Editing Psy-Gheist (section)

==Crunch==
One of the more expensive troops, starting with a Psychoteric Whisper option. They are really fragile, having the same stats of a [[Delaque Shadow]] except for a 4+WS stat. Moreover, they start off unarmed and even when trying to buy stuff from a vendor, they are limited to shitty [[Flintlock Pistol]]s, [[Stub Gun]]s and cheap [[Basic Close Combat Weapons#Combat Knife|Knives]].

Conventional wisdom goes that due to this, a Psy-Gheist is a melee specialist, which is true to some extant, as their expensive Psychomancer’s Harness equipment includes some gnarly melee weapons in the form of Paired [[Miscellaneous_Weapons#Psychomantic Claw|Psychomantic Claws]], as well as a 2” movement boost and some ability to ignore terrain if one were to invest a 110 points into melee gear, giving the unit a 1-Wound, 1-Attack fighter. This might not sound that great nor efficient, but keep in mind that they ''are'' in the end, a psyker. And being psykers, they benefit a ''lot'' from psychic equipment, chief among those are Psychoteric Wyrms, which are the best way to extend some very powerful Whisper effects to a usable range, but those do cost 70 credits a pop. The problem with Psy-Gheists as Psykers is their starting Willpower of 8+. So you can invest a lot of credits into the ability to attempt a Whisper where you want it, but the effect will not actually manifest reliably until you’ve gained a few Advances.

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