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With successful hits with the Murdersword vs the chosen character, do you skip rolling to wound, or do you still have to / get to roll even though the hit automatically scores a mortal wound?

"Each attack made with the Murder Sword that hits the selected character automatically inflicts a mortal wound upon that character instead of the normal damage."

Essentially, I want to know if these attacks allow/disallow triggers on wound rolls even though the attack does wound even without having to roll.

Dactylartha wrote:
With successful hits with the Murdersword vs the chosen character, do you skip rolling to wound, or do you still have to / get to roll even though the hit automatically scores a mortal wound?

"Each attack made with the Murder Sword that hits the selected character automatically inflicts a mortal wound upon that character instead of the normal damage."

Essentially, I want to know if these attacks allow/disallow triggers on wound rolls even though the attack does wound even without having to roll.

No, if you don't roll to wound, you can't trigger things that happen on wound rolls. There is a clarificatory FAQ regarding hit rolls in the BRB FAQ:

Q: Some abilities and Stratagems confer extra bonuses each time a hit roll of, for example, 6+ is rolled. If a weapon has an ability that says ‘this weapon automatically hits its target’, do I still roll the hit rolls for those attacks in the hope of gaining such a bonus?
A: No, no hit rolls are made when resolving attacks with such weapons (and so they will never benefit from such a bonus).

Even if we disregard this FAQ, the fact that "Each attack made with the Murder Sword that hits the selected character automatically inflicts a mortal wound upon that character instead of the normal damage." means you inflict a mortal wound instead of rolling to wound, and the rules for mortal wounds say "Do not make a wound roll or saving throw (including invulnerable saves) against a mortal wound..."

That's what I was looking for - I missed it. Thanks.