Player convenience choices

Frequently Asked Questions

Power Cards

• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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...
• 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, Archipelago, Thematic map, Dream of the Untouched Land, 1 more...

Scenarios

• In the Second Wave scenario, where exactly can a power from the first wave be used? What if the power is targeted from a Sacred Site? What about (one of many weird exception cases)?
  The power can target any land or Spirit it normally could - no current Spirit needs to have a Sacred Site (or Presence in a land of the correct terrain, etc.) The power is being "played" by the Spirit from the prior game - if it cares about the originating land, or where the Spirit has Presence / Sacred Sites, it can assume that for purposes of targeting and resolution the Spirit has up to 2 Presence in each land. The Power can't affect the playing Spirit (which is not in the game). Technically, Energy/other costs can't be paid, but it's more fun if you say that costs up to 8 Energy / 4 Time, can be paid. (Or rough equivalent, so Elemental Teachings can grant 3 of any element(s), Draw Towards a Consuming Void could redo its effects once, etc).

  Along similar lines, it would be thematically appropriate to apply most sorts of Special Rules for the Spirit "using" the Power, but creating a precise formal specification for exactly what should/shouldn't be considered would get very finicky. Use your judgment.
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