Hi eveyone,

two quick questions that I would welcome ideas about.

1. I'm playing LAMP, Joker gets hit and masterminds the damage to lockjaw. If i have protected on lockjaw can I use it to deal with masterminded damage?

2. If perplex is used to lower a character's defence value, and that character then takes damage, would a second attack on that figure in the same round use the new printed defence value or would perplex still be in operation and reduce the new printed value by 1?

Thanks for your help

From the FAQ:

Q: If a character with Protected is adjacent to a friendly character with Mastermind, can that character use Protected to negate the damage transferred via Mastermind?
A: No. Protected states that it can be used as the result of a single action. There is no action involved in transferring damage dealt via Mastermind.

From the PAC:

PERPLEX (OPTIONAL): Once during your turn (but not during another action), as a free action this character modifies by +1 or –1 any combat value (including range) of a target character, including itself, until the end of the turn. A character using this power must be within 10 squares of the target and have a clear line of fire to the target. This effect ends immediately if this character loses Perplex or is KOd, or if the target is damaged or healed during this turn.

Thanks Normalview, I thought I'd checked the FAQ, not sure how I missed those