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Hi guys, fairly new 40k player here so excuse misuse of jargon ect

a friend of mine and i are discussing how to use the reanimation protocol rule when playing.

my understanding when reading the rule is that for example: he shoots at me, he hits, he wounds, i fail an armor save, i roll reanimation protocol and on a 5+, the wound doesnt count.

his interpretation is that he shoots, he hits, he wounds, i fail to save, model is dead. at the end of his turn, i roll reanimation protocol, and on a 5+ that unit not dead anyway.


the difference being i belive i roll after my save roll, he believes i roll after his turn is up.

if any of us is right, who and why.

best regards. Jan

Yours is the correct route. Its taken the same time as Feel No Pain, so directly after an unsaved wound is caused.

The timing is exactly like Feel No Pain, which is why they added the "pick between Feel No Pain or Reanimation" section of the rule.

So correct order is:
Shoot, Hit, Causes a Wound, Fail Armor/Invulnerable save, Reanimation Protocol, Wound Saved or Unsaved, Apply effects that trigger off from Unsaved Wounds.

Note that what may be causing the confusion is that prior to the current codex, the "lie the model on it's side and roll at the end of the phase" way was the correct way - so if you're reading articles online they may have been written years ago when that was how it was done.

As the other posters have pointed out, it's now done in exactly the same way and time as Feel No Pain rolls.

Actually in one codex that was true, and the one before that you waited until the entire next turn.