Rising Heat of Stone and Sand

Frequently Asked Questions

Effect Rules

• If an Invader or Dahan is in a land where it has a Health bonus, takes Damage equal to its normal Health, and then gets moved into a land where it has no Health bonus, where is it actually destroyed? (E.g., for *Vengeance of the Dead*)
  The Invader/Dahan is destroyed in the destination land.

  There's no “in between” state where it loses its Health bonus for being out of the first land, but hasn’t yet arrived in the second land; it’s either in the first land and has a Health bonus or in the second land and doesn’t have a Health bonus.

  Moving a damaged piece into a land where it has a Health penalty works similarly.
  Tags: Health, Damage, Triggered Actions, Durable, 16 more...

Event Cards

• When War Touches the Island’s Shores does Damage in a land where Rising Heat of Stone and Sand has exactly 2 Presence, can you take advantage of the Health penalty from Blistering Heat to Destroy Invaders?
  Yes. There is no point at which Rising Heat's Presence has already been destroyed by the Blight, but Invaders haven't yet been checked for taking enough Damage to destroy them.

  This also applies to Far-Off Wars Touch the Island against Durable Invaders.
  Tags: Blight, Timing, Health, Durable, 5 more...

Power Cards

• For Powers that let you skip some # of Invader Actions, how/when do you decide which Invader Actions to skip?
  You decide when they come up.

  You can skip as many as you want, up to the limit given. You are not obliged to use all skips to which you are entitled (you could always be saving them for a future Invader Action caused by something unusual). Unused skips do not carry over to the next turn (as normal for effects that don't change pieces).
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Skipping Actions, A Dreadful Tide of Scurrying Flesh (Many Minds Move as One), Infestation of Venomous Spiders, Exaltation of the Incandescent Sky, 5 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• When exactly do you have to pay for Finder's rule Responsibilities to the Dead when you move something?
  When a Dahan or Invader is pushed in a way that:

  • Decreases the Health of that Dahan or Invader so it has now taken lethal Damage (one of many ways Finder's action can destroy the Dahan/Invaders with its own action);
  • Directly causes something else to destroy that Dahan or Invader (Finder directly triggering their destruction by moving them).

  The first case can happen by causing a Health penalty (e.g., Pushing into a Sacred Site of Rising Heat of Stone and Sand) or removing a Health bonus (e.g., Pushing Dahan out of a land with Infinite Vitality or Gathering a Durable Town into a land with Blight against Habsburg Monarchy Livestock Colony Level 4).

  The second case most commonly occurs when teaming up with Ocean's Hungry Grasp to Push Invaders into the Ocean, but can also occur with Powers like Melt Earth Into Quicksand and Call to Guard.

  If something prevents the destruction, then Finder does not need to pay. If one triggered action triggers another triggered action that causes destruction (like moving pieces into another Spirit's Bargain of Coursing Paths, which then moves those pieces to their destruction), this does not count as "directly triggering" the destruction.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Triggered Actions, Durable, Health, Responsibilities to the Dead (Finder of Paths Unseen), 8 more...
• When Rising Heat of Stone and Sand has exactly two Presence in a land with a Durable Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony) Town that has taken one Damage, what happens with Blight is added to the land?
  The Town is destroyed.

  To lay out the steps in detail:

  1. Heat has two Presence. The Town has 1 Damage and 3 Health.
  2. Blight is added. The Town has 1 Damage and 1 Health.
  3. Destroy one Presence (Blight was added) and the Town (it took Damage equal to or greater than its Health).
     Tags: Blight, Timing, Blistering Heat (Rising Heat of Stone and Sand), Rising Heat of Stone and Sand, 1 more...
• If Rising Heat of Stone and Sand has a Sacred Site in a land for targeting purposes due to *Entwined Power*, do Invaders there have -1 Health from the Special Rule?
  No, the Spirits can use each other's Presence for targeting only, not for any other purpose (even in the period of targeting).

  To expand on the situation, in a land, Rising Heat of Stone and Sand has one Presence, another Spirit has one Presence, and there is a Town with 1 Damage. Entwined Power is used between the two Spirits, and then Rising Heat uses a Power that requires a Sacred Site there for targeting. Even though targeting the Power is legal by Entwined Power, the land only counts as a Sacred Site for Targeting, not for the Special Rule Blistering Heat.
  Tags: Counts As, Rising Heat of Stone and Sand, Blistering Heat (Rising Heat of Stone and Sand), Entwined Power, 0 more...
• Can *Gift of Furious Might* be used on Rising Heat of Stone and Sand to increase the damage from *Gift of Searing Heat*?
  Yes. Gift of Furious Might lets a Spirit boost the Damage of one of its Powers by +3. Gift of Searing Heat is one of Rising Heat's Powers (even though it's working with/through another Spirit) so it qualifies.
  Tags: Damage, Action Modifiers, Gift of Searing Heat (Rising Heat of Stone and Sand), Gift of Furious Might (Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot), 2 more...