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Say that Steve the Tyrannid Warrior hits Bubba the Wraithknight with his Bonesword. Steve has S4 and so can't hurt Bubba (who is T8), but his Bonesword gives him Instant Death on a 6. Does Steve still get an Instant Death result on Bubba if he rolls a 6?

Sheila the Toxicrene is also attacking Bubba, bringing him into her seductive tentacular embrace. She is in the Toxic Node formation, which means her attacks ID on 5 and 6. With either her S5 or Poison (2+), she wounds Bubba only on 6s. Does the Hypertoxic rule override this, and so she wounds (and IDs) Bubba on 5s and 6s, or only on 6s?

Thanks!

No. He has to be able to wound, or has to have a rule stating that "causes a wound regardless of toughness"

If she cannot wound on a 5, she cannot cause ID without a rule as above.

Technically Steve indeed does have the ID rule when he rolls a 6, and Shiela has ID on a roll of a 5 against Bubba.
However, neither of those rolls cause a wound in the first place, so it matter not if they have ID.

It's the same as a Space Marine character with an activated Force Sword. All wounds caused by him will have the ID rule, but str4 cannot wound T8, so it matters not.

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Bone Sword says "any To Wound roll of a 6 causes Instant Death." It doesn't say "any successful Wound from a roll of a 6," hence my confusion.

Yes. And what does the ID rule require?

An Unsaved Wound

There is NO wound.

Alcibiades wrote:
Bone Sword says "any To Wound roll of a 6 causes Instant Death." It doesn't say "any successful Wound from a roll of a 6," hence my confusion.

Indeed it DOES cause Instant Death. But that is irrelevant as it has no permission to cause a wound in this situation.
The rule for ID requires an unsaved wound be dealt to apply ID

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Poor Steve. :(

Alcibiades wrote:
Poor Steve. :(

But Steve is a dedicated servant of the hive mind and got upgraded with toxin sacs, now it can wound with his str 4 due poison and any wound will be ID to Bubba.

Lord Perversor wrote:

Alcibiades wrote:
Poor Steve. :(

But Steve is a dedicated servant of the hive mind and got upgraded with toxin sacs, now it can wound with his str 4 due poison and any wound will be ID to Bubba.

Yep, that would work. Poison wounds on 6 on GMCs, meaning every possible wound Steve does to Bubba will do D3 wounds (cuz GMCs don't suffer ID, but rather take D3 wounds instead)

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Poison: never leave home without it

Great, thanks guys.

You're going down, Bubba, to the Bonesword/Toxin Sacs combo. YOU'RE GOIN' DOWN!!!