Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble

Frequently Asked Questions

Effect Rules

• If an Invader is saved from destruction (e.g., by the Tsardom of Russia Level 2+), does it count towards effects that check which pieces were destroyed?
  No, since it wasn't actually destroyed.
  Tags: Saved From Destruction, Tsardom of Russia, Never Heard From Again (Lure of the Deep Wilderness), Darkness Swallows the Unwary (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), 10 more...
• What's the timing of Strife removal? When Invaders have reduced Health per Strife, do they get it back before damage is dealt?
  The Strife is removed before they deal Damage (JE rules p. 7, Ravage Timing sidebar). This means that if their Health is reduced by Strife (via effects like the Panic Fear card) they get their Health restored first.

  This matters if Dahan are dealing damage simultaneously to Invaders, with powers like Words of Warning or Why Don't You and Them Fight.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Strife, Ravage, Panic, Unrest, 5 more...

General Play

• Can Strife be added to a land without Invaders?
  No, Strife can only be added directly to an Invader. If no Invaders are present, any instruction to add Strife is skipped.
  Tags: Strife, Bargain of Coursing Paths, A Real Flair for Discord (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble, 0 more...

Power Cards

• In Pent-Up Calamity, when you "return" Strife, where does it go?
  "Return" here means to Add back into the targeted land. In the case of Strife tokens, they can go onto any Invaders, not necessarily the ones that they were removed from.

  This also counts as adding those tokens for the purposes of, e.g., Grinning Trickster's A Real Flair for Discord special rule.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Pent-Up Calamity, Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble, Roiling Waters (Wounded Waters Bleeding), Wounded Waters Bleeding, 1 more...
• If the text of Strong and Constant Currents is resolved in an inland land (e.g., due to Let's See What Happens), can it move Dahan?
  Yes.

  "One other Coastal land" doesn't re-check if the target land is Coastal — it just means "a Coastal land that is not target land."
  Tags: Strong and Constant Currents, Let's See What Happens (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble, Locus Aspect (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island), 0 more...
• If you Repeat Infestation of Venomous Spiders with threshold, does the "this Power" in the threshold refer to all uses of the Power that turn, granting Damage twice from each skip?
  No, when you check what "this Power" does, it refers to one use of the Power, not every use that turn. Any Action skipped by one use of Infestation of Venomous Spiders will only cause Damage from that use's threshold, not from any Repeats.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Repeat, Infestation of Venomous Spiders, Focus the Land's Anguish, 8 more...
• How do Badlands / Flame's Fury work with Veil the Night's Hunt? How about Trickster's innate "Why Don't You and Them Fight"? Or (other Power that specifies unusual conditions on what can be damaged)?
  For Veil the Night's Hunt, deal 1 bonus Damage to an Invader that's already taking Damage. (You can't use it to deal damage to more Invaders than there are Dahan in the land.) For Let's You and Them Fight, damage boosts can only apply to the Dahan and Invader taking damage from each other.

  Badlands and Flame's Fury respect limits on "What could this Power have damaged?" This may include caps on the number of Invaders being Damaged, or specification of exactly which Invader(s) are to be damaged.

  (For a few more examples of the same basic principle, you can take a look at the Horizons FAQ on boosting damage.)
  Tags: Badlands, Veil the Night's Hunt, Slave Rebellion, Why Don't You and Them Fight (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), 12 more...

Spirit Phase

• When your Presence track gives you "Any" element, when do you have to choose what element that is? Can you change what it is during the turn?
  You can wait until the middle of your turn to choose what it is, but once you've set it for a turn, it can't change that turn [base rulebook p. 14, last item under Presence Tracks]

  This holds true even if you're restricted on which Elements you can choose (e.g., Wounded Waters Bleeding having a "Water / Animal" space instead of a full "Any"). [Nature Incarnate rulebook p. 9]

  This contrasts with the timing of choosing flexible Elements gained from different sources.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, "Any" element, Timing, Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, 10 more...
• With Spirits that choose more than 1 Growth option, can I see the results of one choice before picking the next?
  Yes — you can completely finish resolving your first Growth choice before making your second choice.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Growth, Sharp Fangs behind the Leaves, Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds, Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island, 3 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Does Grinning Trickster's rightmost Growth Option just use the Card Plays revealed on the Presence Track, or does it include modifiers *(eg, Back Against the Wall, or Invader benefit 4 in Powers Long Forgotten)*?
  The printed number on the Plays track. In general, effects that scale via the Energy/Plays on Presence tracks use the printed numbers rather than the amount of Energy or Plays actually usable during a given Spirit Phase, whether or not they explicitly say so.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Growth, Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble, Back Against the Wall, Powers Long Forgotten, 4 more...
• Do you pick the target for Let's See What Happens before or after seeing what card you draw?
  Before.

  It's a power like any other, so you need to pick its target before you start resolving it.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Let's See What Happens (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble
• What does "-X Cost" mean on a growth option or power threshold?
  It means you have to pay that much Energy to take that growth option or trigger that level of your power. (Branch & Claw rulebook, p. 15)

  If you don't have the Energy, you can't take the option.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Energy, Sharp Fangs behind the Leaves, Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds, Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island, 2 more...
• Can a Spirit like Finder get its Presence in an in-play Ocean using "Move 1 Presence" on a growth track?
  No, because that is not a Power or Blight.

  The same applies to Presence placement during Growth or Growth options allowing movement.

  You can use Mists Shift and Flow to move Presence into the Ocean, as that happens as part of the targeting of a Power.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Growth, Move, Finder of Paths Unseen, Ocean's Hungry Grasp, 8 more...
• For the Fire/Sun level of Why Don't You and Them fight, do the Dahan and Invader damage each other simultaneously? Does Defend help? Does Strife help?
  Yes, yes, and yes. As usual, if Strife is used, remove 1 Strife.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Strife, Defend, Dahan, Invaders, 2 more...