Power weapons

[KLAND]

For models that have more than one wound, does a power weapon take them all or just one? Including power fist and thunder hammer.

Thnx Kland

[Brother Gothard]

Oh man. When you fail a save, you take one wound. Some weapons have an "Instant Death!" special rule that takes all the wounds a model has left. Also, attacks that are twice the strength of the defenders toughness will cause instant death. Some models have rules that ignore this. Whether a weapon ignores an armour save or not has nothing to do with how many wounds the model suffers.

 

So you see, a power weapon inflicts one wound. A powerfist and thunder hammer inflicts one wound, unless strength of the attack was twice (or more) the defender's toughness value.

 

This question cannot easily be answered, but it can be figured out by yourself by reading over the rulebook again.