I think I can provide an example of a misleading modification.

This was years ago and the person in question no longer plays.

Player was a huge fan of metal gear and had made a few mods. In most cases, it was obvious what he had done, but there were others not so obvious.

Example of obvious mod - Putting a Snake figure on legacy batman. Could see the name batman of the base, could see the AE base. All good

Example of SUPER DECEPTIVE MOD - And this got him dq'd.

Taking a R taskmaster, and popping out the dial. So the taskmaster's dial was a Rookie Yellow. Blacking out the name and point cost on dial.

Opponent (me) asks "Who's that?"

His response "That's ninja"

The dial he replaced the R taskmaster with? Professor Zoom.

Cue turn 2.

Ninja uses HSS to attack something

Me - When did Taskmaster get HSS?

Him - That's not taskmaster. It's ninja.

Me - And who is ninja?

Him - Professor Zoom

Me - You didn't tell me that AND you used the original Taskmaster base!

At this point judge came over, told him to use the originals as his mod was deliberately deceptive. Opponent refused and was DQ'd.

Wow. I'd've probably been DQ'd as well, as I'd've called the guy a dick.

We can't what now?!?

*Snipped for space*

As I said, I totally see where you are coming from. Defining this could be really difficult and, given that, I can see why you ruled this way. The only difference is that I would rule in the opposite direction. (Probably because I love my Mods!) Maybe at the beginning of any game players would need to name each figure by Dial. (Which is what I do whenever I use a Mod anyway!)

I'm really glad to hear that no one has ever played this rule out in your experience. It's good to know that the Total Toolshed demographic in the HeroClix population is on the decline.

This is, however, all academic as I will probably never compete on the level you are talking about. But this stuff tends to have a trickle-down effect and I don't want to Mod a bunch of figs that I can never play.

Thanks for your time and input.

Thanks for knowing who Dylan Thomas was. . . is. . . whatever.

Thanks for taking my post in the spirit in which it was intended.

But I must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Thrumble Funk again.

It is entirely inappropriate to black out, cover, or change any dialtop information on a mod.

I've got a mod of the Bride (from Kill Bill) that I've put on an SI Elektra dial. The name remains clearly visible, and I'd always bring the actual character card, so that there is zero confusion about what dial is in play. If I'm playing a mod I'm generally happy for my opponent to click through its dial before the game too.

Good call on all points.

And even though I have no desire to ever see Kill Bill, your Mod sounds totally cool and I'm glad that an existing dial fit your Mod so well.

But Hotei does that "Battle Without. . ." for the Kill Bill soundtrack, so it can't be all bad now, can it?

Yes, you can. Escort Services are listed in the phone books of every major city in the USA. Have fun!

And before you ask; yes, there is a female equivilent. Women ditch their men over the aesthetics of their bank accounts, cars, etc all the time.

I honestly think that unless it is misleading, it's extremely foolish and pointless to ruin someone else's time by calling them on a mod. It's one thing for me to play Booster Gold's figure on a Supernova base(which I have, in Modern Age to NO confusion, I still would've respected someone who said "no"), but why in god's name would someone disallow a mod?