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This came up in my most recent game. A knight using the death grip stratagem hit Farsight with his addition attack. I won all the dice offs killing Farsight. after I wondered would he have been able to pass those wounds off to the 3 nearby Crisis Suit body guards and 2 drones in the hope he could eventually win the roll off and save Farsight?

Relevant rules

Death Grip - "Resolve an additional attack against an enemy unit within 1" that consists of a single model. If the attack hits the model suffers d3 mortal wounds instead of normal damage. Both models then roll off and add their respective strength to the result. if the enemies roll equals or exceeds yours the model breaks free otherwise it suffers an additional d3 mortal wounds. Continue till the model breaks free or is slain."(paraphrased)

Sworn Protectors - "Roll a d6 each time a friendly sept character losses a wound while they are within 3" of this unit. On a 2+ the character does not lose a wound but this unit suffers a mortal wound."

Savior Protocols - "If a sept infantry or battle suit unit within 3" of a friendly sept drone unit is wounded by an enemy attack roll a d6. On a 2+ you can allocate that wound to the drones instead of the target. If you do That drone suffers a mortal wound instead of normal damage."


I personally am leaning towards yes for the suits but I'm a little unsure on the drones since its instead of "normal damage"

Yes, you can do it for both. Saviour Protocols works on mortal wounds just fine. Just remember Savior Protocols works when you're wounded (which MW do automatically), and the Bodyguard rules when you actually take damage.

Do note each instance of wound on the d3 MW will need to be resolved individually as MW are 1D unsaveable wounds.

If Farsight has drones is he considered a 'single model'?

Drones become a separate unit once deployed. Farsight is a single model unit.