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This question came up in my last game. My opponent brought Fateweaver, I managed to hit him with a bolter to cause a grounding test, and he goes "ReRoll that!"
WHUT WHUT!?!?

So we looked at the rule, and it just says that the staff allows you to re-roll a single D6 of your choice once per turn.

I feel that a re-roll is limited to a die/dice that you yourself intitially rolled, but the rule for the staff doesn't specifiy freindly or enemy. I couldn't really come up with a good argument against his view, so I went along with it and man was it annoying throughout the game.

What does dakka say?

It allows you to re-roll a single D6. Who rolls the D6 for grounding, you or your opponent?

some thing that allows you to reroll a dice,

is not the same as something that allows you to force your opponent to reroll a dice.

when an ability gives you the power to force an opponent to reroll,

it will say so (a la coteaz spy network)

abilities that allow YOU to reroll,

are not abilities that allow YOU to force your opponent to do anything

It would have to specifically say you can force your opponent to reroll the dice. It doesn't so you can't

Right. The general rule for re-rolls says that if you want to re-roll, you pick up the die and "roll it again". If you never rolled it in the first place, you can't roll it again.

If a rule allows you to force an opponent to re-roll something, it will say so explicitly. Like the Space Marine Veteran Dreadnought rule.

It would not let him force you to reroll the hit, but it would allow him to reroll the grounding test he was forced to take if he wanted since turn = player turn and not game turn unless otherwise stated so he would get a reroll during your turn as well as his. This still does not allow him to force you to re-roll a die unless specifically stated in the rules.

The owner of the FMC rolls the grounding check, so it can be rerolled. Your opponent shouldn't have been rolling it in the first place (as that it really matters).

Looks like people are getting confused. The OP shot at Fateweaver, who was swooping, and got one hit with a bolter. His opponent wanted him to reroll that hit because he didn't want to risk the bolter wound or subsequent grounding test.

Chrysis wrote:
Looks like people are getting confused. The OP shot at Fateweaver, who was swooping, and got one hit with a bolter. His opponent wanted him to reroll that hit because he didn't want to risk the bolter wound or subsequent grounding test.

I'm pretty sure no one was confused. Happyjew nailed it by focusing on the wording of the rule. Specifically that controlling player of Fateweaver gets to re-roll a DIE that he rolled. He does not get to force his opponent to reroll the die. We know what his opponent "wanted" to do, and that wasn't an allowed action.

The conversation then went on to give an example of when Fateweaver could reroll within the context of being hit by a bolter. Namely: the grounding test.