Joe McDougall

Joe McDougall is a member of James' Party. His Class is "Defender," an Advanced Class, which gives him significant boosts to his combat abilities when he is protecting others. He has also earned a System Title, Living Shield, due to his devotion to protecting his friends. His Class Skills allow him to fight with any weapon, but he mostly uses an aluminum softball bat during the events of Mind Games.

Joe was the only member of the Party awake and paying attention at System Start, so he is the only one who saw the Startup Message.

As with all members of James' Party, Joe shares his last name with a famous hypnotist - in this case, William McDougall, who pioneered the use of hypnotherapy for use with what was then called "Shell Shock" and we now call PTSD.