I just GM’d. “Oh, by the way, your gun just jammed.”. This blog is a record of an ongoing, interactive narrative-based campaign set in Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. There's not much of a way for 'blunts' to tell - that's the term psykers use for the ungifted. Every time a player searched a building or room, they pulled a Treasure Card—and whomever collected the most “loot” won. 70. For more than half a decade, Over the course of the campaign, participants of this campaign have fought battles that are incorporated into the “history” of the Corvus Cluster, a sector of the Ultima Segmentum region of the Milky Way galaxy. With impressive agility, Feracci parried the attack. 3. until there was a stroke of good fortune: the remaining psyker’s witchfire failed him, and as one, Ferraci and Belladonna rushed forward and seized their prey before he could cast again. “I’ve spent much of my life in the underhives, but this cesspool of a town is worse than the sewer systems of a hive city,” he muttered. The Emperor wills it! “Keep your mind on your work. Apr 27, 2018 - Unsanctioned Psyker, Taylor Ingvarsson on ArtStation at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/n4knE Witchesbane. A live psyker was worth 1,000 Imperial credits; a dead one worth 500. Telepathy: Contacting and controlling the minds of others. Retrieved from "https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Unsanctioned_psyker&oldid=282247" Leaping forward, she struck down the psyker—a death that both annoyed Belladonna (as a greater reward was offered for those still breathing) but also relieved her as she couldn’t have enjoyed her small reward if she were dead by witchfire. Confronted by a psyker, his hands flashing with growing warp power, the assassin didn’t hesitate. Jason Scarn avoided his rivals as much as possible, preferring to search the ruins and industrial area on the edge of town. Psykers are both the greatest boon and curse that has afflicted humanity. “I’ve spent much of my life … But what bothered the cynical bounty hunter most was the smell. “I should never have let you talk me into coming here.”, A woman of unearthly beauty, with perfect auburn hair, Adriana gave the nobleman a dazzling smile and tut-tutted. TheGM: My apologies at the lack of photos of the fight. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 5 hrs. Besides, for Astropaths the soul binding is evident, any poser would have to pretend to be a powerful sanctioned psyker from the get go, making it even harder to trick people. On most imperial worlds, psykers found in the wild are immediately imprisoned away from the general populace, in maximum security. Background information, biographies, photos, and other “historical” data are available in the Categories section. Medium. 2. With the wretched creatures focused on the count below, they pounced. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Although it was unlikely the psykers would visit the local market, some of the bounty hunters’ thugs questioned shopkeepers for rumors. Pyromancy: Manipulation of fire. Seize the unsanctioned psyker and burn him alive! *The Street Life:* One player short, I took on the role of Scarn and, while wearing the hats of both player and GM, I forgot all about taking photos. 40. Perhaps just in med or high security settings? One, you become sanctioned by submitting to the Scholastica Psykana. It is a breach of Imperial law to hide or fail to report an unsanctioned Psyker or for a Psyker to not present themselves to Imperial Authorities – the life of the unsanctioned psyker is not a happy one, for they will always live in fear of being discovered and reported, even by those closest to them. JavaScript is currently disabled. The second psyker captured was grabbed by Count Feracci and Lady Adriana, who were accompanied by the count’s personal bodyguard, all dressed in gaudy bright-red silk uniforms and shining white pith helmets. Although the powers of Psykers are many and varied, they usually fall into one of several disciplines. However, there are cases in which a person has latent psychic power and doesn’t know, is a psyker who’s cunning enough to hide it, or is found by a corrupt official who uses them in exchange for protection. There, they confronted the final psyker, who cast spell after spell against them—and forced them to fall back or face destruction. (You also can click on the header art.). Although the Witchhunters of the Ordo Hereticus abhor the witch and unsanctioned psyker, many are not above using their own psychic abilities to accomplish their goals.