Jagged Earth

Errata / Updates

Effect Rules

• Core game, Branch & Claw, Promo, Jagged Earth - all printings
  Errata / Clarification on which items are triggered actions -- Jagged Earth formalized how triggered actions work. The following earlier items are triggered actions ("after X, do Y") even though their wording doesn't use "after":

  • Vengeance of the Dead (Major Power, core game);
  • Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp special rule, core game);
  • Sworn to Victory¹ (Thunderspeaker special rule, core game);
  • Blazing Presence² (Heart of the Wildfire special rule, promo 1);
  • Constant Raiding (Dahan Insurrection Scenario rule, core game);
  • Military Response (Dahan Insurrection Scenario rule, core game).

  The following items are also triggered actions ("after X, do Y") even though their wording doesn't use "after" (but practically speaking it doesn't matter much):

  • Portents of Disaster (Minor Power - Branch & Claw);
  • Forbidden Ground³ (Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds special rule - Branch & Claw);
  • Deep Layers Exposed to the Surface (Stone's Unyielding Defiance special rule - Jagged Earth)

  ¹ = The trigger is "After a Ravage destroys 1 or more Dahan..." and does not involve Blight; see this FAQ entry for elaboration.
  ² = This rule used to say "When you add or move Presence...". More recent printings of the Spirit correctly say "After you add or move [Presence] after Setup...".
  ³ = Read as, "After one or more lands become a Sacred Site for you, Push all Dahan from those lands."
  

  See Summary of Action rules for more details on how triggered actions work in general.

  Adversary instructions saying "After Setup:" are not triggered actions, but just a specification of when that rule applies ("not during Setup"). We apologize for the wording overlap, and will be using "During Play:" or "Post-Setup:" moving forward.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Vengeance of the Dead, Portents of Disaster, Sworn to Victory (Thunderspeaker), 5 more...
• Jagged Earth - 1st and 2nd printings
  Update for Badlands tokens -- Instead of "the first time an action damages Invaders", each Badlands token boosts damage "one time an action damages Invaders". (So it could be the 2nd time, 3rd time, etc.)

  This is relevant only rarely - eg, on Pyroclastic Bombardment (which deals damage to Invaders multiple times with different restrictions on which Invaders can take Damage), or Voice of Command (which causes a Ravage to deal damage to Invaders multiple times with different restrictions).

  (Badlands works the same way for Dahan - boosting damage one time, rather than the first time - but there are no actions where that makes much of a practical difference.)
  Tags: Badlands, Pyroclastic Bombardment, Voice of Command

Setup

• Jagged Earth - 1st printing
  Errata for Badlands setup on Thematic Boards (JE p. 6) -- Land #9 on the West board should have 2 Badlands tokens, not just 1.
  Tags: Badlands, Thematic map

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• With Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 5 (Wave of Immigration), do you do the effect before or after the Explore on that turn?
  After.

  The reminder card is not revealed until you advance the Invader cards, the last step of the Invader Phase.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Ordering, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)
• Does a Build have to happen for Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 1 to Gather Towns?
  No, there is always a Build Step, so the matching lands will still Gather Towns, even if the Build was skipped there.
  Tags: Build Step, Skipping Actions, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)
• When playing with against France, what happens to Towns that end up somewhere other than on the island (e.g., on the Great River panel)?
  They go back into the pool of available Towns for France's loss condition, like if they were removed/destroyed. If the Towns would be used for tracking elsewhere, track that thing with another component. (e.g., swap them for 2 Explorers on the panel for Ocean's Hungry Grasp or use Scenario Markers to represent Towns that escaped in the Great River scenario.)

  The intent of France's Town pool is to track how many Towns are on the island; it's just considerably easier to do this with a limited Town pool than by counting the number on the board every time one gets added. In cases where the Towns permanently leave play, it's appropriate to return them to the supply to keep that count correct, even if they'd otherwise be removed from the game entirely (e.g., by the leather sack in Powers Long Forgotten).
  Tags: The Great River, Kingdom of France, Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Ocean's Hungry Grasp, 1 more...
• Does cascading Blight contribute to the loss condition of Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)?
  Yes, as long as the original Ravage Action in a land caused 8+ damage.
  Tags: Ravage, Blight, Victory and Defeat, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 0 more...
• How many Actions is the Habsburg Livestock Colony Escalation?
  One Action per board with 4 or fewer Blight followed by one additional Action per board with 2 or fewer Blight, for a maximum of 2 Actions per board.

  If you are able to move or destroy the first added Town with a triggered Action, it is possible to choose that land again for the second added Town.
  Tags: Actions, Stage II escalation, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)
• For Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 4, when "Destroy Town" effects turn to Damage, does that Damage have to respect restrictions on which Towns could have been destroyed?
  Yes. For instance, if you Push a Durable Town into a land affected by Melt Earth Into Quicksand that also has several other Towns, the resulting "2 Damage to Town only" may only be done to the Pushed Town, because that's the only one the Destroy could have affected.

  If you had "Destroy 2 Towns with (Strife)", the 4 Damage could only be done to 2 Towns with Strife. Etc. Basically, consider Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 4's text to read "2 Damage to those Towns" instead of just "2 Damage to Towns". (This wording will be updated in a future printing.)

  This does include "number of Towns", which is relevant for cases like Drought, which can't spread out its "6 Damage to Towns" among 6 different Towns then wipe them all out with "1 Damage to Town/City".
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Durable, Damage, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Melt Earth Into Quicksand, 1 more...
• Is the "6 or more damage to the land" check of Kingdom of Sweden's Level 1 Heavy Mining affected by boosts to the land's health? (e.g., the Resilience Aspect for Vital Strength of the Earth)
  Yes. So they would need, e.g., 14 Damage to add 2 Blight in a land with Vital Strength of the Earth {Resilience}'s Sacred Site.

  The same applies for the Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)'s extra loss condition (which would need 16 Damage to trigger the counting in such a Sacred Site).
  Tags: Damage, Resilience Aspect (Vital Strength of the Earth), Kingdom of Sweden, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 0 more...
• If the Kingdom of Sweden Explores into a land with Escalation, can a triggered action like Call to Guard get rid of that Explorer before the Escalation checks if a Dahan will be replaced?
  Yes, but you can choose the opposite order if you want to lose the Dahan.

  This only works because Sweden's Swayed by the Invaders Escalation checks how many Invaders and Dahan are present when that triggered action finally resolves, not when the land is Explored. (The Escalation technically happens in every explored land; it just doesn't do anything if the Invader & Dahan condition isn't met.)
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Kingdom of Sweden, Call to Guard, Bargain of Coursing Paths, 2 more...
• For Habsburg Level 1 (Migratory Herders), does it check *all* Build Cards, or just those in the normal Build Step?
  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 "Invaders skip all actions" in a particular land interact with a Stage II Escalation affecting that land?
  If the Stage II Escalation is an Invader Action (i.e., Ravage, Build, or Explore), it's skipped. Otherwise, it is an Adversary Action and not affected.

  Specifically:

  • Directly skipped (Invader Actions): Kingdom of England, Habsburg Mining Expedition
  • Indirectly skipped (triggered by Invader Actions): Kingdom of Sweden
  • Unskippable: Kingdom of Brandenburg Prussia, Kingdom of France (Plantation Colony), Tsardom of Russia, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Kingdom of Scotland.

  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, Stage II escalation, A Year of Perfect Stillness (Vital Strength of the Earth), Paralyzing Fright, 9 more...
• How much damage do Russian Explorers do (level 1+)?
  Each Explorer does +1 Damage, so normally 2 Damage each.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Damage, Tsardom of Russia
• Both Russia 1 and All Things Weaken can make Blight destroy Beasts. Which takes precedence?
  Russia 1 does, if its conditions are met (the Blight is from a Ravage). If a Ravage Blight destroys multiple Beasts in a land, only one of them goes to the Russia panel (since the others were destroyed due to All Things Weaken).
  Tags: Blight, Blighted Island, Beasts, All Things Weaken, 1 more...
• Can the Salt Deposits Invader Card be removed or discarded from the Invader Deck?
  No, the only way it can leave the Invader Deck is by being advanced out of the Explore Space into the Build Space at the end of the Invader Phase in which it was revealed.

  In particular:

  • If you would Accelerate it out of the deck, instead discard the next Stage II card underneath it (or the top-most Stage III card if there are no Stage II cards left).
  • Visions of a Shifting Future can't bury it to the bottom of the deck (since it's specially placed during Setup), but can shuffle it to take a chance at delaying it.
  • The Past Returns Again can't swap it with a card in the Invader discard.
    Tags: Accelerate, Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), The Past Returns Again (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 3 more...
• When the Kingdom of Sweden reveals an Escalation symbol, does the Escalation apply to all subsequent Explore Cards that turn?
  No, Swayed by the Invaders only applies to the card with the Escalation symbol, and not to any other Explore Cards.

  This also means that if the Escalation would happen when the card isn't an Explore Card (e.g., when combining with the Tsardom of Russia's Entrench in the Face of Fear), then the Escalation does nothing.
  Tags: Stage II escalation, Combining Adversaries, Kingdom of Sweden, Explorers are Reluctant, 2 more...
• What does "in board/land order" mean for Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 1?
  It specifies exactly what order lands Gather Towns in: any relevant lands on Board A resolves first (starting with the lowest-numbered land matching a Build card and going up), then Board B, etc.

  You go by order of lands to Gather in to. As usual, they can come from any adjacent land, including on another board.

  The primary motivation for this rule is speed of play – if it's not in a deterministic order, it usually doesn't matter much, but occasionally it really does, and searching for those cases and choosing the precise ordering of lands can slow the whole process down.

  If you want to handle all boards simultaneously for further speed, you can, so long as you avoid Gathering Towns that an earlier land might Gather.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ordering, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony)
• Against Russia 2: a damaged Explorer with a health bonus ends the turn Shroud of Silent Mists' lands. It should be destroyed when the health bonus wears off - is it saved?
  No. It's not in the context of an action, so Russia 2 doesn't apply.

  (This is a provisional answer - if further cases like this suggest that "Effects expire" needs to be an action, it could conceivably change, but that seems the less likely case.)
  Tags: Actions, Action Modifiers, Shroud of Silent Mist, Well-Prepared Explorers, 1 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 Fortune-Seekers modifies the Salt Deposits card against the Habsburg Mining Expedition, which lands match the Explore Card?
  The ones without Towns/Cities.

  “Non-Mining lands” is a printed land type on the Salt Deposits card, even if it’s not a standard one, so it gets replaced by the condition from Fortune-Seekers.
  Tags: Matches, Explore, Fortune-Seekers, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• For Durable Invaders from Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 4, what exactly counts as a ‘Destroy all’ effect?
  Only “Destroy everything” or “Destroy all (piece) (in a land or lands)”, like “Destroy all Explorer/Town.” Effects limiting the destruction by something the piece has or did (e.g., “is damaged”, “was just moved”, “has Strife”) are not considered “destroy all” and are converted to Damage like all other destroy effects.

  This is most relevant for Ocean's Hungry Grasp, which has “After Invaders/Dahan are moved into the Ocean, Destroy them”; since this limits what gets destroy to “pieces that moved”, it's not a “destroy all”.
  Tags: Durable, Destroy, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 4 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 Salt Deposits matches is determined by the space it’s in on the Invader Board, so it’ll still match Mining lands in the Ravage space. Ceaseless Mining only affects the Build Step, so it doesn’t interact with Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, which is thus free to turn the Ravage into a Build.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Ravage, Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, Habsburg Mining Expedition, 0 more...
• When Towns are Durable (have extra Health) due to Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 4+: If Invaders blight a land during Ravage, does their Towns' extra Health wear off immediately?
  Yes, it drops to normal at the same time as the Blight is added / the Dahan are damaged. If any such Towns have already taken 2+ Damage, they will be destroyed immediately, before Dahan counterattack.
  Tags: Damage, Health, Durable, Ravage, 2 more...

Aspects

• When Dark Fire gains a Moon/Fire for only a single action (e.g., when playing Elemental Invocation), can it treat that Element as the other?
  Yes. That is an Element available to you, even if it's only available for a limited purpose.

  This also applies in the rare case that Dark Fire is gifted Elemental Teachings and spends a prepared Element marker to have a Element for a single action. But it doesn't let Dark Fire use Moon markers as Fire markers or vice versa (either to spend with Elemental Teachings or if Shifting Memory is using the Intensify Aspect).
  Tags: Elements, Element markers, Elemental Invocation, Dark Fire Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flames), 2 more...
• Can the Intensify Aspect strengthen a Bargain by spending Moon to Remove more Presence from the island? How about from a Presence track?
  No and no. The efficacy of a Bargain is based on the number of times it has been made, not the number of Presence it has removed, and Intensify can't increase the number of Presence removed from a Presence track.

  However, Intensify can strengthen Transformative Sacrifice by removing a 4th Presence from the island (in a land where the Power was already removing Presence) to take and play an additional card, since that power explicitly scales with the number of removed Presence.
  Tags: Bargain, Bargains of Power and Protection, Bargain of Coursing Paths, Transformative Sacrifice, 1 more...
• If Shadows Flicker Like Flame, with the Reach aspect, uses Reaching Grasp, can it let a Spirit ignore range for the entire turn?
  No. Range boosts do not modify other Range boosts, only actual Ranges that you yourself are checking.

  (They do affect Ranges in printed effects, per If I get a Range boost, what Ranges does it affect? .)
  Tags: Range, Range Boosts, Shadows Flicker Like Flame, Reach Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), 0 more...
• With the aspect Wind for Lightning's Swift Strike, can you choose later which Power to make fast?
  Yes, you can choose at any point in the turn (usually during the Fast phase).
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Speed (Fast/Slow), Wind Aspect (Lightning's Swift Strike)
• When the Immense Aspect would grant an extra Element at the end of the Spirit Phase, do its Plays count as 1 Play or half a Play?
  1 Play. Immense has just as many Plays as Lightning's Swift Strike normally does; it just has to spend twice as many of them to play a card at the end of the Spirit Phase.

  The extra Element lets Immense still get a benefit from advancing to having an odd number of plays, despite the 3rd and 5th plays not actually allowing Immense to play any more Power Cards.
  Tags: Elements, Immense Aspect (Lightning's Swift Strike)
• For the third level of Exaltation of the Storm-Wind, what does "one of your respective lands" mean?
  It meant "the land of the Spirit doing the Pushing". Lightning would Push Explorers from one of its lands, then the target Spirit would Push Explorers from one of its own lands.
  Tags: Wind Aspect (Lightning's Swift Strike)
• If Shadows with Reach ignores Range for a Power, then later Repeats that Power, do they get to ignore Range again?
  Yes. When used on Power, Reach is treated as a modification to the Power's Range. (And Range modifiers apply to Repeats.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Range Boosts, Range, Reach Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flame)
• Does Deeps flipping Deeps tokens into markers count as changing the pieces in a land for the purpose of Observe the Ever-Changing World?
  Yes, since the Deeps tokens are no longer pieces in the land.

  However, this rarely matters. Reclaimed by the Deeps will almost certainly change the contents of the land anyway by doing at least one of:

  • Destroying the last Towns/Cities
  • Drowning all Explorers/Dahan
  • Pushing all but 2 Deeps
  • Merging into the existing Ocean, if it has any pieces in it.
    Tags: Pieces, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 0 more...

Blighted Island cards

• How often do you apply the Blighted Island effects from Branch & Claw?
  If the Blight card says "Immediately", you do it once, as soon as the card is flipped.

  If it says "Every Spirit Phase", you do it every turn, during the Spirit Phase.

  If it says "At the start of each Invader Phase" or "Each Invader Phase," you do it every turn, during the Blighted Island part of the Invader Phase.

  Both the effects from the base game are at the start of each Invader phase.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Blighted Island
• How does All Things Weaken interact with Heart of the Wildfire? When Wildfire places Presence, does it then destroy its own Presence?
  No. All Things Weaken modifies how Presence destruction from Blight works, but doesn't change the source of the Blight, so Wildfire is still protected from Blight added due Spirit actions. This also applies to the portion which reads "...and 1 Presence in an adjacent land": if you choose Wildfire's Presence as the 1 Presence to destroy, it will survive if the Blight was added due to a Spirit Action.

  While Volcano Looming High isn't protected from Blight added by Spirit Actions in general, it does have similar protection from Blight added by its Explosive Eruption Innate Power. In that one particular case, all of the above applies to Volcano Looming High as well.
  Tags: Actions, Blight, Blazing Presence (Heart of the Wildfire), All Things Weaken, 3 more...
• How does All Things Weaken interact with Stone's Unyielding Defiance's ability to protect Presence from destruction?
  If the conditions of Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock are met, no Presence is destroyed, either in that land or in an adjacent land. (All Things Weaken modifies how much and where Presence is destroyed, but Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock says "Presence is not destroyed", which makes those modifications irrelevant.)

  Blight still destroys Beasts tokens as usual for All Things Weaken. Note that Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock only applies when blight is added to a land with Stone's Presence, so Blight added to an adjacent land might destroy one of Stone's Presence.
  Tags: Blight, Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock (Stone's Unyielding Defiance), All Things Weaken
• Can you Repeat the Power Card granted by Aid from Lesser Spirits?
  Yes, but with some restrictions.

  • Anything that checks the cost of the Power Card checks its printed cost, which may be 1 Energy.
  • It's not one of your Power Cards in play, so you can't Repeat it with Gift of Twinned Days (but it doesn't stop you from repeating a more expensive Power Card).

  Triggered Repeats, like those from Relentless Punishment, also work normally.
  Tags: Repeat, Aid from Lesser Spirits, Powerstorm, Gift of Twinned Days, 5 more...
• Can you do the effects on a Blighted Island card in a different order than listed?
  No, do them in the order listed.

  For instance, with Unnatural Proliferation, you must add Presence (e.g., from Heart of the Wildfire) before adding Cities.
  Tags: Blighted Island, Unnatural Proliferation
• If All Things Weaken is out, can the third level of Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will (Stone's Unyielding Defiance) save adjacent Presence from destruction?
  No. That innate threshold specifies "When a ... Blight card directly destroys Presence". All Things Weaken changes the rules for how Blight destroys Presence, but does not directly destroy Presence itself, it's adding Blight which does so.
  Tags: Blight, Adding Presence, Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will (Stone's Unyielding Defiance), All Things Weaken, 0 more...

Definitions

• What are all the terrains on the thematic map of the island?
  Here's the list. (As usual, J = Jungle, M = Mountains, S = Sands, W = Wetlands.)

  • Northwest: 1S 2S 3W 4J 5M 6S 7W 8M 9M
  • Northeast: 1S 2J 3J 4W 5J 6M 7M 8S 9W
  • West: 1J 2S 3S 4S 5J 6M 7W 8J 9S 10M
  • East: 1J 2W 3W 4W 5S 6M 7M 8M 9W 10W
  • Southwest: 1S 2W 3S 4J 5J 6J 7M 8M 9S 10J
  • Southeast: 1J 2J 3W 4M 5J 6W 7S 8M 9M

  Notes: there is a firestorm raging in NW land #6. NE land #7 wraps around NE land #6. The Southwest and Southeast boards are on the backs of boards shipping with Jagged Earth.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Thematic map, Terrain
• If the end of a Step or Phase triggers multiple Actions, are those Triggered Actions part of the same Action Tree?
  No, they each start their own Action Tree.

  This can matter if one Action Tree will win the game and another will lose the game — the players can choose which Action Tree resolves first and check for Victory after that one.

  For instance, the Triggered Actions from Russia Level 6 each start their own Action Tree, each potentially winning the game (e.g., with Call to Guard) or losing the game (e.g., combined with France or England).
  Tags: Action tree, Triggered Actions, Victory and Defeat, Visions Out of Time, 0 more...
• What does it mean that a land "matches" an Invader card? Most places, it seems to mean "has the land type shown on the card" and nothing else, but the Notes on England (p. 27 JE) use it differently.
  The p. 27 note on England (first JE printing) is incorrect - all "match" means is "matches the land type shown on the card". Limitations from the Invader Action are separate.

  The England example should instead say, "Invader Build Cards affect matching lands without Invaders if they are adjacent to at least 2 (town)/(city)".
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Matches, Build, Kingdom of England, 0 more...
• If Oceans are in play, and you Weave Together an Ocean with a Coastal Land, is the resulting joined land Coastal?
  Yes, for all purposes.

  A strict reading of the rules would say "only for Powers and Blight" (Ocean's Hungry Grasp) or "only for Blight removal/movement" (Scotland 5), because the joined land is not adjacent to itself, and "Coastal" means "adjacent to the Ocean". But that's super-wrong thematically, so it gets an exception-case.
  Tags: Land Types, Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Kingdom of Scotland, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, 1 more...

Effect Rules

• Are “Destroy” Powers “Damage dealing” Powers when used against Durable Invaders (e.g., for Flame's Fury)?
  Yes.

  For example, Asphyxiating Smoke deals 2 Damage to 1 Durable Town, so that can be increased to 3 Damage to 1 Durable Town by Flame’s Fury.
  Tags: Durable, Badlands, Damage, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 7 more...
• If a Power has a cap on the amount of Damage it can do, can Damage bonuses allow it to exceed that cap?
  Yes. The cap is on the "natural" amount of Damage the Power can do before any bonuses are applied.

  Similarly, if there is a cap on any other effect (e.g., tokens added by Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone), apply any bonuses after checking the cap.
  Tags: Badlands, Blood Draws Predators, Swallowed by the Wilderness (Lure of the Deep Wilderness), Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone, 9 more...
• Pieces that "do not participate in Ravage" are ignored for all purposes. Does this include checking for victory?
  No, that wasn't intended. Pieces not participating in an Invader Action (or even an entire step, like the Ravage Step) are still counted for Victory / Defeat.
  Tags: Do not participate in Ravage, Victory and Defeat, Unnerving Pall (Shroud of Silent Mist), Temporary Truce, 2 more...
• Does "you can't destroy the same Invader twice in one action" also apply to Presence destruction?
  Yes — a single action can't destroy the same Presence more than once.

  This can happen with Flowing and Silent Forms Dart by in concert with anything that adds Blight one after another in multiple lands, like cascades or Volcano's Explosive Eruption.
  Tags: Destroy, Saved From Destruction, Blight, Presence, 4 more...
• If two effects change when Dahan in a land do Damage (e.g., Words of Warning and Warn of Impending Conflict), which one takes precedence?
  Your choice. So in this example, the best outcome is usually applying Words of Warning first to make all Dahan do Damage at the same time as Invaders, and then using Warn of Impending Conflict to make some of those Dahan strike first. (If you applied them in the other order, then all Dahan would do Damage at the same time as Invaders, since Words of Warning would overwrite Warn of Impending Conflict.)

  Overwriting a timing change doesn't overwrite any other part of the effect. The Event Engage on Their Own Terms will still reduce Dahan Damage even if something else changes when Dahan do Damage.
  Tags: Timing, Ravage, Action Modifiers, Engage on Their Own Terms, 5 more...
• Do Damage bonuses apply to actions that conditionally do Damage even if those conditions aren't met?
  No, it's impossible to boost an effect that isn't happening, whether because a player chose a different option (e.g., choosing to add a Badlands with Sear Anger Into the Wild Lands), the action is happening in a land that doesn't meet the conditions for the effect (e.g., Sear Anger Into the Wild Lands in a land without Wilds), or the relevant threshold isn't hit.

  Similarly, it's impossible to increase the Defend of an action that isn't already Defending, move more pieces with an action that isn't moving anything, etc.

  This is in contrast to checking the instructions of a Power to see if it has the potential to do something, like Gift of Wind-Spread Steps checking for Push/Gather instructions or the Violence Aspect checking for Damage/Destroy instructions.
  Tags: Badlands, Territorial Aggression (Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot), Might Aspect (Vital Strength of the Earth), Heart of the Wildfire, 4 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...
• If an Incarna is removed from the game or put back into the box (e.g., by Transform to a Murderous Darkness), can it be added back into the game?
  No, it's no longer in the game. Permanently losing an Incarna this way generally isn't advisable.
  Tags: Bargain, Incarna, Bargains of Power and Protection, Transform to a Murderous Darkness, 1 more...
• If an Invader or Dahan is in a land where it has a Health bonus, takes Damage equal to its normal Health, and then gets moved into a land where it has no Health bonus, where is it actually destroyed? (E.g., for *Vengeance of the Dead*)
  The Invader/Dahan is destroyed in the destination land.

  There's no “in between” state where it loses its Health bonus for being out of the first land, but hasn’t yet arrived in the second land; it’s either in the first land and has a Health bonus or in the second land and doesn’t have a Health bonus.

  Moving a damaged piece into a land where it has a Health penalty works similarly.
  Tags: Health, Damage, Triggered Actions, Durable, 16 more...
• Do "destroy N fewer Dahan" effects protect Dahan against all forms of destruction (including by damage)?
  Yes.
  Tags: Destroy, Share Secrets of Survival (Shifting Memory of Ages), Birds Cry Warning, Offer Passage Between Worlds (Finder of Paths Unseen), 0 more...
• When Blight is Added, what order do you perform all of the effects of Adding Blight? If you were in the middle of a Ravage, do you finish the Ravage first?
  Do the ‘Immediately’ effects on the Blight card, and then finish resolving whatever caused the card to flip (whether it's a Ravage or something else).

  More precisely, the order is:

  1. Take Blight off the card. If this empties the card, flip it, refill the Blight pool, and resolve any ‘Immediately’ effects on the card as a nested Action.
  2. Actually put the Blight in the land.
  3. Destroy Presence and do anything else that cares “when” this happens, like Kingdom of Sweden Level 5, Tsardom of Russia Level 1, or the Blight card All Things Weaken.
  4. If Blight was already present, cascade (returning to Step 1 in that adjacent land).
  5. Finish resolving the Action (usually the Ravage) that caused the Blight card to flip.
  6. Perform any Triggered Actions that care about Blight being added, like Kingdom of Scotland Level 5.

  In particular, if more Invaders are added to the land being Ravaged (e.g., with Promising Farmlands), they don't deal more damage, as that step has already happened; however, they are susceptible to a Dahan counterattack, and any new Dahan (e.g., with Unnatural Proliferation) would participate.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Blighted Island, Timing, Nested Actions, Blight, 13 more...
• What exactly does "healing damage" refer to for Unquenchable Flames and Shroud of Silent Mist's *Slow and Silent Death*?
  Damage healing during Time Passes (and any future effects that use the word "heal").
  

  It does not affect damage being cleared when an Invader or Dahan is saved from destruction.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Saved From Destruction, Damage, Time Passes, Birds Cry Warning, 5 more...
• If a Badlands moves to a different land mid-action, can it boost Damage in both the original land and its new land?
  No — just once/action.
  Tags: Badlands, Beasts Prey on the Injured (Beasts Event), Vengeance as a Burning Plague, Wreak Vengeance for the Land's Corruption (Vengeance as a Burning Plague), 0 more...
• 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 happens to Blight that is replaced with another piece?
  Any Blight replaced during play goes to wherever removed Blight goes: the Blight Card or Blight space.
  Tags: Replace, Blight, Transforming Aspect (Heart of the Wildfire), Ravaged Undergrowth Slithers Back to Life, 0 more...
• If an Invader with Strife is not participating in a Ravage, does it still remove 1 Strife in that Ravage?
  No. Because it's not participating in Ravage, it's not doing any Damage that Strife would prevent.
  Tags: Strife, Do not participate in Ravage, Ravage, Exhale Confusion and Delirium (Wandering Voice Keens Delirium), 1 more...
• Can triggered actions be triggered by the action that set them up?
  Yes, you check "did this action trigger anything?" after the action is complete. Lure of the Deep Wilderness' first innate does this, for instance.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Forsake Society to Chase After Dreams (Lure of the Deep Wilderness)
• Does Isolate apply if you're checking adjacency between an Invader piece and something else? (Another sort of piece, or a land type.)
  Yes.

  So, e.g., the Cultural Assimilation event tells you to replace a Dahan that's adjacent to a City. If either the land with the City or the land with the Dahan were Isolated, the players could nullify the adjacency. If every possible City - lone Dahan pair were separated this way, the players could thwart the Event on that board.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Isolate, Cultural Assimilation
• If your Incarna is the only Presence you have left on the island, do you need to continually count it as Presence to avoid losing?
  No. You can choose to count it as Presence for victory and defeat checks without having to count it as Presence for everything else.

  Similarly, pieces that can count as Beasts don't need to continuously count as such against the Tsardom of Russia, just for the victory and defeat checks.
  Tags: Victory and Defeat, Counts As, Incarna, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, 3 more...
• When I can count one piece as another, can I change that mid-action? (eg: counting Many Minds Move as One's sacred sites as a Beasts?)
  Not generally, no. Unless otherwise specified, the rule for "You may count Thing X as Thing Y" is that you choose per piece, per action, and your decision applies for that whole action.

  You can choose differently for nested actions - eg, if you flip the Blight card and it has immediate effects. (Example: You play Insatiable Hunger of the Swarm, and count all of your Sacred Sites as Beasts. It adds Blight which flips the Blight Card, revealing the one which destroys 1 Beasts on each board. You choose to not count any of your Sacred Sites as Beasts for that. You then continue resolving Insatiable Hunger of the Swarm, and your Sacred Sites count as Beasts for it.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Counts As, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, Many Minds Move as One, A Joining of Swarms and Flocks (Many Minds Move as One), 0 more...
• What counts as "adding" a piece (e.g., adding an Invader for Confounding Mists)?
  A new piece getting placed on the board.
  

  In the Confounding Mists case, this most commonly occurs due to a Build or Explore action, but can also happen due to Events, Adversary effects, or Scenarios.

  Pieces that are pushed, gathered, brought, or otherwise moved then count as "moved," but not "added." Replacing one piece with another (or multiple others) counts as neither adding nor moving the new pieces; while the pieces representing that entity have changed, the entity itself is not a new arrival.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Replace, Push, Gather, Move, 11 more...
• Can Invaders be Added to an Isolated land with no Invaders?
  Generally, yes. Isolate only prevents Invaders from being Added due to Explore Actions (mandatory) and due to effects that check what Invaders are adjacent to (optional).
  Tags: Isolate
• Does a piece that counts as two token types (e.g., both a Badlands and a Beasts via Settle Into Hunting-Grounds) have a double impact on effects scale with both token types (e.g., Beset by Many Troubles)?
  No. Each piece either counts for the effect or doesn't count for the effect; there's no way for a piece to count multiple times.

  It's akin to counting up the number of rocks that are white or red – a rock that's both white and red would only be counted once.
  Tags: Counts As, Beset by Many Troubles, Beasts Prey on the Injured (Beasts Event), Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, 2 more...
• Can Isolate apply to Dahan?
  Not unless you're checking adjacency between Dahan and an Invader piece.

  Thematically, the Dahan both know the island and how to get around on it much better (so many things which will block or stall Invaders aren't as big an obstacle), and have good relations with enough Spirits that they can get some help in circumventing even supernatural effects.
  Tags: Isolate
• When instructed to "Repeat this Power", do you have to obey the range/target land restrictions?
  Only if it doesn't tell you where to Repeat it. If a Repeat specifies where to use it, you obey those instructions instead of the usual Range and Target restrictions (p. 19) even if the land would normally be untargetable. In the rare case that the origin land matters when instructed to Repeat a Power in a specific land, it's the same origin land as the original power use.

  For example, The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain could be Repeated on an adjacent land without Blight.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Repeat, Targeting, Range, The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain, 19 more...
• If both a Beasts and something that counts as a Beasts (e.g., a sacred site of Many Minds Move as One) are in the same land and something destroys a Beasts there, can you choose which one is destroyed?
  Yes. Even if there are two ordinary Beasts tokens in a land, players get to choose which one gets destroyed – it just doesn't usually matter which one you pick.

  Similarly, if a Presence and an Incarna are both in a land and something would destroy Presence there, the Spirit can choose whether to destroy the Presence or the Incarna.
  Tags: Counts As, Incarna, Many Minds Move as One, A Joining of Swarms and Flocks (Many Minds Move as One), 8 more...
• When you add Fear to the Fear pool mid-game, what exactly happens?
  You add the specified number of Fear markers from the box to the top part of the Fear Pool. They behave as normal, so for the rest of the game, it takes more Fear to earn each Fear Card.
  Tags: Fear, Invaders Find the Land to Their Liking
• If a Dahan is not participating in Ravage, can it still grant Defend 1 in that Ravage from Bargains of Power and Protection or Canny Defense?
  No, if a piece is not participating in Ravage, it can’t grant Defend in that Ravage or count towards an effect that grants Defend in that Ravage. However, in the rare case that Invaders do Damage to the land or to the Dahan outside of a Ravage due to a Power or Event, the Dahan will grant Defend and reduce that Damage.

  This is only a problem for effects that apply to the entire island, and are thus rechecked every time they are relevant. Effects that check for or count Dahan in a single land lock in their Defend amount earlier in the turn.
  Tags: Do not participate in Ravage, Bargains of Power and Protection, Canny Defense, Coordinated Defense, 5 more...

Elements and Elemental Thresholds

• If you gain Elements from a Growth option, do they go away at the end of the turn?
  Yes. (Core rulebook, p. 10)
  Tags: Elements, Growth, Fractured Days Split the Sky, Lure of the Deep Wilderness, 1 more...
• Unlock the Gates of Deepest Power can let you use a Major with all elemental thresholds. Does this let you use the threshold on Draw Towards a Consuming Void?
  No, because the threshold checks something that isn't an element (how many other Power Cards you have in play).
  Tags: Non-elemental thresholds, Unlock the Gates of Deepest Power, Draw Towards a Consuming Void

Event Cards

• Exactly where does Fortune-Seekers cause exploration?
  The Explore card will be considered to match every land without Towns/Cities. It does not override the usual rules about sources of Explorers.

  So (if nothing else happens) it will explore every land that has no Towns or Cities and is either Coastal or adjacent to a Town or City.

  Note also that the subsequent Build and Ravage effects are not modified.
  Tags: Matches, Fortune-Seekers
• Can "Tell the Old Stories" restore Powers forgotten or replaced prior to the start of play? (e.g, Boon of Vigor with the Sunshine Aspect)
  No.
  Tags: Forgetting, Tell the Old Stories, Sunshine Aspect (River Surges in Sunlight), Solidify Echoes of Majesty Past, 5 more...
• For Bureaucrats Adjust Funding, when do you check how many Towns or Cities there are on the boards?
  At the time you draw the Event (not at the time when you Build), when you perform the "On Each Board" instruction.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Bureaucrats Adjust Funding, Mapmakers Chart the Wild
• If the Event Beasts Prey on the Injured happens in a game with Many Minds Move as One, do Many Minds' Sacred Sites count as a Badlands?
  Yes. The Sacred Site counts as a Beasts due to Many Mind's special rule, then counts as a Badlands due to Beasts Prey on the Injured.

  Note that this isn't relevant for Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, since the Presence of a Spirit affected by it already counts as Badlands - see this FAQ.
  Tags: Counts As, Badlands, Beasts, Many Minds Move as One, 3 more...
• Do Spirits gain Energy from Numinous Crisis if that Event doesn't flip the Blight Card?
  Yes, the Spirits gain 3 Energy for each Blight Numinous Crisis removes from the Blight Card, not just the extra Blight removed to force a Blight Card flip.
  Tags: Numinous Crisis
• When do Spirits decide whether or not to destroy Presence for the Voracious Consumption event?
  When the effect triggers on that particular board after the Ravage Step.

  The payment is to prevent the addition of Blight, not to prevent the creation of the "after the Ravage Step,..." triggered action when the Event Card is initially resolved.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Timing, Voracious Consumption
• Can Shifting Memory of Ages use Long Ages of Knowledge and Forgetfulness to avoid Forgetting the Power Card it uses via Ethereal Conjunction?
  No, even if the Power Card was in hand at the start of the Event, it's in play by the time Memory has to Forget it.
  Tags: Forgetting, Shifting Memory of Ages, Long Ages of Knowledge and Forgetfulness (Shifting Memory of Ages), Ethereal Conjunction, 0 more...
• Can the "3 or fewer Towns/Cities" effect of Bureaucrats Adjust Funding cause a Build Action in a land without Invaders?
  Yes, and the resulting Build Action will usually Build a Town in that land.

  Bureaucrats Adjust Funding only checks if the land matches the Build Card, not if it contains Invaders. This is different from Pour Time Sideways, which checks where Invader Cards are already creating Invader Actions.
  Tags: Build Cards, Bureaucrats Adjust Funding, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Thriving Crops, 0 more...
• When Disease events do damage to Dahan, is the damage reduced by Defend powers?
  No, since it is not the Invaders doing damage.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Damage, Dahan, Disease, Defend, 8 more...
• For the Event "Dissolution Threatens", whose Presence gets destroyed?
  The Presence of the Spirit making the choice.
  Tags: Choice Events, Dissolution Threatens
• If you use Weave Together the Fabric of Place to join a land to the Ocean and the Event Relentless Optimism *(no Fear for destroying Towns/Cities)* comes out, can you get Fear when the effects wear off?
  Yes.

  All the effects wear off at the same time during Time Passes, so if you put Towns in the Ocean when Weave Together expires, Relentless Optimism is no longer active.

  Similar comments apply for other reasons Invaders might die during Time Passes (Health bonuses wearing off, etc.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Time Passes, Timing, Relentless Optimism, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, 2 more...
• Are the separate parts of an Event Card separate actions for the purpose of victory or defeat?
  Yes.

  A single event card usually has three separate events: a main event, a token event (Disease, Beasts, etc), and a Dahan event. They are all separate, applied in order. _(See the Jagged Earth Action rules for more precision on this.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Events, Effect
• Playing with an Archipelago, Distant Exploration comes up (Invaders Explore at +1 distance). There's an empty islet with an Isolated Ocean. Can Invaders Explore its Coastal lands from facing islet's Coastal lands?
  Only if you want to permit it. The "range 2" that Coastal lands are away from each other does need to measure through both board's Oceans, even though "2" isn't the additive number of steps to do so.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Archipelago, Explore, Range, Isolate, 1 more...
• For the event Invested Aristocracy, does it count Blight that was added before the Ravage?
  No, only Blight added during the Ravage Step matters for whether to add a Town.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invested Aristocracy
• When Event cards ask you to discard the top major or minor power and do something on each board, do you discard just one card overall or one per board?
  You discard one card for each board and follow the instructions on that board.

  This affects 'Missionaries Arrive', 'New Species Spread', 'War Touches the Island's Shores', and 'Years of Little Rain'.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Missionaries Arrive, New Species Spread, War Touches the Island's Shores, Years of Little Rain, 2 more...

Fear and Fear Cards

• How does Overseas Trade Seems Safer at Terror 2 ("Invaders do not Build Cities in Coastal Lands this turn") interact with Disease?
  Treat Overseas Trade Seems Safer as skipping the Build if a City would get built (ie, Towns > Cities). So for Disease, you can choose to apply the Overseas Trade skip first, preserving the Disease token.
  Tags: Disease, Overseas Trade Seems Safer
• If a Fear cards tells you to add Strife and then do something to pieces with Strife, does that affect just the newly-added Strife?
  No, it affects all pieces with Strife anywhere on the board, whether or not you put a new token on it.

  Remember that Strife, unlike the other tokens, is always assigned to a particular Invader.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Strife, Unrest, Dahan Threaten, Discord, 3 more...

General Play

• If an effect says that you may X to Y (e.g., paying Energy to gain a Power Card, Destroying Presence to skip an Event on a board), are you allowed to get the second half for free if you can't do the first half?
  No, the second half is gated behind paying the cost in the first half. Similarly, "you may Y by X" requires paying the cost in the second half to get the effect in the first half.

  While this tends to be pretty obvious when the cost is paying Energy, it's less clear if the cost is performing some other effect, like discarding a card or removing Presence.

  While you must be able to pay the cost in order to get the bonus, ongoing effects can alter the final result of the cost being paid. For example, you can successfully pay the cost of "Destroy 2 Presence" even if Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By will end up saving that Presence from destruction if you do so. On the other hand, you can't attempt to pay the cost with Presence under Absolute Stasis, since that Presence only exists for Victory/Defeat – it doesn't exist as far as the Event is concerned.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By, Absolute Stasis (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Turmoil's Touch (Wandering Voice Keens Delirium), 11 more...
• If you skip using the text effects of a Power *(p. 17 core rules)*, are you still considered to have targeted / used that Power? (For, eg, Shroud of Silent Mist.)
  No, if you target a Power you must actually attempt to perform its text effects. (It need not actually have any game effect.)

  The core rules would be better phrased as "you may forego using a Power".
  Tags: Targeting, Shroud of Silent Mist, Scream Disease Into the Wind, Blitz, 1 more...
• Is Blight component-limited?
  No.
  Tags: Still Healthy Island, Blight, Stone's Unyielding Defiance
• What happens if a piece winds up in a place or state it's not allowed to be?
  Pieces representing humans (Dahan / Invaders) are cleaned up to the closest legal land — this is not considered a move, is not an action, and does not trigger anything, it is simply a correction of the game state. This happens only once you are not in the middle of an action, and there are no pending triggered actions (i.e., after each action tree), just before checking for victory/defeat. All other pieces remain where they are, but are considered out of play unless/until they're no longer in an illegal state.

  This sort of thing can happen if pieces survive the sinking of a board (like Dahan via Infinite Vitality with threshold or Explorers via the Tsardom of Russia's A Sense for Impending Disaster), if an Ocean stops being a land (by Ocean's Hungry Grasp losing its Presence there) while other Spirits' Presence is there, or if Invaders/Dahan are left in the Ocean after an action but manage not to Drown in some way.

  If the nearest legal land is unclear, use your best judgment, based on physical distance if necessary. If there is literally no legal land to put the pieces in, return them to the supply; this is still considered cleaning up (not an action, not a move/remove/destroy, does not trigger anything).
  Tags: Pieces, Illegally placed pieces, Victory and Defeat, Action tree, 6 more...
• 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...
• Can you Forget one Power Card to pay for multiple Forgetting requirements? (eg, a self-targeted Entwined Power in solo)
  No. Each Major Power gained must be paid for by Forgetting one Power Card, and that card can't be something you're Forgetting for some other benefit (like a different Major Power, or 3 Energy with Shape the Self Anew).
  Tags: Forgetting, Entwined Power, Starlight Seeks Its Form, Shape the Self Anew, 0 more...
• If you manage to create a land with no adjacent lands, how do things like Blight cascades or Push work? Can you target it from lands Range 2+ away?
  

  • There are no adjacent lands to add Blight to, so Blight does not cascade.
  • Push can't Push anything (unless you can Push to a land 2 away - eg, Many Minds Move as One - and there's a land 2 away, see below).
  • Whether you can target the land depends on whether you can measure Range from your Presence to it. If you made a disjoint land via Cast Down into the Briny Deep + Absolute Stasis, yes, because the land is Range 2 from other lands. But if you completely wall off a land via Repeats of Absolute Stasis, then there's no way to measure Range to it, so the only way to target Powers there would be to either have Presence in the land or the ability to ignore range (eg, Finder of Paths Unseen).

  Note that Isolate is NOT usually sufficient to generate any of these situations, since it only affects adjacency for Invader pieces (JE rules, p. 10).
  Tags: Island Boards, Push, Range, Targeting, 2 more...
• Is there an ordering or priority for action modifications? It seems weird that you can get a benefit from something being destroyed even if you save it from destruction.
  Yes:

  • First change quantity (eg: Pour Time Sideways);
  • Then do any canceling or replacement (eg: Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By / A Year of Perfect Stillness);
  • Finally do any other sort of additional or altered effects (eg: threshold on Instruments of Their Own Ruin).

  The practical upshot of this is mostly "you can't both prevent something from happening and do extra stuff because it's happening" - eg, if Volcano Looming High's Presence would be destroyed, but it's saved somehow, you don't get to deal damage.

  If a modifier cancels just part of something, modifiers to that part don't apply. Eg: Entrap the Forces of Corruption doesn't stop Blight from being added, but it does stop it from cascading, so another modifier which changed how cascades worked wouldn't apply.

  As before, if you have multiple modifiers with no clear order, you get to pick which happens first. For instance: you play Infestation of Venomous Spiders with threshold on a land with Dahan about to Ravage. A Fear Card says "Invaders do not Ravage in lands with Dahan". When that Ravage would happen, there are two different "skip this Ravage" modifiers. You get to decide which one to do first, so can choose it to be the Venomous Spiders. This wouldn't be true if the entire Ravage Step got skipped, or if the Ravage Card were changed to match different lands - those happen before you ever reach the individual Ravage Action – but as of JE, the only Fear cards that work this way are Explorers Are Reluctant and Immigration Slows, levels 2 and 3.

  This is an addition to published rules – the intent is that it will be included in the rulebook of a future expansion.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Skipping Actions, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By, 19 more...
• What is the Invader Stage when the Invader Deck is empty?
  Stage III.

  Normally, the Stage is shown by the top card of the Invader Deck, but on the last turn of the game (before the game ends when you attempt to draw an Invader Card and fail), the Invader Deck is empty. It is Stage III for the purpose of Event Cards and similar.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck
• If a Spirit's Presence counts as Beasts (say, due to Settle Into Hunting-Grounds), and a "destroy Beasts" effect destroys their Presence, is it still considered destroyed Presence? More generally, if Piece A also counts as Piece B, and a "destroy/remove Piece B" effect destroys/removes it, does it go to the supply for A or B?
  It's considered destroyed Presence. When a piece is removed from the board, it goes to the supply (or other destination) for that physical type of piece.
  Tags: Presence, Pieces, Counts As, Beasts, 14 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, 33 more...
• Can a single Action cause a trigger to happen multiple times? Eg, if Wildfire's Presence moves to multiple lands in one action, or if Scotland 5 cascades Blight from one Coastal land to another?
  No. A single action invokes a trigger exactly once or not at all. If the effects of a trigger are variable, it will say so in the trigger's effects (eg, Vengeance of the Dead deals "1 Damage per (piece) destroyed" rather than a flat amount).

  If Finder of Paths Unseen moves Wildfire's Presence to many different lands, "in the land it goes to" is ambiguous and Wildfire's player chooses which it applies to. If Scotland 5 adds Blight to two Coastal lands in a single Ravage Action (by cascading), a single blight is added to that board's Ocean; if the two lands were on different boards, "that board's Ocean" is ambiguous and the players choose which it applies to.

  A single action can cause many separate triggers to fire, including separate triggers that come from the same Power Card - eg, if Vengeance of the Dead is Repeated on a land, each use of the power sets up a separate trigger.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Blazing Presence (Heart of the Wildfire), Kingdom of Scotland, Vengeance of the Dead, 0 more...
• 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...
• Is the table of actions on p. 24 of Jagged Earth comprehensive, or examples?
  Examples. For instance, Scenario actions aren't listed (though they probably should have been; apologies). We're still figuring out all the types we need, though the default of "whatever component it's printed on" seems to be working really well thus far.

  Note: Spirit Rituals (Rituals of Terror, Rituals of the Destroying Flame) should be Spirit Actions.
  Tags: Actions, Rituals of the Destroying Flame, Rituals of Terror
• If one of Shroud of Silent Mists lands is targeted with Vengeance of the Dead and Invaders have their Health boosted by an Event, when damaged Invaders die at the end of the turn when the health boost wears off, do you get the benefit of Vengeance of the Dead?
  No.

  The effect of Vengeance of the Dead (extra Damage when Towns/Cities are Destroyed) and the Health boost wear off at the same time in Time Passes, so you don't get the extra Damage. (Health bonuses also wear off during Time Passes, so you need Shroud of Silent Mists to prevent the healing for the Invaders to actually die.)

  Similar comments apply to other effects that wear off at the end of the turn.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Time Passes, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Vengeance of the Dead, Infinite Vitality, 3 more...
• How does "resolve powers in the order they're written" work for things like "If you have (elements), +1 Range"?
  Internal modifiers like this – a Power changing its own Speed, Range, or other targeting – are looked at when they're relevant (like during targeting), not during normal Power resolution. This is an exception to "do things strictly in order once using the Power".

  This is also the case for Powers like The Jungle Hungers, where a threshold modifies the instructions earlier in the Power. Technically, every use of "Instead..." in an innate power works this way; it's pretty simple for human minds to understand the intent, but the formal specification is messier.

  Also related: A Power that is 100% internal modifiers doesn't do anything, so can't be targeted/used for things like Scream Disease Into the Wind..
  Tags: Resolving Powers, Range Boosts, Speed (Fast/Slow), Targeting, 6 more...
• When you return presence to your tracks, can you cover one of the leftmost solid-circle spaces that start the game without presence?
  No, the leftmost spaces with solid circles cannot be covered by presence.

  Similarly, "Bonus" spaces, which start uncovered, can never be covered.
  Tags: Presence track, Bonus Spaces, Volcano Looming High, Fractured Days Split the Sky, 5 more...
• Is revealing a Fear or Event card part of the Fear / Event action(s), or does it happen first? Eg: with Finder of Paths Unseen, do I have to guess about adjacencies, or can I see the card first?
  Revealing the card happens before the Fear/Event actions, not as part of it. (It's part of basic game structure.) So you can indeed look at the card prior to making adjacency decisions for Finder of Paths Unseen.

  Actions are everything the card does - turning it over to read it isn't something the card does. (Also, Event Cards always result in multiple actions, and Fear cards often will as well; including "turn over the card" as part of the first action on the card would make "what's involved in an action?" a little inconsistent.)
  Tags: Actions, Events, Fear Cards, Open the Ways (Finder of Paths Unseen), 0 more...
• When a Power cares about how many Invaders that Power destroyed (eg: Mists of Oblivion, or Shadows' innate Power), do Damage boosts (Badlands, Flame's Fury) count?
  Yes. Damage boosts increase the amount of damage done, but the damage is still being done by the original source.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Damage, Mists of Oblivion, Darkness Swallows the Unwary (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), 9 more...
• Can a triggered action trigger itself if it does so via an (nested) basic action? Eg: Wildfire adds Presence, triggering Blight. The Blight card flips and its immediate effects (a basic action) let Wildfire add more Presence. Does Blazing Presence trigger again?
  No. "Can't trigger themselves even indirectly" includes cases like this; otherwise infinite loops would be possible.
  Tags: Actions, Triggered Actions, Nested Actions, Blazing Presence (Heart of the Wildfire), 1 more...
• On p. 28, the Jagged Earth rules say, "The bad effects of Blight happen each time Blight is added to a land, regardless of the quantity of Blight." Does that mean once per *action* that adds Blight, or literally every time you put Blight down?
  Literally every time you put 1 or more Blight into a land, including when you cascade. Presence destruction and cascading happen immediately, as a part of placing 1 or more Blight, they're not triggered actions. What this is saying is that the general rule works just like The Kingdom of Sweden Lvl 1: if you add 2 Blight at once, you only destroy Presence once and cascade if there was already Blight there. If you add 1 Blight, then anytime later add another Blight - eg, if you were to cascade out of a land, then back in - the bad effects of Blight happen again.
  Tags: Blight, Kingdom of Sweden
• If an Event or Fear Card has multiple instructions, only *some* of which are "each", how many actions is that? Eg: Dahan Threaten has each player add a Strife, then applies a rule where Strife lowers Invader Health.
  Then the whole Fear Card / Event is one action, with one nested action per "each". (So for Dahan Threaten, each player adding Strife is a nested action within the initial Fear Action.)

  The entire "how many actions is it?" determination is:

  • If it just does 1 thing, it's 1 action.
  • If it has only "each" instructions, it's 1 action per "each".
  • Otherwise, it's 1 action, and "each" instructions cause 1 nested action per "each".

  Up-front conditionals (like on Foreign Dignitaries Visit, Harvest Bounty Harvest Dust, and the "choose one" in Choice Events) aren't part of the action - you check the conditional, figure out which one to do, then proceed as above.
  Tags: Actions, Choice Events, Harvest Bounty, Harvest Dust, Foreign Dignitaries Visit, 1 more...
• Can Strife move independently of the Invader piece it is attached to?
  No, the Strife only moves with that Invader and stays attached the entire way.

  For instance, Strife can not be divided separately from the Invader it's attached to when Weave Together the Fabric of Place expires, nor can it be moved independently by Bargain of Coursing Paths.
  Tags: Strife, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Terror Stalks the Land (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), Bargain of Coursing Paths, 1 more...

Invader Actions

• Do Stage II Escalations happen before or after the Explore?
  If it is not specified, it happens before the Explore.

  This means that, e.g., Brandenburg-Prussia can add a Town that then acts as a source for the Exploration that happens immediately afterwards.
  Tags: Stage II escalation, Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, 1 more...
• When Invader Damage Dahan, and it is boosted by Badlands, does the boost need to be applied efficiently?
  Yes.

  In general, Badlands damage boosts follow the restrictions of the damage they are boosting.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Ravage, Dahan
• When a Ravage changes which pieces are in other lands, can that cause additional Ravages from the current Ravage Card?
  No. Determine which lands will Ravage before resolving any of those Ravages. A land with no Invaders at this point won't Ravage even if Invaders are later added or moved there. However:

  • If a land already has Invaders participating in Ravage, the new Invaders will also participate in that Ravage. Depending on how well the land is Defended and how many Dahan are present, this could be good (more Invaders destroyed in the counterattack) or bad (the Ravage now adds Blight from the extra Damage). You can resolve the two Ravages in whichever order is more advantageous.
  • If there's another Ravage Card this turn, that card can now cause Ravages in any matching lands that are no longer empty.

  This applies both to lands that "naturally" match the Ravage Card (e.g., a Jungle when the Ravage Card is Sands+Jungles) and to lands that match the Ravage Card due to an extra effect (e.g., lands with 3+ Explorers against the Tsardom of Russia Level 3+). Thus, for instance, against the Tsardom of Russia level 3+, if a Ravage pushes an Explorer by the Level 2 effect A Sense for Impending Disaster, it will not cause a Ravage to happen by the Level 3 effect Competition Among Hunters from the same card, but can cause a Ravage from a following Ravage Card added by the Level 5 effect Entrench in the Face of Fear.

  Explore and Build Cards work similarly, albeit without the concern around the amount of Damage.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ravage, Ordering, Do not participate in Ravage, Tsardom of Russia, 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 it's the first Build Card that turn, Panicked by Wild Beasts level 2 or 3 skips any additional Builds caused by Bureaucrats Adjust Funding.

  Bureaucrats Adjust Funding modifies how the Build Card works, and thus any additional Build Actions it causes are considered part of the normal Build Card.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Normal Action, Bureaucrats Adjust Funding, Panicked by Wild Beasts, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 0 more...
• Under “Ravage Timing” on p. 7 of the Jagged Earth rulebook, it mentions “modifiers to individual Invader Damage” happen first, and “per-land modifiers” only happen afterwards. Why is this relevant? What are some examples of individual vs. land modifiers?
  It's relevant when every Invader in a land has been rendered harmless (via Strife, or reducing its individual Damage to 0) — drawing an Event Card like Destroy the Unnatural (which does +3 total Damage in certain lands) won't increase the Damage from 0 to 3.

  Individual modifiers are things like “Cities deal +3 Damage”, Mesmerized Tranquility (“Each Invader deals -1 damage”), or Strife tokens. Per-land modifiers are things like Destroy the Unnatural (above), or anything which says “Invaders deal +N Damage (per land) …”
  Tags: Strife, Damage, Ravage, Mesmerized Tranquility, 17 more...
• I'm confused - when do restrictions like "there must be Invaders" for Build and "there must be a source of Explorers" for Explore apply?
  Those apply when resolving Invader Cards - specifically, when making a list of what lands match the Invader Card (JE rulebook p. 27)

  If an Event tells you to perform a single Build action - eg, "On Each Board: Build in a land with Dahan" - you don't check whether that land has Invaders.

  But if it tells you to resolve an entire Build Step / Build Card for a particular terrain, it works just like it would if you had a physical card - you're making a list of which lands match, so the normal Build/Explore restrictions apply. The Events "Fortification" and "New Cash Crops Take Hold" work this way (and do not usually build in empty lands), though it's not how they're phrased. (See the Errata in the JE rulebook p. 27)
  Tags: Build, Explore, Ravage, Events, 2 more...
• If an effect changes when Dahan deal Damage in Ravage (e.g., Words of Warning), is that Damage in addition to or instead of the normal Damage after Invaders?
  Instead of. Each Dahan only deals Damage once.
  Tags: Ravage, Timing, Action Modifiers, Engage on Their Own Terms, 5 more...
• If Invaders Ravage twice in the same round and deal 1 damage to the land each time, do you add a Blight? How does Defense work?
  

  • Defend Powers apply each time the Invaders do Damage in a land.
  • Each time the land itself is Damaged is separate - it does not accumulate Damage during a turn the way Invaders and Dahan do. Only add a Blight when a single instance of Damage is enough to cause Blight.
  • Similarly, Blight can be added to a land multiple times in a turn. Check each time it takes Damage.
    Tags: Ravage, Blight
• If a land matches an Invader Card multiple ways - eg, if the Stage III Jungle + Wetland comes up and Weave Together the Fabric of Place has been used to merge a Jungle with a Wetland - does it perform that action multiple times?
  No. Invader Cards check "what lands match the land type(s) printed on me and the rules for the current action?", then perform that action once in each matching land.
  Tags: Invader deck, Land Types, Weave Together the Fabric of Place
• Does the order of Builds matter to determine what Builds for Kingdom of England at Level 1+ or Kingdom of Scotland Level 3+?
  No. You look at the board position before the Build Card. (The England Adversary card explains this.) Thus Towns or Cities added do not count for further Builds coming from the same Build card.

  If there is more than one Invader Card in the Build spot, then Towns and Cities added from the first card do count for the second card. Likewise if there is a build from England's High Immigration: Any buildings added from that rule will count for (e.g.) the regular Build. In general, you check what lands will Build at the beginning of looking at the Build Card.

  The Jagged Earth rulebook (p. 27) clarifies that this is the general rule, also applying to Explore and Ravage Cards.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Build, Ordering, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, 0 more...
• When a Stage II card shows up at an unusual time, when exactly do you resolve the Escalation effect?
  Unless otherwise specified, when the Invader card is resolved for the first time (JE rulebook, p. 27).

  For instance, Russia Level 5 will put Invader cards directly in the Build space. When that card is resolved for the first time (usually Building on the next Invader phase), it will also trigger the Escalation effect.

  Explorers are Reluctant at Level III specifies different behavior on the card, so you should follow that.
  Tags: Stage II escalation, Tsardom of Russia, Explorers are Reluctant

Play Options

• When playing on an Archipelago, can Many Minds Move as one Gather/Push Beasts from a coastal land on one board to a "Range 2 away" coastal land on another board?
  Yes.
  Tags: Range, Archipelago, Fly Fast As Thought (Many Minds Move as One)
• When playing without Events, what type of Action is Commanding Beasts?
  It is a separate Event Action for each land with Beasts (JE p. 20).
  Tags: Actions, Playing Without Events, Beasts
• Playing without Events - when Commanding Beasts, can you bounce back and forth between lands?
  Formally: no, you have to command all Beasts in a single land before moving on to the next. (Everything done by Beasts in a single land is a single Event Action.)

  Practically, this only matters in unusual cases (like vs. Russia), so if it aids ease of play it's usually OK to let each player handle their board simultaneously, or resolve 1 Beasts at a time.
  Tags: Playing Without Events, Actions
• When combining Adversaries, how do you handle Escalation on Stage 3 Invader Cards when the Escalation cares about terrain? (France, Sweden)
  Choose one of the two land types randomly. (JE p. 19) Don't use "top terrain" or "bottom terrain"; they not equally distributed. If there's no other convenient way, spin the card and use the terrain that's closest to pointing at the Adversary panel.

  If you just apply the Escalation to both Explored terrains, Sweden's Escalation becomes much nastier and France's becomes much more lenient.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Combining Adversaries, Stage II escalation, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Sweden, 0 more...
• When playing without Events, can you use the Stage II "Command Beasts" card during Invader Stage III?
  Yes, you can use the Stage II Commanding Beasts any time after it is first unlocked.

  Likewise, for an Invader that switches back and forth between Stage II and Stage III (e.g., the Tsardom of Russia at Level 4+), you can use the Stage III "Command Beasts" card anytime after you first reach Stage III.
  Tags: Playing Without Events, Beasts, Kingdom of Scotland, Tsardom of Russia, 0 more...

Power Cards

• Can you forget Draw Towards a Consuming Void to satisfy the requirements on its own threshold?
  Yes, and you continue resolving the power.
  Tags: Forgetting, Non-elemental thresholds, Draw Towards a Consuming Void
• For the threshold of Dream of the Untouched Land: Should it respect the "don't use together" icons on the boards? What if we have 6 players?
  No, randomly select from all unused boards. If you have 6 players, you're component-limited (and thus don't add the board) unless you happen to have a spare copy of the game handy.

  If you are unable to add an extra board, you do not get to skip Builds and "Each Board" Adversary actions.
  Tags: Island Boards, Dream of the Untouched Land
• With an Archipelago, can Entwined Power's 'target via each others Presence' let you avoid paying 1 Energy to target a Spirit you don't otherwise share an islet with?
  Yes. The check for "Do you share an islet with the Spirit you're targeting?" (and 1-Energy cost if not) is part of targeting the Power.
  Tags: Archipelago, Entwined Power, Locus Aspect (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island)
• If Pent-Up Calamity removes a Spirit's Presence to deal damage (via that Presence counting as, e.g., Beasts): can the threshold replace that Presence?
  No, it will replace an actual token of the type you chose to remove.

  When a piece is removed from the board, it goes to the supply (or other destination) for that physical type of piece, it doesn't "remember" what it was while on the island.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Pieces, Counts As, Incarna, Pent-Up Calamity, 4 more...
• If you use The Past Returns Again on a Stage II card, do you evaluate the Escalation effect again?
  Yes.

  It still counts as being resolved "for the first time" (JE rulebook p. 27), since it was turned face-down and returned to the Invader Deck; it has no "memory" of what it did the previous time it left the Invader deck.
  Tags: Stage II escalation, The Past Returns Again (Fractured Days Split the Sky)
• For Dream of the Untouched Land, what orientation should the new board be placed in? Can it use Archipelago rules?
  It's not specified, so you choose any orientation that would be legal during setup and fully interlocks with a side of the target board. You may not use Archipelago rules, as that is not "next to".

  If all three interlockable edges of target board are accounted for (e.g., if target board is the "face" of the standard 5-player "crab" layout), then you can use any legal interlocking position that has a corner-to-corner adjacency with target board, even though that's not strictly "next to" target board. In the rare case even that isn't possible due to setup restrictions (e.g., Oceans being aligned during the Great River scenario, thematic boards all having only one possible position and orientation), you fail to add the new board and probably should have used the Power somewhere else.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Player-convenience choices, Dream of the Untouched Land
• If I meet the threshold for Draw Towards a Consuming Void, can I choose a different target land?
  No. You are not Repeating the Power, you're just making a single use of the Power do more.
  Tags: Draw Towards a Consuming Void
• If you sink a board when playing against Russia Lvl 2+, does the Pushed Explorer have to leave the destroyed board?
  Technically, no — but if you try Pushing the Explorer to a land on the sinking board, it can't be destroyed a second time by the same action. It will end up in an illegal state and be placed in the closest legal land.
  Tags: Illegally placed pieces, Cast Down into the Briny Deep, Tsardom of Russia, Transforming Aspect (Heart of the Wildfire), 1 more...
• Does the Presence added via the threshold of Dream of the Untouched Land come from Presence Tracks?
  Yes.

  As usual, Spirits may reposition Presence already on the island.
  Tags: Presence, Dream of the Untouched Land
• Can you use the threshold of Draw Towards a Consuming Void with the card from Aid from Lesser Spirits in play?
  Yes.

  The card is "used as if played", but is not your card.
  Tags: Non-elemental thresholds, Draw Towards a Consuming Void, Aid from Lesser Spirits
• If Weave Together the Fabric of Place joins lands from two different boards, what happens if an effect skips an entire Invader Card on one of those boards? (e.g., Dream of the Untouched Land)
  The land can still match the Invader Card due to being on the other board.

  In cases where multiple boards can be protected, like sacrificing Presence to New Cash Crops Take Hold, the land is only protected if both boards are skipped.
  Tags: Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Dream of the Untouched Land, New Cash Crops Take Hold
• With Settle into Hunting Grounds, can your Presence count as both Badlands and Beasts for the same action? (e.g., if an Event does Damage per Beasts)
  Yes.

  It can also count as just one or the other.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Beasts, Counts As, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, 0 more...
• Can Weave Together the Fabric of Place affect victory/loss condition X?
  Yes, Weave Together the Fabric of Place makes the lands one land for all purposes, including victory/loss for conditions like in the Dahan Insurrection scenario.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Victory and Defeat, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Kingdom of Scotland, Dahan Insurrection, 1 more...
• If an inland and Coastal land get Woven Together by the Fabric of Place, can Ocean leave their Presence inland during Time Passes?
  No.

  The joint land is Coastal, but the split when Weave Together the Fabric of Place expires is considered a move, and Ocean's Presence cannot move to an inland land.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Ocean's Hungry Grasp, Volcano Looming High, Mountain Home (Volcano Looming High), 3 more...
• Does Flame's Fury boost damage to Dahan?
  With Flame's Fury, you must boost one instance of Damage of your choice, either to Invaders or Dahan.

  Usually, you will choose to do that Damage to Invaders, but with a power like Twilight Fog Brings Madness, you would have to do extra Damage to Dahan. Note that this is different from Badlands, which separately boosts Damage to Invaders and to Dahan.

  With a power like Insatiable Hunger of the Swarm that deals damage to both Dahan and Invaders, you can choose to boost damage to Invaders, even if there are no Invaders in the land.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Damage, Twilight Fog Brings Madness, Flame's Fury (Heart of the Wildfire), Might Aspect (Vital Strength of the Earth), 1 more...
• How does Bargains of Power and Protection work if you use it multiple times?
  Additively. If you've set aside a total of 6 Presence, Dahan within Range 1 of your Presence provide Defend 6, and you gain 6 less Energy per turn.
  Tags: Bargain, Bargains of Power and Protection
• If Weave Together the Fabric of Place joins lands on two adjacent boards, what happens if you destroy one of those boards with Cast Down Into the Briny Deep?
  It will destroy everything in the joined land, since it's on the board being Cast Down. (The land is on both boards.) If you target the conjoined land, you choose which single board to sink.
  

  If you want (player option) and you have a convenient item handy to mark a land as "destroyed, no longer exists", then Cast Down Into the Briny Deep will also destroy lands that are normally on other boards but were part of the destroyed board at the time of its destruction. (If this splits a board in two, lands on one side of the gap are considered Range 2 from lands on the other side.) But if you don't want to do this, or have no convenient way of marking the land as obliterated, it survives. Also, you can't do this for the Ocean, even if Oceans are in play.
  Tags: Player-convenience choices, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Cast Down into the Briny Deep
• For Forests of Living Obsidian, when do you check whether the origin land is your Sacred Site?
  At the time you reach that instruction in the card text - so, e.g., if you're Thunderspeaker and just moved out all your Presence along with the Dahan, you no longer have a Sacred Site there.
  Tags: Forests of Living Obsidian, Thunderspeaker
• In which land does the threshold of Sleep and Never Waken generate fear?
  The target land. All effects of a land-targeting Power happen in the target land unless otherwise specified somehow.
  Tags: Fear, Targeting, Sleep and Never Waken
• What is the exact timing of "you may do both?" on cards like Growth Through Sacrifice?
  It's checked at the moment you need to know, so as soon as you must choose A ~or~ B.

  For Growth Through Sacrifice, you check the threshold as soon as you face the choice between "add a Presence" and "remove a Blight" (to see if you can do both). If you don't have 2 Sun at that point, it doesn't matter if you get 2 Sun by adding a Presence, the time for checking "can you do both?" has passed. (Note that the ordering of the two options is irrelevant to this.)

  For Unleash a Torrent of the Self's Own Essence, the choice comes at the very start of the card, so if you have the threshold at that point, you still get to do both even if Forgetting a card (from play) for the first option drops you below the threshold for the 2nd option.
  Tags: Timing, Growth Through Sacrifice, Unleash a Torrent of the Self's Own Essence
• When exactly do you have to pay a "cost to use" on a Power Card?
  Before targeting it - "using" / "resolving" a Power includes choosing a target land and verifying that it's legal.

  This can be relevant for cards like Scream Disease Into the Wind, which set up a triggered action after a Power is used on a land.
  Tags: Cost To Use, Triggered Actions, Scream Disease Into the Wind, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), 4 more...
• Does Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone count Blight in the target land *and* adjacent lands, or do you have to choose?
  It counts both. "in or adjacent" would be better phrased as "in/adjacent".
  Tags: Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone
• With Terror Turns to Madness, if Fear from it gets you to the next Terror Level, do you also get the next Terror Level's effects?
  No, it's a 3-way conditional: you only check the Terror Level at the time you reach the first of the lines.
  Tags: Resolving Powers, Terror Turns to Madness
• If you gain a Major Power by non-standard means or from a place other than the Major Power deck, do you have to Forget a card? How about the "gifting" of Entwined Power's threshold or "taking" a Major Power?
  "Gifting" is a transfer and does not require Forgetting, and "taking" explicitly doesn't require Forgetting. But for any Gain of a Major Power, you must Forget unless the effect specifically exempts you.

  As usual, you may Forget the Major Power you just gained, if you'd prefer that to losing any of your other Power Cards.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Gaining Power Cards, Forgetting, Taking Power Cards, Transferring Power Cards, 6 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 a card that boosts its own Range via an elemental threshold (eg: Sap the Strength of Multitudes), but don't have the threshold when you Repeat it, is the Repeat's range still boosted?
  Yes. Changes to Range/Speed persist across Repeats.

  If you do have the threshold, you don't get the +1 Range again. (This is counter to a strict reading of the rules; the threshold would be better written as "This Power's Range is 1", the way Talons of Lightning's is.)

  This does not apply to Carapaced Land, which has a greater Range for targeting lands with Beasts as an intrinsic part of its effect.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Repeat, Range Boosts, Elements, Sap the Strength of Multitudes, 2 more...
• For Powers that let you skip some # of Invader Actions, how/when do you decide which Invader Actions to skip?
  You decide when they come up.

  You can skip as many as you want, up to the limit given. You are not obliged to use all skips to which you are entitled (you could always be saving them for a future Invader Action caused by something unusual). Unused skips do not carry over to the next turn (as normal for effects that don't change pieces).
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, A Dreadful Tide of Scurrying Flesh (Many Minds Move as One), Infestation of Venomous Spiders, Exaltation of the Incandescent Sky, 5 more...
• If Gift of Nature's Connection comes up as an Event randomizer, does it work like Elemental Boon (we get to choose if it has the element or not)?
  No, treat it as it appears - it has no elements. (Unlike Elemental Boons, which has question-marks.)

  In hindsight, this is how Elemental Boon should have worked, since it avoids an exception case / specific rule just for it.
  Tags: Choice Events, Gift of Nature's Connection, Elemental Boon
• Why is there a copy of Sea Monsters in Jagged Earth *and* in Branch & Claw? What's the difference?
  The copy of Sea Monsters in Jagged Earth replaces the original version in Branch & Claw. It limits the maximum amount of Fear generated, to avoid ridiculous combos with Many Minds Move as One. The new text reads: "Add 1 [Beasts]. If Invaders are present, 2 [Fear] per [Beasts] (max. 8 [Fear]). 3 Damage per [Beasts]. 1 Damage per [Blight]. -If you have- 3 Water, 3 Animal: Repeat this power." If you have just Branch & Claw, you are welcome to use this new wording if you like, but it's not required.

  If you have Jagged Earth but not Branch & Claw, technically, you shouldn't add Sea Monsters to the Major Power deck. But it's not a huge deal if you do - the elemental balance of the Major Power deck isn't as tightly tuned as that of the Minor Powers.
  Tags: Updated/Replacement Components, Sea Monsters, Many Minds Move as One
• Can the damage done from Blood Draws Predators be boosted above 3?
  Yes.

  The limit is on the damage done by the card itself, not by any outside boosts from effects like Badlands or Flame's Fury.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Blood Draws Predators
• If Weave Together the Fabric of Place joins lands on two adjacent boards, how does that work with "On each board" effects?
  The conjoined land is considered to be on both boards. An "on each board" effect could affect the conjoined land twice.
  Tags: On Each Board, Weave Together the Fabric of Place
• If a Unique Power Card is transferred to another Spirit and then Forgotten, which Spirit is eligible to get it back via an effect that re-gains Forgotten Unique Powers, like *Tell the Old Stories*?
  Any Spirit that has had that Unique Power Card (whether in hand, in play, or in discard) at some point during play. This may mean that multiple Spirits are eligible to re-gain a particular Unique Power Card.
  Tags: Forgetting, Transferring Power Cards, Entwined Power, Tell the Old Stories, 2 more...
• How does Absolute Stasis interact with victory condition X or loss condition Y?
  It doesn't, per the text on the card. The land is an ordinary land for any game-end conditions.

  For instance, you can't win by using Stasis on the land with the last Cities, lose by using Stasis on the last of a Spirit's Presence, Beasts in that land count for Russia's additional loss condition, and the final Ravage in Dahan Insurrection will not affect that land, but any Invaders left there will count against the victory condition.
  Tags: Victory and Defeat, Absolute Stasis (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Tsardom of Russia, Kingdom of Scotland, 3 more...
• What sources of Energy gain do Bargains affect?
  All sources: Growth, Gain Energy, power effects, events, etc. It never actually takes away Energy you have banked, though.

  If you have trouble remembering to gain less Energy, covering up numbers on your Energy track can be an easy reminder.
  Tags: Energy, Bargain, Bargains of Power and Protection, Bargain of Coursing Paths, 0 more...
• Do Defend effects stack normally with Weave Together the Fabric of Place?
  Yes, if you join a land with Defend 3 and another land with Defend 4, the combined land has Defend 7.

  Similarly, if one land was Isolated before the join, then the joint land will be isolated afterwards, or if Dahan got a Health bonus in one land, they would now get it in the joint land.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Isolate, Defend, Health, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, 0 more...
• If a Power on a Power Card has been modified, do those modifiers persist if the Power Card leaves play?
  No, any modifiers to a Power in play, whether modifying Speed, Range, Target, or Effect, are to the Power in play, not to the Power Card itself. If the Power Card leaves play, it does not retain those modifications, nor does it automatically re-gain them if it is played again that turn.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Action Modifiers, Speed (Fast/Slow), Range Boosts, Slip the Flow of Time (Fractured Days Split the Sky), 1 more...
• Is Trees Radiate Celestial Brilliance limited to targeting a Jungle without Blight?
  No, it can target any Jungle OR any land without Blight.

  The slash works just like it does for "Remove 1 Town/City". If it were "Jungle without Blight", there would be an "AND" or "&" between them.
  Tags: Targeting, Trees Radiate Celestial Brilliance
• 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...
• What happens if you use Entwined Power to give another Spirit a card with Spirit-specific effects? (E.g., Absorb Essence, Swallow the Land-Dwellers)
  As usual, do as much as you legally can, skipping instructions you can't perform. However, Special Rules can define new types of effect (like "Drown") usable by anyone with a Power referencing it.

  More specifically:

  • Absorb Essence effectively becomes "Gain 3 Energy. Target Spirit gains Any Element and 1 Energy." (You cannot follow the instruction "Move 1 of target Spirit's Presence to your 'Deep Slumber' track", because you do not have a Deep Slumber track.)
  • Ocean's Special Rules define what "Drown" means: "Destroy Drowned pieces, placing Drowned Invaders here [on Ocean's playmat]." So if another Spirit Drowns an Invader, it is Destroyed (by that Spirit), then goes onto Ocean's playmat. Similarly, since Terror Stalks the Land defines what "Abduct" means, abducted pieces go to The Endless Dark whether or not Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine is the one using the Power.
  • Elemental Teachings lets other Spirits prepare Element Markers, but what what they can do with them depends on whether or not Shifting Memory of Ages is using an Aspect.
  • Powers that reference specific Incarna can still interact with that Incarna, but may be less effective.
  • While any Spirit could perform the effects of many of Fractured Days' Unique Powers, they can't pay the time cost to use them in the first place.
    Tags: Transferring Power Cards, Drowning (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Entwined Power, Swallow the Land-Dwellers (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 8 more...
• If an Explorer with Strife is affected by Voice of Command, does it still deal damage?
  Yes.

  The rules for Strife start “Whenever Invaders Damage the Dahan and/or the Land …” An Explorer under the sway of Voice of Command is damaging other Invaders, and so is not affected by the Strife.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Strife, Voice of Command
• If a Spirit with an Incarna uses Settle Into Hunting Grounds, can the Incarna still move that turn?
  Yes, but only if you choose not to count it as Presence for that action (and therefore not count it as Badlands or Beasts with Settle Into Hunting Grounds either).

  For instance, Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine using Leave a Trail of Deathly Silence can't get the Badlands bonus if they choose to Push the Incarna.
  Tags: Counts As, Incarna, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, Leave a Trail of Deathly Silence (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), 1 more...
• How does "+1 Damage with Damage-dealing Powers" (e.g., Flame's Fury) work? What exactly does it increase?
  For every power that does Damage, it increases one part of that Damage by 1.

  For instance, if a power does "1 damage to each Invader", Flame's Fury would let you do 2 damage to one of those Invaders. If a power does "1 Damage to each Town/City", Flame's Fury would let you do 2 damage to one of the Towns or Cities. If a power does "1 Damage to 1 Town/City", then Flame's Fury would let you do 2 Damage to 1 Town/City. If a power does "1 damage" and then (with another condition) another "1 damage", then you deal a total of 3 damage. If a power does damage in multiple different lands, you only get the bonus in one of the lands. If a power ends up doing no damage at all for some reason, then you do not get a damage bonus.

  You only get the bonus once per use of a damage-dealing power. If you use a Power multiple times by Repeating it, or if a Power sets up a triggered action that is triggered more than once, the bonus applies each time.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Damage, Badlands, Triggered Actions, Heart of the Wildfire, 7 more...
• If a Spirit-targeting Power adds Fear, which land does it add Fear in (e.g., for the purpose of Dread Apparitions)?
  No specific land, unless the Power explicitly says which land to affect.

  Mantle of Dread and Exaltation of the Incandescent Sky notably don't specify where the Fear is earned, and thus can't add Defend with Dread Apparitions or trigger a Push from Stretch Out Coils of Foreboding Dread.
  Tags: Fear, Dread Apparitions (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares), Foreboding Aspect (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), Mantle of Dread (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), 1 more...
• What happens when Invaders Ravage in a land with a Badlands affected by Voice of Command? Can Badlands damage that would normally be done to Dahan be assigned to Explorers?
  The Explorers are still considered Invaders - boosting Damage done to them does not count as boosting Damage to Dahan.

  Voice of Command changes what "side" the Explorers are fighting on during Ravage (from "attackers" to "counterattackers"), but does not change what type of pieces the Explorers are, which is what Badlands cares about.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Ravage, Voice of Command
• Can you disconnect the island using Cast Down into the Briny Deep?
  Yes. For instance, if you sink the middle board in the "Coastline" layout variant 3-player game, there are now two island boards left. By default, there is no way to get from one board to the other, but if you want (player option), you may treat lands that were Range 2 from each other before the sinking as still being Range 2 after the sinking, per the Archipelago rules. (This can be annoying to track, which is why it's not a mandatory rule.)

  The Archipelago rules do not apply, since the coasts are not facing each other and it is not game setup.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Island setup, Archipelago, Player-convenience choices, Cast Down into the Briny Deep, 0 more...
• If two lands are joined using Weave Together the Fabric of Place, is the conjoined land considered adjacent to itself?
  Changed ruling: No. (The old ruling was creating waaay too many weird edge cases.)
  

  The original ruling was made because the definition of "Coastal" is "adjacent to the printed Ocean", and a Coastal land Woven together with an in-play Ocean should definitely still be Coastal. Turns out it's much better to just rule that that's how it works.
  Tags: Land Types, Push, Move, Gather, 4 more...
• With Voice of Command, can Explorers take Damage from Towns/Cities? How does distributing damage work when you have a mixed group of Dahan and Explorers?
  Yes, Explorers can take Damage. You can destroy Explorers before Dahan. (And will usually want to do so.)

  You can also mix-and-match - destroy an Explorer or two, then deal damage to a Dahan - if for some reason you want to leave some Explorers alive.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Dahan, Explorer, Ravage, Damage, 1 more...
• When Weave Together the Fabric of Place expires, what if pieces in the joined land can't be legally moved to one (or both) of the printed lands?
  If a piece can moved legally, it must be. If it can't be legally moved to any of the constituent lands, then it is cleaned up to one of them (player's choice which). This applies to all pieces, not just Invaders/Dahan.

  (Cleaning up is not an action, not considered a move, and does not trigger actions; it is a correction of the game state.)

  This can happen with, e.g., Presence placed in a normally-illegal location via Indomitable Claim.

  In the ridiculously rare edge case of two Woven lands which are both no longer lands, when Weave expires, clean up all Woven pieces as if they were illegally placed in one of the used-to-be-lands. (This may require judgment calls.) If this ever arises naturally, you win an edge-case award.
  Tags: Illegally placed pieces, Weave Together the Fabric of Place
• 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...
• Wait, is the target land of Bargains of Power and Protection relevant?
  None of the text effects affect the target land - but you do need to have a valid target land in order to enact the bargain.
  Tags: Bargains of Power and Protection
• Does the Energy Ocean’s Hungry Grasp gains from Drowning count as gaining Energy for the purpose of Bargains?
  Yes. Ocean doesn’t get to skip out of paying for its Bargains just because its main source of Energy isn’t one of the common sources.

  That being said, Ocean is not required to exchanged Drowned Invaders for Energy at a particular time, so it can save up Invaders on turns when it will not gain much Energy (avoiding fully paying for its Bargains on those turns) and then cash them out on a turn when it will gain a lot of Energy.
  Tags: Energy, Bargain, Drowning (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Ocean's Hungry Grasp, 2 more...
• What happens if you give a Range boost to someone who's used Bargains of Power and Protection? Does it matter if they played Bargains on that turn or an earlier turn?
  In either case, for the turn the Range boost is active, it increases the "within Range 1 of your Presence" at which that Spirit affects Dahan. The boost wears off at the end of the turn, even though Bargains of Power and Protection doesn't.

  This includes range bonuses to "your Power Card" (eg, Volcano Looming High).
  Tags: Range, Range Boosts, Bargains of Power and Protection, Reaching Grasp, 5 more...
• How does Voice of Command interact with Events that boost Invader damage or count Invaders?
  Events usually interact with "sides" (attacker vs counterattacker):

  • Boosts to total Invader Damage only benefit the Invaders' side - not the Explorers fighting alongside Dahan.
  • Boosts to "Invader Damage against Dahan" (Xenophobia) apply to damage done to the Dahan side - it doesn't matter if the damage is allocated to Dahan or Explorers.
  • Events counting the number of Invaders Ravaging (Fearful Mobs) count the pieces on the Invader's side - so not the Explorers. (A strict reading would count them, but this is wording for the normal case)

  (The last works differently from Badlands, which care about whether damage is actually done to Dahan pieces.)
  Tags: Ravage, Voice of Command, Fearful Mobs, Xenophobia, 3 more...
• If you target yourself with Gift of Twinned Days in a solo game, can you repeat your lowest-cost power twice? If so, can you choose a different power to be ‘lowest-cost’ the second time?
  Yes, and yes.

  It works differently than Serpent Wakes in Power (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island) because that innate says "Other Spirits with (condition) do likewise", rather than working via targeting particular Spirits.
  Tags: Targeting, Repeat, Gift of Twinned Days, Serpent Wakes in Power (Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island), 0 more...
• When you use a Power outside of its normal phase (eg, during the Invader Phase via the Rouse the Spirits event), if Repeats have been granted to you (eg, from Gift of Strength), can you use them then?
  Changed answer: No. Unlike Lightning's Boon or Sky Stretches to Shore, you're not actually changing the Power's speed, you're just using it (once) ignoring speed. Repeats can happen in the phase matching the Power's actual speed.

  The first-pass answer was "yes" based on the idea that these things changed the Power's speed, but that proved the wrong direction.

  Note that this only applies to granted Repeats, like from Gift of Twinned Days or the like. It does not apply to Powers which have "Repeat this Power" as one of their instructions; those can and must be Repeated immediately as an action triggered by the initial use. (After any other triggered actions.)
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Repeat, Events, Timing, Changed rulings, 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...
• What happens if Cast Down into the Briny Deep sinks a board where a land is under Absolute Stasis?
  If you want and you have a convenient coaster or other object that can represent the Stasis'd land, then the Stasis'd land survives. If it is disjoint from the rest of the island, consider it Range 2 from the land(s) nearest to it, per the Archipelago rules in Jagged Earth. If you don't want to do this, or have no convenient way of representing a single land, then Cast Down into the Briny Deep overwhelms the Stasis, ending its effects and affecting the land normally.

  If by doing this you create a land with no adjacent lands, see this FAQ for how, e.g., Blight Cascades work.

  Similarly, if the Deeps aspect of Ocean's Hungry Grasp creates a land separated by ocean from the rest of the island, consider it Range 2 to cross the ocean for all purposes, including (e.g.) Growth.
  Tags: Player-convenience choices, Absolute Stasis (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Cast Down into the Briny Deep, Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 0 more...
• With Entwined Power, can Shroud of Silent Mist Gather another Spirit's Presence?
  Yes. When Shroud of Silent Mist targets a Power (which its Presence-Gather is part of) it treats the other Spirit's Presence as also being its Presence.

  If the effects of the special rule didn't have anything to do with targeting the Power, it might be more ambiguous (since Entwined Power is only supposed to affect targeting), but Mists Shift and Flow is very explicit that it can be used to target Powers.
  Tags: Targeting, Move, Shroud of Silent Mist, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), 2 more...
• What happens if you gift Bargains of Power and Protection to another Spirit, who uses it? Now that the Reminder Card is in front of them, do you still get the benefit?
  The permanent effects of the Bargain persist and are associated with you even if you don't have the Power Card any more.

  It doesn't matter who the Reminder Card is in front of; it's just a reminder. If table configuration allows, it is probably most convenient to put the Reminder Card between the players who have used the Power Card so that they can all easily reference it.

  For example, if two Spirits each use Bargains of Power and Protection once, both of those Spirits grant Defend 1 to each Dahan within Range 1; it doesn't matter which one more recently used the Power. If a single Dahan is within Range 1 of both Spirits, that Dahan will provide Defend 2, since the two Defend 1 effects stack.

  Similarly if you Forget the Power, you continue to get the benefits and pay the costs, even if another Spirit eventually gains and uses it.
  Tags: Reminder Cards, Bargain, Bargains of Power and Protection, Bargain of Coursing Paths, 1 more...
• Can you choose a land joined by Weave Together the Fabric of Place twice for a Fear card that asks each player to choose a different land?
  No, the joined land is no longer two different lands, and the two lands that went into making it don't exist independently at that time.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Weave Together the Fabric of Place
• For the power Storm-Swath, what happens if the origin land is the same as the target land?
  You do 2 damage to each Invader - the "target land" and "origin land" effects each still apply, just to the same land.
  Tags: Targeting, Storm-Swath
• If you've used Settle into Hunting-Grounds (your Presence counts as Beasts and Badlands), and draw the Beasts Prey on the Injured event (Beasts count as Badlands), does your Presence now count as 2 badlands each?
  No. "Piece A counts as Piece B" changes (roughly) "what does this physical object represent"; applying it multiple times has no effect.
  Tags: Counts As, Badlands, Beasts, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, 1 more...

Presence and Sacred Sites

• When Blight is moved into a land, does it destroy Presence or cause cascades?
  No, Blight only destroys Presence when it is added to the board, not when it is moved from one land to another. Likewise, moving Blight does not cause cascades. [B&C p. 15, JE p. 28]
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Presence, Blight, Absorb Corruption, Flow Like Water, Reach Like Air, 8 more...

Range and Targeting

• Can you target a power on a land where you know it won't do anything? For instance, target a land without Explorers with a "Push 1 Explorer" Power?
  Yes. You can target a power on any land, as long as it satisfies the targeting and range restrictions. ("Do as much as you can" only refers to resolving a Power, not how you use it in the first place.)

  Obvious reasons you might want to do this include Gathering Presence (if you're Shroud of Silent Mist) or placing Disease (if Scream Disease Into the Wind has been played on you). There are other less-likely cases too.
  Tags: Targeting, Scream Disease Into the Wind, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), Shroud of Silent Mist, 1 more...
• When choosing Beasts to move with Flocking Red-Talons, which land do you measure Range from?
  The target land. All text in land-targeting Powers is resolved in relation to the target land unless otherwise specified.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Range, Flocking Red-Talons, Inspire the Release of Stolen Lands, Ravaged Undergrowth Slithers Back to Life, 8 more...

Scenarios

• How does Isolate interact with the Military Response rule in the Dahan Insurrection Scenario?
  Oddly. The simplest way to play it is "Military Response ignores Isolate". If you want a more thematic but more complex game, use "The new Invader must be added to a non-Isolated land. Ignore Isolate effects when determining which lands are closest."
  Tags: Isolate, Dahan Insurrection
• When playing with an extra board, do any Scenarios need adjusting?
  Yes, a number of previously-printed Scenarios need to change "per player" to "per board":

  • Powers Long Forgotten: Make the "per player" setup instructions "per board" instead. (So you have enough tokens for all the boards, if playing on balanced. )
  • Blitz - Setup - "an additional Blight per player" should be "per board". Rule Changes - "1 less Blight per player" should be "per board".
  • Second Wave - After the First Game - the "per player" measurements should be "per board" (though the tokens saved do not need to be exactly 1 per board - eg, in a 2p, 3-board game, you could save 3 Beasts across the whole island, not limited to precisely 1 per board). Second Game Setup - "2 Blight per player" should be "2 Blight per board".
  • The Great River - Additional Loss Conditions - the per-player measurement should be per-board (but you can't just substitute "per board" because that implies it matters which board they escape from, so something like "If more than (3 x # of boards) Towns escape...")
  • Ward the Shores - Setup Changes - "4 Markers per player" should be "4 Markers per board"

  Note: an extra board may synergize very painfully with some Scenarios - most notably those which involve controlling / affecting territory, like The Great River, Despicable Theft, Ward the Shores and perhaps Powers Long Forgotten. If you want to avoid the extra Difficulty boost caused by this, you can opt to have some or all of the Scenario effects skip one board. (eg: The Great River could skip just Population Spills Across the River on one board, or all Rule Changes.) This will, of course, dilute the feel of the Scenario a bit.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Extra Island Board, Powers Long Forgotten, Blitz, Second Wave, 3 more...
• In Elemental Invocation, can a Spirit use Element Markers to legally target an Innate Power that would do nothing (and thus be untargetable) without those Elements?
  Yes, you can use those Elements to meet the requirement that a Power have the potential to do something. (But as usual, Range or Speed changes don't count as “potential to do something”.)

  This was not clear in earlier printings, but is clarified on the Scenario panel in later printings.
  Tags: Elements, Elemental Invocation
• If playing Despicable Theft vs. Russia level 2+, do the Thieves get the benefits that Russian Explorers do?
  No. "They are not Explorers for any other rule or purpose", including Adversary rules.

  They're basically a new type of piece, and Spirit Actions which can interact with Explorers are retconned to be able to affect Thieves too.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Despicable Theft, Tsardom of Russia
• When the players collectively perform the Ritual of Terror, whose Action is it?
  Rituals that are not explicitly associated with one Spirit are Spirit Actions for the purpose of anything that cares what type of Action they are (e.g., Vengeance as a Burning Plague destroying its Presence as part of a Ritual of Terror), but are not an individual Spirit's Action for the purpose of their Special Rules. (No, not even in solo play, for the sake of consistency.)

  In Rituals of the Destroying Flame, it is an individual Spirit doing the Action, and so is that Spirit's Action and can benefit from special rules that apply to their actions.
  Tags: Solo games, Actions, Rituals of Terror, Vengeance as a Burning Plague, 3 more...
• If playing Ocean's Hungry Grasp in the Despicable Theft Scenario, can you Drown Thieves if 2 Dahan are pushed into the Ocean in the same action? What if a Town is also Pushed in?
  Yes. The Thief would return to its supply as usual, though, and Ocean's Hungry Grasp wouldn't get Energy for it.

  It doesn't matter if Towns/Cities are pushed into the Ocean as well, because you can check the "no Towns/Cities" condition before or after the action.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Destroy, Despicable Theft, Drowning (Ocean's Hungry Grasp)
• When are Scenario Markers / Element Markers considered pieces?
  Nearly anytime they're placed on the board. The only exception is if they're purely a visual reminder, like in The Great River, or if used to mark Inner Lands for Guard The Isle's Heart. (JE p. 35, "Piece")

  This might be revisited if future content results in weird situations, as some of the cases are kind of borderline (eg: Rituals of the Destroying Flame), but for now the simplicity of "always" wins out.

  Element Markers placed on the board for Elemental Invocation are not considered "pieces" - the first printings of Jagged Earth considered them as pieces that were basically non-interactable (since they're not in any land); it's cleaner to just not count them as pieces at all.
  Tags: Element markers, Pieces, Changed rulings, Despicable Theft, 9 more...
• With the Despicable Theft Scenario, can you use Isolate to stop or detour Thieves?
  Yes.

  If you use Isolate to make the shortest path to a board’s Ocean longer than usual without completely blocking a Thief in, it will attempt that longer journey, even if that puts it onto another board. (In that case, on future turns it’ll head towards that board’s Ocean.)
  Tags: Isolate, Despicable Theft
• What happens if the pool of Thieves in Despicable Theft runs out?
  There are no Thieves in the pool, so you don't add any more.
  

  (If your playgroup wants a larger challenge, you can create a secondary pool of (1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 7xblank) using the core game Scenario Markers.)
  Tags: Despicable Theft
• The definition of Accelerate in the Jagged Earth rulebook says that the affected Invader Card is discarded, but the reminder text on Elemental Invocation says it gets removed from the game. Which one is correct?
  The rulebook.

  Rules text trumps reminder text. This is occasionally relevant for effects that interact with the Invader Card discard.
  Tags: Accelerate, Elemental Invocation, Learn the Invader's Tactics (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 1 more...
• Does The Great River scenario modify the initial Explore?
  No, the initial Explore happens as normal.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: The Great River
• With the Second Wave Scenario, how do you handle Still-Healthy Island cards?
  The short version is "rewind cards, and what you learned doesn't change" (you'll use the same cards next game).

  The long version: If you went past a Still-Healthy Island Card, after following the Blight instructions, put it – original Healthy side up – atop the stack of Blight Cards (so you encounter it first, just like you did this game).

  If you reached (but did not pass) a Still-Healthy Island Card, treat it as a Blighted Island Card for the Blight instructions – but in your next game, if you get past it to a new Blight Card, you will need to add new Blight from the box rather than from the pool by the side of the card.

  (If this is too complex, you may also opt to simply omit Still-Healthy Island cards.)
  Tags: Blighted Island, Still Healthy Island, Second Wave
• Can you mix two or more Scenarios?
  You can, but it's not officially supported (they're not tested in pairs), so you'll need to use your own judgment when combining them - what will play well together, how Difficult it might be, and if there are any tweaks you need to make to avoid degenerate situations.

  Scenarios exist on sort of a spectrum between "mods" (Varied Terrains, Elemental Invocation) and "goal-driven" (Ward the Shores). Mixing two Scenarios on the goal-driven end of the spectrum tends to result in more oddness, whereas mixing a mod-like Scenario with others tends to be cleaner (though Difficulty may be notably impacted by synergies / anti-synergies between the two).
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Difficulty, Varied Terrains, Elemental Invocation, Ward the Shores, 0 more...

Setup

• If a Spirit has multiple legal ways to set up on the island, can it choose the one it likes best?
  Yes, when there are multiple choices that equally meet the setup conditions, the player gets to choose the one they like. For some Spirits, this will only happen on the thematic side or against specific Adversaries/Scenarios.
  Tags: Spirit setup, Thunderspeaker, A Spread of Rampant Green, Ocean's Hungry Grasp, 10 more...
• When setting a Spirit on a the thematic map, what happens if the setup instructions are impossible (e.g., adding Presence to a land with Blight when that board has no Blight).
  Either don't start that Spirit on that board or follow the instructions as best as you can, choosing freely when no lands meet the criteria given. [Jagged Earth Rulebook p. 6]

  When choosing freely, use theme as your guide — you're playing on the thematic map, after all!
  Tags: Thematic map, Spirit setup, Vengeance as a Burning Plague, Starlight Seeks Its Form, 6 more...
• What counts as the end of Setup for “During Play” Adversary/Scenario effects? And how are they different from “After Setup” effects?
  During Play effects do not affect Setup, but do affect normal gameplay. Setup normally ends with the initial Explore, with normal gameplay starting with the first Spirit Phase, but some Adversaries and Scenarios have Setup instructions that happen after the initial Explore and before the game starts.

  There is no difference between During Play and After Setup effects that happen more than once. With Jagged Earth turning "after" into a key word for Triggered Actions, if "after Setup" were interpreted as strictly as possible, it would make the associated effect happen exactly once, between Setup and Spirits choosing Growth Options on the first turn. With the exception of Guard the Isle's Heart, which explicitly adds an extra step to Setup, "after Setup" effects from Jagged Earth and earlier should be interpreted as "During Play."
  Tags: Guard the Isle's Heart, Kingdom of France, Varied Terrains, Despicable Theft, 3 more...

Spirit Phase

• Can you use a Presence track action in the middle of Growth?
  Yes, so long it's in between actions (or before them). Generally, each icon is one Action(†).
  

  For instance, Downpour Drenches the World could choose its second growth option (which has 2 "Add a Presence" icons), add 1 Presence to uncover a "Move Presence 1" space, use the Move 1 to shift a Presence, then place a second Presence from the new position. Or Many Minds Move as One could gain Energy with its 3rd Growth option, then use it to gain a Power Card before deciding where to place Presence.

  (†) = With an exception for icons that explicitly indicate "do this thing multiple times", like Fractured Days' "xN"s or Ocean's "....to/from EACH Ocean".
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Growth, Presence track, Actions, Downpour Drenches the World, 2 more...
• 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...
• With Spirits that get to choose multiple Growth options, if more than one option has "Gain Power Card", can I gain a Power Card *then* pick which Growth choice I was using?
  No. You choose a set of things to do, then do them all. If you have multiple Growth choices, you then do this again, and cannot choose one you already picked this turn.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Growth, Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds, Sharp Fangs behind the Leaves, Starlight Seeks Its Form, 0 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Heart of the Wildfire and Ocean's Hungry Grasp have special rules that refer to "you" adding or moving presence. If another spirit moves your presence (e.g. with Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By), do those rules apply?
  Yes. No ability to move other Spirits' presence existed until Jagged Earth, so the wording doesn't handle that contingency. Apologies!

  More recent printings of these Spirits have adjusted the wording to reflect the intent.
  Tags: Adding Presence, Presence, Blazing Presence (Heart of the Wildfire), Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 0 more...
• If Trickster uses Let's See What Happens, do they automatically get elemental thresholds?
  No, you check as normal to see if you have the elements you need.

  Since you don't get the elements on the card you drew, you have to be lucky to hit the threshold.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Let's See What Happens (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble)
• If Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares uses Infestation of Venomous Spiders and meets the threshold, does it deal real Damage?
  No. The threshold is a triggered action from Bringer's Power, so obeys To Dream a Thousand Deaths.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Infestation of Venomous Spiders, To Dream a Thousand Deaths (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares)
• Can Eyes use its Dahan Trust the Watchers special rule to Gather Dahan when targeting a Spirit with Encompassing Ward?
  No. Even if all of target Spirit's Presence is in one land, the Power doesn't add Defend to the land, but rather grants the Spirit a new effect.
  Tags: Defend, Encompassing Ward, Dahan Trust the Watchers (Eyes Watch From the Trees), Eyes Watch From the Trees, 5 more...
• If Finder of Paths Unseen gets Presence in the Ocean, can it make lands Coastal?
  Yes, if an Ocean with Finder's Presence is a land.

  Whether a land is Coastal is defined by whether the land is adjacent to the Ocean. Open the Ways can create an adjacency between two of Finder's lands, allowing it to make lands (temporarily) Coastal.

  Ocean's specification of "for Powers and Blight" makes this question really murky, but allowing it is much more thematic and fun, so that's the way the ruling is going. If it proves a problem later, it'll get changed then.
  Tags: Open the Ways (Finder of Paths Unseen), Coastal Lands invader card, Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Finder of Paths Unseen, 1 more...
• Can the Healing Markers claimed by Wounded Waters Bleeding be used for anything other than checking which Healing Markers you have? (e.g., do they grant Elements?)
  No, Healing Markers are just Healing Markers; they don't do anything else associated with Elements or Element Markers.

  Element Markers don't inherently do anything; they're just used to track effects that are associated with Elements in some way. While Starlight Seeks its Form uses them to track permanent Elements, that's only because its Slowly Coalescing Nature special rule explicitly grants that effect. And while Shifting Memory of Ages can spend its prepared Element Markers for various effects, that's only because Insights into the World's Nature, Elemental Teachings, and its Presence Tracks grant those benefits.
  Tags: Prepare, Element markers, Elements, Claim, 4 more...
• When Ocean’s Hungry Grasp is on a board, can Powers and Special Rules measure Range through that board’s Ocean?
  Yes, Powers and Special Rules can treat the Ocean as a land via Ocean in Play, so they can measure Range through it. Measuring Range through Land 2 is usually just as good, so this only matters if something has altered the board layout in some way:

  • The Thematic Map has some Oceans that are adjacent to more than three lands.
  • Land 2 is temporarily removed from play via Absolute Stasis.
  • Finder of Paths Unseen is using Open the Ways to connect a land to an Ocean.
    Tags: Range, Thematic map, Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Ocean's Hungry Grasp, 3 more...
• What happens if Fractured Days Split the Sky uses Visions of a Shifting Future on the Invader deck, and there is a reminder card right below the top card?
  Set aside the reminder card, look at the top Invader Card, and shuffle the top two Invader Cards (one of which was previously below the reminder card). Then put the cards back on top of the deck, with the reminder card below the top card.

  Unless otherwise specified, Reminder Cards mark a position in the deck. They are not Invader Cards.
  Tags: Reminder Cards, Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Fractured Days Split the Sky, 1 more...
• When does Observe the Ever-Changing World expire?
  It expires when Time Passes like other effects do. The Element Markers stacked up in in the target land are a reminder of how many more times it can trigger this turn, not an actual change to the board state that persists into future turns.

  All effects in Time Passes expire simultaneously, so if something else causes the pieces to change during Time Passes, Observe the Ever-Changing World does not trigger.
  Tags: Time Passes, Element markers, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 0 more...
• Can Volcano just decide to destroy Presence with Explosive Eruption without triggering any of the other effects (for the benefit from Collapse in a Blast of Lava and Steam)? Can it destroy more than it needs to?
  Yes.

  Formally, "Destroy X [Presence]" is just a part of the innate that doesn't require any elements. Doing so counts for the Power to have been considered "used", for things like Scream Disease Into the Wind, even if you Destroyed just 1 Presence (the minimum for that Power).
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Resolving Powers, Explosive Eruption (Volcano Looming High), Collapse in a Blast of Lava and Steam (Volcano Looming High)
• Is Lure of the Deep Wilderness' ability to ignore Explorers the same as saying those Explorers do not participate in Ravage?
  Yes. You may ignore Explorers during Ravage actions and/or the entire Ravage step, as per "does not participate in Ravage" (JE rulebook, p. 14).
  Tags: Ignore, Do not participate in Ravage, Enthrall the Foreign Explorers (Lure of the Deep Wilderness)
• How does The Kingdom of Sweden Level 1 interact with the Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock special rule of Stone's Unyielding Defiance?
  The two Blight from Sweden 1 are added simultaneously, not sequentially, so Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock checks against the final Blight total.

  Sweden's rule that the second Blight cannot destroy Presence or cascade is just a reminder of the general rule that Presence destruction and cascades happen if Blight is added, not on a per-Blight basis - it's not a special ability granted to Sweden's second Blight to make it uniquely less harmful. (In the base game, Sweden 1 was the only was the only way 2 blight could be added simultaneously, so the rule was printed on the Adversary.)
  Tags: Blight, Kingdom of Sweden, Bestow the Endurance of Bedrock (Stone's Unyielding Defiance)
• Can Stone's Unyielding Defiance use Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will (to take Blight from the box) even if the Blight being added will destroy their Presence?
  Yes.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Blight, Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will (Stone's Unyielding Defiance)
• If Fractured Days gives away its Unique Powers (eg, with Entwined Power), can other Spirits play them?
  Other Spirits can play them but not use them, since they would have to pay Time and have no way of gaining it.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Cost To Use, Fractured Days Split the Sky, Entwined Power
• If another Spirit gets hold of Elemental Teachings (from Shifting Memory of Ages), can they Prepare element markers?
  Yes. While Shifting Memory's panel defines what "Prepare" means, other Spirits can do so if they are able to use a Power that instructs them to. They can spend those element markers on Elemental Teachings or for whatever Shifting Memory's special rules say those markers are for (normally getting extra Elements for a single action via Insights Into the World's Nature).

  While a strict reading of the text of Insights Into the World's Nature would have the other Spirit store its prepared markers on Shifting Memory's panel, don't do that. It just wasn't worth convoluting the wording of that paragraph to cover the extreme edge-case. As of the release of Nature Incarnate, "Prepare" is a general game keyword, so the exact text of the first paragraph of Insights Into the World's Nature is just a reminder of how things normally work for Shifting Memory of Ages.

  If an Aspect replaces Insights Into the World's Nature, the function of Element markers also changes for other Spirits. For example, if Shifting Memory is using the Intensify Aspect, Element markers can be spent by other Spirits to increase the effects of one of their Spirit Actions, but can't be spent to gain Elements for a single action.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, Transferring Power Cards, Element markers, Prepare, 5 more...
• 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...
• If all you can do with an innate power is change its Speed or Range (eg: either of Thunderspeaker's innates with 4 Air only), is that enough to target and use the Power?
  No, a power needs to have the potential to do something (not just modify its own attributes) in order to be targeted or used.

  This is usually irrelevant, but can occasionally be important (for, e.g., Scream Disease Into the Wind, or other "after using a power on a land..." effects.)

  It does not need to actually do something, as long as it has an instruction that could in theory modify the game state. Setting up a triggered action for the current Power only (eg: Lure's first innate) doesn't count, either; it's effectively an internal modifier as well, despite using a trigger for timing.
  Tags: Targeting, Resolving Powers, Range Boosts, Range, 4 more...
• Does the event Lingering Plagues *("....Ignore Disease during Builds this Invader Phase")* stop Vengeance from gaining Fear by letting Builds happen where there's Disease?
  No, Vengeance may still gain the Fear. Lingering Plagues should be read as "Disease doesn't prevent Builds this Invader Phase" - it modifies the same thing ("When Disease would prevent a Build") as The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague, so you can choose to apply the latter first.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Action Modifiers, Disease, Build, Lingering Plagues, 3 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...
• Does "Reclaim half" on the first growth track of Starlight Seeks its Form mean half of the discard, or half of all your cards?
  Half of the discard.
  Tags: Reclaim, Growth, Starlight Seeks Its Form
• 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...
• If a Spirit has an unusually-shaped Presence Track, how does it determine the number of Energy/Plays it has access to each turn?
  Use the highest single Energy number and Plays number, then add any +Energy and +Plays from other spaces on the tracks.

  For example, if Finder of Paths Unseen has uncovered its spaces with:

  • Sun
  • 1 Energy, Moon
  • 2 Energy, Water
  • +2 Energy
  • +1 Energy, +1 Range
  • +1 Card Play/Turn

  Then it has 5 Energy/turn (2 + 2 + 1, ignoring the Moon space because the Water space grants a higher base amount) and 2 Plays/turn (1 + 1).
  Tags: Presence track, Finder of Paths Unseen, Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island, Wounded Waters Bleeding, 1 more...
• Many Minds Move as One says "when *you* Gather or Push Beasts" - is that identical to "when *your actions* Gather or Push Beasts"?
  Nearly. In theory it could include some other sort of action that said "Target Spirit may Push a Beasts" or "Each Spirit Pushes a Beasts"... but in practice no such things exist, so functionally speaking it's identical.

  ("Each player may Push a Beasts" would not be sufficient - cases like that don't represent Spirits doing things, the game just needs a player to make a decision for a Fear or Event card. It would have to use the word "Spirit".)

  Usually, the wording "when you (do X)" is used for your pieces or other game components: e.g., "when you Forget a Power Card" or "when you uncover this spot on your Presence track" or "when your Presence is destroyed". Those can obviously happen as a result of many different sorts of actions, not only your own.
  Tags: Actions, Beasts, Fly Fast As Thought (Many Minds Move as One), Many Minds Move as One, 0 more...
• If Vengeance uses its 'The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague' special rule to let Invaders Build in a land with multiple Disease, how much Fear does it generate?
  1 Fear total. The special rule checks if Disease would prevent a Build, not how much Disease is present.
  Tags: Fear, Disease, Vengeance as a Burning Plague, The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague (Vengeance as a Burning Plague), 0 more...
• During Growth, can Lure of the Deep Wilderness see which Power Card its gains before it decides whether to Reclaim or Add Presence?
  Yes. The only difference between Lure and other Spirits that freely choose 2 or 3 Growth Options is that Lure can't pick both from the left pair or both from the right pair.
  Tags: Ordering, Growth, Lure of the Deep Wilderness
• What's the point of using Elemental Teachings (Shifting Memory of Ages) on yourself? Don't you have those Elements available anyway?
  If you spend Element Markers, you get those Elements for the entire turn, not just for a single Action. But yes, the Power is generally more useful targeting other Spirits.
  Tags: Elements, Element markers, Prepare, Elemental Teachings, 1 more...
• When the Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 2+ would Build a City in an Inland Fathomless Mud Sacred Site, how many Explorers get Built?
  One or two Explorers, your choice.

  If you choose to apply Offer No Firm Foundations first, it switches the Build from a City to an Explorer, so More Rural Than Urban doesn’t apply. On the other hand, if you choose to apply More Rural Than Urban first, it switches the Build from a City to two Towns, which Offer No Firm Foundations then switches to two Explorers.
  Tags: Build, Action Modifiers, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Offer No Firm Foundations (Fathomless Mud of the Swamp), 1 more...
• If Vengeance as a Burning Plague's presence is saved from destruction, does it still get to add a Disease?
  No. Both because of the phrasing "...where each Destroyed Presence was", which is meaningless if no Presence is actually destroyed; and because the replacement must be applied before other modifications.

  The phrasing on this is pretty unclear - "...where each Destroyed Presence was" is a check that should happen after Presence might be destroyed, not at the moment Presence might be destroyed. The rule would have been better done either as a triggered action ("After your Presence is destroyed..."), or phrased as "...instead Replace your Presence with a Disease".
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Saved From Destruction, Vengeance as a Burning Plague, Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By
• For Shifting Memory of Ages' innate which lets them prepare element markers: does damaging pieces count? How about adding Strife? Scenario markers?
  Damaging a piece doesn't change which pieces are in the land, so no. Adding Strife adds a new piece, so yes. Scenario markers aren't generally considered pieces, so no.
  Tags: Strife, Element markers, Prepare, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), 1 more...
• Can Vengeance as a Burning Plague let the Habsburg Mining Expedition Ravage in Mining lands with Disease in order to earn Fear?
  Yes.

  The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague modifies how Disease works, so Ceaseless Mining lets it apply to Ravages in Mining lands.
  Tags: Disease, Action Modifiers, Vengeance as a Burning Plague, The Terror of a Slowly Unfolding Plague (Vengeance as a Burning Plague), 1 more...
• What is the timing of specifying a new Presence-track Element for Starlight?
  As soon as it's revealed, even mid-action. Its panel should read "When you reveal a (star)", not "After you reveal a (star)". This rarely matters, but is also more consistent with how other Presence-track elements work.

  (Technically as written, if you revealed multiple stars in the same action, you would only cover one of them, which is why the change above matters.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, Timing, Triggered Actions, Action Modifiers, 2 more...
• What does "When an Event or Blight Card directly destroys Presence" mean, for Stone's innate Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will?
  It means the Event / Blight card uses the words “Destroy (Presence)” rather than, e.g., adding Blight that then happens to Destroy Presence. This Innate’s effect can be used even if the Presence Destruction was a choice, paying a cost or otherwise optional.
  Tags: Events, Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will (Stone's Unyielding Defiance)
• When Volcano uses Explosive Eruption, it deals damage both via destroying its Presence and the Innate Power. Does Badlands apply twice?
  No, because the damage from destroying its Presence isn't a separate action.

  The Special Rule says, "When your Presence is destroyed...", which means the damage is done as part of whatever action destroyed your Presence.

  (If it were instead a triggered action, it would say "After your Presence is destroyed".)
  Tags: Actions, Action Modifiers, Badlands, Explosive Eruption (Volcano Looming High), 2 more...
• How do the elements placed onto Starlight's Presence tracks work?
  Once set, they work exactly like Elements on other Spirits’ Presence Tracks. If Presence is returned onto an Element, leave the Element Marker in place.
  Tags: Elements, Presence track, Element markers, Starlight Seeks Its Form, 2 more...
• Can Mists Shift and Flow let you meet origin land targeting requirements? (E.g., targeting from a Jungle, or from a Sacred Site)
  Yes. (JE, p. 31)
  Tags: Targeting, Sacred Sites, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), Shroud of Silent Mist, 0 more...
• If Trickster's innate power Let’s See What Happens draws Strong and Constant Currents, can you swap 1 Dahan in the target land with 1 Dahan in a Coastal land?
  Yes, this satisfies the mandate to use "up to" instructions at their maximum value.

  (And both Dahan are considered to have moved, even though the ending board state may appear the same.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Move, Dahan, Let's See What Happens (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), Strong and Constant Currents, 1 more...
• How does Mists Shift and Flow interact with a Power targeting two lands?
  You get to move 1 Presence for each of the two target lands. ("When targeting a land" applies twice.)

  You don't check whether the targets are legal (for Range) until after both Presence have moved, so you could use the Presence movement to make a Sacred Site in a land where you'd had no Presence.
  Tags: Targeting, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), Shroud of Silent Mist, Fire and Flood, 0 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...
• If playing with Ocean's Hungry Grasp and you Weave Together a land with an Ocean, how does that work? What if Ocean's Hungry Grasp loses all their Presence from that board?
  The joined land and all adjacent lands will be Coastal for all purposes, including Invader Actions. Invaders/Dahan already in the joined land don't trigger Ocean In Play (which Drowns after they move in), but when Weave Together wears off you can "move" pieces to the Ocean and Drown them. The joined land is a land all the time, not just for Powers/Blight, so other actions (Fear/Event/Invader/etc) affect it normally. Note that adding a piece (from, eg, a Build) is not the same as moving it; moving triggers Drowning, while adding does not.

  If OHG loses all Presence from the board, the joined land remains in play (and retains the printed Ocean area as part of its topology, so makes adjacent lands Coastal), but Ocean In Play no longer applies to it, so Invaders/Dahan aren't Drowned after moving there and it's no longer a Wetland for purposes of Powers/Blight (unless it's a Wetland for other reasons).

  In the extremely weird event that two Oceans are Woven directly together (via Finder of Paths Unseen) and OHG loses their Presence from both of them, the joined land stops being a land, but remains topologically joined. (This is possibly relevant if playing with an Archipelago.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Land Types, Archipelago, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Open the Ways (Finder of Paths Unseen), 3 more...
• How exactly does Pour Time Sideways work?
  It affects each individual Invader Action – so if they’re Ravaging in Sands, on the board you move Presence to, each Sands with Invaders will Ravage twice. (Then similarly for both Build and Explore.) On the board you moved Presence from, each Sands with Invaders will Ravage zero times. It’s phrased as “one more time” and “one fewer time” instead of “twice” and “zero times” so it works properly if the Power is Repeated.

  If you use a Power like Infestation of Venomous Spiders that lets you skip a number of Invader Actions in a land where they would Ravage twice, it has to skip each of the two individually.

  The phrase ‘“Each board/Each land...” Actions’ refers to any Action (generally Event Actions, Fear Actions, or Adversary Actions like Escalation) which does something on each board or in each land, even if there are qualifiers (e.g., “In each land with Beasts...”)
  Tags: Skipping Actions, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Infestation of Venomous Spiders
• Can Dahan be moved into a land affected by Stubborn Solidity?
  Yes. Once there, they are affected by Stubborn Solidity and cannot be moved out.

  This will not change the amount of Defense provided.
  Tags: Dahan, Stubborn Solidity (Stone's Unyielding Defiance)
• What's the timing on using new Growth options?
  Growth choices are made one at a time, so if you unlock a new Growth option by placing Presence, you can choose it immediately if you still have choices left. If you return Presence to a Growth row for some reason, you can’t use that Growth option until the row is unlocked again, and your selection of which Growth to cover remains. (You don’t get to revisit that decision.)
  Tags: Growth, Starlight Seeks Its Form
• When playing Fractured Days Split the Sky solo, is Pour Time Sideways useless?
  In a one-board game, yes, it's nearly useless. (JE p. 31) This is why you get 1 Time as compensation during Setup. Solo games are no longer strictly single-board, however, with the addition of "use an additional board" as a Play Option.

  In a one-board game, Fractured Days Split the Sky is apt to want at least one Major Power if not more, so it can be useful for Forgetting.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Solo games, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky)
• When Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine faces the Tsardom of Russia Level 2+, can Breath abuct lone Explorers by doing Damage to them or directly destroying them?
  Yes, it can and must, even if it'd rather let the Explorer flee to get 1 Fear.

  Terror Stalks the Land abducts lone Invaders if Breath would attempt to damage or destroy them, while A Sense for Impending Disaster only makes an Explorer flee if that Explorer would actually otherwise be destroyed.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine, Terror Stalks the Land (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), Tsardom of Russia, 0 more...
• If Vengeance as a Burning Plague destroys Presence to prevent a penalty from a Blighted Land Event, does it get Disease from its 'Lingering Pestilence' special rule?
  A: Yes. Though Vengeance is making a choice both to destroy Presence and which Presence to destroy, the Event Action is what actually causes the destruction.
  Tags: Events, Actions, Vengeance as a Burning Plague
• What happens if the Durable Towns of Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Level 4 are moved into the Ocean? Do they Drown? Does Ocean's Hungry Grasp gain Energy?
  Maybe. Drowning is a special form of Destroy, so it works just like a restricted Destroy effect ("2 Damage to those Towns only" per Town moved into the Ocean). It only grants Energy for Invaders successfully destroyed by that Destroy instruction.

  E.g., After you move a Town into an Ocean, the Town takes 2 Damage. If that’s enough to Destroy it (because the Ocean has Blight or the Town was already Damaged), then it Drowns normally. Otherwise, it follows the usual rules for Invaders/Dahan that fail to drown in the Ocean: you Push it to a non-Ocean land. If the land it goes to has Blight, it will immediately be Destroyed, but Ocean’s Hungry Grasp will not gain Energy.

  If 4 undamaged Towns are pushed into the Ocean with a single Action, that results in “8 Damage to those Towns only”, which you could distribute as you wished. If you used it to immediately Destroy 2 of the Towns, those Towns would be successfully Drowned and grant Energy.
  Tags: Destroy, Durable, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 2 more...
• Does Mists Shift and Flow make Range 0 powers effectively Range 1?
  You can move Presence to satisfy the targeting requirement, so effectively yes, if you move into the target land.

  But note you cannot move your last Presence out of the target land for a Range 0 Power.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Targeting, Mists Shift and Flow (Shroud of Silent Mist), Shroud of Silent Mist
• Can Shifting Memory of Ages spend element markers to give other Spirits elements?
  Only by using their Unique Power Elemental Teachings. The normal "gain an Element for 1 action" benefit is for Shifting Memory only.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, Element markers, Prepare, Shifting Memory of Ages, 2 more...
• If Many Minds Move as One uses Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, do the two "may count as Beasts" rules stack?
  No. A land with 2 of their Presence could count as 1 Beasts (via their Special Rule) or 2 Beasts (via the Major Power), but not 3.
  Tags: Counts As, Many Minds Move as One, Settle Into Hunting-Grounds, A Joining of Swarms and Flocks (Many Minds Move as One), 2 more...
• When Volcano uses Explosive Eruption vs Russia 2+, can it Push 1 Explorer from the origin land (when it does damage by destroying Presence) then destroy that Explorer using the thresholds of the innate which deal damage to nearby lands? Does it Push the Explorer again?
  No, and no. Powers 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, Explosive Eruption (Volcano Looming High), 2 more...
• As Volcano, when destroying your own Presence for Explosive Eruption, can that Presence be saved (by, e.g., Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By)?
  Yes, but not usefully. It doesn't count towards the eruption thresholds (because they check the # of Presence actually destroyed) or for Collapse In a Blast of Lava and Steam (because "destroy" gets replaced with "push" before the rule "when your Presence is destroyed, deal damage" kicks in).

  Prior to the ruling that cancellation/replacement always happens before changes/additions, you could decide on the ordering, and apply Collapse In a Blast of Lava and Steam's damage before Flowing and Silent Forms Dart By's substitution. but this is no longer true.
  Tags: Saved From Destruction, Action Modifiers, Presence, Destroy, 4 more...
• For Shifting Memory of Ages' innate which lets them prepare element markers, if the pieces in the land change during an Action but end up the same as they were, do you get an Element marker?
  Yes. The pieces in the land change, so the effect triggers.

  The word "After" just signals that you only get the Elements after the first power finishes.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Triggered Actions, Element markers, Prepare, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), 1 more...
• Can Lure of the Deep Wilderness prevent Russia *(level 3+)* from having an extra Ravage?
  Yes.

  Lure of the Deep Wilderness can make Explorers be ignored for the entire Ravage Step, including the portion where you determine which lands will Ravage.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Ignore, Enthrall the Foreign Explorers (Lure of the Deep Wilderness), Lure of the Deep Wilderness, Tsardom of Russia, 0 more...
• If two distinct Oceans are made adjacent somehow (e.g., via Open the Ways), can Ocean’s Hungry Grasp Push/Gather Presence between them with its Growth Options?
  Sure! It’s a bit ambiguous whether or not this works (and why) based on the exact wording of Ocean in Play, but there isn’t any harm in being permissive in this case.
  Tags: Ocean's Hungry Grasp, Ocean In Play (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Open the Ways (Finder of Paths Unseen), Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 0 more...
• What do the "x2" and "x3" mean in the Growth choices for Fractured Days Split the Sky?
  They represent 2 (or 3) separate choices: N times, choose either (option A) or (option B).

  Each is a separate action, if that ever becomes relevant.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Growth, Fractured Days Split the Sky
• For Why Don't You And Them Fight, when do you need 3 Moons to make it Slow? The Fast phase, or the Slow phase?
  The Slow phase. The elements you had in the Fast phase are irrelevant; you check at the moment you're using the Power.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Speed (Fast/Slow), Why Don't You and Them Fight (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble)
• Can Finder of Paths Unseen make two lands adjacent for **all** purposes?
  Yes.

  In particular, any Spirit can target range 2 or range 3 Powers bridging over Finder's "adjacent" lands, even if neither land is the origin or destination of the Power.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Finder of Paths Unseen, Open the Ways (Finder of Paths Unseen)
• Can Lure of the Deep Wilderness win the game in Terror Level 1 by using Enthrall the Foreign Explorers?
  Changed answer: No. Lure's ability effectively means "do not participate in Ravage", and pieces not participating in Ravage aren't ignored for Victory / Defeat.

  It would be better phrased as, "For each of your Presence in a land, up to 2 Explorer do not participate in Ravage."

  See also Pieces that "do not participate in Ravage" are ignored for all purposes. Does this include checking for victory?.
  Tags: Victory and Defeat, Changed rulings, Enthrall the Foreign Explorers (Lure of the Deep Wilderness)
• When Rising Heat of Stone and Sand has exactly two Presence in a land with a Durable Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Town that has taken one Damage, what happens with Blight is added to the land?
  The Town is destroyed.

  To lay out the steps in detail:

  1. Heat has two Presence. The Town has 1 Damage and 3 Health.
  2. Blight is added. The Town has 1 Damage and 1 Health.
  3. Destroy one Presence (Blight was added) and the Town (it took Damage equal to or greater than its Health).
     Tags: Blight, Timing, Blistering Heat (Rising Heat of Stone and Sand), Rising Heat of Stone and Sand, 1 more...
• Against Tsardom of Russia Level 2+, if Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares uses a Power that would destroy Explorers, can it get the bonus Fear from Russia?
  Yes. Both Russia's Level 2 and To Dream a Thousand Deaths modify what happens when you destroy the Explorers; you get to choose which one to use.

  If not using the Violence Aspect, you could choose to use To Dream a Thousand Deaths if for some reason you didn't want the Fear.

  This interaction is a change from the normal modifier rules specifically for Russia + Bringer. In general, pieces can't be saved from destruction (as Russia Level 2 does) when Bringer would directly destroy or Damage them, since Bringer never directly destroys or Damages anything other than its own Presence.
  Tags: Action Modifiers, Saved From Destruction, To Dream a Thousand Deaths (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares), Tsardom of Russia, 1 more...
• If Finder of Paths Unseen uses Infestation of Venomous Spiders with threshold, when does it have to pay for Responsibilities of the Dead?
  Each time an action is skipped and 1 or more Invaders are destroyed by the Damage (from the resulting triggered action).
  Tags: Timing, Triggered Actions, Skipping Actions, Responsibilities to the Dead (Finder of Paths Unseen), 1 more...
• When does the damage from the 2nd level of Let Them Break Themselves Against the Stone happen?
  At the same time - as part of the same triggered action - as the damage from the first level. (So, e.g., Badlands only boosts the damage once.)

  It's phrased the way it is because If it also used the wording, "After Invaders deal 1 or more Damage to target land...", it would set up a separate triggered action.
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Let Them Break Themselves Against the Stone (Stone's Unyielding Defiance)
• Can Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares' Powers benefit from Badlands?
  Yes.

  This isn't necessarily obvious: To Dream a Thousand Deaths affects the instructions of Bringer's powers (see FAQ), and unlike most damage modifiers, Badlands applies when the results of an action deal Damage (otherwise "Badlands don't apply if Damage is reduced to 0" makes no sense). So on first blush, Badlands shouldn't apply.

  However, the effects of To Dream a Thousand Deaths key off "what pieces would this Damage/Destroy instruction have destroyed if this Power were doing Damage/Destruction normally?" – and the answer to that depends on Badlands.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, To Dream a Thousand Deaths (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares), Flame's Fury (Heart of the Wildfire), 1 more...
• If you gain a flexible Element (e.g., an "Any" Element, or multiple Elements separated by slashes) from something other than a Presence Track, when do you choose which Element to gain?
  When directly gaining flexible Elements from an Action mid-turn, like from Absorb Essence or Lure of the Deep Wilderness’ 3rd Growth option, you must choose a specific Element immediately.

  Passive Elements on Presence Tracks or in Bonus Spaces can be chosen at any time. [Core rulebook, p. 14, last item under Presence Tracks]
  Tags: "Any" element, Elements, Growth, Presence track, 9 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
• When Stone's Unyielding Defiance places a Presence from a +1 Card Play space and gains a Minor Power, can you look at the new Power before deciding where to place a Presence?
  No. There's no point in time when you have added the Presence but it's not already on the board.

  The intent is that this is a triggered action (which makes the timing more obvious) but the special rule would be clearer if it started with "After...".
  Tags: Timing, Adding Presence, Deep Layers Exposed to the Surface (Stone's Unyielding Defiance), Stone's Unyielding Defiance, 0 more...
• 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...
• What's the timing of Shroud of Silent Mists' Fear? If Well-Prepared Explorers gives Explorers +1 Health until end of turn, do you earn Fear before a damaged Explorer is destroyed by the effect wearing off?
  Yes, you may earn Fear before the Health buff wears off. Slow and Silent Death simply says "During Time Passes", but doesn't specify precise timing, so you can do it before or after all ongoing effects end.

  The details of timing within Time Passes are only freshly relevant; it's possible that they might shift in the future, but for now this is the answer.
  Tags: Time Passes, Timing, Slow and Silent Death (Shroud of Silent Mist), Well-Prepared Explorers, 0 more...
• With Unnerving Pall (from Shroud of Silent Mist), when do you choose which Invaders are participating in the Ravage? When the card is played, or at the time of the Ravage? What if new damaged Invaders move in?
  At the time of the Ravage Step / Ravage Action. It's not clearly worded, but the Power is modifying the land, much like when Dahan get +Health in a particular land.
  Tags: Ravage, Do not participate in Ravage, Unnerving Pall (Shroud of Silent Mist)
• What Invader cards are "specially placed during Setup" for Visions of a Shifting Future or Rising Interest in the Island?
  Any card that was moved by Adversary or Scenario instructions.

  As of the release of Nature Incarnate, this includes:

  • The early Stage III card of Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia Level 2.
  • The early Stage II cards and Coastal card of Kingdom of Scotland Level 2, and the early Stage III card of Scotland Level 4.
  • The interleaved Stage III cards of Tsardom of Russia Level 4 (but not the Stage II cards they alternate with).
  • The Salt Deposits card of Habsburg Mining Expedition Level 4.

  The only Event that is currently specially placed is France's Slave Rebellion.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Invader deck, Visions of a Shifting Future (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Fractured Days Split the Sky, Kingdom of Scotland, 4 more...
• If Finder of Paths Unseen causes Heart of the Wildfire to place Presence, destroying Invaders, does Finder need to pay for Responsibilities to the Dead? What if Finder destroys some of Volcano's Presence?
  No for Wildfire. Yes for Volcano, assuming the damage from destroying Volcano's Presence destroys 1 or more Invaders/Dahan.

  When placing Wildfire's Presence, Finder's action itself did not cause any destruction. It "directly triggers" the destruction (via Wildfire's special rule), but it did so by adding Presence, not by moving Dahan or Invaders. (Earlier printings of Wildfire incorrectly said "when" instead of "after" for the Special Rule; see the errata / clarifications on triggered actions.)

  Collapse in a Blast of Lava and Steam is phrased as a modifier - when Volcano's Presence is destroyed, it modifies the current action to also do 1 Damage. If that action is Finder's, it's Finder dealing the damage. (This would have worked more thematically if Collapse in a Blast of Lava and Steam had been a triggered action, since then it would have been Volcano dealing the damage.)
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Triggered Actions, Finder of Paths Unseen, Responsibilities to the Dead (Finder of Paths Unseen), Blazing Presence (Heart of the Wildfire), 3 more...
• For Shifting Memory of Ages' innate which lets them prepare element markers: if a single power changes a bunch of things in the target land, can I get multiple element markers?
  No. You can only earn 1 Element Marker per Action, no matter how many changes that Action makes to the land. (Because the rule is phrased as “After X do Y “, it triggers exactly once after each qualifying Action.)
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Actions, Element markers, Prepare, 2 more...
• With Shifting Memory of Ages and the Elemental Invocation scenario, are the Element Markers considered to be in the adjacent lands for the purposes of Observe the Ever-Changing World?
  No - they're not in the land, they're on a corner between lands.
  Tags: Pieces, Element markers, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Elemental Invocation, 0 more...
• For the Relentless Optimism Event card *(Destroying Towns/Cities generates no fear)*, can Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares still gain Fear and Push?
  Yes, because Bringer doesn't generate Fear for destroying Towns/Cities, it generates Fear instead of destroying Towns/Cities.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Relentless Optimism, Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares, To Dream a Thousand Deaths (Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares)
• With Pour Time Sideways and Dream of the Untouched Land could you use "skip actions on one board" on the "extra time" board (the board that Fractured Days' moved presence to)?
  Yes. Dream of the Untouched land skips all Build Cards and "Each land"/"Each board" Adversary actions on one board, even if that board has had Time poured to it.

  If this proves horribly abusive it'll be revisited, but that doesn't seem likely, it's pretty niche.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Actions, Skipping Actions, Pour Time Sideways (Fractured Days Split the Sky), Dream of the Untouched Land, 0 more...
• What happens if 1 or more Invaders/Dahan moved into the Ocean aren't successfully destroyed by the Ocean in Play special rule?
  Push them to non-Ocean lands (as part of the same action). If the Push also fails somehow (perhaps due to Isolate), the pieces will be left in an illegal state and cleaned up to the nearest land after all triggered actions complete – human pieces cannot remain in the Ocean between "action trees" (a primary action and all other actions following from it). Regardless, Ocean's Hungry Grasp does not get Energy for them.

  This isn't formally specified on Ocean's panel because it's virtually never relevant with just the core game, and spelling it out would both take up a lot of space and needlessly increase complexity / confusion-potential for players who only have the base game. However, it becomes very relevant when playing vs. The Habsburg Monarchy Lvl 4+ (Jagged Earth), which blunts "Destroy Town" effects; see this FAQ if you need details.

  The fact that the Push is part of the triggered action means that it can trigger further actions – e.g., Melt Earth Into Quicksand or Call to Guard in the land Pushed to – which cleaning up illegally placed pieces does not do.

  As a very specific edge-case, if the Ocean is also a normal land due to Weave Together the Fabric of Place, humans can hang out there without trouble (until end of turn when the effect expires).
  Tags: Illegally placed pieces, Triggered Actions, Push, Durable, 5 more...
• Playing Many Minds Move as One: if I treat my Sacred Site as Beasts in order to move it, do I have to move both Presence to the same land?
  Yes.
  Tags: Sacred Sites, Counts As, Many Minds Move as One, A Joining of Swarms and Flocks (Many Minds Move as One), 0 more...
• Can you use an optional “counts as” effect to get an Element marker from Observe the Ever-Changing World? (e.g., by making a Presence count as a Beasts with Settle into Hunting Grounds)
  No, "counts as" effects don't change which pieces are in a land, just which traits those pieces have. A Presence turned into a Presence-Beasts-Badlands by Settle into Hunting Grounds is still the same Presence it always was; it just also counts towards effects that check Badlands and Beasts.
  Tags: Counts As, Incarna, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 1 more...
• If 2 Blight is added at once (eg: Sweden), can Stone's first innate pay for just 1 of it to come from the box? Or is the choice all-or-nothing?
  Yes, you can pay for just 1 of the 2 Blight to come from the box.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Blight, Hold the Island Fast with a Bulwark of Will (Stone's Unyielding Defiance), Kingdom of Sweden
• What does "move 1 Beast up to two lands" mean on Guide the Way on Feathered Wings?
  You may move 1 Beast to an adjacent land, then may again move that same Beast to an adjacent land.

  "Move" is used rather than "Push" because Many Minds' special rule about Pushing Beasts doesn't apply.

  Most Powers which use the word "move" move pieces directly from one land to another without going through the intervening lands - e.g., Wrap in Wings of Sunlight, Strong and Constant Currents. Technically this one does too, but in each case the move is constrained to an adjacent land, so in practice it acts more like Call to Migrate.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Move, Guide the Way on Feathered Wings, Many Minds Move as One, Wrap in Wings of Sunlight, 2 more...
• If Starlight returns Presence to one of its Growth track rows, does it lose access to that Growth choice?
  Yes, until that row is cleared again. (JE p. 32)

  When the row is cleared, the choice of which of the two Growth options to unlock cannot be revisited.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Starlight Seeks Its Form, Numinous Crisis, Growth Begets Growth (Starlight Seeks its Form)

~ Expansions, Promos, and Publishing

• What game items have been retired or replaced in expansions?
  Replaced with new cards:

  • Sea Monsters (Major Power in B&C) - new version in JE (capping Fear)
  • Draw Towards a Consuming Void (Major Power in JE) - new version in NI (wording - no functional changes)
  • Growth Through Sacrifice (Minor Power in B&C) - replacement Minor in NI (Roiling Bog and Snagging Thorn)

  Retired:

  • Outpaced (Event in B&C) - retired as of NI
  • War Touches the Island's Shores (Event in B&C) - retired as of NI (which has a new Event with similar theme)
  • A Strange Madness Among the Beasts (Event in B&C) - retired as of JE/NI
  • Tipping Point (Blighted Island Card in B&C) - retired as of NI

  Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid has not yet been replaced, because that replacement would best be done as part of a Dahan-centric expansion.

  It's fine - but not required - to retire game items "early" (ie, without buying the expansion which officially says they're retired). That's awkward for replacing game items - since you need the replacement - though some players opt to omit Growth Through Sacrifice, finding the elemental distortion from its absence to be less impactful than it seeing use in play.

  Outpaced, War Touches, Strange Madness, and Tipping Point were all retired for an overly swingy play experience. Original Sea Monsters was so good with Many Minds that it trivialized the game. Growth Through Sacrifice was nearly always game-warpingly good. Draw Towards a Consuming Void was one of the very few things that moves other Spirits' Presence without explicitly stating so, and Nature Incarnate had space on the card sheet, so we printed a replacement.
  Tags: Retired or Replaced Game Items, Sea Monsters, Draw Towards a Consuming Void, Growth Through Sacrifice, 5 more...
• Can you post an electronic PDF of the rulebook?
  Here are links that Greater than Games provided to the core rulebook, the Branch & Claw rulebook, the Jagged Earth rulebook, and the Nature Incarnate rulebook.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Rulebook
• How many Presence tokens should I have?
  You should have 13 Presence tokens of each color.

  Some printings of the core game and Jagged Earth came with an extra token of each color. Use these as a spare. For the scenario Guard the Isle's Heart, the extra Presence at the start of the game comes from your Presence tracks, not this extra token.

  If you have too few tokens, contact the publisher for a replacement.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Presence, Guard the Isle's Heart
• What Spirit Island games / expansions exist? Is there any required order to the expansions?
  The Spirit Island Wiki has this information in both list and graphical form, along with recommendations for frequently asked purchasing questions at the bottom. You can also click through to see the contents of different expansions.

  Retail and crowdfunding versions of Spirit Island products are equivalent; there is no exclusive content.

  Tags: Printings and Editions