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Proposal.

For instant death spells (like dwellers, purple sun, etc.) that are based on failed characteristic tests:

How about giving a model a number of characteristic tests equal to it's current number of wounds. Each failed test inflicts one wound with no save. A multi wound model would need to fail multiple tests to be instantly killed.

For example:

A Strength 3 wizard, with 3 wounds, is hit by dwellers below.

The wizard would roll 3 dice. Each roll of 4+ would cause a wound. If the wizard fails all 3 tests then he dies. Otherwise he just takes some wounds.

That still really won't result in less casualities.

Single wound RnF models still either Die or don't so nothing changes there.


Multi-wound models would come off better, although Inititive tests would still just rip through monsters and MI.

The idea isn't to protect one wound models or even multi wound RNF models it is to help characters (and monsters) survive better. It tends to ruin the game for many players if a general or wizard lord gets killed on turn 1 to a single unlucky die roll.

The instant death spells are a counter to big units and hordes but as written they are a little too strong as character killers. This proposal allows the spells to continue to damage big units but will reduce their effect on characters.

I would defiantly agree to having 1 test per wound instead of just killing a model. My vampire lord has been killed by the lore of gold final transmutation more than once in the 1st turn by teclis.

You know that any model with more than one wound only gets 'killed' on a roll of 6 with Final Transmutation, right?