do you choose any commander effect you want and that character is now considered to be the commander?

So this means you could use somthing like deathshoot but not swapping?

I have some other questions about Con Artist.

First, what does it mean when it says this character is subject to the commander effect "regardless of restriction". There are a whole host of different ways that could go. A restriction could be for non-melee characters only such as Admiral Yularen's CE. Or another restriction could be something faction specific like the Mandalorian Capt. Additional clarification on the "regardless of restrictions" phrase would be greatly appreciated.

Next, what about disruptive? I would assume that if I had Marn in my squad and was benefiting from an enemy CE that I could disrupt my own character from benefiting from the CE, correct? If I used Salacious Crumb to base the enemy Commander no one would normally be able to utilize that CE. That should be true for my character as well, yes?

What about when my opponent has some disruptive? If one of my characters is benefiting from an enemy CE can my opponent run Kyle Katarn JBM at me and suppress my ability to benefit from his ally's CE?

Overall I love Marn and I cant wait to give Jarael Con Artist. Just want to figure a few things out first.

It's pretty much all restrictions are lifted. A good way to look at it would be to tack on the phrase "and enemies with Con Artist" to the CE description, so if Yularen was chosen, his CE would read "Followers without the melee attack ability and enemies with Con Artist gain Opportunist" while the Mandalorian Captain would read "Mandalorian Followers and enemies with Con Artist within 6 squares gain Twin Attack".



As Disruptive prevents enemy CEs from affecting everyone within 6, your Disruptive would prevent your Con Artists from benefiting from the enemy CE. They will still be able to be affected by your CEs however.

On the flip side, your opponent's Disruptive will only prevent your Con Artists from benefiting from your CEs. It will not stop the Con Artists from benefiting from the chosen enemy CE.

Range doesn't matter with Con Artist.

As for squad effects, they should work, provided you had 4 characters with Con Artist and made all of them subject to that CE.

These guys are going to be a ton of fun to play. The possibilities are endless with these guys, and it will be interesting to see the absurd things they get when played.

How would a CE for tempo control like dodonna's affect them if they chose to con artist it?

Dodonna's CE doesn't affect characters, it affect 'you' (the player). It shouldn't work at all.

Well, he brings in three Uggies (or Brutes), then there is himself, Zayne Carrick and Jarael for six with Con Artist.

The question I have is, if it's a split CE do you get the entire thing or is it like the Yammosk where you can take Swap or Opportunist from Thrawn, but not both?

I read the ability again, and it is worded similarly to Telepathic Insight so would seem you only get to pick one part.

This makes stealing squad abilities for the Con Artists a non-starter unless you are already running Gree/Darman/Skirata.

Nothing about Con Artist changes how squad abilities work.