Pieces

Frequently Asked Questions

Aspects

When happens to the Deeps tokens left over by Reclaimed by the Deeps? Can they be used to sink other lands if they can somehow get moved (e.g., by Weave Together the Fabric of Place)? If they are moved, does that un-sink the land they were in?
The remaining Deeps tokens become reminder markers, which are just helpful reminders to players of which areas of the board are part of the Ocean. Reminder markers don't interact with anything on the island and don't do anything as far as the rules are concerned.
In particular, they can't be moved and aren't Deeps tokens for future uses of Reclaimed by the Deeps.
Tags: Pieces, Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp)
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.
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Definitions

Are Invader components unlimited?
Yes.
Invaders are not limited by the number of figures provided with the game. If you run out of figures, you can mark multiples by putting the Invaders on top of Energy tokens (Invaders, p. 15) You can use 1s instead of 3s if that's more convenient to your board situation.
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General Play

What happens if a piece winds up in a place or state it's not allowed to be?
If the place still exists, then:
- 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.
On the other hand, if the place was destroyed and pieces within it somehow survived the destruction, they all get cleaned up.
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).
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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.
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Power Cards

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.
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Scenarios

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.
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Spirits and Innate Powers

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.
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When Oceans are in play, can Invader or Dahan pieces remain in the Ocean if they avoid Drowning?
No, Invaders and Dahan are not allowed to exist in the Ocean long-term. If one manages to get there without being Drowned, move them to the closest legal land after finishing resolution of whatever got them there.
In the base game, the edge-case where this can happen is if Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares uses Vengeance of the Dead (with threshold) on the Ocean itself. A Town/City/Dahan is moved to the Ocean, triggering Ocean In Play which Drowns it. Drowning (destroying) it triggers Vengeance of the Dead. If Bringer deals VotD's "damage" in an adjacent land to "destroy" a Town or Explorer and Push it into the Ocean, Ocean In Play can't trigger again, because actions can't trigger themselves, even indirectly. So the Town/Explorer isn't Drowned.
In theory it can also happen if you use Infinite Vitality (with threshold) on the Ocean then Push Dahan into the Ocean, though that's usually a pointless play.
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