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I was wondering, since the Vindicare assassin turbo pen round rolls 4 d6 for armor pen, do I roll an additional d3 for every 6 or can I only rend once?

You can score a rend with every 6 rolled.

However if you do roll 2 6's the extra 2D3 extra is utterly useless, as you will already have scored at least a 17 for your armor Pen roll. (Str3 for the Sniper rifle, 6+6+1+1 two 6's and at least 2 1's= a total armor pen roll of 17 before the 2D3 are rolled).

You do not even need to bother rolling the rend D3's if you roll two or more 6's on the initial armor pen roll.

Yes, but as above, if you roll 2 or more 6s its pointless as you have already penetrated even AV14.

Also, the FAQ does say you do indeed get an additional D3 for each 6 rolled.

Ah yes, thanks!

I think Rending hits are also AP2, which could make a difference when you roll on the vehicle damage chart.

 Lord Krungharr wrote:
I think Rending hits are also AP2, which could make a difference when you roll on the vehicle damage chart.

No they are not, unless they are rolling to wound.

They are not AP2 when rolling to pen.

P.41 for reference.

Isn't the shot already ap2?

No, it's AP1. But that's because of the rifle, and has nothing to do with Rending, which is the mistake Lord Krungharr (and a lot of other people) tend to make.

Against non-vehicles rending adds AP2 on a 6. Against vehicles it adds a D3 on a 6. In no situation does it do both.

As someone already said, Exitus rifle is AP 1.

From page 5 of GK Faq 1.3 (second column, third entry):

Q:When firing a turbo-penetrator round at a vehicle , do you add
D3 to the total for each 6 rolled on the 4 armour penetration dice?
(p53)
A: Yes.

More on Vindicare in general:
Again from page 5 of GK Faq 1.3 (first column, second-to-last entry):

Q: Does the Vindicare Assassin’s Deadshot special rule supersede the
Look Out, Sir special rule for the purposes of Wound allocation,
meaning that the player who owns the Vindicare Assassin is still
allowed to allocate the wounds from its shooting even if their opponent
makes and passes a Look Out, Sir roll? (p53)
A: Yes.

I didnt know that about the vindicare. Makes him kinda nasty when you've got characters in your squads

It really just puts him back to what he was in 5th edition where he was what he is supposed to be. A freakin sniper!