Leeboy wrote:Hi. Sorry this doesn't seem like quite the right place but I can't find a basic rules section.
I'm very new to
40k and struggling to understand a part of the save sequence. If I make 10 single wounds vs 5 space marines, do the space marines make 10 saves or 5 savesvthe take 5 that can't be saved?. In the rule book it says each model makes one save, but I've seen people roll more in online games.
Thanks
the rulebook assumes that you roll them one by one, that's why it says "one" save - but as long as all the saves (eg. 3+ Armour Save with no cover) are the same, you can just roll all of them at the same time - so if all 5 space marines in your example are out in the open, you'd just roll all ten dice at once as they all have the same save - saves a lot of time and doesn't change the result at all.
That being said, you have to be careful with attacks that have variable damage, in many cases you'll want to roll those one by one (especially with e.g. Damage D3 vs a squad of 2W models).