Okay, so I noticed that Oblivaeon deals each non-Scion target 9999 infernal damage on "Impending Doom." Time for a dumb question- could Visionary Twist the Ether to turn that into fire damage as it hits Absolute Zero in a Fixed Point, thus unleashing 9999 cold damage on Oblivaeon and trivializing the encounter? I assume there's an effect to avoid this situation, or a similar one. But my question- is it a Baron Blade-esque built-in wall on Oblivaeon itself or more of an environmental-style effect, but on a Scion? Or perhaps is this the secret way that he heroes ACTUALLY beat Oblivaeon?
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It won’t end the game with just that blow. I’m not sure what else I can say in regards to it.
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Well, we know OblivAeon itself is invincible in the first phase and you have to just bang on his shield. Then you have to reduce him to 0 HP twice after that. But I don't personally know why this trick wouldn't end one phase instantly. Unless, of course, the 9999 damage attack also destroys the environment....
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This probably does end one phase instantly. But AZ + Fixed Point + Twist the Ether is already an infinite damage engine, so I don't see how OblivAeon's 9999 damage effect makes it any more powerful than it already was.
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In the video game it would be a lot less clicking but on tabletop it wouldn’t matter.
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You could also use Synaptic Interruption, and you wouldn't have to rely on seeing a Fixed Point.
I am fairly sure I saw something like Immune to damage from himself on OblivAeon’s text when I squinted at it in the rulebook...
Synaptic Interruption wouldn't work. For reasons. <smoke bombs>
Oh, good, I wasn't sure if non-playtesters had seen that. Hence my smoke bombs.
It isn’t hugely readable, but so think I could make out most of the text (although it’s been a while since I looked, but the ‘No damaging himself’ stuck in my memory).
It's been publicly viewed at places like Gen Con, though. ;-)
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You could still use redirection to just avoid dying. Maybe nuke something else instead?
Oh yeah, it would be useful to take out a Scion or something, you just couldn't kill Oblivaeon that way.
I knew that Oblivaeon couldn’t self-damage; as the subtitle indicated, I was pretty sure that it wasn’t an issue and just wanted to see some more cards.
And I would have, too, if it weren’t for those blasted meddling playtesters!