Biomancy

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Psyker Biomancer Acolyte of the Inquisition^[3a]

Biomancy is a Psychic Discipline known to psykers who specialise in the use of manipulating biological energy and processes. Through this art, biomancers are capable of changing or influencing a change in the physical form of either themselves or their enemies. Practitioners of Biomancy are known as Biomancers^[2]

Abilities

Inquisitor (Game System)

• Blood Boil - The psyker accelerates the pulse of an enemy, increasing blood pressure to near lethal levels. This has the potential of making the enemy's heart or brain explode.^[7]
• Choke - The psyker pinches tight the windpipe of an enemy with a simple gesture, choking him of breath.^[7]
• Enfeeble - The biomancer drains the vigour from a victim, making them feel weak and incapable.^[7]
• Hammerhand - The biomancer hardens the flesh and skin of their fist, as well as strengthen the tendons and muscles of their arms.^[7]
• Regenerate - Laying their hands on the recipient, the biomancer reaches into the individual's cells knitting together flesh and binding wounds.^[7]
• Storm of Lightning - Bio-electrical lightning jumps from the psyker's fingertips, jumping from enemy to enemy.^[7]
• Warp Strength - The pyker invigorates the target with psychic energy. The power of the warp flows though muscles, tendons, and bones, providing amazing strength.^[7]

Dark Heresy 1st edition

• Bio-lightning: Attack one foe with lightning
• Blood Boil: Raise a foe's heart rate and blood pressure, causing fatigue, then unconsciousness, then death
• Cellular Control: Gain one of the following buffs: immunity to poison, immunity to extreme temperatures, gain +10 to any Characteristic except for Weapon Skill and Ballistic Skill, immunity to Fatigue, or immunity to vacuum environments.
• Constrict: Choke a target
• Enhanced Senses: Gain a +30 bonus to Tests with one sense.
• Hammerhand: Strength is quadrupled, fists become lethal weapons
• Regenerate: Heal own injuries over time and regrow missing body parts
• Seal Wounds: Heal injuries of one target
• Shape Flesh: Shapeshift to gain special abilities or disguise yourself
• Toxic Siphon: Remove poison from target

Dark Heresy 2nd edition

• Invigourate: Remove levels of Fatigue
• Smite: Project lightning at foes
• Enfeeble: Temporarily weaken target
• Shape Flesh: Alter the appearance of a target
• Endurance: Heal wounds of multiple targets
• Iron Arm: Turn skin into living steel
• Life Leech: Drain target's vitality
• Warp Speed: Move at supernatural speed
• Haemorrhage: Wound a target at range

Psykana Obscura

• Agony: Lash out at foes with acute and all-consuming pain.^[6]
• Drain Vigour: Drain vigour and energy of a living creature, sapping its vitality and strength, and ultimately incapacitating or even killing it.^[6]
• Flesh Like Iron: Draw on the power of the warp to make your flesh as hard as metal.^[6]

Notable Biomancers

• Calumny Faal - zeta-level biomancer^[3b]
• Heinrix Van Calox - Interrogator^[4]
• Hathor Maat - Thousand Sons

Images

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  A psychic bounty hunter using bio-lightning.^[5]

See also

• Psykana collar

Sources

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• 1: Inquisitior Rulebook Part 1, pg. 49
• 2: Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, pg. 419
• 3: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide:
  • 3a: Psyker talent tree art
  • 3b: Item bundle description: Calumny Faal
• 4: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• 5: Necromunda: Hired Gun - Artbook, Psychic Bounty-Hunters
• 6: Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods, pg. 29
• 7: Inquisitor: Conspiracies - The Cirian Legacy, pg. 49 Biomancy