How Ethereal is Ethereal?

By murphzero, in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Looking at the stats for undead and the Ethereal ability says to add the creatures Willpower to its soak vs non-magical/divine attacks.

The Cairn Wraith shows a soak of 3 and a Willpower of 3.

The Spirit shows a soak of 4 and a Willpower of 4.

So.... has the soak value already been increased by the creature's Willpower for these creatures, or will non-magical/divine attacks be going up against soak values of 6 (for Cairn Wraiths) and 8 (for Spirits)?

How impervious are these critters, anyway?

I would say it hasn't already been factored in as you would expect it to be hard to hit something ethereal with a regular weapon based on previous editions and other systems so 6 sounds about right to me

I agree with pumpkin. The additional soak has not already been factored in. So, vs magical weapons their soak is 3/4, vs non-magical their soak is 6/8, etc.