Brother Valerius Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 So, the new codex states that for the Psychic Barrage power, the S goes up by one and the AP goes down by one for each psyker in the henchman unit (beyond the first). I had been imagining a S14 version of this power with 12 psykers in the squad, but a friend felt that there is a general rule which states that S may not increase above 10. I found a rule at the beginning of the BRB which applies to units (hence why a Dreadnought is S10, because the DCCW double's the Dreadnought's S), but it doesn't seem to apply to the S of a psychic power. Is there such a rule? Because while a 12-psyker henchman squad may not be the most competitive thing ever, it sure would be fun! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 It's the basic rule that no stat goes above 10 other than AV. So like a vehicle ramming that is going ridiculously fast can never get above S10 even if in theory it could go higher. It's one of those design things that I guess they felt they had covered in the BRB but then didn't seem to cover all angles when codexes started coming out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlemanloser Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Attacks can go over 10. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Valerius Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Well, if it's the same basic rule I found, it specifically is talking about the statline of a unit (and only ever talks about the stats of "models", in fact). It's a bit unclear if that applies to anything that has a stat, such as a weapon or psychic power. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashe Darke Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Q: Can a ramming vehicleʼs Strength go above 10? (p69) A: No, only a vehicleʼs Armour Value makes exception to the ʻMaximum 10ʼ rule for characteristics. This is what I'm on about. Although they seem to be on about basic stat lines in the BRB and aren't exactly consistent. I think the idea is that it only goes up to 10 but they didn't really say that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedMoon Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 i would have to agree there is no weapon in the game with a str higher then 10 until you get to Destroyer weapons on titans lol other wise yup only str 10 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Valerius Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Fine, kill my dreams of epic fun with psyker squads... :RTBBB: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rose Princes Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 maybe there will be an apocalypse formation that will allow all 12 to make it D-weapon and to use the 10" marker. only time will tell. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2694212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 For a 10" blast and strength D, I'd hope you'd need a few more than 12. Otherwise that's a 120 point unit capible of blowing most armies to bits... Maybe if we start talking about 50 it sounds a bit more ballanced. Just good luck finding 50 different psyker models to stop your unit from looking like it went through a cloning machine. Oh and better hope you don't peril... Random Guy Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/225129-psychic-barrage/#findComment-2695219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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