Recent game I rolled for MC and got me a double 6! However, I wasn't sure what the lead off was.

Does the auto dmg from critical hit get applied at any point in the process? If so, I presume the 'hit' is lost and no damage applied?

Mind control is an attack that deals no damage, so a critical hit will not deal the target damage and a critical miss will not deal the attacker any damage either.

Actually the critical hit causes the figure hit to do your bidding AND enjoy it. Once they are released from your command they have a real bad headache.

Ummm....

So which is it?

I can see the logic of 'deals no damage' but the crit hit 'always hits, even if the die roll isn't high enough', so there lies my quandry.

If it was a crit miss, I'd accept it such... but then if it deals no damage... but so does Incap???

Red King, do you mean, target gets stung (before or after action resolved) for the 1 damage as well as being my pawn for an action?

I think he was just joking.

My answer is still right anyway.

From 2012 Rulebook, page: 10

Christopher is right. Of course, then once the character is under your control... That character is subject to the normal dice roll rules (if they get a crit hit they add 1 to the damage dealt by their attack and a critical miss will cause them [not the mind controller] to suffer 1 click of damage).

chrisdosmil is right

You do not deal an extra hit on a crit hit nor take a hit on a crit miss

This is the end of the story

Mind you a crit miss automatically misses, even if the roll plus your attack value would be sufficient to hit. And a crit hit is still an automatic hit, regardless of what you need

Let's say you were using R Puppet Master (hypothetical... don't actually do this!) and he had taken 2 clicks. His attack of 4 will hit even smokey feet Captain America on his first click if he rolls a 12 (Cap has a 20 defence from range, PM needs a 16 on the roll to hit...)

Vice versa, your Vet Controller on his third click, with Police on each side, Colossal Boy using PD behind him, triple perplexed attacking R Firelord on his last click and then rolls a 2, he misses. End of story (Net = Controller's attack in this example is 15, Firelord's defence is 4. Controller needs to roll a -12 to miss on the dice)

Thanks gang!

Wow. 7 defenses. Imagine if they gave that to characters now? People would flip their lids.