Shifting Memory of Ages

Frequently Asked Questions

Aspects

• 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.
    Tags: Pieces, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, Deeps Aspect (Ocean's Hungry Grasp), 0 more...

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

• Can Shifting Memory of Ages use Long Ages of Knowledge and Forgetfulness to avoid Forgetting the Power Card it uses via Ethereal Conjunction?
  No, even if the Power Card was in hand at the start of the Event, it's in play by the time Memory has to Forget it.
  Tags: Forgetting, Shifting Memory of Ages, Long Ages of Knowledge and Forgetfulness (Shifting Memory of Ages), Ethereal Conjunction, 0 more...

Scenarios

• The definition of Accelerate in the Jagged Earth rulebook says that the affected Invader Card is discarded, but the reminder text on Elemental Invocation says it gets removed from the game. Which one is correct?
  The rulebook.

  Rules text trumps reminder text. This is occasionally relevant for effects that interact with the Invader Card discard.
  Tags: Accelerate, Elemental Invocation, Learn the Invader's Tactics (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 1 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• Can Shifting Memory of Ages spend element markers to give other Spirits elements?
  Only by using their Unique Power Elemental Teachings. The normal "gain an Element for 1 action" benefit is for Shifting Memory only.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, Element markers, Prepare, Shifting Memory of Ages, 2 more...
• If another Spirit gets hold of Elemental Teachings (from Shifting Memory of Ages), can they Prepare element markers?
  Yes. While Shifting Memory's panel defines what "Prepare" means, other Spirits can do so if they are able to use a Power that instructs them to. They can spend those element markers on Elemental Teachings or for whatever Shifting Memory's special rules say those markers are for (normally getting extra Elements for a single action via Insights Into the World's Nature).

  While a strict reading of the text of Insights Into the World's Nature would have the other Spirit store its prepared markers on Shifting Memory's panel, don't do that. It just wasn't worth convoluting the wording of that paragraph to cover the extreme edge-case. As of the release of Nature Incarnate, "Prepare" is a general game keyword, so the exact text of the first paragraph of Insights Into the World's Nature is just a reminder of how things normally work for Shifting Memory of Ages.

  If an Aspect replaces Insights Into the World's Nature, the function of Element markers also changes for other Spirits. For example, if Shifting Memory is using the Intensify Aspect, Element markers can be spent by other Spirits to increase the effects of one of their Spirit Actions, but can't be spent to gain Elements for a single action.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Elements, Transferring Power Cards, Element markers, Prepare, 5 more...
• When does Observe the Ever-Changing World expire?
  It expires when Time Passes like other effects do. The Element Markers stacked up in in the target land are a reminder of how many more times it can trigger this turn, not an actual change to the board state that persists into future turns.

  All effects in Time Passes expire simultaneously, so if something else causes the pieces to change during Time Passes, Observe the Ever-Changing World does not trigger.
  Tags: Time Passes, Element markers, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 0 more...
• Can you use an optional “counts as” effect to get an Element marker from Observe the Ever-Changing World? (e.g., by making a Presence count as a Beasts with Settle into Hunting Grounds)
  No, "counts as" effects don't change which pieces are in a land, just which traits those pieces have. A Presence turned into a Presence-Beasts-Badlands by Settle into Hunting Grounds is still the same Presence it always was; it just also counts towards effects that check Badlands and Beasts.
  Tags: Counts As, Incarna, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), Shifting Memory of Ages, 1 more...
• For Shifting Memory of Ages' innate which lets them prepare element markers, if the pieces in the land change during an Action but end up the same as they were, do you get an Element marker?
  Yes. The pieces in the land change, so the effect triggers.

  The word "After" just signals that you only get the Elements after the first power finishes.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Triggered Actions, Element markers, Prepare, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), 1 more...
• What's the point of using Elemental Teachings (Shifting Memory of Ages) on yourself? Don't you have those Elements available anyway?
  If you spend Element Markers, you get those Elements for the entire turn, not just for a single Action. But yes, the Power is generally more useful targeting other Spirits.
  Tags: Elements, Element markers, Prepare, Elemental Teachings, 1 more...
• Can the Healing Markers claimed by Wounded Waters Bleeding be used for anything other than checking which Healing Markers you have? (e.g., do they grant Elements?)
  No, Healing Markers are just Healing Markers; they don't do anything else associated with Elements or Element Markers.

  Element Markers don't inherently do anything; they're just used to track effects that are associated with Elements in some way. While Starlight Seeks its Form uses them to track permanent Elements, that's only because its Slowly Coalescing Nature special rule explicitly grants that effect. And while Shifting Memory of Ages can spend its prepared Element Markers for various effects, that's only because Insights into the World's Nature, Elemental Teachings, and its Presence Tracks grant those benefits.
  Tags: Prepare, Element markers, Elements, Claim, 4 more...
• For Shifting Memory of Ages' innate which lets them prepare element markers: if a single power changes a bunch of things in the target land, can I get multiple element markers?
  No. You can only earn 1 Element Marker per Action, no matter how many changes that Action makes to the land. (Because the rule is phrased as “After X do Y “, it triggers exactly once after each qualifying Action.)
  Tags: Triggered Actions, Actions, Element markers, Prepare, 2 more...
• For Shifting Memory of Ages' innate which lets them prepare element markers: does damaging pieces count? How about adding Strife? Scenario markers?
  Damaging a piece doesn't change which pieces are in the land, so no. Adding Strife adds a new piece, so yes. Scenario markers aren't generally considered pieces, so no.
  Tags: Strife, Element markers, Prepare, Observe the Ever-Changing World (Shifting Memory of Ages), 1 more...