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'''Force weapons''' are advanced, psychically-attuned close combat weapons that are only fully effective in the hands of a [[psyker]]. Force weapons effectively act as deadly, psychic extensions of the wielder's own powers. They are designed to allow a psyker to channel deadly warp energies into their victim, acting as a conduit between the wielder's mind and the flesh of his target.{{cite this}}

Large [[Xenos|alien]] monstrosities and [[daemon]]s that are resilient to conventional weapons can be slain outright by a single wound, as their bodies and minds are destroyed by the unearthly powers of the Immaterium.{{cite this}}

Force weapons take the form of swords, spears or other close combat weapons. Within the structure of the weapon is interwoven a powerful psi-convector, formed into a precise serpentine shape which concentrates and directs psychic energy. This sometimes appears as a pattern on the blade. If a non-psyker takes up such a weapon it functions as a standard weapon.^{{Fn|4}}

'''Force rods''' are black rods of alien origin which act as psychic batteries. Psykers may store their psychic energy in the rod to be used in the future, giving the individual an additional source of energy in combat. The rod is used as a normal force weapon in combat, but the wielder may draw the stored psychic energy from the rod to increase the power of the attack.^{{{Fn|4, }}{{Fn|7} }} Force rods are in some ways analogous to [[Null Rod|null rods]].

''Main article:'' [[Nemesis Force Weapon]]^{{Fn|2<br>}}The '''Nemesis force weapon''' is used solely by the [[Grey Knights]], who are all psykers. The power unleashed by a Nemesis weapon is directly proportional to the individual wielder's own psychic capacity.{{cite this}}

''Main article:'' [[Witch Blade]]^{{Fn|3<br>}}

''Main article:'' [[Singing Spear]]^{{Fn|3<br>}}

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