Zombie elf psionicst has a strange ranged attack

[crawlers]

They seem able to still use the psionic blast but it has zero damage. Something here seems like a bug.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3442368718

[Psyanotek]

Ok, I'm not sure whether this is a bug or not.

0 damage attacks are not useless, since they get an opposed damage roll (attack vs resist/armor) and so can still do some damage.

The question is - should a unit that had psionic power in life retain a tiny amount of that power when Zombified, even though they are otherwise mindless?

Maybe, maybe not... I'm not sure what makes more sense thematically.

[crawlers]

Even if they can retain such things, they can only be ordered to charge and thus might not be able to use any kind of ranged attack even if they had one. If that matter is resolved then psi zombies can fire away.

[crawlers]

Can confirm they fire at a distance just fine even with the charge order and do a little damage.

[Oya]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Psyanotek:

The question is - should a unit that had psionic power in life retain a tiny amount of that power when Zombified, even though they are otherwise mindless?

Sure, these zombies may be possessed by a demon with a malignant stare and so they bewitch with their eyes, though they do not touch (oculis fascinare).
Or maybe they kill men with the breath that comes out of their mouths. Or they each have a curiously archaic flute of silver and they all begin a sweet and evil fluting and a fatal spell is cast as they are thrilling eldritchly in the silver flutes.
Does this sound like some nonsense written by ChatGTP ? Or is the game so abstract and zoomed-out that it doesn't really matter ? Does anyone care ?