What happens if a piece winds up in a place or state it's not allowed to be?
What happens if a piece winds up in a place or state it's not allowed to be?
If the place still exists, then:
- Pieces representing humans (Dahan / Invaders) are cleaned up to the closest legal land — this is not considered a move, is not an action, and does not trigger anything, it is simply a correction of the game state. This happens only once you are not in the middle of an action, and there are no pending triggered actions (i.e., after each action tree), just before checking for victory/defeat.
- All other pieces remain where they are, but are considered out of play unless/until they're no longer in an illegal state.
On the other hand, if the place was destroyed and pieces within it somehow survived the destruction, they all get cleaned up.
This sort of thing can happen if pieces survive the sinking of a board (like Dahan via
Infinite Vitality with threshold or Explorers via the Tsardom of Russia's
A Sense for Impending Disaster), if an Ocean stops being a land (by Ocean's Hungry Grasp losing its Presence there) while other Spirits' Presence is there, or if Invaders/Dahan are left in the Ocean after an action but manage not to Drown in some way.
If the nearest legal land is unclear, use your best judgment, based on physical distance if necessary. If there is literally no legal land to put the pieces in, return them to the supply; this is still considered cleaning up (not an action, not a move/remove/destroy, does not trigger anything).
Category: General Play
Tags: Pieces,
Illegally placed pieces,
Victory and Defeat,
Action tree,
Drowning (Ocean's Hungry Grasp),
Infinite Vitality,
Cast Down into the Briny Deep,
Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp),
Stubborn Solidity (Stone's Unyielding Defiance),
Unearth a Beast of Wrathful Stone,
Heart-Tree Guards the Land (Towering Roots of the Jungle),
Towering Roots of the Jungle,
Ocean's Hungry Grasp,
Stone's Unyielding Defiance,
Dark Fire Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flames),
Despicable Theft
Products: Core game,
Branch & Claw,
Jagged Earth,
Nature Incarnate
Created: May 21, 2020 8:05:27 PM
Last modified: Jul 20, 2024 11:38:19 PM
