Fragments of Yesteryear

Frequently Asked Questions

Aspects

• What happens when Fragments of Yesteryear is used on a land that has become part of the Ocean due to Deeps?
  Nothing particularly useful unless you're trying to remove Blight.

  You can't target an area that used to represent a particular sunken land, only the entire Ocean on that board. All of the former lands that make up the expanded Ocean lost their Setup Symbols during the merge. You'll remove Presence, Tokens, and Blight, and add nothing back (except possibly Ocean's Presence if using the thematic option for the Power).
  Tags: Fragments of Yesteryear, Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp)

Effect Rules

• Unlike for other Incarna, there is no way to bring back the Incarna of the Lair and Warrior Aspects. What happens if those Incarna get Destroyed/Removed/Replaced?
  They usually remain in the Incarna supply for the rest of the game, since there's normally no way to bring them back[†]. Letting this happen is generally not a good idea. Fortunately, it is effectively impossible to Destroy, Remove, or Replace an Incarna without deliberately trying to do so, since the owner can choose to count the Incarna as no piece other than itself, and very few effects Destroy, Remove, or Replace pieces in general.

  [†] As of the release of Nature Incarnate, the only way to restore these Incarna is via the optional high-tracking rules for Fragments of Yesteryear.
  Tags: Remove, Destroy, Replace, Incarna, 3 more...
• Is it possible to Remove, Replace, or Destroy an Incarna that is counting only at itself?
  Yes, with either Fragments of Yesteryear or thresholded Cast Down Into the Briny Deep. If you don’t have an easy way to get your Incarna back, using either of those Powers near your Incarna is not recommended.
  Tags: Destroy, Remove, Replace, Incarna, 2 more...

Power Cards

• If you use Weave Together the Fabric of Place, what is the number of the conjoined land? Which board is it on?
  For land types based on contents ("a land with Blight") or geography ("a land adjacent to Mountains"), check the contents or geography of the conjoined land normally. Whether a land is Coastal bases off of its geography (whether it is adjacent to the printed Ocean area), so joining a Coastal land with an Inland land results in one big Coastal land. As a special exception, a land joined with the Ocean is still Coastal.

  For land types based on intrinsic (printed) characteristics (terrain, land number, Setup symbols, board), the conjoined land has the type of both original lands, even if this is normally impossible – you can create a land that's both Wetland and Jungle, both land #3 and land #1, has 4 Dahan setup symbols, and on both Board A and Board B.

  If you need to choose "the board" containing the conjoined land (e.g., Tsunami) or its "land number", you choose which single board or land number to use.
  Tags: Terrain, Land Types, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Tsunami, 2 more...
• Does Fragments of Yesteryear restore the Disease and Beasts added as part of Branch & Claw / Jagged Earth setup on the balanced boards?
  No, since those are not printed setup symbols, unlike the tokens printed on the thematic boards. However, restoring them is the more thematic option, so you're welcome to do that if your group is willing to take the extra time to figure out where the Beasts started.

  If you want to put in a bit more work, the most thematic option is to restore the land to how it looked at the end of setup, including the first Explore and all Spirit, Adversary, and Scenario setup. If you need to add Presence for a Spirit, use their destroyed Presence; if they don't have enough destroyed Presence, add as much as you can. Depending on the exact combination of Adversaries, Scenarios, and Spirits, this may require a good memory or photographs of the starting board state to track variable setup options (e.g., where Ocean's Hungry Grasp put its second Presence).
  Tags: Spirit setup, Island setup, Disease, Beasts, 1 more...

Scenarios

• What are the "spirit tokens" in power 7 of Powers Long Forgotten?
  Any of the cardboard tokens that help spirits, currently Beasts, Wilds, Disease, Strife, and Badlands.

  If specific Spirits/Aspects are in the game, this also includes Deeps, Quakes, and Vitality.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Spirit tokens, Powers Long Forgotten, Fragments of Yesteryear