What to do if the Chairman is defeated?

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So we were playing a game of SotM (as well you would expect) against the Chairman when a question arose (Duh!).

What happens when the Chairman reaches 0 HP, you haven’t yet defeated the Operative and a card comes up either healing him or having him deal damage? Do you just ignore that portion of the card (like after Omnitron is defeated) or can he be resurrected and/or strike from beyond the grave?

Thoughts were postulated but ultimately it didn’t matter because we got completely spanked by the Hired Gun doing 8 points of damage to each hero (Obsidian Field, the Contract and an advanced flipped Chairman do not make for a happy combination).

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Well, when he reaches zero he is basically killed. He can not regain any HP. Also, none of his effects happen, so he doesn’t increase the damage dealt by the thugs.

3

Yeah, the argument was largely thematic, no one is ever truly dead in comic books… except Uncle Ben.

4

SotM’s story seems to have a few really-dead characters. Top of the list, Ryan Frost’s reason for being. And didn’t I hear something on a podcast about Legacy’s death in the future?

5

Yeah, but Visionary has come back from the future specifically to prevent things like that… :wink:

6

We just removed Chairman from the game and continued from there, although I would like to see an officail ruling when it comes to this.

7

Yeah, that’s the best approach, Singlog. Christopher did respond to this previously - and what he says is as official as we’re going to get! :smiley:

8

But do you continue to play villain cards even when the chairman is defeated? I believe for Omnitron you don’t but his drones aren’t character cards where as The Operative is a character card.

9

Actually, you still do play villain cards, even with Omnitron. However if a card involves the Chairman doing something, that effect doesn’t take place, like healing or hitting a hero.

I believe the only thing that Omnitron’s deck can do when he’s dead is play more drones and Electropulse Device, any other card is sent to the trash without an effect like components and oneshots since he is already dead and can’t trigger them.

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Yeah, playing a villain card happens each turn as a general effect not as an effect of the villains character card so it happens regardless. In Omitrons case he doesn’t get to play a second card or dredge the trash for a drone if he is removed from the game since that effect is written on his card.