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So I'm very new to fantasy and have been reading my rulebook a lot but i really can't figure out if multiple wounds deals all of those wounds on a single model, making it only useful for ogres, monsters, and characters or if they can kill multiple models with only one wound roll. Can anyone help me out with how this is supposed to go?

Weapons that cause multiple wounds only apply to things that have more then 1 wound. You cannot cause more wounds to a model then they have, except for overkill in a challenge.

You can only kill 1 model with a single attack, even one that causes multiple wounds.

Yah, it's wasted for wusses. But, you know, they're still dead.

But a single cannon shot could kill an entire horde if it was otherwise

It can still kill a ton of ogres
But yes cannons would be mega op then :(

But yes 1 wound if you are killing rank and file.

Multi-wound weapons are limited in the number of models they can kill by the number of attacks.


A cannonball bouncing through a unit of Ogres.

First ogre is hit and wounded. a 4 is rolled for multi-wounds, killing the ogre. as ogres only have 3 wounds each, the 4th is wasted.

2nd ogre is hit and wounded. a 2 is rolled this time. the Ogre suffers 2 wounds and the cannonball stops bouncing here. against normal infantry the ball would continue to bounce even if it failed to kill, but because Ogres are Monsterous Infantry the ball stops(the ogre's bulk stops the ball short)

What with GW's NOO MONSTAHS, NOO MONSTAHS EVRYWARE fixitation, most armies are going to field multi-wound creatures, though.

That's 'new' and 'monsters'.

someone's hyperdramitic detection meter is broken.

I am sure Vampirate knows how to spell "New" and "Monster"

Grey Templar wrote:someone's hyperdramitic detection meter is broken.

I am sure Vampirate knows how to spell "New" and "Monster"

No, not really. Just don't understand the childish need to mispell words.

Sometimes its used for emphasis.

and as sad as it is for some people, the spellings of words will change over time. its how languages evolve. you wouldn't be able to read Old English without some hefty translation.

Guess I'm just getting old then. Funny, how when you are young you swear you won't turn into your parents, and then 30 years later....

OH NOZE, IMA MY PAYRENTS.

Internet Misspelling is used for sarcasm and false emphasis, aka sarcasm. Sometimes 4 spelling shortcuts. Sometimes to make very common words less common and thus more interesting, like interwebs.

It's also a sign you're liable to slit your wrists if the power went out for two days.

HoverBoy wrote:It's also a sign you're liable to slit your wrists if the power went out for two days.

Quick, somebody turn off the power.

-Matt

HoverBoy wrote:It's also a sign you're liable to slit your wrists if the power went out for two days.

Unfortunately for myself, that's depressingly close to the truth.

Power out? Sweet. Now there's no excuse to not play Warhammer.

Warboss Fugnutz wrote:Power out? Sweet. Now there's no excuse to not play Warhammer.

This is what I did when we lost power due to Hurricane Irene. Lantern for a little extra light, but Warhammer itself requires no power to play. Video games, on the other hand...

Indeed, if we end up with a world wide Nuclear Winter and electronic devices cease to function we wilol still have warhammer.

I'll buy a whole bunch of casting kits and have the ability to rip off GW in complete freedom!!!

Grey Templar wrote:

2nd ogre is hit and wounded. a 2 is rolled this time. the Ogre suffers 2 wounds and the cannonball stops bouncing here. against normal infantry the ball would continue to bounce even if it failed to kill, but because Ogres are Monsterous Infantry the ball stops(the ogre's bulk stops the ball short)

Isnt that how bolt throwers work? Do cannon also work like that in 8th? I thought you measure the bounce, then it is treated like a template, anything under the line template takes the S10 for D6.

It is a template, but monstous infantry, monstous cavalry, monstous beast and actual monster models can in fact stop it.

Xenith wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:

2nd ogre is hit and wounded. a 2 is rolled this time. the Ogre suffers 2 wounds and the cannonball stops bouncing here. against normal infantry the ball would continue to bounce even if it failed to kill, but because Ogres are Monsterous Infantry the ball stops(the ogre's bulk stops the ball short)

Isnt that how bolt throwers work? Do cannon also work like that in 8th? I thought you measure the bounce, then it is treated like a template, anything under the line template takes the S10 for D6.

Like hoverboy said, a cannon is a template, but it is conditional.

the rules for cannons contain the full rules and what happens with Monsterous Infantry.


For things that arn't Monsterous, yeah the cannon is a template for that many Str10 hits with D6 wounds. but Monsterous stuff throws a wrench into the works.

This is important for me because I play Ogres, but don't believe me, read the cannon section for yourself

Heck i think a stonehorn makes for a great cannonball spunge.

Its good at that, although I have found that some opponents will avoid shooting it because of that. O well, 50 tons of granite are deadly in combat.

Have you tried blocking shots with it, that would be mean.

No I havn't, mostly because I rarely face cannons and when I do I can't block them all.

A friend uses trolls to screen his wyvern lord; having to go through 2 or 3 ranks of trolls significantly reduces the chances of the shot getting through.

Must get kroxigor...