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So looking at the rules for his melee weapon Glacius it has the note of:

"If a model suffers any unsaved wounds from this
weapon but is not slain, roll a D6; on a 6, the target
suffers a mortal wound."

Considering we are supposed to resolve dice 1 at a time I take this Glacius rule to mean that for every unsaved wound roll a D6, on a 6 the model suffers a mortal wound. It's only by the Fast Rolling Dice rule we role the saves at once.

E.g. a model takes 4 wounds but fails 2. Therefore roll 2xD6 and on a 6+ they suffer a mortal wound equal to the number of 6's rolled.

Or

A model takes 4 wounds but fails 2. Roll a single D6...

Thoughts

That seems to be correct. Otherwise, such weapons state "when this model has completed all of its attacks" or some such. As worded, this weapon indeed triggers whenever they fail a save - however, mortal wounds caused this way will never spill over onto other models in the unit, since it only triggers if the model IS NOT slain by the attack.

Typical GW poor wording. It should state "at the end of the fight phase" or something similar. Right now the rule is nonsensical and doesn't work.

My interpretation is that you are supposed to perform this check after all wounds have been resolved, but I can see how it would work the other way as well.

Its only one D6, no matter how many unsaved wounds the target suffered.

By the wording provided, which I'm assuming is verbatim, that's not how it works. Like the OP said, you roll attacks one at a time. After the first attack, if the model that was being attack lost any wounds but was not slain, you roll a d6. On a 6, it suffers another mortal wound. You then proceed to rolling for the next attack.

It indeed makes this weapon very difficult to fast-roll against some enemies. For really big single-model units (they either die or they don't, so spill-over isn't important) and really small ones (such that they die without even needing to roll for mortal wounds) it won't matter so much.

 Yarium wrote:
By the wording provided, which I'm assuming is verbatim, that's not how it works. Like the OP said, you roll attacks one at a time. After the first attack, if the model that was being attack lost any wounds but was not slain, you roll a d6. On a 6, it suffers another mortal wound. You then proceed to rolling for the next attack.

Agreed. You can roll the D6 after the first attack, but you dont roll any more D6 on any attacks after that. Its only a D6, its not a D6 for every unsaved wound.

From the Main Rulebook FAQ:

Q: If a weapon such as a rail rifle has an ability that can inflict a mortal wound on the target in addition to the normal damage, but the ‘normal damage’ is subsequently saved, does the target still suffer the mortal wound?

A: Yes. Note that if the ‘normal damage’ was not saved, the wound would be allocated on the target unit first (and any resulting damage inflicted) before the mortal wound was inflicted

I see no exception for if the 'normal damage' comes from multiple attacks.

 Ghaz wrote:
From the Main Rulebook FAQ:

Q: If a weapon such as a rail rifle has an ability that can inflict a mortal wound on the target in addition to the normal damage, but the ‘normal damage’ is subsequently saved, does the target still suffer the mortal wound?

A: Yes. Note that if the ‘normal damage’ was not saved, the wound would be allocated on the target unit first (and any resulting damage inflicted) before the mortal wound was inflicted

I see no exception for if the 'normal damage' comes from multiple attacks.

The rule says "any" not "each".

 p5freak wrote:

 Yarium wrote:
By the wording provided, which I'm assuming is verbatim, that's not how it works. Like the OP said, you roll attacks one at a time. After the first attack, if the model that was being attack lost any wounds but was not slain, you roll a d6. On a 6, it suffers another mortal wound. You then proceed to rolling for the next attack.

Agreed. You can roll the D6 after the first attack, but you dont roll any more D6 on any attacks after that. Its only a D6, its not a D6 for every unsaved wound.

As written is looks like a D6 for every attack the opponent model survives, where is your evidence for only ever 1 d6?

MagicCookie54 wrote:

As written is looks like a D6 for every attack the opponent model survives, where is your evidence for only ever 1 d6?

I already answered that, and i wont bother to repeat myself.

MagicCookie54 wrote:

 p5freak wrote:

 Yarium wrote:
By the wording provided, which I'm assuming is verbatim, that's not how it works. Like the OP said, you roll attacks one at a time. After the first attack, if the model that was being attack lost any wounds but was not slain, you roll a d6. On a 6, it suffers another mortal wound. You then proceed to rolling for the next attack.

Agreed. You can roll the D6 after the first attack, but you dont roll any more D6 on any attacks after that. Its only a D6, its not a D6 for every unsaved wound.

As written is looks like a D6 for every attack the opponent model survives, where is your evidence for only ever 1 d6?

The fact they say "any" wounds instead of "a" wound or "each" wound that would indicate that it applied to each unsaved wound makes it look like it applies only once.

This is a good one. I read it both ways, but I'm leaning toward it should go off after each wound. 3x unsaved wounds, 3x D6.
"Any" is 1+.
"A" is 1.

It only goes off once, as the "any" condition can only ever trigger once.

 deviantduck wrote:
This is a good one. I read it both ways, but I'm leaning toward it should go off after each wound. 3x unsaved wounds, 3x D6.
"Any" is 1+.
"A" is 1.

"Any" is not synonymous with "each".

"If you bring me any apples, I will give you four shillings and tuppence." is not the same sentence as "For each apple you bring me, I will give you four shillings and tuppence."

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 deviantduck wrote:
This is a good one. I read it both ways, but I'm leaning toward it should go off after each wound. 3x unsaved wounds, 3x D6.
"Any" is 1+.
"A" is 1.

"Any" is not synonymous with "each".

"If you bring me any apples, I will give you four shillings and tuppence." is not the same sentence as "For each apple you bring me, I will give you four shillings and tuppence."

It can be. If you say you'll give me four shillings and tuppence for any apple I bring, and I bring you a bushel of apples, i'll have a shillingload. Any can mean more than 1.

Further on this, what happens if we are attacking a 3-wound unit, such as Agressors? Can this potentially trigger multiple times in a single fight phase?

For example: The opponent fails a save, causing an Agressor to be down onto 1 wound, I then roll for the special ability, and roll a 6 causing them to suffer a mortal wound. The next Aggressor that fails a save is once again eligible for this special rule to trigger as it would be a different model that suffered an unsaved wound, but not slain.