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Hi all,

So I'm still fairly new to 40K and the rules and I have a question about how wounds and damage works - especially against hordes of models.

If I were to shoot something like a LRBT at a squad of something like Termagaunts, how effective is that?

D3 shots, say you get 2 shots. Pass the hit rolls, pass the wound rolls then apply damage. D6 damage and you roll say a 4 and a 2. Is that 4 damage on 1 Termagaunt and 2 damage on another = 2 dead. Or is that 6 dead Termagaunts?

4 damage one one. 2 on the other. 2 dead ‘gaunts.

Only mortal wounds carry over models. (I’m sure there’s a specific exception otherwise.)

Ulfhednar_42 wrote:
4 damage one one. 2 on the other. 2 dead ‘gaunts.

Only mortal wounds carry over models. (I’m sure there’s a specific exception otherwise.)

Okay, thank you. That's what I was thinking but it's the one thing I keep getting wrong. So 1 hit roll will always only kill 1 thing unless it does mortal wounds.

 anyname121 wrote:

Ulfhednar_42 wrote:
4 damage one one. 2 on the other. 2 dead ‘gaunts.

Only mortal wounds carry over models. (I’m sure there’s a specific exception otherwise.)

Okay, thank you. That's what I was thinking but it's the one thing I keep getting wrong. So 1 hit roll will always only kill 1 thing unless it does mortal wounds.

That's the mechanic. A Lascannon that hits and wounds an Ork mob and rolls a 6 for the damage roll will kill precisely one Ork. There are indeed exceptions as noted in the Abilities column of a Codex Weapons pages. Some allow the weapon to deal Mortal Wounds (Sniper Rifles on a wound roll of 6, Tau Heavy Rail Rifles on a wound roll of 6 etc), which do carry over. Others have specific instructions. The Deathwing Knight Flail of the Unforgiven, for instance does 2 Damage on a successful hit/wound and the Abilities column states that excess damage is not lost but continues to be allocated until the target unit is destroyed or all the damage is allocated. These types of weapons are rare to my knowledge.

To use a quote from somewhere "People don't die from sympathy pains when their buddy explodes."

To summarise:
Low Shot, High Damage, use on Vehicles and Monsters
High Show, Low Damage, use on Hoards.