The many powers available to Psykers, which fall under five main "schools." In order to gain new powers, a Psyker must already have knowledge of the required powers, and either find tomes detailing the power or pay an expert to teach them. Psychic powers mentally drain and exhaust the Psyker, with more powerful abilities requiring more energy. Psychic powers also have varying degrees of danger, as does anything involving the warp.

Danger levels - The risk of bad shit happening when used:

0 - Safe
1 - Low risk.
2 - Possibly hazardous.
3 - Hazardous to the untrained
4 - Hazardous.
5 - High risk.
6 - Catastrophic.

Exhaustion levels - How much the power saps the Psykers energy and mind:

0 - Simple.
1 - Requires concentration.
2 - High level of concentration required.
3 - Difficult.
4 - Tiring.
5 - Exhausting.
6 - Lethal.

Biomancy

Artists of living ﬂesh, Biomancers can push their own bodies beyond human limits, and even control the biological processes of others. These powers allow a psyker to enhance his own abilities and aid his allies, but can also be used stop a foe’s heart with but a thought.

Invigorate

The psyker draws upon the energies of the Warp to galvanise the ﬂesh, a possibly hazardous endeavour but one that can be essential to continue the warband’s eﬀorts. Newly empowered, the Acolytes can continue afresh.
Prerequisites - Basic Knowledge of Biomancy.
Danger - 1
Energy - 3

Smite

Drawing on the electric ﬁeld of his own body, the psyker projects crackling bolts of bio-lightning, transforming his very life force into destructive energy. Diviners often claim that one can tell much about the state of a biomancer’s soul from the colour and appearance of this power.
Prerequisites - Invigorate
Danger - 2
Energy - 1

Shape Flesh

Powerful biomancers are able to bend the living body to their will with great ﬁnesse. At the heights of ability, a psyker can mould ﬂesh with an expertise any sculptor would envy. Lasts 1 day, unless reversed earlier.
Prerequisites - Smite
Danger - 3
Energy - 3

Enfeeble

The psyker lashes at his target with tendrils of Warp energy. The vile power quickly strips the victim of vitality, draining its spirit with every caress.
Prerequisites - Smite
Danger - 3
Energy - 2

Iron Arm

The psyker’s ﬂesh transforms, hardening into a slick, living metal, weighing him down but also rendering him incredibly resistant. His new form allows him to shrug oﬀ small arms ﬁre and crush his enemies with his bare hands. Lasts ~10 (in-game) minutes. The fatigue from using this power is not felt by the Psyker until the effect wears off.
Prerequisites - Shape Flesh
Danger - 4
Energy - 5

Endurance

Focussing his mind on the injured bodies of his allies, the psyker energises their biology, initiating rapid cell growth. In moments, shattered bones re-knit, gaping wounds close and heal, and the eﬀects of combat damage disappear.
Prerequisites - Shape Flesh
Danger - 3
Energy - 4

Life Leech

The psyker latches on to his target’s life force and tears it from the hapless victim’s body. The psyker absorbs this stolen essence, using it to reinvigourate and bolster his own ﬂesh.
Prerequisites - Enfeeble
Danger - 4
Energy - 0

Warp Speed

Tapping into the power of the Empyrean, the psyker suﬀuses his body with energy, pushing himself beyond physical limits. While under the eﬀects of this power, the psyker moves with unbelievable speed, ensuring that no heretic is swift enough to escape justice. Lasts ~5 (in-game) minutes. The fatigue from using this power are not felt until after the effect wears off.
Prerequisites - Iron Arm, Endurance.
Danger - 5
Energy - 5

Haemorrhage

Drawing on his mastery of the living body, the biomancer accelerates his victim’s heart rate beyond the bounds of biological possibility. Betrayed by his own body, the target’s blood boils over, ﬂooding his brain and bursting his over-taxed veins. Those nearby have their own hearts caught in the unnatural rhythm, suﬀering the same fate.
Prerequisites - Life Leech
Danger - 5
Energy - 4

Divination

Perhaps the most ancient of psychic disciplines, divination foretells the future. Though diviners may seek answers by scattering animal entrails or studying the movement of stars, it is in fact the timeless realm of the Warp to which they turn. The powers of divination are of inestimable use to an Inquisitor and his Acolytes in the pursuit of their duties, both in the frenzied arena of combat and while undertaking investigative pursuits.

Warp Perception

The psyker opens his senses to the Warp, allowing unnatural tendrils of energy to augment his own perceptions. His ﬂesh no longer limited, he casts his gaze wider and hungrily scents prey from farther aﬁeld. Allows the Psyker to detect warp-based phenomena far more easily.
Prerequisites - Basic knowledge of Divination
Danger - 1
Energy - 1

Prescience The psyker sees brief, fuzzy ﬂashes into his immediate future, which he can use to guide the warband’s aim against their enemies. Though the glimpses are short, such foretelling can mean the diﬀerence between life and death when in combat.

Prerequisites - Warp Perception
Danger - 2
Energy - 2

Foreboding

The psyker gains an unnatural sixth sense. With this inexplicable insight, he knows how and where his enemies will attack, dodging blows and lasblasts with contemptuous and frightening ease. Lasts ~10 (in-game) minutes.
Prerequisites - Warp Perception
Danger - 2
Energy - 2

Misfortune

Twisting fate, the psyker focuses his inner eye to ensure that his foe suﬀers every possible calamity that ill-fortune could provide. From embarrassing mishaps to life-and-death struggles, chance itself betrays the target at every turn.
Prerequisites - Foreboding
Danger - 2
Energy - 3

Scrier's Gaze

The most accomplished diviners are not only able to see into the future, but also the present. Unbound by the limits of mere physical vision, his mind peers far and wide, with little able to hide from his sight. To begin the ritual, the psyker must spend at least thirty minutes using assorted psychic foci to concentrate his vision— drawing Tarot cards, casting runes, gazing deep into ﬁre, or other methods as varied as the stars of the Imperium.
Prerequisites - Prescience
Danger - 3
Energy - 4

Forewarning

Foreseeing his foes’ intentions, the psyker taps into the Warp and, like dropping a small pebble into a pool, sends ripples to slightly shift the course of events. Without moving a muscle, the psyker saves his ally from certain injury and leaves his enemy baﬄed. Lasts ~10 (in-game) minutes.
Prerequisites - Foreboding
Danger - 3
Energy - 3

Precognition

In one of the most viscerally intense applications of the Divination discipline, the psyker witnesses solid and perfectly lifelike visions of his own future. Peering into moments yet to come, he can use this information to ensure or avoid future fates. The stress on the mind from using this power will instantly knock the Psyker unconscious.
Prerequisites - Scrier's Gaze
Danger - 4
Energy - 5

Winding Fate

By touching a character or item, the psyker sees visions into that subject’s future and past. Though ghostly and laced with tendrils of Warp-smoke, these images reveal not only what was, but what is yet to be.
Prerequisites - Scrier's Gaze
Danger - 4
Energy - 5

Perfect Timing

So accurate are the diviner’s premonitions, that he can predict the exact moment his foe will expose himself as a target. Further, the psyker can forge a link with his allies, momentarily intertwining their fortunes, so that they might ﬁre in perfect unison, already squeezing their weapons’ triggers before the foe is aware. Lasts ~10 (in-game) minutes, The fatigue from using this power is not felt until after the effect wears off.
Prerequisites - Forewarning
Danger - 4
Energy - 5

Winds of Change
Casting their very soul into the currents of the warp, the Psyker is able to see a great calamity that will affect the warband in the near future, or one that has already passed, and change the very fabric of time to prevent it. The toss into the warp is a one-way trip; however, and averting one calamity does not mean that the warband's safety is guaranteed.
Prerequisites - Precognition
Danger - 4
Energy - 6

Pyromancy

The most destructive discipline, pyromancy allows a psyker to control and create ﬂame using his mind. These powers focus on combat, from incinerating foes from within to summoning walls of ﬂame to shield allies. Pyromancers are greatly feared, for their powers are often diﬃcult to control once released, and can inﬂict great collateral damage. Manipulate Flame

Reaching out with his mind, the psyker grasps nearby ﬂame and moulds it to his desire. The ﬂames dance to his tune, moving to untouched areas or falling quiet at their master’s command.
Prerequisites - Basic Knowledge of Pyromancy
Danger - 2
Energy - 1

Fire Shield

With but a gesture, the psyker summons a wall of shimmering, unnatural ﬁre in the air before him. Any who would strike the pyromancer must contend with ﬁery retribution, as ﬂames leap outward, travelling in reverse down the path of the bullet or lasbolt to strike the psyker’s assailant.
Prerequisites - Manipulate Flame
Danger - 3
Energy - 1

Spontaneous Combustion

In one of the purest displays of his power, the psyker ignites his enemies, burning them alive. The target’s blood boils and ﬂesh smoulders, and as the psyker’s rage reaches its pinnacle, the target’s body begins to explode in blasts of ash and ﬂame.
Prerequisites - Manipulate Flame
Danger - 2
Energy - 3

Fiery Form

Unnatural ﬂame engulfs the psyker’s entire body. He is cloaked in sheets of ﬁre that somehow do not harm him, but burns any nearby with horrifying results.
Prerequisites - Fire Shield
Danger - 5
Energy - 3

Cauterize

With careful application of his powers, the psyker applies intense heat to a wound on his own ﬂesh or to the ﬂesh of an ally, quenching the ﬂow of blood. The eﬀect is quite painful, but certainly preferable to bleeding to death. The use of this power generates a focused and intense heat that rivals advanced medicae equipment, and certainly far exceeds the eﬀects of ordinary battleﬁeld cauterisations.
Prerequisites - Fire Shield
Danger - 3
Energy - 3

Flame Breath

Using his body as a conduit for his Warp-drawn power, the psyker expels a torrent of ﬂame from his mouth and eyes. Even his allies can ﬁnd the sight terrifying as his foes are burned with his unnatural exhalations.
Prerequisites - Spontaneous Combustion
Danger - 3
Energy - 2

Molten Beam

The pyrokine projects from his hands a blindingly bright beam of sun-hot energy. At the touch of this blazing ray, plasteel liqueﬁes and ﬂesh bursts into ash.
Prerequisites - Spontaneous Combustion
Danger - 4
Energy - 3

Sunburst

The psyker releases a nova of ﬁery energy from his body. As the psyker focuses his power, a blazing aura coalesces around him, growing brighter and hotter before rapidly expanding outward in all directions. As the calm at the eye of the ﬁrestorm, the psyker is untouched, while all around him is reduced to ash and cinder.
Prerequisites - Flame Breath
Danger - 5
Energy - 4

Inferno

Focussing his power, the psyker ignites the very atmosphere surrounding his target, placing his foe in the midst of a sudden and violent conﬂagration.
Prerequisites - Molten Beam, Sunburst
Danger - 4
Energy - 5

Supernova

Similar to the Sunburst power, the Psyker builds up a nova of fiery energy, using his flesh as a conduit to increase the power, creating what is essentially a miniature sun that incinerates everything around him, before collapsing on itself and ripping a hole in the fabric of reality. The Psyker, in unleashing this power, is incinerated, and the small warp rift he creates may cause further problems if left untouched.
Prerequisites - Sunburst
Danger - 6
Energy - 6

Telekinesis

Through the power of the Warp, telekines translate mental impulses into physical force. Powers from the telekinesis discipline can defy gravity, blast opponents with invisible bolts of force, and even tear holes in the very fabric of reality. Such powers oﬀer great utility in a variety of situations, for they allow a psyker to aﬀect the world around him without the constraints of his physical body.

Telekinetic Control

The telekine calls on his powers to reach out farther than his ﬂesh can extend, distorting reality to grasp objects with eldritch hands. With invisible ﬁngers perhaps only betrayed with frosted rime or whispered breezes, few can notice his subtle manipulations.
Prerequisites - Basic Knowledge of Telekinesis
Danger - 0
Energy - 1

Assail

The psyker reaches out with his mind to pluck up whatever objects are available and hurl them at his target. If there is nothing suitable nearby, the psyker can direct his mental energies directly at his foe, pounding him with bolts of invisible force.
Prerequisites - Telekinetic Control
Danger - 1
Energy - 2

Telekine Shield

Using the energy of the Warp, the psyker erects a wall of tangible force that moves with him. The shimmering barrier stops bullets and deﬂects blades, but as more and more kinetic energy is directed at him, the psyker’s mental shield wears down.
Prerequisites - Assail
Danger - 1
Energy - 3

Crush

Rather than using his abilities to turn inanimate objects into weapons, the telekine focuses directly on his enemy to squeeze him in an invisible ﬁst of power. Unless the target can repel the psychokinetic assault, he is bludgeoned horridly. Even should he survive, the overwhelming psychic force nonetheless pins him in place under a tremendous weight.
Prerequisites - Assail
Danger - 3
Energy - 4

Telekine Dome

Using the energy of the Warp, the psyker erects a wall of tangible force that moves with him. The shimmering barrier stops bullets and deﬂects blades, but as more and more kinetic energy is directed at him, the psyker’s mental shield wears down.
Prerequisites - Telekine Shield
Danger - 3
Energy - 5

Objuration Mechanicum

With this power, the psyker reaches into and disrupts the inner workings of nearby machines, jamming gears, blowing fuses, and severing power couplings. Those who rely on technology ﬁnd themselves bereft of their support and helpless.
Prerequisites - Crush
Danger - 2
Energy - 3

Gate of Infinity

The psyker reaches out with his mind to pluck up whatever objects are available and hurl them at his target. If there is nothing suitable nearby, the psyker can direct his mental energies directly at his foe, pounding him with bolts of invisible force.
Prerequisites - Telekine Dome
Danger - 6
Energy - 4

Shockwave

The psyker uses his unnatural control of the physical world to amplify a sound to impossible levels. From clapping his hands together, stamping on a hab ﬂoor, or even shouting, the psyker creates a sound that transforms into a powerful shockwave, bursting eardrums and knocking people oﬀ their feet.
Prerequisites - Crush
Danger - 4
Energy - 4

Vortex of Doom

In perhaps the ultimate display of his mastery of both the physical world and the Warp, the psyker tears open a hole twixt the two. Around the roiling vortex, the laws of physical space are undone as the ravenous predations of Chaos devour all in the vicinity. This power is extraordinarily dangerous, and not only to the psyker’s enemies. The Vortex of Doom feeds on itself and can sustain its power without need of the psyker.
Prerequisites - Telekine Dome, Shockwave
Danger - 6
Energy - 5

Teleport

By sacrificing his ultimate fate to the whims of the Warp, the Psyker rips a hole into the Warp which uses his own life force to remain stable. The teleportation is a perfectly safe journey for any who pass through, though the Psyker will almost certainly be killed in the process, unless the jump is relatively short.
Prerequisites - Gate of Infinity
Danger - 0
Energy - 6

Telepathy

Perhaps due to Astropaths being amongst the more common types of psyker, many individuals equate all psychic ability with telepathy. In fact, only certain psykers possess the talent to enter the minds of others, and even fewer the strength of will to maintain their own sanity in the face of constant exposure to others’ thoughts. These powers may not inspire awe in the same way as other, less subtle, disciplines, but a skilled telepath can end a battle before a single shot is ﬁred.

Telepathic link

In this, the simplest yet purest expression of his powers, the telepath establishes a mental connection to another, linking their minds and allowing him to receive or transmit thoughts. When stealth is essential, such silent communication is ideal
Prerequisites - Basic Knowledge of Telepathy
Danger - 1
Energy - 1

Erasure

With a surgeon’s skill, the psyker opens up his target’s mind and slices away a memory, removing it forever. This power is of immense utility to an Inquisitor’s work, particularly one who wishes to operate discreetly, without the usual mess of an execution.
Prerequisites - Telepathic Link
Danger - 2
Energy - 2

Hallucination

The human mind’s grasp on reality is fragile and easily manipulated with suﬃcient power. With his own psychic senses, the telepath touches the psyche of his target and severs its connection to normal existence.
Prerequisites - Telepathic Link
Danger - 2
Energy - 2

Psychic Shriek

Drawing a deep soul-breath, the psyker unleashes a rippling Warp tide that sears the souls and blasts the minds of those in its path. The violent psychic wave is enough to overwhelm and shut down the minds of those it strikes, while those not slain outright are left reeling and dazed.
Prerequisites - Hallucination
Danger - 3
Energy - 4

Dominate

Demonstrating the superiority of his mutant mind, the telepath subverts his foe’s will and forces him to act against his every inclination. Few psychic abilities are so rightly feared.
Prerequisites - Erasure
Danger - 3
Energy - 4

Terrify

Turning an eldritch key, the psyker unlocks his target’s deepest and strongest fears, exposing him to the worst recesses of his own psyche. These nightmarish visions are enough to drive even the strongest helplessly mad.
Prerequisites - Hallucination
Danger - 4
Energy - 5

Mental Fortitude

Drawing from the limitless potential of the Warp, the psyker augments the mental abilities of his targets, providing defence against the stresses of combat and the terrors of the galaxy.
Prerequisites - Dominate, Terrify
Danger - 1
Energy - 3

Invisibility

Clouding enemy minds, the psyker obscures his allies from their foes’ senses. Though eyes and other senses detect them as normal, their minds do not perceive them, save for a slight distortion in their vision. Lasts ~10 (in-game) minutes.
Prerequisites - Terrify
Danger - 1
Energy - 5

Puppet Master

In the ultimate expression of telepathic power, the psyker utterly crushes his target’s will, locking him away in a dark corner of his own mind and taking complete control of his body. After recovering their wits, those subjected to this power are often struck with bouts of insecurity, never certain again if their actions are truly their own.
Prerequisites - Mental Fortitude
Danger - 3
Energy - 5

Chaotic Powers

Heretical powers that should only be used in the most dire of circumstances.

Summon Toxic Monstrosity.

The Psyker combines his strengths to create a monstrosity of muscle and disease, torn from the warp and given shape to destroy their enemies and allies alike.
Prerequisites - Shape Flesh, Haemorrhage
Danger - 6
Energy - 5

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