Does anyone know if there has been a clarrification to this feat card? We were told there would be one before the pre-release, which is now only 10 days away.

Anyone know? I haven't seen one.

There hasn't been one.

So how does it work?

Do you get the +1 benefit for free actions?

Are the +1 benefits cumulative?

Can a figure use perplex twice in one turn, if they have option 2 of the card?

When do they get the +1 benefit - once they've declared an action?

Do move actions that allow a second action grant a +2 benefit?

Also, do the +1 benefits granted by the ICWO feat card last until your next turn (unlike +1 benefits granted by perplex)?

If they do, then they can be used to increase defense values, yes?

From the card...

As for the rest of your questions... patience grasshopper, patience.

It looks like a perplex meant only for defense.

Unless you have something that grants a fre action like outwit then you can increase your damage (cause you took an action) and then attack and then gain another +1 (for the attack action) to add to Def.

I think at most you could have +2 and then only if that character has something that allows them a free action (outwit/perplex).

Mostly it will be ued to boost Def by 1 since you must take an action to use it and then it lasts til your next turn.

watch for it to be FAQ'd to be activated only when you do a non-free action, like i've said all along.

but yeah, w/ hair10 not confirming it, i guess it's going to run rampant for a while...

House Rule it while you can...

This doesn't sound right at all. By this reckoning, you could only use the +1 benefit in an attack if you have an ability that allows a free action. So it would only make sense to choose a character with one of the free action abilities to be an agent of Oracle. That can't be right.

actually, it isnt.

the way i read it, you get +1 as soon as you unleash an attack, as soon as you start a move, as soon as you activate a power action.

i am very, pretty, absolutely sure free actions do not allow you to use the +1 bonus.

This was posted by Frontman in his new "Activation Click" column, which is on the front page of the site.

I think this pretty much is how it should and will work.

But I'm still curious about whether or not a character who has been made an agent of Oracle and has perplex on their own dial can use their own perplex and then use the perplex on Oracle's dial as well.

If not, option 2 of the feat might be a little expensive at 47 points.

I think the wording on it now limits it for only the initial action. It's a bit of a stretch but look at the way it's worded and the way they word Close Combat Action and the bunch in the Glossary of the Universe rule book. Seems very similar to me.

I could be reading to much into the Glossary though.

I think you'll be able to use both options in that scenario.

But hopefully people don't lose sight of the most important thing about Option 2: It takes a separate power action to obtain Oracle's OW, Perplex or Leadership.

I did lose sight of that; thanks for pointing it out.

But the way I'm reading the card, a character uses a power action on one of it's turns to gain, say, perplex from Oracle's dial. On that turn, that character can't do another action.

BUT, that character keeps the ability until another agent of Oracle turns the dial, so until that happens they could keep using perplex on subsequent turns without using a power action.

Which means, if you made two Con Artists your agents, you make a heck of a Hooker Bomb!

Also that the Overconfidence BFC counteracts option 2 of this feat.

It could still do a free action, so it could still use Oracle's power. (Either Leadership, Outwit, or Perplex.)

That wouldn't work too well since the Con Artist could still only use its own Perplex, and not Oracle's. (They could still use her other powers, but Perplex is out.)

Unless it's own perplex had been Outwitted.