Anybody have any idea what happens to a character that is on a solo mission and picks up equipment and later reattached to it's team base?

Uh, no. The rules are actually explicitly clear that a standard character is one that has the standard symbols: , , , and


No, I'm actually not even sure that wizkids knows, since "equipment" is not even properly defined.

Not sure how reading the rulebook is "reading into this too much". Is there a higher authority than the rulebook itself? The judge, perhaps, but even then, questionable.

given the rulings on Entities and Jason, if they become not standard they will keep the equipment and not be able to use it.


Which really begs the question of how the hell Pym Particles work

Who's Jason?

It seems pretty clear they think "Standard" means single-based. Probably non-duo. The speed and defense symbols were not factored in.

Game design and the rules guys and the players are all technically using the same rules, but none of them understand them the same way, nor seem to pay much attention to each other.

What "they" are you referring to? Designers? Rules team? Someone else? And where are you getting that it's "pretty clear" that it means what you say? Especially since it's in direct contradiction to the rulebook definition?

I'm guessing "...of Sparta" given the context. Don't know what the rulings regarding him is though.

I have no idea who Jason is either.

I think he is talking about someone who can become a giant, say, like AA Ms. Marvel.
The entities from WoL can only be assigned to characters. If an entity is possessing Ms. Marvel, then if she becomes she is still possessed, but doesn't get any of the benefits.

I think the rules team where referring to Team Base and Vehicles that cannot equip objects.

I think he's referencing the Red Hood from TT. But I think it's moot, because he has a . But the question was probably focused on the Team Base aspect.

My point exactly?

Does Earthbound make you a standard character? Or are standard characters only those with PRINTED on their dial?

As per the glossary a standard character is: "A character with the standard combat symbols or abilities."

The "with" is key. That means possessing which what EB does. It does not need to be printed.

I hate when people use shorthand to try and communicate game terms.

Do you know the best way to communicate what game element or mechanic is being referenced when you want to talk about a specific game element or mechanic? Call the darn thing what it is called and don't expect people to read your mind.
(I mean the general "you" here, of course.)