Sete Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Yes I agree, the champion does not need to be a psyker to be the recipient of a psychic vision from the Emperor. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5353249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 There was a bit of lore they had at one point about fasting to receive visions from the Emperor. I've always felt like that was a really good, believable basis for the vision leading to the selection of the Emperor's Champion. The crusade fasts until many are in a hallucinatory state and part of the Chaplain's responsibility is to decipher between what is a hallucination and what might actually be a vision. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5353267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonaides Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Or simply maybe every recruit/initiate who shows signs of developing psychic powers is put into a stasis pod, and every time a new marshal is named he packs the stasis pods stored up under the previous marshal off into the librarius chamber waiting for the Emperor to come back and let them out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5353277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enuncia Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I would be OK with an acts of faith, or a prayer mechanic (Like SOB) that simulates the psychic phase. Through reciting litanies or pure zeal, they can boost their combat effectiveness. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5353334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Chaplain Matthias+ Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 If that happens it'll be a purely SoB thing. We won't get it. It's kind of their signature trait. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5353347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVolt87 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Isn't the best melee BT guy the Emperor's champion though in the lore? Being a latent psyker could well explain that. Sevatar was also beast mode in melee, also a latent psyker. I just don't see a non latent psyker as good as Sigismund or better showing up for BT without being a latent psyker for that 1 second time skip in melee to compensate. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5355406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I thought it would make sense, it also is a neat way of killing them off as the job is almost always terminal. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5355433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medjugorje Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 was this just one question or was is especially a Black Templar Q&A ? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5357755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Chaplain Matthias+ Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Just one question Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5357799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 It was just the 'Ask Grombrindal' bit in the letters section. I didn't think it said anything remotely new. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5357839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 ASK GROMBRINDAL Greetings, great and mighty Ancestor. Now that the Black Templars have been reinforced by Primaris Marines. have Librarians returned to the Chapter? =][= REDACTED =][=Sigh, another space question. When are we going to get questions about duardin again? Or even duardin in space if there is such a thing. That would be nice... The simple answer to your question is no, there are still no Librarians in the Black Templars Chapter. Why, however, is a mystery. Some believe the Black Templars took the Emperor's Edict at Nikaea as law and shunned the use of all but the most necessary of psykers (such as Astropaths and Navigators). Others suggest a deficiency in the Chapter's gene-seed, though this is unlikely given that Primaris battle-brothers can trace their gene stock directly back to Rogal Dorn. Some believe the Chapter's last remaining Librarians were slain during the Catelexis Heresy of M34 and never replaced. Perhaps even the Black Templars don't know the truth! Grombrindal Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5357872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword Brother Adelard Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 The last of those can be discounted, (well kinda, the Black Library isn't known for it's attention to continuity detail) because we know that by TBA, the Librarians have already gone, and that was M32. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/357295-black-templar-lore-info-in-the-july-white-dwarf/page/2/#findComment-5357930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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