Walls of Rock and Thorn

Frequently Asked Questions

Definitions

• What does it mean when a Power's effects or Target Land shows (Terrain A)(Terrain B)? A or B? A next to B?
  It means "Terrain A OR Terrain B." (Back page, Targeting section.)

  The division between them is supposed to be a sort of slash, but that's not especially clear.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Targeting, Terrain, Iconography, Uncanny Melting, 35 more...

Effect Rules

• If an Action deals Damage multiple times, can it benefit from Badlands each time?
  Only if one time is to Invaders and the other time is to Dahan – a single Badlands token can't increase Damage more than once against a given piece type in a single action. Most of the time, it doesn't matter which instance of Damage is increased by a given Badlands, even if a single action damages Invaders more than once.

  Some of the rare cases where it can matter:

  • When using the first two threshold "Leave a Trail of Deathly Silence" in a land with 1 Badlands and 2 Towns, applying the Badlands to the first threshold destroys one of the Towns, allowing the second threshold to abduct the now-lone Town. On the other hand, saving the Badlands for the second threshold means that neither Town is ever alone, leaving the second Town damaged instead of abducted.
  • When using "Walls of Rock and Thorn" with threshold against the Tsardom of Russia Level 2+ in a land that has 1 Badlands, 1 Town, and 3 Explorers, the timing of the Badlands determines if one of the Explorers must be saved from the damage. If the Badlands bonus is applied to the initial 2 Damage, then at least one of the resulting 3 Damage must apply to Explorers, pushing it. On the other hand, if the Badlands bonus is deferred until later, the initial 2 Damage can destroy just the Town, saving all of the Damage to Explorers until after the land is Isolated and there's no way for any of the Explorers to flee.
    Tags: Badlands, Damage, Ordering, Leave a Trail of Deathly Silence (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), 3 more...
• If a Power both adds Badlands and deals Damage, does the Damage benefit from the new Badlands?
  It depends on whether the Damage is dealt before or after adding Badlands. If the Badlands Token arrives first, it increases the subsequent Damage; if the Damage happens first, the Badlands Token arrives too late to matter.

  Some examples:

  • Badlands arrive too late: "Desiccating Winds," "Dire Metamorphosis," "Unquenchable Flames" threshold, "Scarred and Stony Land," "Bombard with Boulders and Stinging Seeds" main effect, "Walls of Rock and Thorn" threshold, "Melt Earth Into Quicksand," "Spill Bitterness Into the Earth" main effect, *Surging Lahar."
  • Badlands present for Damage: "Bombard with Boulders and Stinging Seeds" threshold, "Settle Into Hunting-Grounds" threshold, "Forests of Living Obsidian," "The Wounded Wild Turns on Its Assailants," "Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone" main effect and threshold, "Spill Bitterness Into the Earth" threshold, "Transform to a Murderous Darkness."
    Tags: Badlands, Damage, Ordering, Desiccating Winds, 14 more...