Ok look... THIS WILL BE A DUMB QUESTION.

Are giant / Colossal characters damaged by pulse wave????


Look... One of the guys in my group.... says Because they have Great Size and it says "protected pulse wave" that they are NOT damaged.

After some reasoning, My thought is that Great Size has Pro PW so that in the event of someone using PW with elevation between them and a colossal target, the ability stays active so that lines of fire are still drawn.

Can I get some help here???

Of course they are.

However, they arent indefinitely protected from Pulse Wave unless its in their trait and ongoing. If the figure lands on a STOP click, then of course the power given from the THAT special power on the dial is protected. HOWEVER, you can still deal the figure damage with the Pulse Wave attack.

For example, many people play the colossals on their last click, usually a STOP click with a defensive power of some kind. So if you were to pulse wave a figure with STOP that allows say, Super Senses, your opponent would still get to roll for the Super Senses but if they failed, your 1 damage would still get through.

Hope that helps.

You should have your friend read the section in the PAC about Protected: Pulse Wave.

There's nothing there that says a character ignores the damage from pulse wave.

The part of the colossal character that is Protected: Pulse Wave is their Great Size (again, right on the PAC). This means that the only thing that is protected from pulse wave on a Great Size character (barring them having another ability labeled as Protected: Pulse Wave) is their improved movement and targeting, the lines of fire that can be drawn to them, and their Willpower (not that that should matter much).