....we're arguing about forcing him to absorb a yellow as opposed to a red....so that's OK....We weren't looking at it as a means to deal damage to him...

Ah got it thank you. Sometimes I'm a little slow and sometimes I'm a lot slow. I am Slothman.

Realism? The irony.

New ruling. He can only absorb one object at a time.

Not to pick but your stating this looks a little egocentric. You might consider linking the ruling so it doesn't look like your own declaration.

What? I don't know how to link anything and I didn't know the post was pinned. I wasn't on this site for a month and saw there was a new ruling so I posted it just in case others didn't know. I think your reply is a little egocentric. Relax man.

There is already a thread dedicated to this. No need to bring this one back after a month of no one posting. We don't need two threads at the top of the list for the same issue... This thread should be closed at this point.

I am relaxed, just letting you know that your post is only remotely helpful if someone is willing to dig hard because your post looks like it is your own ruling. You may not know how to link but copy and paste also works well enough to indicate that it isn't your ruling but can be found at that place.

Also Dragon makes an excellent point that there is no point in necroing a thread from a month ago to make a statement that most are already aware of.

I am egocentric so if my posts come across that way it is no surprise, man.

Ya I didn't know there was other things going on. I always like to revisit old threads I had in interest in, but I agree it should be closed now, along with all of the similar LE AM threads that keep popping up.

If I have Absorbing Man absorb a heavy object giving him +2

And then I wanted to pick up Nul's hammer it would normally remove the heavy object, because of the power action, right?
But with Splitlip
on the team, Absorbing Man would be able to pick up the hammer without removing his heavy object, thus giving him +3 to Av and +2 to everything else, right?

Hammers are not considered light or heavy objects so they are not a trigger for Absorbing Man's power. So even with out Splitlip, Absorbing Man would get +3 to his attack (+4 really but reduced due to the rule of 3). You may chose to make a power action and then decide on how to use it. If it worked how you were asking, then one power action would activate all powered requiring one on all figures. The same reason you can't use charge and close combat expert is the same reason you can't/wouldn't use Absorbing Man's power and the power action to pick up a hammer.

Mange tak!

Well, I'm glad this ruling now makes sense. I was reading this whole thread from the start scratching my head wondering how the heck AM's power was magically immune to the "multiple effects occurring at the same time are resolved in the order of the active player's choosing".

If you absorb 2 objects at once, first you absorb one and place it on your card, then you absorb the other discarding the first and placing the second object on your card. Pretty simple, really just have to follow what the card says.

When he absorbs an object, he removes other objects from his card. Relics are objects that go on his card. So if he has a Hammer and then absorbs an object, he loses the Hammer. But if he absorbs an object first, and then picks up a Hammer, that's fine.

This is not correct.

Placing a hammer on your card via Relic is not the same as placing an Object on his card via Trait. He will only remove object on his card if they are placed there via his Trait.