N18 Knockback?

[Barking Agatha]

So, this came up:

Fighter A is shooting at Fighter B with a weapon that has the Knockback rule, and needs a 4+ to hit. Fighter A rolls to hit and gets a 3, which misses. The Knockback rule, however, says that if the 'To Hit' roll equals or exceeds the target's Strength, the target is pushed back. Fighter A claims that Fighter B should be pushed back, even though the shot missed.

Shirley, that can't be right?

Thanks!

 

[Guydob]

It also doesn't say the hit roll result isn't affected by modifiers. So an Orlock Juve w/ a Sawn-off can aim-shoot at long distance and knockback a T3 model on anything but a 1.

 

[JawRippa]

Clearly not intended I'd say. But yeah, Knockback has probably the worst and most confusing wording out of all weapon traits, second only to Versatile. I still wonder how multiple melee attacks with knockback should work and does rapid fire with knocback which rolled 3 hits push target that many inches away.

 

[Hetzerfeind]

You can just slow role multiple attacks with Knockback

 

[Kiro The Avenger]

It also doesn't say the hit roll result isn't affected by modifiers. So an Orlock Juve w/ a Sawn-off can aim-shoot at long distance and knockback a T3 model on anything but a 1.

Modifiers are applied to the roll, so if you have a -2 and the dice shows five dots, you technically rolled a three.