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The rulebook says that an unsaved wound by a weapon whose strenght is twice the toughness of the target is an instant death. Since it says an "unsaved wound". does that imply that I am allowed to take a save for my model/unit?

Yes.

Instant Death in of itself does not disallow ARMOUR, COVER or INVULNERABLE saves. The weapon types and AP rules cover that. S of the weapon has no bearing on armour saves.

If you have T3 with 3+ armour and are hit with a S6 AP4 template (denies cover saves), you can still take your armour (or invulnerable) saves. If you fail, you die (unless you also have Eternal Warrior) regardless of how many wounds you had left.

chromedog wrote:Yes.

Instant Death in of itself does not disallow ARMOUR, COVER or INVULNERABLE saves. The weapon types and AP rules cover that. S of the weapon has no bearing on armour saves.

If you have T3 with 3+ armour and are hit with a S6 AP4 template (denies cover saves), you can still take your armour (or invulnerable) saves. If you fail, you die (unless you also have Eternal Warrior) regardless of how many wounds you had left.

Just doesn't allow wounds right?

An instant death wound will instantly kill the model upon failing your save, regardless of the amounts of wounds.

TinyWhale wrote:
Just doesn't allow wounds right?

I don't get your question.

Instant death wounds are caused the same way as any other wound. SvT.
ONLY if the weapon denies ALL saves does it remove without a save. If a save of any kind is allowed, then you are allowed - in fact, MUST take it - a save to avoid the wound.
The only difference is that instead of taking a single wound as a consequence of failing the save, you lose ALL of them and are removed*.


*With the exception of 'Eternal Warrior'. These models still only lose one wound per failed save.