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Flipping through the codex a number of tyranids have the Toxin Sacs biomorph upgrade available to them. Looking at the explanation it says they gain the Poisoned rule from the BRB. Looking at the BRB it says they always wound on a certain number which is usually shown in brackets. For the Tyranid biomorph upgrade there's no number in brackets. So how do I determine what the automatic wound roll is for tyranids with this biomorph?

Doesn't it say it is usually 4+?

in the BRB on Page 40 where the Poisoned rule is there's no default specified. It only mentioned a bracketed number that's supposed to be there.

In the latest Tyranid codex on Page 67 where the Toxin Sac's biomorph is listed it just says models have Poisoned special rule with their CC attacks.

If I look at the long and short entry for the Mawloc for example, it just says it may take items from the Biomorph lists but doesn't specify the value of what the Toxin Sacs poison would be.

Other entries, like the Venomthrope which come with toxin sacs by default have their Poison value listed, but all the entries that can take the toxin sacs as a biomorph upgrade do not list what the poison value should be.

You might want to continue reading the Poisoned rule in the next column.

Yeah. Should be a 4+ for nid toxin sacs. I would be surprised if it had changed.

Pedro Kantor wrote:
Yeah. Should be a 4+ for nid toxin sacs. I would be surprised if it had changed.

It hasn't. It's just a matter of reading all of the Poisoned rule instead of the most obvious half.

Hehe. Ya poisoned 4 unless your str vs toughness, means you would wound on a 2 the you would use a 2 to wound reroll owing all failed to wounds if you strength is equal too or greater than your victims toughness. It's mainly why poison on bugs is good, especially big bugs it's a reroll to wound yup.

thanks all