Topic: Random question

[Siriq]

I was reading the rules on the Dire sword and it says that if a model fails its leadership it loses all remaining wounds and the model is removed from play.  Now is this "instant death" or is it something else?

[Starrakatt]

   It is exactly as the wording says. You remove the model. It is not Instant Death, so models with immunity to it can still get slain by a Diresword.

   Starky

[Siriq]

Thanks!

[Gutstikk]

Hmm... never noticed that before myself. That makes Asurmen a little bit better then, with the plethora of things that ignore instant death. Good to know.

[Master of Webways]

Well spotted

Yeah that's quite annoying. My friend's Scorpion Lord  was saved by my diresword once.... grrr

[Changeyname]

s an aside how would this affect the wounds taken for determining CC results
would you take one wound (assuming only one was caused) as he lost his wounds due to an additional effect
or would you count the total wounds he had left?

for example a space marine captain wounded once by a diresword fails his leadership and dies having not taken any wounds, for combat res would he count as one or three wounds?

[Starrakatt]

   Although there's no specific comments on that particular case (Diresword), Instant Killed models count all of their wounds left for combat resolution, so I'd go for the same rule as the Instant Death one.

   Starky

[Changeyname]

yeh thats what i'd probably do but as we've already discussed a death from a diresword if distinct and different from an instant death kill so i can see a circumstance for the other case being argued