Territorial Aggression (Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot)

Frequently Asked Questions

Effect Rules

• If a Power has a cap on the amount of Damage it can do, can Damage bonuses allow it to exceed that cap?
  Yes. The cap is on the "natural" amount of Damage the Power can do before any bonuses are applied.

  Similarly, if there is a cap on any other effect (e.g., tokens added by Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone), apply any bonuses after checking the cap.
  Tags: Badlands, Blood Draws Predators, Swallowed by the Wilderness (Lure of the Deep Wilderness), Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone, 9 more...
• Do Damage bonuses apply to actions that conditionally do Damage even if those conditions aren't met?
  No, it's impossible to boost an effect that isn't happening, whether because a player chose a different option (e.g., choosing to add a Badlands with Sear Anger Into the Wild Lands), the action is happening in a land that doesn't meet the conditions for the effect (e.g., Sear Anger Into the Wild Lands in a land without Wilds), or the relevant threshold isn't hit.

  Similarly, it's impossible to increase the Defend of an action that isn't already Defending, move more pieces with an action that isn't moving anything, etc.

  This is in contrast to checking the instructions of a Power to see if it has the potential to do something, like Gift of Wind-Spread Steps checking for Push/Gather instructions or the Violence Aspect checking for Damage/Destroy instructions.
  Tags: Badlands, Territorial Aggression (Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot), Might Aspect (Vital Strength of the Earth), Heart of the Wildfire, 4 more...
• Are “Destroy” Powers “Damage dealing” Powers when used against Durable Invaders (e.g., for Flame's Fury)?
  Yes.

  For example, Asphyxiating Smoke deals 2 Damage to 1 Durable Town, so that can be increased to 3 Damage to 1 Durable Town by Flame’s Fury.
  Tags: Durable, Badlands, Damage, Habsburg Monarchy (Livestock Colony), 7 more...

General Play

• When a Power cares about how many Invaders that Power destroyed (eg: Mists of Oblivion, or Shadows' innate Power), do Damage boosts (Badlands, Flame's Fury) count?
  Yes. Damage boosts increase the amount of damage done, but the damage is still being done by the original source.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Badlands, Damage, Mists of Oblivion, Darkness Swallows the Unwary (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), 9 more...

Play Options

• When playing without Events, what type of Action is Commanding Beasts? Can you use your special rules to modify what the Beasts do?
  It is a separate Event Action for each land with Beasts (JE p. 20). A Spirit's special rules generally don't apply, since they usually only affect their Powers in particular or their Spirit Actions in general.

  For example, Sharp Fangs Behind the Leaves can move their Presence with the commanded Beasts, since their "Ally of the Beasts" special rule apply when Beasts move for any reason. On the other hand, Many Minds Move as One can't Push Beasts to lands 2 away, since their "Fly Fast as Thought" special rule only applies when they move the Beasts with Spirit Actions, not when Events move Beasts.
  Tags: Actions, Playing Without Events, Beasts, Sharp Fangs behind the Leaves, 13 more...

Power Cards

• How does "+1 Damage with Damage-dealing Powers" (e.g., Flame's Fury) work? What exactly does it increase?
  For every power that does Damage, it increases one part of that Damage by 1.

  For instance, if a power does "1 damage to each Invader", Flame's Fury would let you do 2 damage to one of those Invaders. If a power does "1 Damage to each Town/City", Flame's Fury would let you do 2 damage to one of the Towns or Cities. If a power does "1 Damage to 1 Town/City", then Flame's Fury would let you do 2 Damage to 1 Town/City. If a power does "1 damage" and then (with another condition) another "1 damage", then you deal a total of 3 damage. If a power does damage in multiple different lands, you only get the bonus in one of the lands. If a power ends up doing no damage at all for some reason, then you do not get a damage bonus.

  You only get the bonus once per use of a damage-dealing power. If you use a Power multiple times by Repeating it, or if a Power sets up a triggered action that is triggered more than once, the bonus applies each time.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Damage, Badlands, Triggered Actions, Heart of the Wildfire, 7 more...
• Does Flame's Fury boost damage to Dahan?
  With Flame's Fury, you must boost one instance of Damage of your choice, either to Invaders or Dahan.

  Usually, you will choose to do that Damage to Invaders, but with a power like Twilight Fog Brings Madness, you would have to do extra Damage to Dahan. Note that this is different from Badlands, which separately boosts Damage to Invaders and to Dahan.

  With a power like Insatiable Hunger of the Swarm that deals damage to both Dahan and Invaders, you can choose to boost damage to Invaders, even if there are no Invaders in the land.
  (Discussion elsewhere) (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Damage, Twilight Fog Brings Madness, Flame's Fury (Heart of the Wildfire), Might Aspect (Vital Strength of the Earth), 3 more...
• How do Badlands / Flame's Fury work with "Veil the Night's Hunt"? How about Trickster's innate "Why Don't You and Them Fight"? Or (other Power that specifies unusual conditions on what can be damaged)?
  For "Veil the Night's Hunt," deal 1 bonus Damage to an Invader that's already taking Damage. (You can't use it to deal damage to more Invaders than there are Dahan in the land.) For "Why Don't You and Them Fight," damage boosts can only apply to the Dahan and Invader taking damage from each other.

  Badlands and "Flame's Fury" respect limits on "What could this Power have damaged?" This may include caps on the number of Invaders being Damaged, or specification of exactly which Invader(s) are to be damaged.

  (For a few more examples of the same basic principle, you can take a look at the Horizons FAQ on boosting damage.)
  Tags: Badlands, Veil the Night's Hunt, Slave Rebellion, Why Don't You and Them Fight (Grinning Trickster Stirs Up Trouble), 14 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• If *Gift of Searing Heat* is used on Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot, and Devouring Teeth chooses to do 1 Damage, does it get the +1 Damage bonus from its Territorial Aggression special rule?
  No. Territorial Aggression affects only Powers belonging to Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot. Gift of Searing Heat belongs to a different Spirit, even though it is letting Devouring Teeth do something.
  Tags: Damage, Action Modifiers, Gift of Searing Heat (Rising Heat of Stone and Sand), Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot, 1 more...