Extended Opposed tests

By Toofy, in Dark Heresy Rules Questions

Hey all, just had a question.

Extended Tests that are also contested, there are 2 seperate entries for these but nothing that explains Extended + Opposed tests i.e. Possession

It sais under possession that the creature and target make opposed willpower tests each round, the one that gets 5 degrees of success wins. My question is how is this handled? lets say for instance character has will of 35 and creature has will of 40, if both roll 0 degrees of success but one person has a better roll (i.e. character rolls 32 (under his characteristic by 3) and creature rolls 38 (under characteristic by 2) does that mean that the character would win a degree of success since his roll was "better" than the opponent? or do only degrees of success count? It's a bit confusing unless I missed something in the rulebook.

Next question, take into account the previous instance, would a degree of failure or any failure mean auto fail? or do they just subtract from existing degrees of success?

1. No degree of success, roll again next round.

2. No auto fail, subtract degree of success (I this case to -1)

Excellent, thank you very much