Can you roll to wound for an automatic wound?

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**Poly Ranger**

Just checking that Hammer of the Emperor hasn't accidentally slightly nerfed sniper rifles for Guard (as though they would need a nerf ).
If you score a 6 to hit, can you still roll to wound for the mortal wound on a 6, even though it will automatically wound?

**JNAProductions**

Poly Ranger wrote:
Just checking that Hammer of the Emperor hasn't accidentally slightly nerfed sniper rifles for Guard (as though they would need a nerf ).
If you score a 6 to hit, can you still roll to wound for the mortal wound on a 6, even though it will automatically wound?

No. The wound roll is skipped entirely.

**Poly Ranger**

JNAProductions wrote:
Poly Ranger wrote:
Just checking that Hammer of the Emperor hasn't accidentally slightly nerfed sniper rifles for Guard (as though they would need a nerf ).
If you score a 6 to hit, can you still roll to wound for the mortal wound on a 6, even though it will automatically wound?
No. The wound roll is skipped entirely.

Thank you.

So they have accidentally nerfed sniper rifles.

**p5freak**

Did you actually play sniper rifles ??

**Poly Ranger**

p5freak wrote:
Did you actually play sniper rifles ??

Not at all. They are terrible. I was just trying to calculate if they would be reasonably viable en-mass with the combination of Hammer and the nerf to bodyguard. Obviously it would only be worth even considering if they also got to roll for their MW.

**JohnnyHell**

Ratling Snipers would still get the normal roll to hit and to wound so would still work as they did before the Dataslate.