Armour of midnight

Lord malek · Post by **Lord malek** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:43 pm

Hi had a quick look but coulnd't find this question anywhere.

The Armour of midnight states Malekith can only ever suffer 1 wound from any hit. So dose this mean he is immune to a killing blow?

As that would usually kill him outright.

Dggrj · Post by **Dggrj** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:13 pm

Probably not. I'm waiting till Saturday to get my new book, so I don't know if they changed the wording, but based on the examples they give in the old, "... war machines, magic items, and other attacks that cause multiple wounds only ever cause one wound at a time," I'd go with the side that says a KB wound is just a very special wound that slays them. However, there is reasonable argument for (and a number of people play that) KB being counted as multiple wounds for combat resolution. So there's another problem with that demanding an FAQ.

How do you play KB for combat res? I'd say find out what your opponents do and then go with that for the AoM. If they say it counts as multiple then you have a good argument that he's immune to KB as it effectively does their remaining # of wounds, not just 1. And good luck with that

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EDIT: Being immune to KB would be like being immune to the T test of the Venom Sword, in a way, though, which his armor (in my opinion) most certainly does not make him. The wording "is [automatically] slain" doesn't really imply wounds.

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:15 pm

Dggrj: KB is 1 single wound that slays the model outright. Whether or not your group counts it for CR doesn't particularly matter as he is still getting slayed.

-Rex

p.s. all IMO

Taikoubou · Post by **Taikoubou** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:24 pm

In the Rule book about killing blow, what does it say in there about it. Does it say killing blow automatically does 1 would with out armor saves, but before ward saves? I thought that is what killing blow was but i usually never have that with Ogre Kingdom army. Or does it say killing blow slays the model outright even with wardsaves?

Shortform - Killing blow = 1 wound w/o AS (/w a ward save if applicable)
Killing blow = autokill

On vacation. Don't have my rule book with me.

Lord malek · Post by **Lord malek** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:24 pm

I can see both your points and I do believe you are right its just the wording

"Malekith can never suffer more than one wound from a single attack, so attacks that do multiple wounds or kill outright only ever inflict a single wound"

Its just the or kill outright which is getting me. However I can see what you mean about the single wound still dealing a killing blow. Would be nice if it was true thou

Replied before last post, a killing blow can be saved by a ward save.

Whobetta · Post by **Whobetta** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:26 pm

too bad malekith only has Ward save vs NON magical weapons...

how lame is that!!! thats pretty garbage in my book.

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:27 pm

I am in class and wasn't aware the "kill outright" was in there. He is not affected by KB then.

-Rex

Post by **Rork** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:31 pm

Killing blow kills a model outright - therefore Malekith only takes one wound if he is a victim of such an attack.

And whobetta, this is not the place to moan about rules you don't like. It's Rules Questions not Rules Whining.

Lord malek · Post by **Lord malek** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:33 pm

Thanks for the replies. Makes Mal a little better in my book.

Thanks again

Dggrj · Post by **Dggrj** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:35 am

I was also not aware of the new addition to his armor, that's great news! Looks like the bossman will be more worth his points b/w the spellshield and KB immunity, yaaay!

@Azure - I was pointing out it would be an inconsistency with the CR and KB, was all. I feel like they'd be logically contradictory. Fortunately it doesn't matter!

Armour of midnight

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