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After hearing that characters in transports could simply die on a roll of 1 if the vehicle explodes, I was a little concerned. However, the rules don't really read that way. You roll a D6 for each model of all models embarked, not by unit, and any 1's you choose a model to be destroyed. So, you can always pick from an embarked unit and preserve a character embarked (unless you roll all ones!). That would suck otherwise....what an unheroic death!

That's a 2nd ed death.

I'm happy they changed it so we can choose who dies. It did seem like an unheroic death.

On the other hand, I started imagining something along the lines of:
Battlewagon gets blown up in deployment zone.
Roll a one for Ghaz
Ghaz isn't killed, but after he climbs out of the wreckage he take a moment to stare at the enemy so far away and all the other Battlewagons leaving him the dust.
"Zog this, I'm goin' home!" He dejectedly stomps off the battlefield pausing every once in a while to let some grots have it with his twin big shootas.

That's IF they're still inside when it's reduced to 0 wounds, and IF you roll a 6 on your explodes roll. They don't explode all that frequently. And even when they do, you're correct; you add a die to the pool for each embarked model, and for each 1 rolled in the pool, you have to remove a model as a casualty. So the die aren't assigned to the individual models before the rolls are made. You shouldn't lose a character from a vehicle explosion unless you roll ALL 1s ...then everything dies. Unless a character is aboard a transport all by itself when it happens to explode. But again, super rare even then.

 wtwlf123 wrote:
That's IF they're still inside when it's reduced to 0 wounds, and IF you roll a 6 on your explodes roll. They don't explode all that frequently. And even when they do, you're correct; you add a die to the pool for each embarked model, and for each 1 rolled in the pool, you have to remove a model as a casualty. So the die aren't assigned to the individual models before the rolls are made. You shouldn't lose a character from a vehicle explosion unless you roll ALL 1s ...then everything dies. Unless a character is aboard a transport all by itself when it happens to explode. But again, super rare even then.

Nope, it's not only when the transport explodes. It's when the transport loses its final wound, regardless of whether it explodes or not.

I also think it does specify each unit. Which makes any ICs inside their own unit.

Can transports carry multiple units now?

 Nightlord1987 wrote:
I also think it does specify each unit. Which makes any ICs inside their own unit.

it doesn't

 Rolsheen wrote:
Can transports carry multiple units now?

Yes, they can. Partly because Independent Characters are a thing of the past. No Captains being part of the Sternguard Squad Drop Podding on your units. It will be a Sternguard Squad AND a Captain Drop Podding on your units.