GAME ROUND:

I: Time Phase COMBAT:

- Effects Cleanup (apply damage first, and then other effects) I: Choose Weapon/Attack
- Powers Refresh ( flip all used powers with the refresh icon on top)
- Powers Cooldown (rotate 90 clockwise each used power)
- Soul Enhancements/Resurrection (a hero cannot enhance his Soulrank
further if there is another hero in the party with a lower Soulrank)
- Flip gem bookmarks
II: Battle Phase (repeat for each hero)
Hero Turn
- 1 Movement Activity (can be intermingled with Actions and Free Actions
but not Combat) (check for revealed Shadows each area moved)
If leaving area with enemies, each one makes a reaction attack with
primary weapon (not done if heroes are dominating the area that was left).
- X Combat Activities (see COMBAT)
- X Action Activities:
Dash (once per Round) add 1 to Movement OR stand after K.O.
Focus an Attack (once per Round) add 1 HIT to next attack
Provoke a Master Enemy (once per Round) modify the Menace token III: HIT stage Attacker:
status for a Master Enemy in L.O.S.
Bash Chest/Locked Door (if not engaged) draw and resolve a trap card,
then open a Chest or a Locked Door. Each door area is {1} for trap
resolution.
Reorganize equipped Items (if not engaged) change equipped items
Exchange an Item (if not engaged) pass/receive one Item and/or Crowns - Use dice icons, powers, abilities to enhance attack
(hero receiving the item can directly equip it, if his relative slot is empty)
Search (if not engaged) in same area as search token ( flip token & roll a
Red die). Discard search token no matter the result.
- Unlimited Free Actions:
Open Normal doors draw and resolve a trap card, then open a standard IV: DEF stage Defender:
non-locked Door. Each door area is {1} for trap resolution.
Open a Magic Lock while carrying the Magic Key
Pick up/Drop an item (if not engaged) pick up/drop any number of items
or crowns . May not equip items, must use an action to reorganize.
Evade move out of an area containing enemies:
o If heroes are dominating current area, move.
o Else receive attack from each enemy using primary weapon, move
Enemy Turn
If enemies are in play: draw an Encounter card and resolve it.
Active hero flips gem bookmark.
III: Event Phase V: Death?
If top Event card is unrevealed: draw & resolve the card, then place it revealed
on top of the deck (Night and Day Events must be placed beside the Event deck
once resolved) (Last player who activated is the active hero)
Otherwise: discard the top revealed card
DEFINITIONS:
Controlling an area More of one faction than another in an area.
Dominating an area Twice as many of one faction than another in an area.
(Controlling and dominating require both factions to be present)
Engaged Enemy is in same area as a hero.
Critical If the attacker obtains at least one HIT, the Critical is applied before the
defender can block it by rolling dice.
Bash If the attacker obtains at least one HIT, forces the defender of an attack to
move back 1 area from the current position.
Fire When a character suffers a Fire I or Fire II effect, he must place one fire
token of the matching side on his card, even if a Fire token is already present.
During Time Phase each re token deals 1 HP to the character, then Fire I are
removed and Fire II are flipped to Fire I side.
AoE {X} It allows an attack or effect to affect not only the primary target, but all
other targets of the same faction (heroes or enemies) in the same area, and
adjacent areas (connected by a legal movement path), depending on the numeric
range following the AoE. AoE {0} affects only the target's area.
Lethal When an attack includes Lethal hits, they must be resolved before normal - Counts as a hero, but not hero in play
hits. For each Lethal hit the Armor value is ignored and Blue dice are NOT rolled
against Lethal.
Line Of Sight To obtain a L.O.S. trace a straight line from the Sight Mark inside - Powers continue to rotate and refresh during Time Phase
the source area to the Sight Mark of the destination area without crossing:
a blocking terrain/element,
an external map tile edge (not connected to another tile),
non-target areas with enemy figures (only if the source Character is a hero)
limited to 5 spaces
SOUL POINTS:
Soul Points can be spent by any hero during the Time Phase to enhance his
Soulrank by one, discarding the amount indicated by this formula:
Soulrank to be achieved * Soulrank to be achieved
- Hero Attacker:
Choose weapon or combat power/item. If unarmed, use 1 Blue die.
- Enemy Attacker:
Use Enemy Scroll list, first one available is used
II: Target Selection
- Hero Attacker:
Engaged? Must choose in same area as self
Ranged? Check Range and LoS
- Enemy Attacker:
Choose based off Enemy Scroll list, if multiple targets:
Enemy scroll icon
Most wounded
Least health
Closest
Player chooses
- Attackers Dominating area? +1 HIT
- Focused attack? Spend 1 action = +1 HIT
- Use Pre Dice Roll abilities
- Roll dice
- Apply Critical(s)/Bash if HIT was obtained
- Apply Conditions/Fire token if applicable
- Projectile used AND Enemy icon rolled? Discard projectile card
- Add up all Hits
Dont forget to check current Event for combat modifiers
- Check for reaction defensive abilities
- Check for Resistances & Weaknesses, apply effects.
- Armor value reduces the hits UNLESS the target is K.O.ed or hits are Lethal.
- Magic Shields must be spent to block Hits (including Lethal)
- Roll 1 Blue die for each remaining hit, up to maximum allowed, not for Lethal.
Heroes roll 1 blue die if no armor equipped.
- Use any item, power or activity to enhance the defense.
- Add up all SHIELDS and suffer (HITS - SHIELDS) damage, minimum 0.
- If damage was suffered, apply any damage taken reaction abilities
- Repeat DEF stage for each character targeted by an AOE attack
- If character receives wounds equal to its health, it has died.
- Hero dies:
Green or Blue enemy the killer? Draw enemy power (unless at 2).
Reduce Soulrank by 1, to minimum of 1 (varies by Quest).
Flip hero card to Ghost Soul.
Discard body conditions, penalty, and effects tokens.
Discard all Power cards related to lost Soulrank.
Drop all non-equipped items (including Crowns and Quest tokens).
See GHOST SOUL
- Enemy dies:
Gain Soul Points as indicated, if any.
Place any crowns, loot tokens, or treasure cards in enemy space.
Trigger any death abilities.
Remove figure, discard enemy and enemy power cards.
GHOST SOUL:
- Play only using Ghost Soul abilities
These may be done once each turn, in any order:
Soul Shout - use the Soul Shout as listed on the hero card
Recall - place Ghost Soul hero in area with active shrine of your choice
Move - move using same flying rules as Heroes, ignoring Hindrances.
May not interact with world.
- Unless stated: Ignore items and powers, cannot be targeted by items and
powers
- Skip enemy turn
- Cannot be targeted or harmed by enemies or traps
- Ignore any special game effect
- If a Quest ends while hero is in Ghost Soul form, randomly discard 1 equipment
- Resurrect (Time Phase): Spend soul points equal to current soul rank while in
active shrine area. Flip hero card and return to full health.
SOULRANK FORMULA
Soulrank: I = 1, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4, V = 5, VI = 6, VII = 7
Soulrank/2: I and II = 1, III and IV = 2, V and VI = 3, VII = 4
CONDITIONS:
A character can suffer more than one Condition at the same time, but cannot
suffer the same condition twice. If this happens, the second condition is discarded
and the character immediately suffers 1 wound.
Condition Heroes
K.O. (Laying Cannot perform Combat
figure) activities.
Armor Value is ignored.
Count 0 for controlling/
dominating areas.
Remain K.O.ed until a Dash
or 1 movement point is
spent.
Flying characters ignore
this condition.
Green/Blue Green: Apply effect, discard critical token
Critical Blue: Give condition token, discard critical token
Red Critical A permanent (Red) Critical affects the character until the end of
the Quest, until removed (as a body condition), or until the target
dies
Poison In each Time Phase:
Suffer wounds equal to
Poison effect.
Perform SAVE attempting
to remove the condition.
Blind A Blinded hero must attempt
a SAVE before any activity. If
it succeeds, the activity is
performed normally,
otherwise it fails, wasting
the activity with no further
effects. Discard the Blinded
token at the end of his next
Hero Turn.
Slow While Slowed, a hero can
only perform Free Action
activities and only one
Movement OR one Combat
OR one Action activity.
Discard the Slowed token at
the end of his next Hero
Turn.
Stun A Stunned hero must skip his A Stunned enemy must skip its
entire Hero Turn, forfeiting
any kind of activity, including the Stunned token.
using reaction items &
powers, although passive
powers still work. Discard
the Stunned token at the
end of his next Hero Turn.
Bleeding A Bleeding hero suffers 1 HP
before performing each
Activity.
Flip the Bleeding token in the
next Time Phase and then
remove it during the next
one.
Exhaust An Exhausted hero cannot
perform Action activities.
Discard the Exhausted token
at the end of his next Hero
Turn.
Enemies
Armor Value is ignored.
Count 0 for controlling/
dominating areas.
Remain K.O.ed until the the
beginning of their activation.
Flying characters ignore this
condition.
In each Time Phase:
Suffer wounds equal to Poison
effect.
Poison effect lasts until death
A Blinded enemy, if activated must
apply {+} rule as normal (by
moving and using powers), but
without performing any attack that
requires L.O.S.
At the end of the activation,
discard the Blinded token.
A Slowed enemy will select its
behavior rule as usual during its
next activation, but it will perform
only the first sentence of the rule.
That means until the first . is
met. At the end of the activation,
discard the Slowed token.
next activation. Once done, discard
A Bleeding enemy suffers 1 HP
each time it is activated (before
applying any behavior).
Flip the Bleeding token in the next
Time Phase and then remove it
during the next one.
An Exhausted enemy cannot use
its ACTION ability.
At the end of the activation,
discard the Exhausted token.
FIRE:
- When suffering fire, place token of appropriate side on character or map space,
no matter how many fire tokens are already there.
- In Time Phase:
Fire I: Suffer 1 HP and discard
Fire II: Suffer 1 HP and flip to Fire I.
- Character entering map area with Fire suffers the same Fire effect.
- Tokens on map areas flip during Time Phase.
SAVE ROLLS:
Roll 1 Blue die, compare to save roll icon on hero card.
ENEMY SPAWN:
- Shadow: Discard shadow token, replace with enemy.
Otherwise: Roll Blue die (reroll if necessary), spawn in area.
- Draw enemy card.
- Draw enemy power card if necessary.
- Place figure in appropriate area.
HINDRANCES (ignored by enemies and flying heroes):
Barrier It blocks the movement path only in one direction, from the
area where the Blue scroll is printed. The Barrier does not block L.O.S.
Difficult Hero movement into or through this area costs 2 movement
points instead of 1.
Deadly Hero movement into or through this area causes Hero to
suffer 1 HP
COMPANIONS:
- Does not have its own turn, can only be activated by owner on owners turn
- Counts as hero in play during Events only if Hero Count indicates 1 or more
This includes the spawn formula
- Moves, attacks, defends using hero rules
- Counts as a hero for controlling/dominating
- Cannot perform hero Actions or Free Actions
- Cannot equip items
- Uses same Save roll as its owner
- Does not reveal Shadows or trigger Waypoints or Events
- Cannot be healed by heroes (but can by events)
- Companion cards may override these rules
EMPORIUM:
- Access all Stash cards for free
- May purchase Emporium cards, must choose which side at time of purchase
- May access the Enchanting Anvil (multiple times)
- May gamble at the Rising Pony Tavern (once per hero per visit)
Spend 5 crowns
Choose a prediction, from HIT, MAGIC, or ENEMY
Roll a Blue die, gain reward if prediction was correct.
- May sell Treasure cards to gain 25 crowns per ACT number.
QUEST BEGINNING:
- Players may choose a new hero, this new hero enters play starting with any
card(s) available in the Stash and the Soulrank from the heros last quest.
- Heroes start resurrected for free, with full health, and no body conditions
- Artifacts recharge 1 charge at beginning of each Quest up to maximum charge.
- Heroes may visit Emporium before each quest
Campaign: Unless quest forbids it.
Stand-alone: Still can even if quest forbids it (but not for Quest 1)
- Remove all Soul Weapons from the Emporium deck. Place back in box any
weapons that may not be equipped by heroes playing this quest.
QUEST COMPLETION:
- Victory:
All Loot tokens, Crowns, and Items on the ground within base movement
range of each surviving hero are automatically gained. (Bag limits still
apply for items)
- Defeat:
Players may keep all items, powers, crowns gained OR
Players may reset to pre-quest failed status