Mentor Aspect (Shifting Memory of Ages)

Frequently Asked Questions

Aspects

• What happens when the Mentor Aspect uses Entwined Power on another Spirit? How about if another Spirit targets Mentor?
  If Mentor targets another Spirit, then that Spirit gains a Power Card normally (drawing four and picking one) and Mentor gains two of the remaining three Power Cards. If another Spirit targets Mentor, then Mentor draws two Power Cards (4-2), gains two (1+1), and the other Spirit has no cards left to gain from.
  Tags: Gaining Power Cards, Entwined Power, Mentor Aspect (Shifting Memory of Ages)
• When the Mentor Aspect is the target of Unlock the Gates of Deepest Power, what happens?
  Shifting Memory of Ages draws two Major Powers, gains them both, and forgets nothing. If they meet the threshold requirements, they can play one of the new Power Cards – since the identity of "the Major Power" is ambiguous, Shifting Memory of Ages chooses which one is being referred to.

  It doesn't matter who played the Power, just that Shifting Memory of Ages with the Mentor Aspect is the target.
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• If the Mentor Aspect gives another Spirit Elemental Boon, which Element Markers can they pick from? How about if it gives Gift of Nature’s Connection?
  While not in play, Elemental Boon counts has having whichever Elements on it are most convenient, so Mentor can get 2 Element Markers of their choice when gifting that Minor Power. Gift of Nature's Connection, on the other hand, has no Elements printed on it, so Mentor gets only 1 Element Marker when gifting it.
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Elements and Elemental Thresholds

• Can you use the threshold effects of Innate Powers, even if you can't use the effects above them?
  Yes, each line is evaluated independently, depending on the Elements you activate the power with.

  (You are allowed to pretend you have fewer Elements than you actually have, but need to be consistent for the whole power.)
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General Play

• When an effect lets you play a card, does that count against your allowed number of card plays?
  No. The number of card plays on your Presence track only affects how many cards you can play as part of the "Play and Pay For Power Cards" action in the Spirit Phase. Cards played any other way (usually in the Fast Phase when instructed to do so by a Power) are in addition to those limits.
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Power Cards

• 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.
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• 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.
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Scenarios

• When the Mentor Aspect plays in the Destiny Unfolds scenario, do they gain two cards from its Destiny when they gain a Power Card?
  Yes, if there are at least two cards left. In the unlikely case that there's exactly one card left, they just gain that one.

  They are free to mix and match between Majors and Minors, though gaining two Majors at once has the benefit that they need to Forget a Power Card fewer times over the course of the game.
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