When you field an Elder and have their Gem attached to them their trait says "This object does not count toward your object total...". From this post that means it is counted as part of your force and has to be listed on your build sheet.

My question is, since the Gem is an Immobile object can I still include an Immobile object in the other three objects I include in my force and place on the map?

For example, I play In-Betweener with the Soul Gem attached to his base. Can I then play Mjolnir as one of the three objects I place on the map?

As a follow up, if you can play another Immobile, can I play another Soul Gem as part of the three objects that I place on the map in addition to the one that is attached to In-Betweener?

Scanned the forums but couldn't find an answer so decided to post. Sorry if this has already been addressed. Thanks for the assist.

Yes, you could play another immobile object if you have the Soul Gem on the In-Betweener.

Pretty sure you could NOT play another Soul Gem, though:

Any or all of these objects may be special objects, but each special object must not have the same name as any other special object on your force.

The Soul Gem on In-Betweener is still part of your force, so no 2 of the same name on the force.

ditto

You can still have another immobile as one of your three. It can't be the soul gem.

an attached gem on an elder of the universe doesn't count towards your object total but it is still considered an object on your force. So you can still have an immobile object in your 3 objects.

Things that get tricky with that are like mithmyrr says you can not have duplicates of the same special object on your force. So no to having a soul get in your 3 objects and another one starting on the inbetweener. The other thing that comes up with the attached gems is that the gauntlet prevents you from having an attached gem on an elder. The gauntlet doesn't let you have any other special objects on your force and a gem attached to an elder is still on your force.

can an elder use the gauntlet?

They can, but they can't have their gem attached, because it's part of the force and you can't have special objects on your force when using the Gauntlet