Stupid question about Psychic abilities

[Battle 1-2]

This may be stupid, but... I just looked through the rulebook again, briefly, and didn't see anything that addressed it.

My second son plays orks and has a Warboss that we use as a Weirdboy. He loves the thing and did something amazing with it in one battle. He put it behind a ruins so it couldn't be targetted, then in the move phase, the Weirdboy made a normal move out. In the Psychic phase, he used a psychic power (or two!), and then in the shooting phase, his weirdboy ran back into cover. I was sure he couldn't do it, but there's nothing in the book that implies that a psychic attack is the same as shooting, and it happens in a completely different phase of the game anyway.

So, I congratulated my son on his ingeniousness, and here I am.

Can a psyker move, then use psychic powers, and then in the shooting phase use Run to get back into cover, effectively giving every race jump-shoot-jump capability like the Tau? Or did I miss something important in the rulebook?

[DWest]

I have the ebook version of the BRB, so I can't reliably get a page quote, but in the Psychic Phase, under the Witchfire section: "Manifesting Witchfire does not prevent the Psyker (or his unit) from firing weapons in the following Shooting Phase, nor does it prevent the Psyker's unit from Running, Turbo-boosting, or moving Flat Out." So yes, this is completely legal, and a pretty handy trick too.

[John Bower]

good and clever tactic. Well done Dat orky dood.

[Mad Cat]

Yep it is fine just watch the look on his face if he rolls a 1 on the run move and cannot get out of LOS. however begs the question why did he not move out just enough so a 1" move would bet him out of sight.

It works really well on a jet bike, chariot or disk of Tzeentch with the super long movement in the running phase.

[Path Walker]

Kunnin' orky know whats

[Battle 1-2]

what's awesome is this kid is 12 and he picks up on tactical stuff super quick. He's probably just as tactically capable right now as I am at 42 - after 17 years serving in the Infantry. He's going to be scary good in 10 years, in both WH40K and in real life.

[Xaric]

pretty much the same thing tau stealth suits have been doing since 6th move out shoot then thrust move into cover.

[Charistoph]

pretty much the same thing tau stealth and Crisis suits have been doing since 3rd move out shoot then thrust move into cover.

Fixed that For you.

[Xaric]

not a tau player and only played since 6th lol

[Charistoph]

And you've seen Stealth Suits do this and not Crisis Suits? Wow. Lucky.