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Alright, so first I'd like to apologize for my ignorance,
but can you take both a cover save and a armor save in the same turn for the same unit
example a unit of chaos marines are in a building, they get shot at, can they take both an armor and cover save?(note:this is just a hypothetical situation I play orks)
thanks for all and any responses,

No, you only ever take one save. Page 24 of the Rulebook "Models with more than one save".

Gwar is right, but I would like to elaborate a little more, not that it needs elaborated on, as this is a common sense thing, but if I remember right, the rule states that figures with more than 1 save must take the best save. So even if your save is 3+ (in the case of Sisters of Battle), even if your in cover (say in a a ruin which, if memory serves me is a 4+)taking normal fire (not requiring invuln saves) you must take your 3+ save. Again, not all that suprising, but thought I would mention it.

Guess who's right? You got it, kids! It's s2ua7 and not anyone else!

Emperors Faithful wrote:Guess who's right? You got it, kids! It's s2ua7 and not anyone else!

But he says I am right, which means that therefore I divide by 0

To elaborate a bit for huffy - let's say we have a terminator (who has 2+ armour and a 5+ invulnerable) who's in cover (4+).

He's got 3 saves - 2+armour, 4+cover. 5+inv.

You must take the best save against what's shooting at you. So, against a bolter (AP5) you'd use the 2+ armour. Against a plasma gun (AP2) you'd use the 4+ cover. Against a power weapon you'd use the 5+invulnerable.

The only time that a model gets to make two saves is with feel no pain. Models with this ability get to make an extra 4+ save AFTER they've failed their normal save (armour, cover, whatever).

Just remember though that Feel No Pain (and Ghosthelms, the only other comparable effect iirc) are NOT Saves per se, but are special rolls taken in addition to saves. (No point in letting people fall into bad habits now )

Very true but it's often a source of confusion for newbs who get told they can only have one save then see people (apparently) taking two.