Urban Development

Frequently Asked Questions

Definitions

• There's an effect that applies when "(Dahan) outnumber (Town)/(City)". Can I use it in a land with no Towns or Cities?
  Yes, you can. See the glossary entry for "outnumber".
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Invader Actions

• What counts as a single Ravage when "the next normal Ravage" is affected?
  A "normal" Ravage refers to the Ravage Actions caused by a single Ravage card during the Ravage Step printed on the board. Similarly the "normal" Build/Explore refers to the Actions caused by a single Build/Explore card during the Build/Explore step printed on the board. (See B&C p. 15 or JE p. 27)

  Thus anything modifying the "next normal" Invader Action affects both terrains on a Stage III card, but only one card if there are multiple cards in the slot. It doesn't apply to extra steps added by Adversaries like England, Invader Actions caused by an Event or Power (unless that modifies how the existing card works), or if a normal Invader Step is entirely replaced with a different one by an Event.
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• Can the "next normal" Ravage or Build be on a future turn?
  Yes.

  If the Ravage or Build slot is empty, leave the relevant card in that space until the effect is triggered.
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• What happens if one effect modifies "the next normal Ravage" and another effect skips it?
  If the next normal Ravage is skipped, then the effect that modifies the Ravage remains in effect until a Ravage actually occurs.

  This can happen, eg, if the event Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid (the next normal Ravage becomes a Build) occurs on a turn when there is no card in the Ravage slot, and on the next turn the event Urban Development (during the next normal Ravage, each City does +2 damage) occurs. Because of Farmers Seek the Dahan for Aid, the Ravage is skipped, so Urban Development remains active until the next turn.

  Note that this only applies if the Ravage is effected globally, and not if the Ravage is modified in only some lands.
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• Under “Ravage Timing” on p. 7 of the Jagged Earth rulebook, it mentions “modifiers to individual Invader Damage” happen first, and “per-land modifiers” only happen afterwards. Why is this relevant? What are some examples of individual vs. land modifiers?
  It's relevant when every Invader in a land has been rendered harmless (via Strife, or reducing its individual Damage to 0) — drawing an Event Card like Destroy the Unnatural (which does +3 total Damage in certain lands) won't increase the Damage from 0 to 3.

  Individual modifiers are things like “Cities deal +3 Damage”, Mesmerized Tranquility (“Each Invader deals -1 damage”), or Strife tokens. Per-land modifiers are things like Destroy the Unnatural (above), or anything which says “Invaders deal +N Damage (per land) …”
  Tags: Strife, Damage, Ravage, Mesmerized Tranquility, 17 more...