Gift of Wind Sped Steps (Sun Bright Whirlwind)

Frequently Asked Questions

Effect Rules

• Can effects that change a Power’s Speed also change the Speed of other Actions taken in specific Phases? (e.g., dealing Damage with the Beasts token marked by "Unearth a Beast of Wrathful Stone")
  No. Speed changes apply to the original use of a Power, not to delayed effects of a Power (as in this case) nor to non-Power Actions (like Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine abducting pieces at its Incarna).
  Tags: Speed (Fast/Slow), Unearth a Beast of Wrathful Stone, Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine, Terror Stalks the Land (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), 9 more...

Scenarios

• When does Blitz reduce the cost of a Fast Power and when does Blitz refund Energy for a Power being Fast?
  When you play Power Cards by paying their costs {1}, total up the Energy cost of all of the Powers you’re playing and reduce it by 1 per Fast Power to determine how much you need to pay. If that number is negative, gain that much Energy as a refund.

  When using a Fast Innate Power that has the potential to do something for the first time each turn, gain 1 Energy as a refund.

  When you make a Slow Power Fast (via Swiftness of Lightning or similar) gain a 1 Energy rebate.

  If a Fast Power Card (or a Power Card made Fast) costs 1 or more Energy, also reduce its printed cost by 1 (e.g., for Repeating it with Gift of Strength or checking when it's played by Rhythmic Power Builds to a Cataclysmic Crescendo).

  {1} = This usually as part of the “Play and Pay For Power Cards” action in Spirit Phase, but sometimes a Power like Call on Midnight’s Dream tells you to do so.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Energy, Playing Power Cards, Blitz, Gift of Strength (Vital Strength of the Earth), 11 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Are there any Powers that use the words "Push" or "Gather" that Gift of Wind-Sped Steps can't make Fast?
  Not in Horizons of Spirit Island.

  In the Jagged Earth expansion, it can't affect Gather the Scattered Light of Stars — while that Power Card has "Gather" in its name, it doesn't have a Push/Gather instruction as part of its effect. (Other expansions have similar effects that check for specific instructions.)
  Tags: Gather, Push, Action Modifiers, Checking for instructions, 4 more...
• Can Gift of Wind-Sped Steps affect a Power which *might* Gather or Push something, like Devouring Teeth's innate power Death Approaches From Beneath the Surface?
  Yes. Gift of Wind-Sped Steps can make Fast any Power with "Gather" or "Push" in the text effects, even if the Gather/Push is conditional or optional.
  Tags: Gather, Push, Action Modifiers, Gift of Wind-Sped Steps (Sun-Bright Whirlwind), 1 more...