Hey, could someone show me where it says that you can use Pulse Wave in close combat? I'm very confused.

Bolder what you need. Right from the PAC:

I'm guessing he ran of steam before the end of the paragraph, so he never saw that sentence.

You can't use it in close combat.

It is always a ranged attack.

You can use it while adjacent to an opposing figure, however, for the reason posted above.

This is a very important distinction, too.

If some other game effect said "no ranged combat, period" (say, a new area of special terrain on a forth coming map) then Pulse Wave can't be used.

All PW does is override the restriction on ranged combat normally imposed by adjacent opposing characters. Any other restrictions on ranged combat would still stand.

Do you mean something like the Supressive Fire Feat?

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Prerequisites: Enhancement or Ranged Combat Expert or Sharpshooter Choose a Character At the end of your turn, you can choose a target opposing character 8 or fewer squares away to which the character can draw a clear line of fire; give the chosen character a Suppression token. Until the beginning of your next turn, if the chosen character would be given a ranged combat action or make a ranged combat attack, its controller must roll a d6; on a result of 1 or 2, the attack can't be made or the action can't be given (the action can still be given to another character, if possible).At the beginning of your next turn after the character uses this feat, remove all Suppression tokens from opposing characters and then either remove this feat from the game or roll a d6; on a result of 1-4 give a action token to this character (the token deals pushing damage normally).

That would do it, yup.

Okay thanks. I was told that it could be used in close combat so he didnt need to roll for my feat. Thanks guys.

Pulse Wave would've ignored whatever Feats you had on your character that the PWer was attacking, anyway.

Pulse Wave would ignore the Feats, sure, but only AFTER Pulse Wave has been activated. Suppressive Fire can prevent a character from activating Pulse Wave, in the first place.

So, are all powers game effects? What I'm asking is, does Pulse Wave nullify defense powers, such as Impervious or Invulnerable?

Thank you from a total newbie!

Yes. Game effect is a catch-all that describes basically anything that can potentially affect the game. Powers, abilities, feats, special map rules, etc are all game effects.

Those would be game effects possessed or used by the character, yes. They would get ignored by the Pulse Wave unless they had a "cannot be ignored" clause.

That's makes so much more sense. As I've been learning the game with my buddy, I've often thought, "What the heck makes Pulse Wave so friggin' valuable?"

Now it is so clear!