Beasts

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• Both Russia 1 and All Things Weaken can make Blight destroy Beasts. Which takes precedence?
  Russia 1 does, if its conditions are met (the Blight is from a Ravage). If a Ravage Blight destroys multiple Beasts in a land, only one of them goes to the Russia panel (since the others were destroyed due to All Things Weaken).
  Tags: Blight, Blighted Island, Beasts, All Things Weaken, 1 more...

Event Cards

• In the Beasts Attack Event, how is the damage done and which Beasts get removed?
  Each Beasts does damage in turn, distributed as you prefer as usual for damage to Invaders, and only Beasts that finish off a Town or City get removed.

  For instance, in a land with two Towns and two Beasts, the first Beasts could deal 1 damage to each Town, and then the second one could finish off both Towns. Only the second Beasts would get removed.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Beasts, Events, Beasts Attack (Beasts Event)
• If the Event Beasts Prey on the Injured happens in a game with Many Minds Move as One, do Many Minds' Sacred Sites count as a Badlands?
  Yes. The Sacred Site counts as a Beasts due to Many Mind's special rule, then counts as a Badlands due to Beasts Prey on the Injured.

  Note that this isn't relevant for Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, since the Presence of a Spirit affected by it already counts as Badlands - see this FAQ.
  Tags: Counts As, Badlands, Beasts, Many Minds Move as One, 3 more...

General Play

• If a Spirit's Presence counts as Beasts (say, due to Settle Into Hunting-Grounds), and a "destroy Beasts" effect destroys their Presence, is it still considered destroyed Presence? More generally, if Piece A also counts as Piece B, and a "destroy/remove Piece B" effect destroys/removes it, does it go to the supply for A or B?
  It's considered destroyed Presence. When a piece is removed from the board, it goes to the supply (or other destination) for that physical type of piece.
  Tags: Presence, Pieces, Counts As, Beasts, 14 more...

Play Options

• When playing without Events, can you use the Stage II "Command Beasts" card during Invader Stage III?
  Yes, you can use the Stage II Commanding Beasts any time after it is first unlocked.

  Likewise, for an Invader that switches back and forth between Stage II and Stage III (e.g., the Tsardom of Russia at Level 4+), you can use the Stage III "Command Beasts" card anytime after you first reach Stage III.
  Tags: Playing Without Events, Beasts, Kingdom of Scotland, Tsardom of Russia, 0 more...
• When playing without Events, what type of Action is Commanding Beasts?
  It is a separate Event Action for each land with Beasts (JE p. 20).
  Tags: Actions, Playing Without Events, Beasts

Power Cards

• With Settle into Hunting Grounds, can your Presence count as both Badlands and Beasts for the same action? (e.g., if an Event does Damage per Beasts)
  Yes.

  It can also count as just one or the other.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Beasts, Counts As, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, 0 more...
• If you've used Settle into Hunting-Grounds (your Presence counts as Beasts and Badlands), and draw the Beasts Prey on the Injured event (Beasts count as Badlands), does your Presence now count as 2 badlands each?
  No. "Piece A counts as Piece B" changes (roughly) "what does this physical object represent"; applying it multiple times has no effect.
  Tags: Counts As, Badlands, Beasts, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, 1 more...
• Does Fragments of Yesteryear restore the Disease and Beasts added as part of Branch & Claw / Jagged Earth setup on the balanced boards?
  No, since those are not printed setup symbols, unlike the tokens printed on the thematic boards. However, restoring them is the more thematic option, so you're welcome to do that if your group is willing to take the extra time to figure out where the Beasts started.

  If you want to put in a bit more work, the most thematic option is to restore the land to how it looked at the end of setup, including the first Explore and all Spirit, Adversary, and Scenario setup. If you need to add Presence for a Spirit, use their destroyed Presence; if they don't have enough destroyed Presence, add as much as you can. Depending on the exact combination of Adversaries, Scenarios, and Spirits, this may require a good memory or photographs of the starting board state to track variable setup options (e.g., where Ocean's Hungry Grasp put its second Presence).
  Tags: Spirit setup, Island setup, Disease, Beasts, 1 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Many Minds Move as One says "when *you* Gather or Push Beasts" - is that identical to "when *your actions* Gather or Push Beasts"?
  Nearly. In theory it could include some other sort of action that said "Target Spirit may Push a Beasts" or "Each Spirit Pushes a Beasts"... but in practice no such things exist, so functionally speaking it's identical.

  ("Each player may Push a Beasts" would not be sufficient - cases like that don't represent Spirits doing things, the game just needs a player to make a decision for a Fear or Event card. It would have to use the word "Spirit".)

  Usually, the wording "when you (do X)" is used for your pieces or other game components: e.g., "when you Forget a Power Card" or "when you uncover this spot on your Presence track" or "when your Presence is destroyed". Those can obviously happen as a result of many different sorts of actions, not only your own.
  Tags: Actions, Beasts, Fly Fast As Thought (Many Minds Move as One), Many Minds Move as One, 0 more...