Hit rolls, wound rolls, saving throws and inflicting damage.
Make one hit roll for each attack dice by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a hit by matching the first condition below that applies: ▪ Unmodified 1: fails. ▪ Unmodified 6: critical hit. ▪ Equal to or greater than that attack's BS/WS characteristic: hit. ▪ Any other result: fails. Critical hits are still hits. Other rules can be triggered by a critical hit, such as [LETHAL HITS] and [SUSTAINED HITS] (24).
Make one wound roll for each hit by rolling one D6. For each result, check if it fails or is a wound by matching the first condition below that applies: ▪ Unmodified 1: fails. ▪ Unmodified 6: critical wound. ▪ Equal to or greater than the required result below: wound. ▪ Any other result: fails. Required result, comparing the attack's Strength with the target's Toughness: ▪ Strength is twice (or more than twice) the Toughness: 2+ ▪ Strength is greater than the Toughness: 3+ ▪ Strength is equal to the Toughness: 4+ ▪ Strength is less than the Toughness: 5+ ▪ Strength is half (or less than half) the Toughness: 6+ Critical wounds are still wounds, and can trigger other rules such as [DEVASTATING WOUNDS] (24).
The opposing player resolves the following sequence: 1. Create Groups: Divide all models in the target unit into the following groups, as many times as required: ▪ One group for each CHARACTER model. ▪ One group for all other models with the same W, Sv and InSv characteristics. 2. Allocation Order: Declare the order in which those groups will have attacks allocated to them, applying all of the following: ▪ If a non-CHARACTER group contains a model that has lost one or more wounds, that group must be first in the allocation order. ▪ No CHARACTER group can be earlier in the allocation order than a non-CHARACTER group. ▪ CHARACTER groups containing a model that has lost one or more wounds must be earlier in the allocation order than CHARACTER groups containing no wounded models. 3. Make Save Rolls: The opposing player makes one save roll for each attack that wounded the target by rolling one D6.
The opposing player resolves the following sequence for each save roll, working from lowest result(s) to highest result(s), until all attacks are resolved or all models in the target unit are destroyed – in the latter case, any excess attacks are lost. 1. Select Model: Select one model in the current allocation group (see right); this must be a model that has lost one or more wounds if possible. 2. Check Save Roll: For each result, check if that attack inflicts damage or fails by matching the first condition below that applies: ▪ Unmodified INFLICTS DAMAGE Invulnerable Save: The models in the current allocation group have an InSv characteristic, ▪ FAILS and the result is equal to or greater than that characteristic. Save and AP: After modifying the result by the attacking weapon’s AP characteristic, it is ▪ FAILS equal to or greater than the Sv characteristic of models in the current allocation group. ▪ Any other result INFLICTS DAMAGE 3. Resolve Damage: If that attack inflicts damage, the selected model loses a number of wounds equal to that attack’s D characteristic. If this reduces that model’s remaining wounds to 0 or fewer, it is destroyed. ls with t attack MAKING ATTACKS ATTACK SEQUENCE EXAMPLES BP X5 B 1. SELECT WEAPONS The RED unit is attacking. The following weapons are selected to make attacks with: ▪ 2 boltguns (B) ▪ 2 bolt pistols (BP) ▪ 1 heavy bolter (HB) 2. SELECT TARGETS The BLUE unit is selected as the target. The unit is visible all models in the attacking unit. All of the selected weapons are in range, with the exception of one bolt pistol. As a result, that weapon will not make any attacks. 3. RESOLVE ATTACKS There is only one enemy unit being targeted, so the controlling player now gathers attack dice: ▪ Five attack dice are gathered for the boltguns and bolt pistol, which have A characteristics of 2 and 1 respective and all make identical attacks. ▪ Three attack dice are gathered for the heavy bolter, which has an A characteristic of 3 but does not make identical attacks. RESOLVING ATTACK DICE BP X5 B B 1. 1. HIT ROLLS The controlling player chooses to make the five hit rolls for the boltguns and bolt pistol first. The BS characteristic of the weapons is 3+. Four of the attacks hit the target. 2. WOUND ROLLS The controlling player makes four wound rolls. The weapons have an S characteristic of 4 and the target unit has a T characteristic of 3, so rolls of 3+ are required to wound. Three of the attacks wound the target. 3. SAVE ROLLS The target unit’s controlling player makes three save rolls. 4. INFLICT DAMAGE ▪ The lowest result is less than both the InSv and Sv characteristics of the target, so that attack inflicts damage. This reduces the model to which that attack was allocated to 0 wounds, which destroys it. ▪ The next lowest result is less than the target’s InSv characteristic, but greater than its Sv characteristic of 3+; that attack fails. ▪ The other result is greater than the target’s InSv characteristic of 5+; that attack also fails. RESOLVING OTHER ATTACKS 3. -1 to Save Roll 1. HIT ROLLS The controlling player then makes three hit rolls for the heavy bolter. The BS characteristic of the weapon is 4+. Two of the attacks hit the target. 2. WOUND ROLLS The controlling player makes two wound rolls. The weapon has an S characteristic of 5, so rolls of 3+ are required to wound. Both attacks wound the target. 3. SAVE ROLLS The target unit’s controlling player makes two save rolls. 4. INFLICT DAMAGE ▪ The lowest result, when modified by the attacking weapon’s AP characteristic of -1, is less than the target’s Sv characteristic of 3+, so that attack inflicts damage. This reduces the model to which that attack was allocated to 0 wounds, which destroys it. ▪ The other result is equal to the target’s InSv characteristic of 5+; that attack fails. ATTACKING ATTACHED UNITS ATTACK SEQUENCE EXAMPLES X14 1. SELECT WEAPONS The RED unit is attacking. The following weapons are selected to make attacks with: ▪ 7 boltguns (B) ▪ 1 plasma pistol (PP) ▪ 2 heavy bolters (HB) 2. SELECT TARGETS The BLUE unit is selected as the target. It is an attached unit (19) formed from a Seraphim unit and Saint Celestine (with her two Geminae Superia). The unit is visible to all models in th attacking unit, and all of the selected weapons are in range. 3. RESOLVE ATTACKS There is only one enemy unit being targeted, so the controlling player now gathers attack dice. They decide to resolve the heavy bolter attacks first, which each have an A characteristic of 3, six attack dice are gathered. The attack dice for the remaining weapons will be gathered once the heavy bolter attacks are resolved (see opposite), as follows: ▪ 14 attack dice for the boltguns, which each have an A characteristic of 2. e ▪ One attack dice for the plasma pistol, which has an A characteristic of 1. ALLOCATION GROUPS Save Rolls 1. CREATE GROUPS AND DECLARE ORDER The target unit’s controlling player divides it into groups: one containing Saint Celestine, one containing the Geminae Superia, and one containing the Seraphim. They then declare the allocation order, choosing the Geminae Superia first (1), hoping their better Sv and InSv characteristics will weather the attacks. The Seraphim must be chosen second (2), as Saint Celestine is a CHARACTER model so must be last in the order (3). 2. RESOLVE ATTACK DICE The heavy bolters’ attacks wound the target five times, so the target unit’s controlling player makes five save rolls. 2 2 3 1 The attacks are resolved one at a time, from lowest save rolls to highest: ▪ The two results of 1 are allocated first, to the current allocation group (the Geminae Superia). They both inflict damage, and both Geminae Superia are destroyed. ▪ The result of 3 is now allocated to the Seraphim, who have become the current allocation group. When modified by the attacking weapon’s AP characteristic of -1, this also inflicts damage, destroying one Seraphim model. ▪ The remaining attacks fail, so no further damage is inflicted. 3. SELECT NEXT GROUP OF ATTACK DICE AND REPEAT OTHER CONCEPTS This section contains some additional rules concepts that are most frequently used while making attacks.