Firestorm (Heart of the Wildfire)

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• When Volcano Looming High uses Explosive Eruption vs Tsardom of Russia Level 2+, can they Push 1 Explorer from the origin land (when it does damage by destroying Presence) then destroy that Explorer using the thresholds of the innate that deal damage to nearby lands? Does that Push the Explorer again?
  No, and no. Actions can't destroy Invaders that were saved from destruction earlier in that same action, so the runaway Explorer is safe. And all the damage is part of a single action, so you only Push them (and generate Fear) once.

  The damage from destroying your Presence is part of the same action because the Special Rule says "When you destroy your Presence..." – it modifies how other actions work while they're happening.
  Tags: Destroy, Saved From Destruction, Action Modifiers, Damage, 25 more...

Effect Rules

• When a piece is saved from destruction by an action and then replaced (e.g., by the Transforming Aspect of Heart of the Wildfire replacing a Town/City with Explorers), can the replaced piece(s) be affected by any Damage/Destroy instructions remaining in the original action?
  No, the original pieces were saved from destruction by that action, so they can't be chosen for further Damage or Destroy instructions even in their new form. The Transforming Aspect can't, e.g., deal 2 Damage to a Town with Heart of the Wildfire's "Firestorm" Innate Power, Push the resulting Explorers to another one of its lands with Blight, and then use remaining "Firestorm" Damage to harm them there.

  This protection remains even if another action was responsible for the replacement. For example, if Volcano Looming High uses "Explosive Eruption" against the Tsardom of Russia Level 2+, and it:

  • Destroys an Explorer with one of the early thresholds, which is saved from destruction by Russia's Level 2, "A Sense for Impending Disaster";
  • Adds Blight with the third threshold, flipping the "Thriving Communities" Blight Card; and
  • Replaces that saved Explorer with a Town due to "Thriving Communities";

  then the resulting Town is still safe from any remaining "Explosive Eruption" Damage from the fourth threshold.
  Tags: Destroy, Replace, Saved From Destruction, Transforming Aspect (Heart of the Wildfire), 5 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.)
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, Sparking Aspect (Lightning's Swift Strike), Haven Aspect (River Surges in Sunlight), Foreboding Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), 54 more...

General Play

• If you deal damage in multiple lands with a single instruction, does the damage happen simultaneously? Against Russia level 2+, if one of those lands is Isolated, can you attempt to Push an Isolated Explorer and thus destroy it?
  Damage instructions are simultaneous in all the lands where they apply. Russia's "Sense for Impending Disaster" effect requires you to Push an Explorer if you can (and generate 1 Fear); you cannot pick an Isolated Explorer as the one to Push if you have another choice.

  This applies to any effect that deals damage in multiple lands at once.
  Tags: Damage, Action Modifiers, Bloodwrack Plague, Fire and Flood, 12 more...

Power Cards

• Does "Entwined Power" (you and target Spirit may use each others’ Presence to target Powers) also allow you to count the other Spirit's Presence for the text effects of Powers (e.g., getting 1 Fear and dealing 1 Damage with "Pull Beneath the Hungry Earth")? How about for determining which lands are "your lands" for the purpose of a Power?
  No. Those are effects of Powers; Entwined Power only helps targeting – i.e., meeting the requirements in the "Range" and "Target" boxes.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Targeting, Entwined Power, Locus Aspect (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island), Gift of Living Energy, 48 more...

Range and Targeting

• Do Range buffs apply to Powers that affect "a land with your Presence" or "one of your lands"?
  No. "A land with your Presence" specifies a requirement for the land you're affecting (similar to, eg, "a land with Dahan" or "a land with Blight"), not a numeric Range. While it is usually the same in practice as "a land at Range 0", when using effects that modify Range the distinction matters.

  For powers like Punish Those Who Trespass or Firestorm that have a base effect with normal range and a further effect referring to "lands where you have presence", the range on the base effect can be extended, but the further part cannot.

  For instance, if you reach all the thresholds of Punish Those Who Trespass and have extended range, you can use the base effect to deal damage in a distant land and use the further part to deal damage where you have presence (without extension).
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Range, Presence, Targeting, Reaching Grasp, 10 more...