're just adding gravy now.

Page 79, from memory, states you can measure to the hull of the vehicle.

Just double checked it nos - you were closer than I was. It's page 78. And poignantly enough, the rule tells you when you need to measure a distance for the embarked unit, to do it from the hull...
..."except for its shooting".

 Kavish wrote:
So putting him in a land raider makes him the best anti-psyker in the game then.

I remember playing an apoc battle (ig+plague marines) with a lord commissar inside a gigantic plague tower ... so my leadership bubble extended from a footprint that was about 6"x12". Best part of 8" tall too!!!