Dahan Insurrection

Errata / Updates

Effect Rules

• Core game, Branch & Claw, Promo, Jagged Earth - all printings
  Errata / Clarification on which items are triggered actions -- Jagged Earth formalized how triggered actions work. The following earlier items are triggered actions ("after X, do Y") even though their wording doesn't use "after":

  • Vengeance of the Dead (Major Power, core game);
  • Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp special rule, core game);
  • Sworn to Victory¹ (Thunderspeaker special rule, core game);
  • Blazing Presence² (Heart of the Wildfire special rule, promo 1);
  • Constant Raiding (Dahan Insurrection Scenario rule, core game);
  • Military Response (Dahan Insurrection Scenario rule, core game).

  The following items are also triggered actions ("after X, do Y") even though their wording doesn't use "after" (but practically speaking it doesn't matter much):

  • Portents of Disaster (Minor Power - Branch & Claw);
  • Forbidden Ground³ (Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds special rule - Branch & Claw);
  • Deep Layers Exposed to the Surface (Stone's Unyielding Defiance special rule - Jagged Earth)

  ¹ = The trigger is "After a Ravage destroys 1 or more Dahan..." and does not involve Blight; see this FAQ entry for elaboration.
  ² = This rule used to say "When you add or move Presence...". More recent printings of the Spirit correctly say "After you add or move [Presence] after Setup...".
  ³ = Read as, "After one or more lands become a Sacred Site for you, Push all Dahan from those lands."
  

  See Summary of Action rules for more details on how triggered actions work in general.

  Adversary instructions saying "After Setup:" are not triggered actions, but just a specification of when that rule applies ("not during Setup"). We apologize for the wording overlap, and will be using "During Play:" or "Post-Setup:" moving forward.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Vengeance of the Dead, Portents of Disaster, Sworn to Victory (Thunderspeaker), 5 more...

Frequently Asked Questions

Invader Actions

• When a Ravage changes which pieces are in other lands, can that cause additional Ravages from the current Ravage Card?
  No. Determine which lands Ravage before resolving any of those Ravages. A land with no Invaders at this point won't Ravage even if Invaders are later added or moved there. However:

  • If a land already has Invaders participating in Ravage, the new Invaders also participate in that Ravage. Depending on how well the land is Defended and how many Dahan are present, this could be good (more Invaders destroyed in the counterattack) or bad (the Ravage now adds Blight from the extra Damage). You can resolve the two Ravages in whichever order is more advantageous.
  • If there's another Ravage Card this turn, that card can now cause Ravages in any matching lands that are no longer empty.

  This applies both to lands that "naturally" match the Ravage Card (e.g., a Jungle when the Ravage Card is Sands+Jungles) and to lands that match the Ravage Card due to an extra effect (e.g., lands with 3+ Explorers against the Tsardom of Russia Level 3+). Thus, for instance, against the Tsardom of Russia level 3+, if a Ravage pushes an Explorer by the Level 2 effect "A Sense for Impending Disaster", it can't cause a Ravage to happen by the Level 3 effect "Competition Among Hunters" from the same card, but can cause a Ravage from a following Ravage Card added by the Level 5 effect "Entrench in the Face of Fear."

  Explore and Build Cards work similarly, albeit without the concern around the amount of Damage.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ravage, Ordering, Do not participate in Ravage, Matches, 4 more...

Power Cards

• Can Weave Together the Fabric of Place affect victory/loss condition X?
  Yes, Weave Together the Fabric of Place makes the lands one land for all purposes, including victory/loss for conditions like in the Dahan Insurrection scenario.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Victory and Defeat, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Kingdom of Scotland, Dahan Insurrection, 1 more...
• How does "Absolute Stasis" interact with victory condition X or loss condition Y?
  It doesn't, per the text on the card. The land is an ordinary land for any game-end conditions.

  For instance:

  • You can't win by using Stasis on the land with the last Cities;
  • You can't lose by using Stasis on the last of a Spirit's Presence
  • Beasts in that land count for Russia's additional loss condition; and
  • The final Ravage in Dahan Insurrection does not happen in that land, but any Invaders left there count against the victory condition.
    Tags: Victory and Defeat, Absolute Stasis (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Tsardom of Russia, Kingdom of Scotland, 3 more...

Range and Targeting

• Is a land adjacent to itself? Is it within Range 1 of itself? Can it be the nearest land to itself that meets a particular condition? Does Isolate change that?
  No, yes, yes, and no. In particular:

  • A land is never adjacent to itself, not even in particularly unusual cases.
  • A land is always at exactly Range 0 of itself, and therefore "within Range 1," "within Range 2," etc.
  • If a land meets a particular condition (e.g., "with Dahan"), it's its own "nearest land" meeting that condition.
  • Isolating a land doesn't change any of these answers, since none require checking which other lands are adjacent.

  For some practical examples:

  • It's impossible to Push a piece from a land to itself or Gather a piece from a land to itself, since those move to/from adjacent lands.
  • The threshold of "The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain" (Major Power) can't Repeat that Power on the original target land, since that land is not adjacent to itself.
  • The first threshold of "Explosive Eruption" (Volcano Looming High's left Innate Power) can deal damage in the target land (the land where the Power destroyed Presence). Also, the third and fourth thresholds of both deal damage in the target land.
  • During the Dahan Insurrection Scenario, if a City is destroyed in a land with Dahan, then "Military Response" adds a Town in that same land because there is no nearer land with Dahan.
  • "Exports Fuel Inward Growth" (The Kingdom of Scotland Level 6) adds Towns to a land with Towns/Cities even if there are no adjacent Towns/Cities (either "naturally" or due to Isolate).
    Tags: Isolate, Push, Gather, Range, 27 more...

Scenarios

• In the Dahan Insurrection scenario, if Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares moves Dahan do they do real damage or shadow damage?
  They deal real damage.

  It is the scenario that is causing the damage, not Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, so its special rule does not apply.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, Dahan Insurrection, To Dream a Thousand Deaths (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares), Transforming Aspect (Heart of the Wildfire), 2 more...
• How does Isolate interact with the Military Response rule in the Dahan Insurrection Scenario?
  Oddly. The simplest way to play it is "Military Response ignores Isolate". If you want a more thematic but more complex game, use "The new Invader must be added to a non-Isolated land. Ignore Isolate effects when determining which lands are closest."
  Tags: Isolate, Dahan Insurrection
• For Dahan Insurrection, what types of actions are Constant Raiding and Military Reprisal?
  They're Scenario actions, triggered after anything that moves Dahan or destroys Towns/Cities (respectively). If an action triggers both, Constant Raiding must come before Military Reprisal.
  Tags: Dahan Insurrection
• How does the Transforming Aspect interact with the Dahan Insurrection Scenario?
  The Transform Rather Than Consume Special Rule saves Towns/Cities from destruction and Replaces them instead, so it will not trigger Military Response.

  Constant Raiding is a triggered Scenario Action, so it doesn't interact with Transform Rather Than Consume at all. The Dahan will do Damage normally and potentially trigger Military Response.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Saved From Destruction, Dahan Insurrection, Transforming Aspect (Heart of the Wildfire), 0 more...
• In the Dahan Insurrection Scenario, what is the timing of "Coordinated Insurrection" (the uprising instead of a terror victory)? Can the Insurrection trigger actions – e.g., "Vengeance of the Dead"?
  The Insurrection replaces the normal Terror Victory, so happens after the first action tree where you reach Terror Level 4. Yes, the Insurrection can trigger actions, which can can help fulfill victory conditions (or prevent them, in the case of "Military Response").

  The new wording would be "When you would win a Terror Victory (Level 4), instead: in each land with Dahan, Dahan deal damage as if fighting back after a Ravage. After completing these actions (and any triggered actions), if you do not meet the Scenario victory conditions, you lose."
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Victory and Defeat, Timing, Dahan Insurrection, 1 more...
• In the Dahan Insurrection scenario, what's the timing and ordering of Constant Raiding and Military Response? If a Power both moves Dahan and deals damage *(eg, Vigor of the Breaking Dawn)*, which happens first?
  Constant Raiding (Dahan that moved deal damage) triggers after each action that moves Dahan. Military Response (add Towns/Explorers for Cities/Towns destroyed) triggers after each action that destroys Towns/Cities. If both trigger, Constant Raiding happens first; this means that newly added Invaders won't be damaged by the Dahan that moved.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Triggered Actions, Dahan Insurrection

Spirits and Innate Powers

• If Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares uses "Mists of Oblivion," do they get the Power Card's bonus fear for destroying Towns/Cities? (Relatedly, can they trigger "Vengeance of the Dead"?)
  No. No Towns/Cities are actually destroyed, so "Mists of Oblivion" grants no bonus Fear. And similarly, "Vengeance of the Dead" doesn't deal any Damage.

  "To Dream a Thousand Deaths" only changes what happens when Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares would destroy/damage Invaders. It doesn't change what happens if an effect checks whether or not Invaders actually got destroyed.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Fear, Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, Mists of Oblivion, To Dream a Thousand Deaths (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares), 5 more...
• Are pieces in The Endless Dark still on the island?
  Yes, they are still on the island for all purposes, even though they aren't in a land or on a board.

  In particular:

  • Invaders in The Endless Dark block a Terror Level victory.
  • Presence in The Endless Dark prevents loss from Spirit elimination.
  • Beasts in The Endless Dark count towards preventing a loss against the Tsardom of Russia.
  • Towns in The Endless Dark count towards a loss against the Kingdom of France.
  • Presence in The Endless Dark can be destroyed by Events and Blight Cards that destroy Presence from each Spirit (but not those that destroy Presence from specific boards).

  However, it is not a land, and thus:

  • The Endless Dark does not count for loss conditions that are based on contents of a particular land, like Habsburg Mining Colony or the Kingdom of England.

  Tags: Victory and Defeat, Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine, The Endless Dark (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), Tsardom of Russia, 15 more...
• If Finder of Paths Unseen causes Heart of the Wildfire to add/move Presence, destroying Invaders, does Finder need to pay for "Responsibilities to the Dead"? What if Finder destroys some of Volcano's Presence? Or if Finder moves Dahan during Dahan Insurrection?
  No for Wildfire and Dahan Insurrection. Yes for Volcano, assuming the damage from destroying Volcano's Presence destroys 1 or more Invaders/Dahan.

  When adding/moving Wildfire's Presence generally or moving Dahan during Dahan Insurrection, Finder's action itself did not cause any destruction. It "directly triggers" the destruction (via Wildfire's "Blazing Presence" special rule or the "Constant Raiding" scenario rule), but it does so by adding/moving Presence/Dahan, not by moving the destroyed Invaders. (Earlier printings of Wildfire incorrectly said "when" instead of "after" for the Special Rule; see the errata / clarifications on triggered actions.) This remains true even when a Power like "Traveler's Boon" moves both the Presence/Dahan and the destroyed Invader – while it did move the Invader and did directly trigger the destruction of the Invader, it didn't directly trigger the destruction of the Invader by moving it.

  "Collapse in a Blast of Lava and Steam" is phrased as a modifier when Volcano's Presence is destroyed, it modifies the current action to also do 1 Damage. If that action is Finder's, it's Finder dealing the damage. (This would have worked more thematically if "Collapse in a Blast of Lava and Steam" had been a triggered action, since then it would have been Volcano dealing the damage.)
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Triggered Actions, Finder of Paths Unseen, Responsibilities to the Dead (Finder of Paths Unseen), Blazing Presence (Heart of the Wildfire), 5 more...