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'''Hexagrammic Wards''' (also spelled '''Hexagrammatic'''){{Fn|7}}{{Fn|9}} are techno-arcane devices from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], designed to protect against [[Psyker|psychic]] forces.{{Fn|4}} These wards strengthen the boundaries between [[realspace]] and the [[Warp]] in a small area, reducing the effects of warp incursions.{{Fn|9}}
Hexagrammic Wards are used heavily in facilities regularly dealing with [[psyker]]s or similar [[warp]] interactions, such as [[Astropathic Relay Station]]s.{{Fn|7}} They're also seen throughout [[League of Black Ships|Black Ships]] (alongside [[pentagrammic wards]], a type of ward specially designed to repel [[Daemon]]s and their corruption).{{Fn|4}} These wards are also utilised thoroughly by the [[Grey Knights]] in both their armour and ships.{{Fn|5}}{{Fn|6}} [[Space Marine]] [[Librarian]]s of [[chapter]]s such as the [[Excorcists]] utilise hexagrammatic wards, alongside purifying incense, in their vaults of lore detailing ways to combat the daemonic.{{Fn|8}} These wards are also sometimes worn by [[Inquisitors]] when they know they will encounter [[psykers]].{{Fn|1}} They protect the Inquisitor using powerful charms and canticles of faith to psychically unnerve nearby heretical psykers.{{Fn|2}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Rogue Trader Rulebook]], pg. 163
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 462]], pg. 47
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Imperium Maledictum: Inquisitor Player's Guide]], pg. 127
[[Category:Dark Age of Technology]]
