Edit: After re-reading it, it appears the combat value is not replaced then modified. It is only modified.

If I'm reading it right, it sounds like for 25 points you can attach it to any character with appropriate symbols to borrow a power and modify a combat value currently showing on the chase's dial that's higher than your own by +1.

So click one of Parallax means if your attack on your possessed guy is a 10, you can choose that 12 attack on Parallax to get +1 to your attack and Cosmic Fear power to get a 11 attack with Perplex that subtracts only and the Quintessence TA.

I don't see anything labeling these Lantern Entities as being Resources. So you can add those in on top of all this? Yikes.

Couple questions I'm not sure of yet:
Can more than one Lantern Entity possess a single character? And does that mean you can choose one power and one combat value from each?

If you have the White Lantern "The Entity" attached, when turning the dial, does the special defense power "Cosmic Life" take effect, thus giving your possessed guy a stop click?

In the comics you could be possessed by them all. Kyle was possessed by them all at one point.

Covered most of this earlier, but yes.

I don't know for sure, but it looks like you can. Nothing in the rules text states that Possession is exclusive, so it looks like if you're crazy enough and have them, you can totally Possess a figure with all seven emotional entities, the Life entity, and still use a resource. Do it right and you could have +8 in combat value modifiers to throw around (rule of 3, though), be using 8 different powers, and always have access to Quintessence TA even before resource use. Bonkers! Watch out for Outsiders though, because then you'll be very sad-panda when it comes to all those modifiers.

Also covered earlier, but: It looks like this works only if the attack would deal you more than four damage in a single action if you started on click 4, or more than 3 damage if you started on click 8, because you would have to have already chosen Cosmic Life by being on that click and if you take less damage then you would have to choose again (meaning a different powers howing on the dial because Cosmic Life only shows up every four clicks) after those actions resolve. You also actually have to have a dial long enough to reach the next stop-click down.

You're forgetting Black Hand. He also has a 25 point starting line, and is, if I remember correctly from Blackest Night, the entity of the Black Lanterns.

yes yes he is

I am SO not complaining if he also has the Possession mechanic. So nine borrowed powers and +9 in modifiers to throw around. I believe the appropriate phrase is now 'bananas' instead of 'bonkers'.

Possessed: Click the Possessor's dial the same click number as this character and change it during the game in the same way that this character's dial changes. At the beginning of each of your turns or after this character takes or is healed of damage and actions resolve, you may choose 1 power showing on one Possessor's dial and 1 combat value on one Possessor's dial higher than this character's printed combat value. This character can use that power and modifies that combat value by +1 until your next turn or until it is healed or takes damage. If the Possessor is turned to a KO click, it is removed from the game immediately.

So yeah, you can plop all 8 on one guy, if you want to like totally waste 175 points. Seems pretty clear to me that you only get one +1 and one power, no matter how many entities you've got.

Edit: ragingapathy nuked my parade lol

But still, using 2 entities allows for some amazing combinations with power selections. I'm always aiming to make Evil Deadpool more powerful lol

Good catch! Missed that on my reads through. If I had to guess, some people will still try to play two entities on one figure to try and maximize borrowing of the Quintessence TA by special power, but that would still be pushing practicality in 300 and probably not worth the opportunity cost. I'll leave that up to someone else to figure out.

Now, I DO get to use this as an example of playtesting and/or balance and forethought about how things might get broken when we all gripe about how insane the game design and meta is getting, right?

Still looking for the dials for the Common Controller Construct, the Chase Ophidian, and the SR Prime Galius Zed. Please post if you have them! They are all we still need from this wave!

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So while we don't have the dial the card for The Ophidian is up on evil bay:

Cosmic Greed:Ophidian can use Barrier, Plasticity, and the Quintessence team ability

Desire of Greed:Ophidian can use Outwit. When it does it can use the countered power or ability for as long as it's countered.

By the Power of E-Bay.

The Crossbow construct that you get in month 1 is 10 points.

Wait.
Only a few Reds?

Which ones?

If Bleez is in wave two my excitement for the upcoming events drops significantly

I wonder about hal/sinestro in wave 1? And what its dial look like?