is a bystander a "character" on your force?

or just a bystander on your force

apologies if this has been asked many times before.

A bystander is a character.

How are you trying to use the bystander? Why is the distinction important? Although bystanders are characters, they do not have the same rights and privileges as other characters.

True.

Bystanders do not have click numbers, do not possess keywords, do not count toward or against themed teams, and are considered to be Tactics.

Its no secret.
so yea.

Im wanting to use sheep gun bystanders to stack up guilty tokens for punisher.

Punishers trait: Once for all characters with this ability, each time an opposing character hits a friendly character...

It's not a bad idea, but the sheep gun sheep don't exactly threaten an opponent. If you can stack up a bunch of potentially dangerous bystanders, it might be more useful.

However, Iron Monger 2.0 LOVES to use the sheep gun.

but Iron Monger 2.0 isnt Punisher.

Regardless, so this idea is in compliance with the rules?

Yes, you can use the Sheep to trigger Punisher's effect.

If you run Gizmo with a herd of Sheep playing "tie-up"-- granting them all Poison-- then they become a larger threat, forcing your opponent to break away or attack. In this case, Punisher sees great gains.

Iron Monger 2.0 has more versatility with the Sheep, imho.

Combine the two, and you're golden.

Deadpool (gravity feed, will be meat shielding)

Iron monger doesnt have sharpshooter, heroes for hire keyword, and is 35 points too much.

punisher can already deal penetrating damage

Appreciate you guys' quick responses, Thank you. lets not break forum rules by going into a strategy discussion ^_^

Eh, the rules forum is becoming a bit less stuffy these days. I think we're fine.

Frank Castle: Sheep Avenger.