Invulnerable Save with Multiple Wound IC

[captain sox]

Just a quick question.

 

IF an Independant Character (or any model for that matter) has an Invulnerable Save and Multiple Wounds, and that character is hit with a Power Weapon and fails his Invulnerable Save, does he just suffer one wound, or does it die outright?

 

I'm confused by this one.

[BladeEncarmine]

Depending on the actual strength and rules of the power weapon blow, it can be either.

 

If the weapon is powerful enough to cause Instant Death (e.g. a Marine powerfist punching a Chaos Lord in the face and he fails his save), then by all means, the multi-wound model is insta-gibbed.

 

If the weapon has a special rule that causes Instant Death (e.g. a Tyranid Warrior boneswords an Ork Warboss and the Warboss fails his save and fails the bonesword's leadership test), then again, the multi-wound model is instantly killed (assuming any special conditions are met if the rule has them, of course).

 

Otherwise, all a power weapon blow does is ignore armour saves of non-vehicle models (anything with wounds). So if a Marine Sergeant with a power sword manages to stab an Eldar Farseer with 3 wounds once, and he fails his invuln save, the farseer is still alive with two wounds left. Give that same Sergeant a Powerfist, which is powerful enough (S8 >= 2*T3) to cause instant death on the farseer, and that one wound would mash him into paste.

 

*EDIT - hit the submit button by accident*

 

This of course assumes we're not talking about anything with Eternal Warrior. Eternal Warrior negates Instant Death in all forms, except from Jaws of the Wolf World and Grey Knight Grand Master Force Weapons, due to quirks in the wordings of their rules letting them "remove models" rather than actually invoking the Instant Death rule.

[Chengar Qordath]

Power weapons just inflict a single wound for each failed save. The only way a multi-wound model would be killed outright by a power weapon is if it had some additional rule or effect that inflicted instant death.