Explore the Telepath archetype in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Learn about Psychic Shriek, Dominate, Sensory Deprivation, Mind Bond, Psychic Assault, and Mind Rupture abilities.
As a Telepath in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, you wield potent mental powers to manipulate, control, and destroy your foes. This guide details the unique abilities available to this archetype.
Psychic Shriek
Cost: 2 AP
Area of effect: One creature within a 12 cell radius
Cooldown: 0
The target takes (1 + your Willpower bonus x psy rating) to (4 + your Willpower bonus x (1 + psy rating)) mental damage. Using this ability consumes your Movement points and you are unable to use attacking abilities for the rest of your turn.
Abilities (Telepathy)
When selecting abilities on level-up, you can choose the following abilities rather than the abilities of your archetype.
Dominate
Cost: 1 AP
Area of effect: 1 enemy creature within a 24 cell radius
Cooldown: 0
The target must make a Willpower resistance test with a -(5 x psy rating) penalty or spend all their movement points moving towards you. Apart from movement, they are able to act as normal. At the end of their turn, they must make the Willpower resistance test again or remain under the effect.
Sensory Deprivation
Cost: 1 AP
Area of effect: 1 enemy creature within a 16 cell radius
Cooldown: 0
The target must make a Willpower resistance test. If they succeed, they are blinded until the start of your next turn. If they fail, they are blinded and suffer an additional -(5 x psy rating) penalty to all characteristics reduced by blindness and must make a Willpower resistance test at the end of each turn. The first successful test leaves them merely blinded without additional penalties while the second successful test removes the blinded effect.
Mind Bond
Psychic Assault
Mind Rupture
Talents (Telepathy)
When taking talents on level-up, you can choose from the following unique talents: Aftershock, Mental Breach, Mind Siege, Mind Thief, Pain Channelling, Visions of Doom, Warp Minds, Weak Hearts.
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