Elemental Invocation

Frequently Asked Questions

Aspects

• When Dark Fire gains a Moon/Fire for only a single action (e.g., when playing Elemental Invocation), can it treat that Element as the other?
  Yes. That is an Element available to you, even if it's only available for a limited purpose.

  This also applies in the rare case that the Dark Fire Aspect is gifted "Elemental Teachings" and spends a prepared Element marker to have an Element for a single action. But it doesn't let the Dark Fire Aspect use Moon markers as Fire markers or vice versa, whether to spend with "Elemental Teachings" or spend for the effect via the Intensify Aspect. (The Dark Fire Aspect has flexibility in the first case only because even though it spends a Moon Marker as a Moon Marker, the resulting Moon Element can instead count as a Fire Element.)
  Tags: Elements, Element markers, Elemental Invocation, Dark Fire Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flames), 2 more...
• When the Dark Fire Aspect is playing a Scenario that cares about the Elements of cards you own, can it count Fire as Moon and vice versa?
  Yes. Though the Aspect only explicitly refers to Elements in play and to choice Events, it's also intended to work with scenarios like Rituals of the Destroying Flame and Elemental Invocation.
  Tags: Elements, Dark Fire Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flames), Rituals of the Destroying Flame, Elemental Invocation, 1 more...

Scenarios

• The definition of Accelerate in the Jagged Earth rulebook says that the affected Invader Card is discarded, but the reminder text on Elemental Invocation says it gets removed from the game. Which one is correct?
  The rulebook.

  Rules text trumps reminder text. This is occasionally relevant for effects that interact with the Invader Card discard.
  Tags: Accelerate, Elemental Invocation, Learn the Invader's Tactics (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 1 more...
• In Elemental Invocation, can a Spirit use Element Markers to legally target an Innate Power that would do nothing (and thus be untargetable) without those Elements?
  Yes, you can use those Elements to meet the requirement that a Power have the potential to do something. (But as usual, Range or Speed changes don't count as “potential to do something”.)

  This was not clear in earlier printings, but is clarified on the Scenario panel in later printings.
  Tags: Elements, Elemental Invocation
• When are Scenario Markers / Element Markers considered pieces?
  Nearly anytime they're placed on the board. The only exception is if they're purely a visual reminder, like in The Great River, or if used to mark Inner Lands for Guard The Isle's Heart. (JE p. 35, "Piece")

  This might be revisited if future content results in weird situations, as some of the cases are kind of borderline (eg: Rituals of the Destroying Flame), but for now the simplicity of "always" wins out.

  Element Markers placed on the board for Elemental Invocation are not considered "pieces" - the first printings of Jagged Earth considered them as pieces that were basically non-interactable (since they're not in any land); it's cleaner to just not count them as pieces at all.
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• Can you mix two or more Scenarios?
  You can, but it's not officially supported (they're not tested in pairs), so you'll need to use your own judgment when combining them - what will play well together, how Difficult it might be, and if there are any tweaks you need to make to avoid degenerate situations.

  Scenarios exist on sort of a spectrum between "mods" (Varied Terrains, Elemental Invocation) and "goal-driven" (Ward the Shores). Mixing two Scenarios on the goal-driven end of the spectrum tends to result in more oddness, whereas mixing a mod-like Scenario with others tends to be cleaner (though Difficulty may be notably impacted by synergies / anti-synergies between the two).
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Difficulty, Varied Terrains, Elemental Invocation, Ward the Shores, 0 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• With Shifting Memory of Ages and the Elemental Invocation scenario, are the Element Markers considered to be in the adjacent lands for the purposes of Observe the Ever-Changing World?
  No - they're not in the land, they're on a corner between lands.
  Tags: Pieces, Element markers, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Elemental Invocation, 0 more...