Time Passes

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• Against The Tsardom of Russia Level 2: a damaged Explorer with a Health bonus ends the turn in a way where it won't heal (e.g., in Shroud of Silent Mists' lands). It should be destroyed when the health bonus wears off – is it saved?
  No. Effects wearing off in Time Passes isn't an action, so "A Sense for Impending Disaster" doesn't save the Explorer.

  (This is a provisional answer – if further cases like this suggest that "Effects expire" needs to be an action, it could conceivably change, but that seems the less likely case.)
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Effect Rules

• What exactly does "healing damage" refer to for Unquenchable Flames and Shroud of Silent Mist's *Slow and Silent Death*?
  Damage healing during Time Passes (and any future effects that use the word "heal").
  

  It does not affect damage being cleared when an Invader or Dahan is saved from destruction.
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Event Cards

• If you use Weave Together the Fabric of Place to join a land to the Ocean and the Event Relentless Optimism *(no Fear for destroying Towns/Cities)* comes out, can you get Fear when the effects wear off?
  Yes.

  All the effects wear off at the same time during Time Passes, so if you put Towns in the Ocean when Weave Together expires, Relentless Optimism is no longer active.

  Similar comments apply for other reasons Invaders might die during Time Passes (Health bonuses wearing off, etc.)
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Time Passes, Timing, Relentless Optimism, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, 2 more...

General Play

• What's the timing of ongoing effects expiring?
  All "this turn" effects wear off at the same time. For now, assume all normal Time Passes activity (discard, lose elements, clear damage, ongoing effects expire) is simultaneous. Cards like "Gift of Constancy" (which modify discarding Powers) or "Unquenchable Flames" work because they explicitly specify a timing.

  Rules for non-standard things that happen during Time Passes (like Shroud of Silent Mist's "Slow and Silent Death") can be done before or after effects wearing off unless otherwise specified.

  If it ever becomes clear that there really ought to be some sort of internal ordering to Time Passes, we'll call out that ordering in whatever expansion / FAQ it becomes relevant.
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• If one of Shroud of Silent Mists lands is targeted with Vengeance of the Dead and Invaders have their Health boosted by an Event, when damaged Invaders die at the end of the turn when the health boost wears off, do you get the benefit of Vengeance of the Dead?
  No.

  The effect of Vengeance of the Dead (extra Damage when Towns/Cities are Destroyed) and the Health boost wear off at the same time in Time Passes, so you don't get the extra Damage. (Health bonuses also wear off during Time Passes, so you need Shroud of Silent Mists to prevent the healing for the Invaders to actually die.)

  Similar comments apply to other effects that wear off at the end of the turn.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Time Passes, Weave Together the Fabric of Place, Vengeance of the Dead, Infinite Vitality, 3 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• What's the timing of Shroud of Silent Mists' Fear? If Well-Prepared Explorers gives Explorers +1 Health until end of turn, do you earn Fear before a damaged Explorer is destroyed by the effect wearing off?
  Yes, you may earn Fear before the Health buff wears off. Slow and Silent Death simply says "During Time Passes", but doesn't specify precise timing, so you can do it before or after all ongoing effects end.

  The details of timing within Time Passes are only freshly relevant; it's possible that they might shift in the future, but for now this is the answer.
  Tags: Time Passes, Timing, Slow and Silent Death (Shroud of Silent Mist), Well-Prepared Explorers, 0 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...