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Hi fellow adventurers.
I'm just starting with Forbidden Lands, awesoem game btw, and one question popoed during our last session. I know monsters can't push rolls, get broken or loose dice. But what about other enemies? Let's say a normal soldier or a Rust Brother that the players are fighting? Can they push dice and get broken in same way as the players?

Yes, the GM can push skill rolls for NPCs. They don't get WP though, since WP work differently for NPCs.

Page 46 Player's Handbook.

You might consider keeping the push mechanics to important enemy NPCs though, and not henchmen.
As a GM I at first allowed all NPCs to push rolls, like will they push a dodge roll that if not pushed will break them? Hmm.. of course they would push that... but then I noticed that it not only stole some time, it also drained a lot of fun from my players.. so, I asked them if they only wanted major NPCs to be able to push rolls, and they all agreed. If I really feel a need to, I'll just add an extra enemy to combat to compensate.

I only push rolls for important NPCs, leader figures. Pushing is very powerful and can easily make NPC more potent than they should and also, it can be time consuming.

Also, my assassin knocked himself out while Pushing his sneak attack... It was hilarious, but also took some tension out of that situation...