Attacking while Desold?

[Dr. Confoundo]

I'm starting a campaign for some people who have never played Champions before, and I haven't run it in over five years, so I'm a bit rusty (not to mention using a new edition).

One of my guys wants to play a ghostly cowboy, and of course, one of his main powers will be Desolid. Now, in putting together his character, I am puzzled by something that I thought was in the rules, but now can't seem to find:

Since someone who is Desolid is affected normally by Mental Attacks, Flash Attacks, etc., do they need to purchase the Affects Real World advantage for their own powers of these types? Does the Desolid mentalist have to buy Affects Real World on his Ego Attack, or is it automatically able to do that?

[Monolith]

Yes, they need to buy the Affects Solid to make this work, even for Mental Powers. This is in the FAQ somewhere.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Monolith is correct. Just because a solid being's Mental Powers, Flash, etc. can naturally Affect Desolid, that does not mean a Desolid Mentalist would automatically be able to affect those who are not Desolid.

That would be even worse than the old "mentalist with lots of telescopic N-Ray vision" routine.

[Dr. Confoundo]

As I thought. I just couldn't find it until someone pointed me to the FAQ.