Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• For Habsburg Level 1 (Migratory Herders), does it check all Build Cards, or just those in the normal Build Space?
  The intent is that it only checks cards in the Build Space printed on the Invader Board, but that isn't explicitly spelled out for space reasons (and because it doesn't matter 99% of the time). If you play it as written (also checking Build Cards in other places), that's totally fine.

  Situations where it makes a difference include are playing double-Adversary with England Lvl 3+ (the High Immigration step has Build Cards) and the Event Card "Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid" (which can turn a Ravage Card into a Build Card).
  Tags: Build Step, Build Cards, Combining Adversaries, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 2 more...
• How does Farmers Seek the Dahan For Aid affect Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 1?
  It doesn't — it changes the next Ravage Card to a Build Card, but doesn't affect the Invader Steps.

  Likewise if the Build is entirely skipped by Immigration Slows, there is still a Build Step and Habsburg Lvl 1 still happens.
  Tags: Build Step, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Immigration Slows, 1 more...
• When the Ravage Card is Salt Deposits, does "Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid" cause it to Build in Mining lands, Ravage in Mining lands, or Build in non-Mining lands?
  Build in Mining lands.

  Which lands the Salt Deposits card matches is determined by the space it’s in on the Invader Board, so it always matches Mining lands in the Ravage space. "Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid" then turns the Salt Deposits card into a Build Card. Since "Ceaseless Mining" only affects the Build Step, Invaders thus only Build during this rather unusual Ravage Step.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Ravage, Matches, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, 1 more...

Definitions

• When an effect reduces the Health of a piece (or it loses a bonus to Health), and it has already taken damage equal to its new health, is it destroyed immediately?
  Yes. (Branch & Claw rulebook p. 16)

  Invaders and Dahan have Health and take Damage. As soon as they have taken as much Damage as their Health, they are destroyed, whether that comes from taking more Damage or having their Health reduced.

  Unlike in some other games, doing Damage normally doesn't reduce the Health of the Invaders; there are two separate totals.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Health, Damage, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Years of Little Rain, 7 more...

Event Cards

• For the token effect "New Diseases", you do something on half the boards. Are you allowed to choose boards with no valid lands?
  Yes, you can choose boards with no lands that have both Invaders and Dahan.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Half the boards, New Species Spread, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, New Diseases, 0 more...

General Play

• When an effect happens "on each board," can it be split among multiple lands on that board?
  Yes, unless the effect affects "a land" / "a single land" or is otherwise more specific.
  

  To illustrate the difference, "On Each Board: Push 2 Dahan from a land with Blight to a land without Blight" ("Forsake the Barren Land") must Push both Dahan from the same land because they must both leave "a land with Blight." In contrast, "On Each Board: Push up to 2 Dahan" ("Hard-Working Settlers") can simultaneously Push Dahan from different lands, since it doesn't set any conditions on which land(s) the Dahan leave.

  Similarly, if such an action has multiple instructions, like "On Each Board: Add 1 Beasts. Remove 1 Disease." ("Life's Balance Tilts"), it can resolve each of its instructions in a different land (in this case, adding a Beasts token in one land and removing a Disease token from a different land).
  Tags: Actions, On Each Board, Distracted by Local Troubles, Seek Company, 10 more...
• What's the timing of ongoing effects expiring?
  All "this turn" effects wear off at the same time. For now, assume all normal Time Passes activity (discard, lose elements, clear damage, ongoing effects expire) is simultaneous. Cards like "Gift of Constancy" (which modify discarding Powers) or "Unquenchable Flames" work because they explicitly specify a timing.

  Rules for non-standard things that happen during Time Passes (like Shroud of Silent Mist's "Slow and Silent Death") can be done before or after effects wearing off unless otherwise specified.

  If it ever becomes clear that there really ought to be some sort of internal ordering to Time Passes, we'll call out that ordering in whatever expansion / FAQ it becomes relevant.
  Tags: Time Passes, Timing, Defend, Action Modifiers, 38 more...
• When a piece or the land has both a bonus and a malus to Health, can players benefit from the standard "min. 1" limit on the malus by applying all of the penalties before the bonuses?
  No, the restriction that Health can't go below 1 applies to the final Health at the end of the computation, not on any intermediate state where only some of the Health modifiers have been applied. Apply all of the bonuses and maluses at once to get the final Health value, and then apply the "min 1." limit at the end.

  This mostly comes up when there are multiple maluses at once or when a single malus is -2 or more. For example, if the land is under the effect of "All Things Weaken" (-1 Health), "Depleted Soil" (-1 Health in lands with Towns/Cities), and "Anchor the Land's Resilience" (+8 Health in Sacred Sites of Vital Strength of the Earth's Resilience Aspect), the final total is 2−1−1+8=8 Health for the land, even though applying the penalties "first" made the Health 0 in the middle of the computation.
  Tags: Health, Durable, All Things Weaken, The Land's Bounty Exhausted, 19 more...

Invader Actions

• Can the "next normal" Ravage or Build be on a future turn?
  Yes.

  If the Ravage or Build Space is empty, or if the Invader Card in that space has been changed into a different type of Invader Card (e.g., the next normal Ravage Card becoming a Build Card) leave the relevant Event Card in that space until the effect has a chance to apply.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ravage, Build, Events, Normal Action, 6 more...
• What counts as a single Ravage when "the next normal Ravage" is affected?
  A "normal" Ravage refers to a single Ravage Card in the Ravage Space printed on the board, resolving during the Ravage Step. Similarly the "normal" Build/Explore refers to a Build/Explore Card in the Build/Explore Space printed on the Invader Board, resolving during the Build/Explore Step. (See B&C p. 15 or JE p. 27)

  Thus anything modifying the "next normal" Invader Card of a particular type affects both terrains on a Stage III card, but only one card if there are multiple cards in the space. It doesn't apply to extra steps added by Adversaries like England, Invader Actions caused by an Event or Power (unless modifying how the existing card works), or if an Event swaps an Invader Card to a different type than the space it's in (e.g., turning a card in the Ravage Space into a Build Card). It does include extra actions created by an Invader Card due to a modifier to that card.

  As an exception to the normal rules about ongoing effects expiring when Time Passes, modifiers to the "next normal" Invader Action can persist into future turns in the rare case that there is no Invader Card in the appropriate space on the turn the modifier is added (or even more rarely, if the only card in space has had its type changed to no longer correspond to the space it's in).
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, Normal Action, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Heavy Farming, 5 more...
• What does the 2nd choice in Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid modify: a Ravage Step, a Ravage Card, or Ravage Actions?
  Read "the next normal Ravage becomes a Build" as "the next normal Ravage Card (even on a future turn) becomes a Build Card".

  The step is still the Ravage Step, so anything that specifically happens before, during, or after the Ravage Step will still happen at its normal time (but no Build Step effects will apply). Nevertheless, the resolved Invader card will obey all Build Card rules (both normal and Adversary-driven), cause Build Actions, etc.

  See New Nomenclature Roundup for a list of how to read ambiguous older game items.
  Tags: Ravage, Build, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Kingdom of Scotland, 3 more...
• Are the extra Builds from Bureaucrats Adjust Funding part of the normal Build for the purposes of Panicked by Wild Beasts?
  Yes, if the Build Card is in the Build Space, Panicked by Wild Beasts level 2 or 3 skips any additional Builds it causes via Bureaucrats Adjust Funding.

  Bureaucrats Adjust Funding modifies how the Build Card works, and thus any additional Build Actions it causes are normal if caused by a normal Build Card. (If the Build Card is not a normal Build Card because it's not in the Build Space printed on the Invader Board, then the extra Build Action isn't normal either.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Normal Action, Bureaucrats Adjust Funding, Panicked by Wild Beasts, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 3 more...
• What happens if one effect modifies "the next normal Ravage" and another effect skips it?
  If the next normal Ravage is skipped, then the effect that modifies the Ravage remains in effect until a Ravage actually occurs.

  This can happen, eg, if the event Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid (the next normal Ravage becomes a Build) occurs on a turn when there is no card in the Ravage slot, and on the next turn the event Urban Development (during the next normal Ravage, each City does +2 damage) occurs. Because of Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, the Ravage is skipped, so Urban Development remains active until the next turn.

  Note that this only applies if the Ravage is effected globally, and not if the Ravage is modified in only some lands.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ravage, Skipping Actions, Events, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, 4 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• If an effect changes the Health of all pieces that meet a particular condition, does that affect pieces in The Endless Dark?
  Yes, so long as it checks the traits of the piece itself (e.g., what type it is, how much Strife it has) rather than the traits of the land it’s in (e.g., if Blight is present, if at least 3+ Invaders are present).
  Tags: Health, Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine, The Endless Dark (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), Kingdom of England, 9 more...