Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict (Downpour Drenches the World)

Frequently Asked Questions

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 using a Power, can you ignore parts of its effect that you don't want to use (e.g., not adding Blight), or use a weaker version of them (e.g., Pushing only 1 Town with a "Push 2 Towns" instruction)?
  No, if you're using a Power at all, you must use all of it, and you must resolve the effects at the amount printed.

  That being said, players still have a lot of discretion for using Powers in ways were some of the effects won't happen or won't happen at full strength:

  • Spirits can target a land where some effects or possibly all of them won't do anything. (e.g., a Power with a "Push 1 Town." instruction doesn't need to target a land with Towns.)
  • If an effect is explicitly optional, it can be ignored. (e.g., "You may instead Remove 1 Blight." doesn't need to remove Blight even if there is Blight in target land.)
  • If given a choice for how many pieces to affect (e.g., "up to 3"), 0 pieces is a valid number unless a minimum amount is specified. (e.g., "Push up to 2 Dahan." can Push 0 or 1 Dahan even if 2 Dahan are present.)
  • If an effect checks how many Elements you have – usually as part of an Elemental Threshold requirement – you may choose to apply fewer Elements so long as you're consistent for the entire Power. (e.g., if you choose to use 8 Fire for a "1 Damage per Fire" effect, you also meet and must use an "If you have 7 Fire" threshold. But you could alternatively use only 6 of those Fire for the Power in order to deal 6 Damage and ignore the 7 Fire threshold.)
  • If a threshold requirement includes an Energy cost, you may choose not to pay it in order to skip that threshold. (e.g., "If you have 3 Fire and pay 2 Energy" does not require you to pay 2 Energy even if you have 2 Energy to spend and are using 3 Fire for the rest of the Power.)
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Spirits and Innate Powers

• Does hitting both the first and second thresholds of Downpour's 'Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict' reduce Dahan counterattack damage to 0 in Downpour's lands?
  No. The total counterattack damage is reduced, not the damage per Dahan. (You can intuitively think of it as Defend that also protects the Invaders from the Dahan.)
  Tags: Ravage, Defend, Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict (Downpour Drenches the World)
• If Downpour Drenches the World has the elements for the first two thresholds of Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict, does it get Defend 2 per Presence?
  Yes. Effects of innate powers are cumulative unless otherwise specified.
  Tags: Defend, Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict (Downpour Drenches the World)
• When are the bonuses and penalties computed for Downpour's 'Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict' innate power?
  When they're relevant. This power sets up ongoing effects tied to Downpour's Presence, not in a specific land, so if the configuration of Downpour's Presence on the island changes, so does the suppression of damage.

  Practically speaking, check Defend whenever Invaders deal damage (Ravage, usually), Dahan damage reduction when they counterattack as part of Ravage, and Invader/Dahan health reduction whenever they take Damage (or for already-Damaged pieces, when their Health is reduced).
  Tags: Health, Damage, Rain and Mud Suppress Conflict (Downpour Drenches the World)