Kastelan Robot Repulsor Grid and Transport

[KhorneHunter57x]

EDIT: Nevermind, answered in an FAQ updated shortly after I asked this...

The following scenario occurred in a game today:

A unit embarked on a transport with the Open-Topped rule shoots at a unit of AdMech Kastelan Robots. The Robots use their invulnerable save, and roll at least one 6. When a Kastelan Robot rolls a 6 for its invulnerable save, the unit that made the attack suffers a mortal wound.

In this scenario, what happens to the mortal wound(s) generated by the saves from the Robots? Are they applied to the unit that shot, the transport they are embarked upon, or do they have no effect?

Full scenario, as happened in-game:

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Harlequin Troupe with multiple Fusion Pistols is aboard a Starweaver with 1 wound remaining. Starweaver moves to within range of a unit of Kastelan Robots, and the Troupe fires, scoring 4 Wounds. Kastelans take invulnerable saves and roll 6,6,6,3. 3 mortal wounds should be applied to the unit which shot, but the unit is embarked on a transport.

Edited September 28, 2019 by KhorneHunter57x

[Panzer]

Since every datasheet can have their own version of a rule this edition it's always good to name the unit you are referring to as well. For this I just assume it has the same open-topped rule as the Ork Battlewagon.

 

In that case the embarked unit takes the wound. It's the embarked unit that shoots and the Kastelan robots throw mortal wounds against the unit that is shooting them.

 

Note that with T'au for example Drones that are 'embarked' on a Devilfish/Hammerhead/Piranha/flyer it works differently because the vehicle rule says that the vehicle is using the Drones weapons rather than the Drones actually shooting themselves.

[KhorneHunter57x]

Oops, good point. The Open-Topped unit was a Harlequin Starweaver.

 

Dealing the wounds to the embarked unit was how we eventually ruled it for our game, but we weren't sure of the answer.

Edited September 27, 2019 by KhorneHunter57x

[Panzer]

Also, clarification from the latest AdMech FAQ:
 

 

 

Q: If a 6 is rolled for the invulnerable save granted by a
Kastelan Robot’s Repulsor Grid ability for an attack made
by a unit embarked upon a Transport with an ability such as
Open-topped or Extended Firing Deck, which unit is the mortal
wound allocated to, the embarked unit or the Transport?
A: The embarked unit that is making the attack suffers
the mortal wound.