INNATE
PSYKERS
Gaining Innate Psyker Levels
Anyone can
cast innate psychic powers so long as they gain some Innate Psyker Levels. Over
the course of the 20 normal levels a character can gain up to a maximum of 20
Innate Psyker levels.
In d20-40k
the only thing that determines your prowess with innate powers is your current
innate psyker level. There are 4 places that one can collect Innate Psyker
levels.
1.) The
Charismatic Hero Innate Power Talent Tree.
2.) The
feats: Innate Gift & Innate Mastery
3.) The
Witch / Warlock advanced class.
4.) The
Arch-Psyker prestige class.
So how does one become a Level 20 innate psyker?
There is
basically only one way to become a Level 20 innate psyker. The method is
outlined in the chart below. The order in which the classes are taken do not
have to be identical, but the makeup of the classes does.
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Character Level |
Class |
Source of Psyker Level |
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1 |
Charismatic Hero |
Innate Power Talent |
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2 |
Charismatic Hero |
Innate Gift Feat |
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3 |
Charismatic Hero |
Improved Innate Power
Talent |
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4 |
Charismatic Hero |
Innate Mastery Feat |
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5 |
Charismatic Hero |
Advanced Innate Power
Talent |
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6 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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7 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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8 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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9 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class Feature |
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10 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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11 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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12 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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13 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
|
14 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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15 |
Witch / Warlock |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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16 |
Arch-Psyker |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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17 |
Arch-Psyker |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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18 |
Arch-Psyker |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
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19 |
Arch-Psyker |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
|
20 |
Arch-Psyker |
Innate Power Class
Feature |
Psychic Powers
An innate
psyker casts psychic powers which are drawn from the arcane/innate psychic
power list. An innate psyker does not have to choose and prepare her psychic
powers ahead of time but can cast any psychic power she knows on the fly.
To learn,
prepare, or cast a psychic power, the innate psyker must have a Charisma score
equal to at least 10 + the psychic power level. The Difficulty Class for a
saving throw against an innate psykers psychic power is 10 + the psychic power
level + the innate psykers Charisma modifier.
Like other
psykers, an innate psyker can cast only a certain number of psychic powers of
each psychic power level per day. Her base daily psychic power allotment is
given on the Table: Innate Psychic powers
per Day. In addition, she receives bonus psychic powers per day if she has
a high Charisma score.
An innate
psyker begins play knowing four 0-level powers and two 1st-level powers of your
choice. At each new innate psyker level, he gains one or more new psychic
powers, as indicated on Table: Innate
Psyker Psychic powers Known. (Unlike psychic powers per day, the number of
psychic powers an innate psyker knows is not affected by his Charisma score;
the numbers on Table: Innate Psyker
Psychic powers Known are fixed.) These new psychic powers can be common
psychic powers chosen from the innate psyker/wizard psychic power list, or they
can be unusual psychic powers that the innate psyker has gained some
understanding of by study. The innate psyker cant use this method of psychic
power acquisition to learn psychic powers at a faster rate, however.
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Table:
Innate Psychic powers per Day |
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Innate Psyker Level |
0 |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
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1 |
5 |
3 |
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2 |
6 |
4 |
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3 |
6 |
5 |
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4 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
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5 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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8 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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9 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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10 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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11 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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12 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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13 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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14 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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15 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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16 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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17 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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18 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
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19 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
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20 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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Table:
Innate Psyker Psychic powers Known |
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Innate Psyker Level |
0 |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
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1 |
4 |
2 |
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2 |
5 |
2 |
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3 |
5 |
3 |
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4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
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5 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
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6 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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7 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
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8 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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9 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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10 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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11 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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12 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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13 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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14 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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15 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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16 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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17 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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18 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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19 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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20 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Upon
reaching an Innate Psyker Level of 4, and at every even-numbered innate psyker
level after that (6th, 8th, and so on), an innate psyker can choose to learn a
new psychic power in place of one he already knows. In effect, the innate
psyker loses the old psychic power in exchange for the new one. The new
psychic powers level must be the same as that of the psychic power being
exchanged, and it must be at least two levels lower than the highest-level
innate psyker psychic power the innate psyker can cast. An innate psyker may
swap only a single psychic power at any given level, and must choose whether or
not to swap the psychic power at the same time that he gains new psychic powers
known for the level.
Bonus Psychic powers
Innate
psykers with a particularly high Charisma score can cast additional psychic
powers per day. The innate psyker uses the same table that the arcane psyker
uses for bonus powers (see arcane psyker above).
Scrolls and Psychic Tomes
An Innate
Psyker can cast arcane/innate psychic powers he finds in scrolls and psychic
tomes. To do so he must follow the rules for How to Read Arcane Powers in the arcane psyker section above.
Brain Engrams
A brain
engram is a psychic storage cybernetic placed in the brain. In the case of the
innate psyker it allows the psyker to know an additional psychic power at a
maximum level of three lower than his highest level power known. For instance
an innate psyker with an innate psyker level of 6 can know 1 extra level 0
psychic power. One with an innate psyker level of 18 can learn an extra level 6
psychic power. In addition to the normal cybernetic rules an innate psyker can
never carry more than 4 brain engrams.