Invincible characters

In Deus Ex, "invincible" describes an attribute of certain non-player characters that renders them invulnerable to any damage, whether from the player or other non-player characters. Presumably, invincibility is used on many characters for story-related reasons. In such cases, invincibility prevents story-essential characters from being killed by the player. Some characters that are initially invincible later become killable as the story progresses.

The "invincible" attribute (bInvincible) can be set for characters via console commands.

Examples

 * The following characters are always invincible: Paul Denton, Harley Filben, Alex Jacobson, Sam Carter, Jaime Reyes, Jock, Smuggler, Max Chen, Tracer Tong, Stanton Dowd, Nicolette DuClare, Morgan Everett, and Gary Savage. These characters cannot be harmed in normal gameplay. Nonetheless, as the story progresses, a few of these characters may die off-screen or in a cutscene, depending on story-related choices.
 * Gunther Hermann, Anna Navarre, and Walton Simons are invincible when initially encountered but become killable later in the story.
 * During the first three visits to the UNATCO Headquarters, all characters inside the facility are invincible, with the exception of two prisoners during the second visit. However, during the final visit, all characters inside the facility can be killed, with the exception of Alex Jacobson, Sam Carter, and Jaime Reyes.