Mantle of Dread (Shadows Flicker Like Flame)

Frequently Asked Questions

Power Cards

• Can Spirit-targeting Powers let a Spirit pick "one of their lands" where nothing happens - eg, use Pact of the Joined Hunt to do damage in a land where you cannot gather a Dahan?
  Yes. While not supported by a strict reading of the rules, the intent is that when a Spirit does something in one of their lands, they get to choose which of their lands.
  

  So for Pact of the Joined Hunt, the target spirit chooses one of their lands, gathers a Dahan if possible, and then does damage. Similarly, you can use Mantle of Dread to push an Explorer from a land without any Towns, or use Tidal Boon to push Dahan from a land without a Town.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Pact of the Joined Hunt, Tidal Boon (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), Mantle of Dread (Shadows Flicker Like Flame)
• 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...
• When selecting a land with Mantle of Dread, do I have to choose a land with an Explorer and a Town if I can?
  No. The intent of the power is that the target Spirit may select one of their lands with only an Explorer or only a Town, even if they have another land with both Explorers and Towns.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Mantle of Dread (Shadows Flicker Like Flame)

Range and Targeting

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

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

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