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I am new to using psychic powers and do not fully understand the RAW....

Can psychic shriek target vehicles? If so, how and where would I find this?


Does psychic shriek require a roll to hit? Some say yes or no, and elude to the recent FAQ, however as I read it, I don't see how you wouldn't need to make one


Lastly, can I take, as mastery level 1, another power from telepathy and automatically get the primaris power?

Can Shriek target vehicles - Yes, but there is little point. Vehicles (mostly) do not have leadership, and definitely don't have wounds, so no effect would be generated.

Shriek is a Witchfire, which means it should need a roll to hit (as stated by the generic Witchfire rules), however, it gives you no indication of how many dice to roll. I believe it's covered in the new FAQ's but can't remember the answer.

Yes, as a ML1 you (normally) roll a single dice on a table. This means you have rolled all of your powers from the same Discipline, meaning you get the Primaris as well.

Ah ok, I didn't know if wounds were considered the same as hp in terms of psychic powers or not.

For reference I am making a csm list with the Cabal sorcerers (4 of them) and 2 other sorcerers in a cad all taking telepathy with ml 1/2 and psychic familiars. Was hoping that I wouldn't have to roll to manifest the power and then a to hit after, but I guess it's not too bad

sturgeondtd wrote:
I am new to using psychic powers and do not fully understand the RAW....

Can psychic shriek target vehicles? If so, how and where would I find this?

This one you should be able to work out with your rulebook. Just remember though, when it comes to making your choices, you're always within your right to choose something that has no effect.

Does psychic shriek require a roll to hit? Some say yes or no, and elude to the recent FAQ, however as I read it, I don't see how you wouldn't need to make one

Here's the new FAQ, the section labelled "Errata":

Page 27 – The Psychic Phase, Witchfire
Add the following sentence after the fourth sentence of the first paragraph:
‘However, some witchfire powers do not have a weapon profile (such as the Telepathy power, Psychic Shriek); where this is the case, no To Hit roll is required – the attack hits automatically.’

This couldn't be any clearer. No to-hit roll is required.

Lastly, can I take, as mastery level 1, another power from telepathy and automatically get the primaris power?

You get to roll a single dice on any one table. So long as all the dice you've rolled are on that one table (so, yes), you get the Primaris for free on that table.

I was only looking at the psychic phase and witchfire sections, thanks for the clarification.

My confusion around vehicles is because I was told that you could psychic shriek a tank and it would count as a glance. I thought this was too good to be true!

Absolutely, whoever told you that has no understanding of the rules, sadly...

Yeah... I figured his knowledge was fishy when he loaded up a LR with sorcerers and had them going around casting all sorts of shenanigans.... Nothing he did seemed to follow RAW to me

Sheesh, only one or two powers can be cast inside a vehicle with no firepoints...

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Sheesh, only one or two powers can be cast inside a vehicle with no firepoints...

That many? I thought the answer was none. Without a fire point, not even a Nova power can work.

You can only use witchfire powers when embarked, and they need a firepoint, so he shouldn't have been able to do anything.... yet he was cast invisibility and a ton of other things like nobodies business

sturgeondtd wrote:
You can only use witchfire powers when embarked, and they need a firepoint, so he shouldn't have been able to do anything.... yet he was cast invisibility and a ton of other things like nobodies business

I think one of the Technomancy onces can be cast even while embarked and despite not being a Witchfire.

 Yarium wrote:

nosferatu1001 wrote:
Sheesh, only one or two powers can be cast inside a vehicle with no firepoints...

That many? I thought the answer was none. Without a fire point, not even a Nova power can work.

the one that increases AV can be cast...new psychic disciplines