Hey everybody.

One of my playes have had the misfortune of playing a tech priest and have recieved the mutation of the Wyrdling so now he is a psyker which is kinda scary I think. Since the whole tech priest thing distance itsself so far from psychic stuff what to do?

Adaras said:

Well, the character should be able to eventually come to realize his situation and seek a Magos to excise the offending portions of the brain which are allowing him to channel warp energies. They kind of do that sort of thing. As to whether it actually removes the Wyrdling trait is up to you.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Brother Praetus said:

He also had better hope that the Magos knows which part to remove and doesn't decide to remove other parts of the brain "just to be safe".

You see, now thats just awesome. You could go the route Adaras suggested and miss out on the opportunity of good role playing. On the other hand, the character could also just keep it to himself and continue to advance as a techpriest (kinda like how adepts can pick up sorcerery, but don't tell anyone for fear of execution).

You could also advance until you get a "Logis Implant" or take the "Rite of Pure Thought" and say that is how the mutation got removed.

Quartermus said:

That's only one possible explanation for their Psy abilities. They may also be sanctioned after a latent talent awakens; and yes, an Inquisitor can sanction a psyker more readily than the Scholastica Psykana can. Though testing will usually come at the earliest opportunity.

The thing is, there is precedence in the background for element of the Mechanicus; most likely the Biologis, to know which parts of the brain act as the conduit to the warp for manifesting psychic ability. If I recall there was a Tech-Priest in one of the novels who had been a nascent psyker prior to indoctrination into the Machine Cult. The offending cranial tissues were excised upon implantation of her Cranial Circuitry.

-=Brother Praetus=-

Depending on the philosophy (and radicalism) of your Inquisitor this might be a fun little "ace up the sleeve". One thing is certain though, the poor Techpriest is apostate at best as far as the Cult Mechanicus is concerned, his weak flesh so clearly defective! Perhaps the Inquisitor saw the potential of this poor individual and saved him from certain servitorization by recruiting him? Makes for an interesting character story and no doubt some dramatic roleplay (from a Techpriest no less!) down the line. If the Mechanicus know of his mutation then some of his augmetic upgrades will become much harder to obtain, which can be an entire story element in and of itself.