Perils of the Warp triggering with low Veil Degredation

[Memnon]

So I'm finishing up the Starport fight and just as Idira kills one of the last two enemies, a Daemonette appears in front of her. My Veil Degredation was at 3 and went up by 1 after the kill, so I'm trying to figure out why this PotW happened. My understanding is degredation has to be at 15 or more for PotW to occur. Is this a regular thing or was it just to introduce the mechanic?

[Thicc Mittens]

I'm not sure where this is detailed in game so take it with a pinch of salt, but I saw someone else on these forums say that it's because Idira is an unsanctioned psyker and that means whenever she uses a power there's a small (I think 5%?) chance of triggering a warp peril regardless of veil degradation.

Edit; I guess it's meant to be the downside to her starting with +1 psy rating when other psykers start at 0.

[Alistair]

Originally posted by Memnon:

So I'm finishing up the Starport fight and just as Idira kills one of the last two enemies, a Daemonette appears in front of her. My Veil Degredation was at 3 and went up by 1 after the kill, so I'm trying to figure out why this PotW happened. My understanding is degredation has to be at 15 or more for PotW to occur. Is this a regular thing or was it just to introduce the mechanic?

Idira has a 5% chance for stuff like that to happen. It's one of her traits as unsactioned psyker.

[Daliena]

Idira problem. She's an Unsanctioned Psyker, which means she gets +1 Psy Rating, but has a 5% chance regardless of Veil Degradation to trigger Perils of the Warp. PC Psykers and Heinrix, to compare, are Sanctioned, and thus comparatively safe to use.

Originally posted by Thicc Mittens:

I'm not sure where this is detailed in game so take it with a pinch of salt, but I saw someone else on these forums say that it's because Idira is an unsanctioned psyker and that means whenever she uses a power there's a small (I think 5%?) chance of triggering a warp peril regardless of veil degradation.

Edit; I guess it's meant to be the downside to her starting with +1 psy rating when other psykers start at 0.

Idira's character sheet, features, talents, under there you'll find Unsanctioned Psyker.

https://i.imgur.com/N6Z7rb2.png

[BenShinobi]

It's her thing, unfortunately. Being an unsanctioned psyker she has a 5% chance of triggering some effect even without veil degradtion being high. She benefits from having higher psy rating from level 1, so there's a trade-off, but I see many people not liking her for this reason.

[Memnon]

I see... I must have missed that detail lol. Owlcat gets to snoop my save file at least. Thanks all.

[Morgian]

In some fights using Idira's power is equal to shooting yourself in the foot. In the fight on the Upperway with the purple clouds everywhere I saw a veil rating of 20. I have no idea how it got so high, but I suppose that fights in chaos heavy areas are predisposed to it.

[Daliena]

Originally posted by Morgian:

In some fights using Idira's power is equal to shooting yourself in the foot. In the fight on the Upperway with the purple clouds everywhere I saw a veil rating of 20. I have no idea how it got so high, but I suppose that fights in chaos heavy areas are predisposed to it.

They are. Also be careful because enemy psykers can end up raising it too, and they rarely give as much of a damn. The fight in the cultist den on Footfall is a grand example - two sorcerers, coupled with a Pink Horror that they called up, the doing of so which already cranks Veil rating up uncomfortably high, nevermind all three of them spamming major psychic powers.

[Memnon]

Are the downsides (story or combat-wise) of not having Idira in your party significant? I have a mercenary that is absolutely owning anyway, so no big loss for combat, but it seems like the psychic thing might be important for the story.