Can the different thresholds of an innate power be used separately?
Can the different thresholds of an innate power be used separately?
No, the thresholds are all part of a single power. All effects must be used on the same target land (or same target Spirit), and you use the effects of every threshold you meet{1}, in the order they're printed{2}.
For example, Lightning's Swift Strike's innate power of Thundering Destruction used with 5 Fire, 4 Air, and 1 Water can destroy two buildings in the same land, but it cannot destroy two buildings in different lands. Even the final threshold on Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island's Serpent Rouses in Anger targets a single land, although it affects all lands on the board in addition to the one that it targets.
One sort-of-exception: innate powers that say "Repeat this Power," like A Spread of Rampant Green's innate Creepers Tear into Mortar. When a power is Repeated, you use the power from the beginning, which means you can target a new land.
{1} = You are allowed to pretend you have fewer Elements than you really do — e.g., to activate only the lower level of an innate — but that decision is made for the entire Power, not each threshold individually. Once you've chosen, you must activate every threshold those elements qualify for. Particularly, for Shadows Flicker Like Flames' innate power Darkness Swallows the Unwary, there is no set of elements which can activate the second threshold without also activating the first threshold. If you destroy 2 Explorers to earn fear, you must first gather an explorer (if able).
{2} = Effects which modify Speed, Range, or targeting obviously apply when you check Speed / Range / targeting.
Category: Elements and Elemental Thresholds
Tags: Elements,
Lightning's Swift Strike,
A Spread of Rampant Green,
Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island,
Shadows Flicker Like Flame,
Thunderspeaker,
Sharp Fangs behind the Leaves,
Heart of the Wildfire,
Creepers Tear into Mortar (A Spread of Rampant Green),
Darkness Swallows the Unwary (Shadows Flicker Like Flame),
Lead the Furious Assault (Thunderspeaker),
Thundering Destruction (Lightning's Swift Strike),
Ranging Hunt (Sharp Fangs behind the Leaves),
Serpent Rouses in Anger (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island),
Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp),
Keep Watch for New Incursions (Hearth-Vigil),
Hearth-Vigil,
Let Them Break Themselves Against the Stone (Stone's Unyielding Defiance),
Stone's Unyielding Defiance
Products: Branch & Claw,
Core game,
Promo,
Feather & Flame,
Nature Incarnate
Created: Mar 16, 2018 1:45:24 AM
Last modified: Sep 4, 2023 6:03:16 PM
