Psykers and Fortifications

[L30n1d4s]

Can Psykers cast Blessings/Maledictions when inside a fortification with firing points?

 

I know that they can cast Witchfire (since it counts as a shooting attack and they can shoot out of a firing point), but can they cast a blessing on a unit that is not inside the building with them or cast a malediction on an enemy unit that is with range/LOS from one of their building firing points?

[Polythemus]

the mechanic is only dependent on LOS. with the exception of flyers. 

[Gentlemanloser]

Nope.  For the same reasons as being in another vehicle;

 

 

Unless otherwise stated, the Psyker must have line of sight to his target. This means that a Psyker embarked on a Transport can only target himself, his vehicle or another unit embarked on the same vehicle as the Psyker

[Morollan]

Kind of torn on this one. The rules seem to contradict themselves (quel surprise!). Page 78:
 

 

 

FIRE POINTS
A Transport might have a number of Fire Points defined in its entry. A Fire Point is a hatch or gun slit from which one or more passengers inside the vehicle can fire shooting weapons (or use witchfire/psychic shooting attacks).

 

Which seems to contradict the section that Gentlemanloser quoted above. And further down that same page we have (emphasis mine):

 

 

Ranges and line of sight are measured from the Fire Point itself.

 

If you can measure LOS from a transport's fire point then there should be no reason why you are not able to use other psychic abilities that require LOS and yet you are forbidden from doing so.

[Gentlemanloser]

Witchfire spells are expressly permitted to be shot from a Firepoint though.

 

Unit buff spells require Line of Sight, and you *can't* use a Fire Point for that, as they aren't witchfire.

[Morollan]

The usual mess of GW rules writing. For some reason a Psyker can stand in a tall building with a massive window that 8 models can fire out of and be unable to draw LOS to a friendly unit to buff them but can somehow draw LOS to enemy units to blast them? Makes no sense but I guess we should be used to that by now.