Downgrade

Frequently Asked Questions

Aspects

• When the Intensify Aspect spends a Moon Marker when replacing a piece of type A with a piece of type B (e.g., replacing 1 Explorer with 1 Dahan with Call of the Dahan Ways), how many piece of type B will there be?
  One per piece of type A that was replaced. So in this case, if there were two Explorers present, there would then be two Dahan.
  Tags: Replace, Upgrade, Downgrade, Intensify Aspect (Shifting Memory of Ages), 7 more...
• Can the Intensify Aspect spend any Element markers on Push, Gather, Bring, Upgrade, or Downgrade instructions?
  Yes. Push, Gather, and Bring are all special forms of Move, so they can be boosted with Water markers. Upgrade and Downgrade are special forms of Replace (or Remove, in the case of downgrading Explorers), so they can be boosted with Moon markers.
  Tags: Element markers, Upgrade, Downgrade, Push, 3 more...

Effect Rules

• If multiple pieces would be upgraded or downgraded simultaneously (e.g., with the Lair Aspect), is it possible to upgrade or downgrade the same piece multiple times?
  No. Pick all of the pieces you want to replace first, then upgrade/downgrade them all at the same time.

  However, it is possible to upgrade/downgrade a piece multiple times if they are replaced as part of different instructions (e.g., downgrading the same Invader with two different thresholds of Lost in the Endless Dark) or with two different actions (e.g., different players downgrading pieces in the same land with Trade Suffers at Terror Level III). Also, the special rule granted by Serene Waters explicitly allows choosing the same piece twice even if the timing is ambiguous.
  Tags: Timing, Upgrade, Downgrade, Replace, 7 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Can Fear/Event actions destroy Invaders in The Endless Dark?
  Yes. While Event and Fear Card actions generate Fear rather than removing Invaders, those actions are free to destroy, damage, replace, or otherwise harm the Invaders in any way that doesn't use the keyword "Remove" (other than downgrading Explorers, since that's defined as removing them).

  Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine has no such restrictions with its own Powers, and is free to Remove Invaders or Downgrade Explorers like normal.
  Tags: Remove, Replace, Damage, Destroy, 3 more...