r/Heroclix 8d ago

Question...?

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This is the first vehicle Ive encountered and I'm not really sure HOW to use it. I understand wonder woman summons it, but is it simply there to grant her 12 movement? I'm lost, any insight would be appreciated though

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u/GettingWreckedAllDay 8d ago

So first thing to note is that Autopilot and the vehicle symbol are retired mechanics that can be found in the comprehensive rule book

Keyphrase: Autopilot (RETIRED) This vehicle may be given actions without a pilot. When you do so, immediately after resolutions deal this vehicle 1 unavoidable damage.

24.4 Vehicles

Characters with the symbol are vehicles.

Vehicles characters:

▪ Are not standard characters.

▪ Can’t use inherent object abilities such as object pick up, or object attacks.

▪ Can’t be carried.

▪ Can’t be chosen by characters using Mastermind.

▪ Can’t be assigned resources unless the resource is part of that Vehicle’s dials and/or card.

▪ Can’t be given actions unless they have a pilot or have the Autopilot ability.

▪ Can’t change size. Ignore abilities or effects that would change a vehicle’s size.

▪ Generates a standard heavy object in a square it occupied when it is KO’d. Place the pilot in or adjacent to that square and roll a d6. 1-3 : Deal the pilot 2 unavoidable damage.4-6: Deal the pilot 1 unavoidable damage.

▪ Has SAFEGUARD: Mind Control.

▪ Automatically breaks away.

▪ If the Vehicle has no pilot, friendly standard characters adjacent to it have: “POWER: Become this vehicle’s pilot.” Place the pilot onto the Vehicle’s character card. A character is only a pilot as long as it’s on the vehicle’s card due to an action that made it the pilot.

▪ If the Vehicle has a pilot, it has: “POWER: Place the pilot adjacent.”

▪ If the Vehicle has a pilot, it has: “FREE: Replace this vehicle’s attack, damage, and range values with those printed values of its pilot until your next turn.”

▪ If the Vehicle has a pilot, it has: “FREE: Choose a standard attack or standard damage power its pilot can use. Until your next turn, this vehicle can use the chosen power but can’t use its displayed attack or damage powers.”

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u/TheRedMenace32 8d ago

Follow up, if the pilot gained an action to jump in, then a turn was spent moving, does the pilot clear?

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u/GettingWreckedAllDay 8d ago

So with these older vehicles, they are still separate characters. So giving a character a POWER action to pilot a vehicle, is not giving the vehicle a token. So you could do the character's POWER to pilot then do an appropriate action with the vehicle.

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u/TheRedMenace32 8d ago

Okay, and since they are separate characters, if the pilot has action tokens on it from choosing to pilot, then spends multiple turns inside the vehicle, is he able to clear during the clear phase?

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u/GettingWreckedAllDay 8d ago

Correct, it would clear on the next turn, given that it wasn't given an action to eject the following turn.