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Okay, so I'm pretty sure Arcade's "Welcome to Murderworld" overrules/negates Poison Ivy's Trait “The Green Speaks to Me”, but wanted to make sure, she can't hand out the +3 bonus to initiative roll because Arcade specifically states: “When rolling to determine first player, no player receives a modifier to their roll.”
Do you concur?
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I think you need to ask your local judge (and the WIN, though they won't respond to a Golden Age question)
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4.1a Determining First Player
Each player rolls two d6 and adds their Initiative Bonus. Reroll any ties. The player with
the highest result is the first player this game; the player with the next highest result is the
second player, etc. For any simultaneous effects that need ordering before the first turn
begins, the first player is considered the “active player.”.
23.3 Themed Team Benefit: Initiative Bonus
When rolling to decide who will be first player during Game Setup, each player with a themed
team adds the number of characters with their chosen keyword to their 2d6 roll. The maximum
bonus a player may get to their roll from the Initiative Bonus is +3 more than their opponent.
Ivy reads very differently from the Theme initiative bonus-- the latter is added to the roll while Ivy's bonus is added to the result of the roll. I think it's possible to read Arcade as affecting the Initiative bonus, but not Ivy, kind of like how the rule of 3 affect damage value, but not damage dealt.
Waller KOs: AA Robin, Kid Devil, Joker, Question; AW E Cap; FCBD Iron Man; Miracle/Oberon; John Stewart x2, Iron Patriot; Shatterstar; IH Herc; CW Photon & Nitro; FF Nite Owl; 10An R Thor, E Iron Man, Weapon X; FF Kilowog; Hugo Strange; Calender Man; Legion Cosmic Boy & Lightning Lad, LE Pete Wisdom
Interesting that Jen, like Ivy, adds to the result but not the roll itself:
Waller KOs: AA Robin, Kid Devil, Joker, Question; AW E Cap; FCBD Iron Man; Miracle/Oberon; John Stewart x2, Iron Patriot; Shatterstar; IH Herc; CW Photon & Nitro; FF Nite Owl; 10An R Thor, E Iron Man, Weapon X; FF Kilowog; Hugo Strange; Calender Man; Legion Cosmic Boy & Lightning Lad, LE Pete Wisdom
Ivy is modifying the result, not the roll. Arcade doesn't prevent her bonus. It's rare, but this distinction has come up before, and they are two different things.