Benefictus - Role: Through careful selection of psi-capable gene-stock, the Broodminds of the various Genestealer Cults have cultivated a brand new mutation of Genestealer hybrids, a high-minded vector for its inhuman influence -- the Benefictus.With its grossly swollen brain, the Benefictus is able to focus the dispersed psychic energies of their cult's Broodmind into beams of raw telekinetic force that rival a lascannon for sheer destructive power. The shockwaves from these impacts carry echoes of the Broodmind's alien telepathy, forcing nearby enemies to recoil from waves of nauseating alien horror and hallucination, even as their comrades directly in the psyker's path are incinerated by the Benefictus' blast. The dazed survivors are then left vulnerable to any lurking Broodkin.No matter how well-planned a cult's raids, the militarised nature of many Imperial worlds means that the Broodkin's ploys will often come up against obstacles they cannot breach with the tools to hand. Doors to munitions vaults that are proof against simple chemical explosives; fortified bunkers containing a city's astropathic shrine preparing to call for aid; main battle tanks of punitive Imperial armies; even stolen industrial saws, lasers and drills are of limited use against these and a cult's resources cannot always be brought to bear against them all. To such conundrums, it is a Benefictus who often supplies the solution, delivering it like a miraculous gift from the Star Children.Benefictuses of early brood cycles can wipe out inquisitive patrols of Enforcers so suddenly that no distress call ever gets out. They can tear through blast shields sealing off their hive city district from another that is teeming with potential recruits. Others slay tank-sized xenofauna that compete with the cult for the sorts of underbelly territories they operate in.It is probable that these strange Genestealer hybrids are manifesting in greater numbers thanks to the opening of the Great Rift. Most Imperial worlds have seen large numbers of psykers swell beyond the authorities' ability to round them up as a result of the Psychic Awakening. Many escape into society's cracks, and a hidden Genestealer Cult is always ready to capitalise on such potent genetic stock.Where Hybrid Metamorphs use their twisted appendages and alien-augmented muscle, a Benefictus draws upon the power of the Broodmind to unleash blasts of searing psionic energy that can obliterate almost anything in their path. A Benefictus possesses a heaving mass of brain matter and twitching alien lobes that have swollen outwards in an extreme exaggeration of a more typical Genestealer hybrid's enlarged cranium. This mass pulses, seeping with protoplasmic drool as it concentrates the Broodmind's power.When a target presents itself, the Benefictus unleashes the accumulated psychic potential, which lances outwards from their cranial mass. At its touch, enemies disintegrate, armour crumples and sloughs away, and rockcrete ruptures in a geyser of powdered remains. The physical destruction is followed by something more eerie. The concentration of the Broodmind's telepathic energies is so powerful that psionic shock waves of alien horror roll outwards from the point of impact in a sickening flood that leaves survivors clutching their skulls and screaming in terror.Hallucinations and other sensory phantasms can disrupt even highly-disciplined troops and vehicle crews, leaving them exposed or out of position and easier prey for other cultists. There is nothing subtle about a Benefictus.