40K Rules Conundrum: Adeptus Mechanicus Edition

The Mechanicum are on the way, and already we have our first rules conundrum.  Rules Lawyers, get out your briefcases:

This one was caught by the BoLS Lounge’s DWest

I believe I’ve spotted the first rules conundrum already: the Radium Jezzail is a Sniper weapon with the ‘Rad Poisoning‘ rules which states: “A To-Wound roll of 6 with this weapon inflicts 2 Wounds on the target unit, regardless of Toughness. These Wounds are allocated and saved against separately.” Sniper also confers Rending, which causes a To-Wound roll of 6 to be resolved at AP 2. So, does this mean both Wounds are AP 2, or only 1?

Ladies and Gentlemen, like your math teachers all said – we expect you to show your work… (in the comments down below)

Get to it! 

Author: Larry Vela

Dad, Gamer, Publisher, Pilot, Texan. All games all the time since junior-high. I started BoLS Interactive in 2006. I’m a lifelong tabletop & RPG gaming enthusiast, and internet publisher working to entertain and inform my readers every day. I've been playing RPGs and Tabletop Games since the 1970s. I'm been playing and covering Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over 35 years.