Perils of the Warp and Successful Powers

[brother_contagion]

If a Psyker suffers a wound from Perils with one wound left, does the power go off or is it canceled?

 

If it doesn't get canceled, in the case of Life Leech, could the Psyker regain a wound?

 

It is my understanding that he wound suffer the Perils wound first, therefore would negate his power from affecting a himself or a unit.

 

Is this a good interpretation of the rules or am I missing something?

[Morollan]

This is specifically addressed under the heading Perils of the Warp in the Psychic Phase section of the rules.

[brother_contagion]

What does it say? I don't have my brb with me

[Ushtarador]

The power still goes off, but I think in this case the psyker will die before he can get the wound back.

[brother_contagion]

The power still goes off, but I think in this case the psyker will die before he can get the wound back.

So in the case of a shooting attack, blessing, conjuring, or malediction the power would go off as the psyker died?

[*Furyou Miko]

You resolve the power before resolving the Perils.

[brother_contagion]

You resolve the power before resolving the Perils.

 

So casting Life Leech could give the psyker its wound back?

[Morollan]

You resolve the power before resolving the Perils.

 

Nope. Under Manifesting Psychic Powers Sequence, resolving Perils is included in step 3 but resolving the power itself is step 5. So no, you can't prevent a model dying from Perils via Life Leech.

[brother_contagion]

I just looked it up, and this is what the BRB states:

 

"Note that suffering Perils of the Warp does not necessarily mean that a psychic power fails to manifest. Assuming that the Psychic test was successful and any Deny the Witch test failed, the psychic power still manifests, regardless of whether or not the Psyker in question suffers a Wound or is slain by Perils of the Warp."

 

So this should mean that a psyker could save himself with Life Leech, since you still resolve the power. Which would include any special rules associated with the power. So loosing 1 wound from Perils and gaining 1 wound from Life Leech, if the Psyker kills something with it, would cause the Psyker to survive.

[Dam13n]

Except a psyker reduced to 0 wounds from a Perils of the Warp would be removed from play before he can gain a wound from life leech as you resolve the effects from the perils before the effects of the power.

[brother_contagion]

Even though the power still works? Perils just removes wounds, it doesn't remove them from play like instant death.

 

EDIT: the power goes off before the perils because casting happens first.

[Dam13n]

Check the "manifesting psychic powers sequence" box. Which states that the perils happens before you resolve the power. (Page 24)

 

Also see "zero-level characteristics" on page 9 - a model reduced to 0 wounds is removed from play as a casualty.

 

So the Psyker, in this example, is reduced to 0 wounds before the psychic power is resolved, and is therefore removed from play before the power is resolved.

[brother_contagion]

Ah ok, gotcha. Thanks for the clarification

[Teetengee]

An interesting albeit irrelevant question, would be whether the model regains the wound after being slain. As there is no rule saying the model would regain the wound and return to the battle, he would still be slain, it would just be an interesting rules weirdness.

[Grey Mage]

life leech- better than a bacta tank.

There used to be a part in the rule books that clarified that not all casualties were actually deaths- sometimes just injuries, or running the heck away, but in any case you were no longer combat operable.

[Eddie Orlock]

I suppose, should a wound be gained by a slain model the figure would cease to be removable for lack of wounds, but, in this case it would happen after the figure lost its wound and was, per the rules about models having lost all their wounds, removed from the table. So, while technically not slain, it would not be on the table at the end of the game and that generally equates to the same outcome.

 

Only those things in reserve ever arrive from reserve and aside from so arriving from reserve or being summoned is their any other way to enter a battle already in progress?

[brother_contagion]

life leech- better than a bacta tank.

Hope you don't mind if I steal this quote!