what would prevent a character to use both mind control AND incapacitate in a single attack?

look at the PAC:

MIND CONTROL. This character may make a ranged combat attack to give an action to an opposing figure. (Optional) Give this character a close combat or ranged combat action. If the attack is successful, give an action to the target figure as if that figure were a part of your force. The target figure receives an action token, if applicable. A successful attack does no damage to the target figure. This character takes 1 click of damage for each 100 points of the target’s point value. If a character with this power has a range value of 0, assume that his range value is 4.


INCAPACITATE. This character may use either a close or ranged combat attack to add an action token to a target figure. (Optional) Give this character a close combat or ranged combat action. Reduce his damage value to 0. When this character successfully hits a target figure and the target has 0 or 1 action tokens, place an action token on the target figure. Treat the target as if it was given a non-pass action. If a target figure is given its second action token, it is considered pushed and takes 1 click of pushing damage. This power has no effect on characters that already have 2 action tokens.


so there's that character with both powers and i "Give this character a close combat or ranged combat action", and this is the condition of activation of both MC and incap!!

so when i "Give this character a close combat or ranged combat action", both powers can be activated at the same time!! (the same way i can use running shot and energy explosion at the same time)

ok, now that's not the way i play it, but i wondered if anyone had ever thought about it, and if someone can give me a good reason why you could'nt do it.

by the way, if you could do it, would'nt you look at the leader with a newfound respect

They both require you to assign an attack to a figure. Since a single figure cannot make more than one attack in a single action, while an interesting idea, it is not legal in tournament play.

A single action is not enough to activate both powers. They don't just happen to activate when an action is assigned; if you are using the power, you follow all of the text, and must assign an action for that power. If you wanted to use both MC and Incap, you would have to assign two actions to your figure, which we know you cannot do.

thanks for the quick answer!

too bad, leader, you will remain on the loser side