Force Weapons - Opposed WP Test

[venkelos 568]

Sry for the newb question, but I am curious about Force weapons; one of my favorite varieties of cheese in 40K, and these games. The Force rule says, and I paraphrase: "Make an opposed Willpower test...For each Degree of Success, add 1d10 damage that ignores armor and/or Toughness."

 

So, the question is how do you calculate the DoS? Obviously, I know how the regular Degrees of Success are figured, but with opposed, I'm less certain. My WP is 47, and I roll a 24. The Ork Nob I am hoping to maim has a WP 30, and somehow lucked out on a 19. Do you just say "I got more DoS , so I win the roll, AND I got 3 DoS (one for passing, and two for 20 under the stat), or does the number of Degrees the Nob got counter some of my success? I could see the Warp helping, if not saving, some minions of Chaos, or an Ork, and saying that their DoS subtract from mine, so I still win, and still do some extra damage, but not as much as if they rolled worse. Which version might it be? Thanks.

[Odorata 0]

From the FAQ portion of the errata:

 

Question: How does a character calculate his final Degrees

of Success on an Opposed Test?

Answer: A character’s final Degrees of Success are equal to the

Degrees of Success he scored on the Test he made, regardless

of how many Degrees of Success his opponent scored

[bogi_khaosa 267]

What Odorata said, but I can't help feeling that some mistake was made in the rules.

[venkelos 568]

Ah, found it. Thank you very much. Gotta say, this makes me a bit happier; considering their rarity, coupled with restrictions of use (the GM), it's good to see that Force weapons can pack a serious punch.

 

I have a cheesy character idea I made, and this is going to fit in nicely. The gist is that the NPC is an OX Inquisitor who specializes in fighting Orks. Being a Psyker, she makes use of a Force sword (probably not Nemesis, as that's unnecessary, but I have been known for cheese). The Orks remember her, sort of like Yarrick, and have heard her called "Inquisitor", but being Orks, that's far to long a word for them to say, and so the best their tongue can manage is "da' Quasit." This is cute, and my reasoning behind making it; it stems from D&D, where a Quasit is a little demon creature who fights with a stinger. She's small, by Orky standards, flits about, and stings (the Force weapon can floor decent foes). As for the name, a Quasit is the same but opposite creature of an Imp, and being Imperial, that also fits. She uses the power of the warp (daemon-like), so I really like how everything falls in with my silly little idea. If I actually get around to statting her, maybe I'll post it up, but I expect she will basically by the Black Crusade Inquisitor (one of my favorite write-ups), slightly tweaked fro originality.

 

Thanks for the help.