Expanding on this would there be an issue with ggG001 Galactus adding a figure to your force with the Book of Skulls or even adding a Team Base to your force with the Book of Skulls.

I would think both would be fine even due to happening after the step of force construction where resources are assigned.

No because it only receives the check during force construction. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to mind-control either.

OK. I see what you're saying.

The current Rules Team will not make a ruling, though, until we know for sure what the intent is. When we make such a ruling we will make sure to mention (which we have been doing I think) that it will need an update to make sure it works that way.

Until that update, I agree that it should be played as we stated, but keep in mind that the answer is not a "Because I said so" answer. It's an answer we got from discussing it with other deputies and getting back intent from GD.

There's no general rule that says resources are only assigned during force construction.

I can currently find no rule or effect that prevents bringing in characters mid-game, or that would create an illegal force when doing so on a force assigned a Resource.

If you can provide me with a specific interaction, I will look into it.

Then to further the point, MC makes a figure friendly to your force. Would a team become illegal once you mind control? or would you assign the book to the MC(because it says to assign it to all figures) and give a MC figure a hammer? (If you MC 2 figures, give figure A a power action to drop a hammer on figure B. Then MC target B can pick it up?)

This is...somewhat ridiculous.

You can't assign Resources to Team Bases or Vehicles. Period. End of story. You can only play with the wording so much before you essentially make a conscious decision to ignore it altogether.

Nor do I want to. I just want to be able to include a Resource on a team with a Team Base or Vehicle. And I am having an exceptionally hard time determining why it is currently ruled that I cannot.

Referencing maddhatter84's point: if I have the Book of the Skull on my team, can I Mind Control a Team Base? As pointed out by Moompix, nothing indicates the Book of the Skull is Assigned only during force construction. It would logically attempt to be assigned to the Team Base (currently a "Friendly Figure" for the duration of the Mind Control Action) and fail due to the Team Base's rules.

Curious. If a Resource isn't assigned during force construction, then when is it assigned?

Tomorrow. Probably tomorrow.

They mostly come out at night... mostly!

The requirement for dropping and equipping hammers is for the character to be friendly. There's nothing about them needing to have been assigned the resource. So, that's probably possible regardless of resource assignment timing.

Well, actually, we weren't allowed to bring in special objects even after the game began when we had resources on our team originally. I remember that issue with Lex Luthor and his Kryptonite. This clarification needed to be added to the rules before that was legal:
I'm not sure why a same clarification should not also be needed for characters, since it was for objects. Or that clarification should just be changed to say any and all restrictions are checked only during force construction and never again, so if you find a way to add more resources after the game begins, even that is legal.
I don't understand why Saturnflight is so against is getting actual explanations for rulings. As a judge, I would like to be able to tell my players "the rules work this way because this section of the rules say this and that section says that, which clearly means this third thing" as opposed to "some guy on the internet told me so, so that is how we are playing it".

Chris, those who seem to be confused by this ruling are simply looking for an explanation why in the rules or Player's Guide. What says during force construction conflicting figure rules specifying how said figures interact cause the force to be illegal? I feel this is a clarification that may be necessary to add to the rulebook.

Judging by firlz' last post, it doesn't really seem the old explanation used in previous threads explained it well enough for him and his venue of players. Shouldn't we try to better clarify the rule book to eliminate this problem?

Moompix is correct, this is currently entirely legal. It is a great way to prevent an opponent from equipping their own figures with their book's hammers and helps more quickly grant access to more of the book's benefits for your own figures.

A question that has no clear answer as far as I can tell from the Rulebook or Player's Guide.

(had to Google "They mostly come out at night... mostly" )