Damage reduction minimums? (Wraithbone)

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**Janthkin**

Does 10e have a "minimum damage" mechanic?

Consider the Wraithknight:

Wraithbone Form: Each time an attack is allocated to this model, subtract 1 from that attack’s Damage characteristic.

Does this render the Wraithknight immune to bolters, shuriken catapults, and other D1 weapons?

**U02dah4**

No the designers commentary specifies that damage is never reduced to zero unless an ability specifically states that it does

**Janthkin**

Thanks for the pointer! It'd be nice if the rulebook had the "no reducing S/T/A/D characteristics below 1" language, but at least it's somewhere.

(For future reference:

Rules Commentary, Modifying Characteristics wrote:Strength, Toughness, Attacks and Damage characteristics can never be modified below 1. The exception to this is where a rule specifies that you can change the Damage characteristic to 0, where this is applied before any other modifiers.