White Dwarf - Issue 16 by Games Workshop

Author:Games Workshop
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: 40000, citadel miniatures, white dwarf, warhammer, games workshop, hobby
Published: 2014-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

On the battlefields of the 41st Millennium there are weapons that can pulp flesh and pulverise armour with alarming ease, from the lethal power of a thunder hammer to the technological wizardry of a Tau railgun. Of all the weapons used to smite the foe, however, none conjure such horror as the Warp-fuelled powers of psykers. Psykers are rare individuals able to harness a portion of the infinite power of the Immaterium and unleash it as a weapon, either to smite the enemy with crackling beams of death, to heal those around them or, in exceptional cases, to sunder the veil between dimensions.

Warhammer 40,000 is far more than a mere science fiction setting – it is a galaxy inhabited by powers that defy logic and reason. Daemons leer from the Warp, waiting for an untrained psyker to create a breach through which they can invade.

The rules writers behind the latest edition of Warhammer 40,000 have toiled long and hard to place this uniquely Warhammer 40,000 aspect of the universe squarely at the heart of the game, and the result is the new psychic phase, which sits between the movement and shooting phases and brings a host of new possibilities.

The pyschic phase allows the active player to generate a pool of Warp Charge points, which he then spends attempting to cast powers with any psykers in his force – the more psykers he has at his disposal, the more carnage he can wreak, but as ever when it comes to the dread art of Warpcraft, nothing is certain…

In our experience in the White Dwarf bunker so far, this has injected a very exciting dynamic into our games of Warhammer 40,000. If you’re the active player you’ve got to weigh your available Warp Charge pool against the things you want to accomplish; sometimes the veil between the Immaterium and the physical world is thin, and you’ll have all the Warp Charge you need and more. Other times, you must make do with only a few dice with which to blast the foe. There’s also the fact that you can’t risk hurling all your Warp Charge into one big effort (unless you’re desperate) because the Warp is a dangerous and deceptive thing. If you roll two or more 6s in your attempt to manifest a psychic power something has gone awry and your errant psyker must face the Perils of the Warp. The results of this test are seldom kind, and can range from the psyker being dragged screaming into the Warp to mind-shattering Empyric Feedback or a powerful Warp Surge.

In addition to an all-new psychic phase, the new Warhammer 40,000 rules also contain seven psychic disciplines, five of which are well known from the previous edition: Biomancy, Divination, Pyromancy, Telekinesis and Telepathy. The other two are entirely new to the game: Sanctic and Malefic Daemonology. These new disciplines are at the very heart of the maddening power of the warp and are available to many psykers now. Malefic Daemonology, in particular, adds

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