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Old 07-01-2013, 05:33 PM   #1
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Default How to defeat Reflexive Insubstantial?

Is there any way to kill a character with Insubstantial (Reflexive, +40%) without using an attack that has Affects Insubstantial?
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Old 07-01-2013, 05:39 PM   #2
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Poison gas.
Sense based attack
Exploit his power source
Use a Weakness
Attack his mind
Poison his food
Kill him in his sleep
Any other method of achieving total surprise
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Old 07-01-2013, 06:56 PM   #3
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Be Insubstantial.
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Old 07-01-2013, 08:29 PM   #4
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Neutralize / Static his power source.
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Old 07-01-2013, 09:13 PM   #5
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Insubstantial doesn't stop Afflictions.
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Old 07-01-2013, 09:21 PM   #6
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Insubstantial doesn't stop Afflictions.
An Affliction with magic or psionic power modifiers could zap the Insubstantial subject, I expect.
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Old 07-01-2013, 10:02 PM   #7
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Affliction (Negated Advantage: Insubstantiality) should do the trick.
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Old 07-02-2013, 01:08 AM   #8
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Poison gas.
I think that would count as a physical attack, and as such could not harm the individual.

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Sense based attack
Definitely not going to work, as it is a physical attack.

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Exploit his power source
What power source? What if the individual just has the ability with no PM?

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Use a Weakness
Same as above.

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Attack his mind
Yeah, that would work.

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Poison his food
I think that can be considered a physical attack too, and as such will not work.

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Kill him in his sleep
Reflexive allows the ability to be triggered in one's sleep without having to be aware of the attack.

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Any other method of achieving total surprise
Reflexive negates that as it allows Insubstantial to trigger even if the character is unaware of the attack. Unless the attack is psionic or magical attack, of course, but even then the advantage is triggered and does not help.

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Be Insubstantial.
That effectively adds "Affects Insubstantial" to your attacks. I wanted to see if there was a mundane way to kill the character with Insubstantial, not become the character in order to kill him.

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Affliction (Negated Advantage: Insubstantiality) should do the trick.
Forgot about Afflictions. Thanks! Anything else you can think of?
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Old 07-02-2013, 01:08 AM   #9
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Use of Create (Destroy) always works.
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Old 07-02-2013, 01:31 AM   #10
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I think that would count as a physical attack, and as such could not harm the individual.
"Although you can pass through solids you must still breathe". If you breath then you can be poisoned by what you breath. It is not an attack. It's an environmental effect.

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What power source? What if the individual just has the ability with no PM?
If the insubstantial person also has defenses against all the possible attacks then his opponents are just screwed. But the default with highly exotic Advantages like that is that they do in fact have a power source. Of course not every power source offers a feasible line of attack but the possibility should not be ignored and it's certainly something I'd look for when fighting the unbeatable man.


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I think that can be considered a physical attack too, and as such will not work.
It isn't an attack at all.

Oh and one other alternative is extreme temperature control.
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