The Magister Adept and the Primaris Psyker

By Brother Praetus, in Dark Heresy Rules Questions

Hello all,

I had noticed an interesting bit within the general transition packages that didn't seem to quite mesh with the choices one had available for ascending an Adept. The general package "The Minds Eye Opens" seemed to indicate that an Adept following their path through to Magister (the Psychic path) could potentially ascend Primaris via this package. So, I went and asked for clarification on the matter, and here's what I got:

On Mar 24, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Brother Praetus wrote:
Rule Question:

I noticed something interesting within the pages of Ascension recently. The listed options for an ascended Adept include Interrogator, Inquisitor, and Sage. Simple enough. But I have a question concerning the general transition package "The Mind's Eye Opens" on page 48 and how this interacts with the choice of Ascended career.

> The limits state that it cannot be taken by an Imperial Psyker or Tech-Priest.
> Prereqs state Psy Rating 1 or Nascent Psyker.
> This is a suitable transition for people taking Interrogator, Inquisitor, PRIMARIS Psyker, and Sage.

Now, the only base career that can have a Psy Rating other than a Psyker; barring sorcerery, would be an Adept on the path of the Lexographer/Loremaster/Magister. So, given the above, and meeting these specific conditions, would it be viable for a Magister Adept to ascend into Primaris Psyker?

Thank you.

Ross Watson to me 7:52 AM (15 hours ago) :
Hello there!

It would be fine for a Magister Adept to ascend into Primaris Psyker using this transition package. In fact, it was intended for this very purpose if people wanted to do that.
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Ross Watson
Senior RPG Developer
Fantasy Flight Games

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The response is clear, concise, and what I was anticipating. aplauso.gif Hurray for me for thinking along similar lines, right? aplauso.gif Hope this will be of help for people in the future. Now to go back to the book and see what other neat stuff I can find out.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Well that makes total sense. I was looking at "The Eye Opens" and thought that it would be rather useless for Wyrds, Nascent Psykers, and other individuals that would have Psy rating 1. Magisters are different though and that transition package is truly valuable for it.