Consider a Harmonious Nature (Relentless Gaze of the Sun)

Frequently Asked Questions

Effect Rules

• If an effect prevents a piece from being damaged or destroyed, does that also prevent the piece from being removed or replaced?
  No and no. While "destroying," "removing," and "replacing" all result in a component being taken off the island, they're mutually exclusive effects.

  Similarly, a piece that can't be removed can still be destroyed or replaced.

  A small number of effects separately protect against more than one of Destroy, Remove, and Replace:

  • "Stubborn Solidity," a Unique Power of Stone's Unyielding Defiance, prevents Dahan from being changed in any way.
  • "Fortify Heart and Hearth," a Special Rule of Hearth-Vigil, explicitly prevents Dahan from being destroyed or replaced by Events. (It doesn't prevent them from being removed, but no such Events exist as of the release of Nature Incarnate.)
  • "Thwarting the Sneaky Thieves," a rule in the Despicable Theft scenario, explicitly prevents Thieves from being destroyed, removed, or replaced in certain circumstances.
    Tags: Destroy, Remove, Replace, Saved From Destruction, 28 more...

Elements and Elemental Thresholds

• Can you use the threshold effects of Innate Powers, even if you can't use the effects above them?
  Yes, each line is evaluated independently, depending on the Elements you activate the power with.

  (You are allowed to pretend you have fewer Elements than you actually have, but need to be consistent for the whole power.)
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Spirits and Innate Powers

• When Relentless Gaze of the Sun chooses another Spirit with "Consider a Harmonious Nature," must that Spirit have Destroyed Presence?
  No, Relentless Gaze of the Sun is free to choose any Spirit other than itself; the 3 Sun 1 Plant threshold just doesn’t do anything other than choosing a Spirit if the chosen Spirit has no Destroyed Presence.

  The chosen Spirit can still receive Energy from the final threshold.
  Tags: Destroyed Presence, Consider a Harmonious Nature (Relentless Gaze of the Sun), Relentless Gaze of the Sun
• When Relentless Gaze of the Sun is the only Spirit in the game, can it choose itself for the Plant thresholds of Consider a Harmonious Nature?
  No, the "another Spirit" exception in solo play only applies to the "Target" box, not the effects of the Power. The last two thresholds will simply fail to do anything, since choosing another Spirit is impossible.
  Tags: Solo games, Consider a Harmonious Nature (Relentless Gaze of the Sun), Relentless Gaze of the Sun
• When Relentless Gaze of the Sun uses Consider a Harmonious Nature to destroy Presence instead of adding Blight, which Presence can it pick?
  It can destroy any of its own Presence anywhere on the island, which includes Presence in The Endless Dark.

  Gaze can't destroy Presence that's not on the island, including:

  • On its Presence Tracks
  • Removed from the game, e.g., by a Bargain
  • Under the effects of Absolute Stasis
  • On Serpent's Deep Slumber Track
    Tags: Destroy, Absolute Stasis (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Deep Slumber (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island), Consider a Harmonious Nature (Relentless Gaze of the Sun), 2 more...