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Been having a discussion with a friend of mine. We all know how a Null Rod affects psykers (what it was designed to interfere with) but we were wondering how it would work with a Blank and came up with a few potential theories. What do you guys think?

1. Amplifies the 'Null' field either in area or strength. Would it be a linear amplification or exponential?

2. No effect on 'Null' field. Both entities, the blank and the rod, do the same thing.

3. Double Negative. Two 'Null' fields combine into an actual warp presence.

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

I would guess theory 2 would apply - though perhaps the null area being more concentrated could happen too?
Either way, I feel like 3 is the most unlikely

As per the 2nd edition Codex: Assassins, when the Inquisition was holding pariahs on Terra for study, their collective null effect started to disrupt the Astronomicon (so they moved the Culexus project to the Orphan World).

That would imply that null effects do in fact stack.

Although the amplifying effect of two relatively minor null fields from a single blank and a null rod presumably would be almost negligible.

a question for YMDC: can a Culexus still harness the ML of an inquisitor holding a null rod?

 carldooley wrote:
a question for YMDC: can a Culexus still harness the ML of an inquisitor holding a null rod?

Hmm... Interesting question. What does the Null Rod do in-game? I don't have any current Codex with one but the older stuff (WH, DH) made the holder both immune to psychic powers and unable to use psychic powers.

If that's still the case I'd imagine the Inquisitor's ML would effectively not exist to a Culexus.

To a blank, a "null rod" is just a stick.

It'll hurt if you hit them with it, but it won't kill them.

The background blurb for the new Null-Maiden Task Force formation also states that null effects stack and amplify: 'When these fearsome combatants [Sisters of Silence] gather together, their auras overlap and intensify...'