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Hey kids,

I was looking over Zhadsnark Da Rippa's FW entry the other day and noticed that his Pain Klaw causes Mortal Wounds on 'to Hit' rolls of 6. Of course, in 8th Edition, with the abundance of modifiers throughout the game, it is perfectly possible for 5's to become 6's, or 6's to become 5's, or 6's 7's... et cetera. So since the Pain Klaw does not say the target suffers a Mortal Wound on a "hit roll of 6 or more," but simply says "hit roll of 6," I had to wonder if this meant that when Zhadsnark was around a WAAAGH! Banna, he only ended up causing Mortal Wounds on rolls 'to Hit' of 5, since the bonus made that a 6, and made any natural 6's into 7's.

There's nothing in the FAQ just yet about this, so I asked FW for clarification, and here is their response! Just throwing it up here for your viewing pleasure.

I really wish GW would incorporate 'natural die rolls' and 'result'

Where:

Natural die roll: The face of the die when you roll it
Result: The result after all modifiers are applied

That aside, interesting stuff.

This just in, Water is Wet, Ducklings are Yellow and FW can't write rules. More at 11.

And yes, if I had my way everything that triggers on a 1 would trigger only on a natural 1 and let modifiers apply before re-rolls. All sorted.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
This just in, Water is Wet, Ducklings are Yellow and FW can't write rules. More at 11.

And yes, if I had my way everything that triggers on a 1 would trigger only on a natural 1 and let modifiers apply before re-rolls. All sorted.

Now there you go, trying to have a common sense rule in a GW game.

That response is a bit confusing because of how they used the word natural and then stated 5+ after it...

I am going to assume they mean a natural of 5 and 6, when they state a natural of 5+, because... obvious is obvious.
Who knows, maybe one day we will roll a D8 and that answer covers when the face shows a 7 and 8 on the dice as well... so, good work!

Really though, how hard is it to simply state:
Yes, it is a minor typo as the + is missing from the Rule... in your situation a roll of 6 would still inflict Mortal Wounds.