If I slap the Reality Gem on Scarab to give him two bolts, can I draw line of fire from two different objects/equipped characters on the map, or do both bolts have to originate from the same object/equipped character?

You can do it how ever you like. In theory, if he gets pulsewave, he can attack from all objects and equipped characters and his own square.

Since we're on the topic of Scarab, can he make close attacks? He can count range and LoF but isn't technically adjacent to anyone. It makes a difference if he wanted to BCF or another close-only power, or the line of fire was wonky.

He can’t make close attacks with his special. It specifies range attacks. Also specifies max damage of 1.

I assume any character that cannot be attacked beyond 5 squares cannot be attacked by him if the object/equipped character is within 5 squares but he isn’t.

I also assume he can attack someone adjacent to the object/equipped character because he isn’t adjacent to them.

Anyone wanting to prob the attack would have to be in range and LoF of Scarab and not the object/equipped character. If you gave Scarab prob, though, he could use it from an object or equipped character.

Wish that damage were penetrating the whole dial.

I don’t see $150 value out of him, even with the other great equipment trait.

The reason I ask is because of a line of fire issue like:

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Where Scarab is trying to attack character #2 from the Object, but doesn't have line of fire due to character #1 and #3 being adjacent. If Scarab was considered in that square, he'd likely be considered adjacent to make a close attack. But if all Scarab can do is draw LoF from that square, he can't draw LoF to #2.

Yeah, it's a range attack, so his line of fire is going to be blocked in that example.