From the Player's Guide:
So yes it would still activate, but since he is KO'd (AFTER DAMAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN) he would only take 1 damage as he does not have the power.

This just makes me even more certain of my understanding.

Standard Symbols /= Standard Abilities.

Two different things. If his wording was Standard powers and Symbols, I would see how you could read Standard Powers and Standard Symbols. However I cannot possibly see reading it as Standard Powers and Standard Abilities when Standard Abilities is a completely undefined term. Now, if a new PAC/Rulebook comes out that has Standard Abilities listed, I will see how their could be confusion.

Completely agree, looked up the same PG entry when I was posting that. That entry would be completely unnecessary if the Mystics Damage was truly checked before damage was actually dealt.

Really interested in the Orange followup on this thread.

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This explanation makes the most sense to me. For what its worth I've never witnessed a game where Mystics damage was applied first: it's always been the attack damage applied first followed by the Mystics effect.

But if the figure is off the board due to being KO'd, and already dealt it's mystics dmg at this point, then that means its Mystics damage was dealt DURING the attack and not after.

You turn your dmg clix when the attack action has resolved against your figure. So it would only be the ONE dmg during the attack, and 2 for each attack suffered after that.

If the Mystics was dealt BEFORE the character was KO'd there would be no need for a clarification that says "This team ability would still activate as the character is KO‘d." The reason that is there is because otherwise the character would be KO'd, now there would be no TA, and hence no damage. So they clarified You still take damage even if you KO the character with Mystics.

My big thing:

If they had wanted In-Betweener to deal out 2 Mystics damage from each time he was dealt damage,

I assume the special power would have covered the whole dial. It does not.

Therefore, I feel that the special power is checked when the damage is dealt. If In-Betweener is damaged while he is on his first click, he only deals 1 Mystics damage.

Seems fairly simple to me.

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Another example, take a hypothetical character of 8 clicks of life with no damage reducers.

For the first 4 clicks he has no team ability.

For the last 4 clicks he has a special power that says he possesses the Mystics team ability.

He would not deal out Mystics damage until he physically possessed the special power.

So my thing is that if he was hit for 8 straight damage which KO'd him, he would deal NO Mystics damage.

If he was hit for 1 straight damage, he would deal NO Mystics damage.

And if he was hit for 5 straight damage, and landed on the special power granting Mystics, he would still deal NO Mystics damage.

Exactly. They clarified it to mean that the Mystics dmg is taken DURING the attack instead of after the action(s) resolve. That is all that means.

Are you sure you know where you are?

The problem with your example is that when KO'd he would have no powers to show that he has Mystics, but on that 5 th click he does possess the power and then able to use the team ability.

That's the way I interpret it as well.

Interesting to note that the Deps have been around, but not popped into this thread to give an opinion one way or another yet.

Which means they most likely are not 100% certain and are having to discuss it. I've been waiting to see what they say about this matter.

P.s. that's also how I interpret it.

I'm never said that Mystics is dealt after actions resolve, I said that Mystics deals Unavoidable damage after Damage from an attack is taken by a character. At this point the power would be showing and says that Mystics deals 2 unavoidable damage.

I have no problem with that. But the damage from Mystics still isn't dealt until the Mystic takes damage. So the Mystic is dealt damage, say 5 clicks, his dial is turned 5 times, now you take Mystics damage before the attack action is resolved, how much damage? Well his Special Power says 2. Is there any reason to ignore his special power? Why would you stop turning a dial when Live! or Unstoppable comes up if powers are being ignored on the dial? One of the many reasons this power doesn't wait until after actions resolve is for multi-action Actions like Flurry. It would change completely if you waited until after the Flurry resolved. So you don't, but I don't see why Flurry attack 1 caused 1 damage and Flurry attack 2 causes 2 damage when their is a power showing that says "take 2 Mystics damage" from the time that you take your first Mystics, and is still there when you take your second.

I guess I'm still not understanding the other POV. During the attack? Sure. Still after the damage is taken? Yes, otherwise you don't know if damage is taken.