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disorientedbat

What do Psykers do?

Hello Hive Mind!

After years of hiatus I managed to organise another dark heresy group (yay). I'm going to play a sanctioned psyker and now I'm asking myself: what do psykers do when they're not in the imperial guard or the inquisition? Are there other "psyker jobs"?

If you want to share tips on how to play a psyker or know of a YouTube video I really should know, feel free to post it here, too. Love deep diving into the lore once again.

Posted Jan 26, 2022, 11:40 AM UTC

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BitRunr•

Are there other "psyker jobs"?

Telephone. Lie detector. Artillery. Vouched for usage by someone with enough clout. Sacrifice.

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Gingrel•

Firstly, psykers are rare. The mutation itself is pretty rare to begin with, and then most psykers found by the Black Ships end up as Emperor Chow so that makes the survivors even more rare.

I would say the most "common" psyker job would be Astropath. They are vital to imperial communications so every major planet wants a few of them, plus there are relay stations that re-broadcast the Astronomicon signal.

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disorientedbatOP•

Can one switch in and out of the Astronomican? I always thought they're somewhat exclusive. Don't they lose their eyes when soulbinding?

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Gingrel•

All astropaths undergo soul binding which burns out their eyes, but not all of them serve in the Astronomicon. They go out and act as a comm network.

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SrgntTryhard•

They wipe the whole party after a series of poor roles, but they will kill everything else in that room as well.

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disorientedbatOP•

Well, can't deny that's what will eventually happen. At least she won't die alone...

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DasHexxchen•

Can confirm. The last time I tried a psyker she wiped the group on my forst roll.

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EightandaHalf-Tails•

They get hunted down and killed, or put on a Black Ship and sent to be sacrificed by the millions to the Emperor.

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disorientedbatOP•

Yeah, well, as she's a PC I guess she's one of the few sanctioned ones. But... what now? What can she dream of becoming? Do psykers dream of things other than not to fuck up everything entirely?

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Short_Frodo•

This might be of interest to you :) https://youtu.be/RJ9v-HzB5Q4

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disorientedbatOP•

Yes, indeed! Thank you very much

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Puzzleheaded-Suit51•

Some may act as advisors to the most wealthy and powerful. Especially ones who can read the emperor's tarot.

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GrimDankJaster•

I recommend using tropes from other franchises. 40K has great world building but it focuses to hard on the superficial. Try to build your personality around your background not around being a psyker. Where are you from, how did you grow up, what did you work and what did you long for, and then you layer the psyker thing above all that and imagine how being a psyker affected all this.

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Nyrany•

awesome... all of you are so loyal to the golden Toilet... it makes me Vomit ....(job hint included)

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