Can Punisher shoot the middle guy in two different clusters, thereby with a successful hit on both getting a total of 18 attacks in?

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Yes,he could, in theory. Good luck EVER pulling it off.

I'd say no as it specifies they make two separate attack rolls against two different opposing characters - that seems to indicate the attacks need to be single target.

But one could also say that attack one could target A & B with attack two also targeting A & B.

You would have made two attacks targeting two different figures.

Or go for 26 attacks...with double-based figures...

E E . . . . . .
E E . A A A . .
E E . A O A A .
E E . A A O A .
E P . . A A A .
E E . A A A . .
E E . A O A A .
E E . A A O A .
E E . . A A A .
E E . . . . .

thanks harpa. tried to send you rep. but "you must spread........."

I would say yes to the Red Arrow doing the energy explosion trick to two different groups and laying down the hindering terrain (because unlike Firefly he doesn't quote using a single target). As for green arrow I could see it either way, but lean more towards Quebbster because you're giving a power action to already shot two different characters. If it does go to Harpua's favor, then that is a sick card as well as making two-gun kid nasty for cheaper points. (Factoring in Pym Particles to giant and you get the idea).

This is really crazy and is gonna open all kinds of threads for this stuff!

Can first class Cyclops now shoot two groups with EE and force groups to go back a square?

Can Darkseid now teleport 2 characters wherever he wants?

Can AoA Jean running shot and mindcontrol 2 characters?

Can Quardian soldier guy penetrate energy explosion 2 groups?

I would say yes to all of these now.

Check out the craziness of Xavier and Cassandra nova now!!

Be happy that Jericho and Deadman didn't get a six range (that would have been crazy)

Also, hardcore hcrules arbitrators.........Is Spiderwoman skrull gonna go up in price now that she may be the only sharpshooter with pulsewave?
Elite Sniper just opened up a whole new can of worms!!

Zzaxx and Johnny Sorrow both have Pulse Wave and Super Senses top dial.

Actually there are quite a few characters with RCE/Pulsewave or SS/PW, but few are on the opening clicks.

Hey, I'm just playing devil's advocate on that one. I don't know how the official ruling would go.

LOL i keep miss spelling your name. U i have to remember the U. LOL

New question on Punisher which is different, but certainly applies here.

Again
Punisher's SP reads: "CHAINGUN: Once per turn when the Punisher succeeds at a ranged combat attack against an opposing target character, after the attack resolves he can immediately make ranged combat attacks against any other opposing characters adjacent to the target to which he can draw a clear line of fire. (Each attack is rolled and deals damage separately). If the result of a successful ranged combat attack roll made by the Punisher is doubles, the damage dealt is penetrating damage."

Doesn't this mean that Punisher can attack 1 and only 1 figure twice in a turn (the char originally targeted). Think about it. The original attack allows him to ONE TIME target one other figure which may lead to other attacks. Hitting that one other figure allows him to ONE TIME target one other figure....who could be the first figure. I don't see anywhere in the text where that's disallowed.

The chain would have to stop at that point, though, because of the Once per turn clause.

Right?

You've confused the use of "once per turn" - that's a reference to how often you can trigger this power (which grants multiple attacks), not a reference to one attack.
1. Resolve your successful original attack
2. Make ranged combat attacks (in succession) against all legal targets adjacent to the original target.

That's it. There's no recursion, and no targeting the original target, UNLESS your original attack has more than one target (Ambidextrous).

You're right, I read the second part wrong, about "any other adjacent characters". Thanks.

I'm curious about Fusillade and Ambidextrous myself. The only thing that makes me doubt a 'yes' answer to using them together is the parenthetical statement in Fusillade, but we also know that the power was made for characters with one target and before it was possible to give additional targets to a character.