Jago Sevatarion

[marshal seanisi]

In HH book 2 Sevatar's Attacks cause instant death.  He is armed with a Nostraman chainglaive.  The AP value of this weapon is 3. Does this mean that Terminator armor with a 2 up save as normal or do they suffer instant death also.  My thought was that normal power armor need to roll Invul saves and TDA roll normal 2 up.  Looking for help on this one.

[Noctus Cornix]

Causing instant death simply means that if it causes a wound, the model dies outright regardless of how many wounds he has. If he is in Terminator armour, he still gets his 2+ save against Sevatar's attacks but if he fails one of them, even a praetor is dead.

[depthcharge12]

He only causes instant death in a challenge iirc

 

 

Instant death is only applied once the enemy model has failed its armor save. Really that only concerns you when fighting multi wound models.

[marshal seanisi]

I thought as much.  Thank you for the clarification.

[spu00sed]

Remember chain glaives have rending, so even terminator armour can sometimes be ignored.