Results from playtesting. All optional unless otherwise noted.
Talents: Psyker and Psychic Power
In an earlier draft version, Psyker automatically gave access to one Psi Power. Playtest indicated that going back to a similar version might be beneficial:
Psyker
When Psyker is gained as the result of a random roll (e.g., during character creation or as an advance), one random Psi Power is gained as an additional talent.
Psychic Power
When a Psychic Power is gained by a character who does not possess the Psyker talent, you may treat it as a negative talent for purpose of recouping costs (see below).
Talents: Ignorant and negative talents
The -1 modifier to all skill tests makes Ignorant one of the harshest negatives talents, especially as it affects common and individual actions, whereas talents like Blind affect retinue actions and can thus be compensated by other characters, or Feeble which affects individual survival but only when the retinue as a whole become casualties. Playtest indicated that changing the effect of Ignorant to something less pervasive might be good, and that a compensation for gaining any negative talent in character creation or as an advance might be a useful optional rule.
Ignorant
The game effect of Ignorant is changed as follows: You do not benefit from any positive modifiers to skill tests.
Negative Talents
When gaining a negative talent (Blind, Feeble, Ignorant, Lost Arm, Mindless, Slow, or Untrained) as the result of a random roll during character creation or as an advance, a character may optionally receive a rebate of 10 points on the talent – i.e., their total points stay the same, but their unspent points increase by 10.
Wargear: Superior Weapon and wargear cost
For Wargear, cosmetics (naming conventions) where adressed during playtest as the Superior Close Combat Weapon positive weapon quality was found to be too clunky. Also, the question was raised whether wargear rolls at 15 points for most careers are to expensive. The verdict on the latter is outstanding
Superior Weapon
The Superior Close Combat Weapon positive weapon quality is renamed to Mastercrafted.
Wargear Cost
Wargear costs do not change – for now.