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FAQ - General Questions*

* Rules Clarification and Card Rulings FAQ*

Last Modified: April 16, 2001

Welcome to the Shadowfist Rules FAQ! We've broken our FAQ into
several smaller documents, since we've found that folks have distinct
interests and don't necessarily need everything in one place. This
FAQ is dedicated to questions about the rules, card interactions, and
updates to the rulebook. We'll be refining the rulebook to
incorporate this stuff as time goes by, but you'll see it here first.

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*Questions about Z-Man Cards*

We've organized this section alphabetically by card title, covering
the cards released in Throne War and Year of the Dragon. The most
common question we've received has been about the CDCA Scientist.
Every other card is a distant second. :)

*Apes of Wrath*

The Apes get their bonus when States you control are smoked by
opponents. But in most cases it's not obvious who smoked a State
because they're automatically smoked when their subject leaves play.
The player who removes the subject from play is considered to be the
player who smoked any States on that card for purposes of effects like
the Apes'.

*CDCA Scientist*

Yes, the draw effect is independent from the discard effect. Let's
say X=2. You could draw up to X (i.e. 0, 1, or 2) cards, and then
discard up to X (i.e. 0, 1, or 2) cards. The number of cards you
discard does not have to equal the number you draw.

*Darkness Adept*

If a Darkness Adept's Fighting is reduced to zero, she's smoked like
any other card, even if she also smokes the opposing Character and
triggers her ability. Her Fighting gain won't save her because she's
already in the smoked pile when it resolves.

*Die!!!*

The "total cost" phrase refers to the total cost of all the Characters
you want to affect, not to the cost of each Character (that's why it
says total. :)

*Dirk Wisely's Gambit*

We blew it in the printing of Dirk Wisely's Gambit in Year of the
Dragon. The Gambit was narrowed to be used only when you declare an
attack (not when you join an attack). That wasn't exactly intentional
at the time, but we're going to keep it that way. Consider this an
errata; when/if Dirk's gets printed again, we'll put the errata symbol
on it.

*Eagle Mountain*

We haven't actually gotten any questions on Eagle Mountain, but we
wanted to make sure everybody understood how it worked. The easy part
of the effect is when the Mountain is face-up: all Characters at its
location gain Toughness: 1 when they turn to attack. We wanted you to
be able to use the Mountain by surprise during an attack, so we added
the second part: If the Mountain is face-down, you can still send your
attackers in. When you reveal the Mountain, they gain Toughness: 1 at
that time.

The Eagle Mountain effect is triggered, so opponents can respond to it
like any other effect. If you reveal your Mountain during an attack,
that generates the effect that will give your attackers Toughness.
But your opponent could respond with a Final Brawl, which will resolve
first and hit your attackers before they get the Toughness.

*Grizzly Pass*

Only face-up cards matter for the Grizzly Pass effect. We meant to
say that explicitly on the card, but...

*Iron Monkey*

The amount of Power he steals is fixed at generation - even if your
opponent spends Power in response, you still get whatever was half at
the time the Iron Monkey inflicted his damage. And that means if two
Characters with this ability (Rigorous Discipline, anyone? :) hit the
same target simultaneously, you will steal all Power from that
opponent. (Well, if they had an even amount of Power. If they had an
odd amount, the rounding down will leave them with a point.)

*Nine Dragon Temple*

Count the number of Feng Shui Sites after the Nine Dragon Temple's
Body is reduced to zero (which means after the Site has changed hands
if it's seized or burned, since that decision is faster than triggered
effects). See the example on p.52.

If Nine Dragon Temple is smoked or toasted by an effect that doesn't
reduce its Body (Suicide Mission, for example), its effect doesn't
trigger.

*Palace Guards*

Palace Guards return to play even if they can't intercept the attacker
(for example, the attacker has Assassinate and is attacking a
Character). The "must intercept" part of their wording means that you
have to declare them as interceptors if legally possible (we don't
like to put the phrase "if legally possible" on any cards since it's
implied in everything).

If there's an attacker that the Guards can't legally intercept, and
another that they can, you have to declare them as interceptors
against the character that they can intercept.

If the Guards survive after interception, they stay in play.

*Payback Time*

Payback Time (like everything else) generates after the attacker makes
his/her decision about the Site. If the attacker decides to seize the
Site, that happens first, then you can use Payback Time to hit your
former Site if you wish. And if that was the Site that would cause
the attacker to win, you can, if you're lucky, use Payback Time to
reduce the Body of another Site to zero to prevent the win. (see the
example on p.44)

*Puzzle Garden*

The limit of three damage apllies separately to each time a Character
damages the site; if you hit it twice with something big, it ends up
taking six.

*Sinister Accusations*

A designator is just one word, so you'll need three Sinister
Accusations to add the designators Kar, Fai, and Crib to a card, for
example. Remember that you are adding designators, not changing
titles, so you can't force a Uniqueness auction with Sinister
Accusations.

If you add a designator to a card and then use an effect like
Assassins in Love that takes control of the card based on that
designator, you will keep control of that card even if the Sinister
Accusations is removed later. In other words, those effects only
check the designator at the time they generate or resolve (depending
on the effect's wording). If the designator isn't there later, that
doesn't matter any more.

If you're perverse enough to give the designator "Mastermind" to a
Brain Sucker, (which cancels all Masterminds) the Brain Sucker ends up
cancelling itself, and nothing else.


*Temple of the Angry Spirits*

The Temple does not have to be face-up to inflict its damage during
combat. It has been ruled otherwise on occasion, but, as it says on
p.34, "A Feng Shui Site does not have to be revealed before you use
its ability." (If it's unrevealed, you have the option of not using
the ability, in the unlikely event that you're feeling nice.)

You must divide up the Temple's damage among the attackers as you see
fit. It doesn't hit every attacker for the full amount of its Body.

If a Gnarled Marauder hits a back-row Temple of the Angry Spirits, the
Temple does not inflict its damage on the Marauder because the
Marauder didn't actually enter combat with the Temple.

*Underworld Tracker*

No one has called us on this yet, but to be precise, Underworld
Tracker should say "If in your smoked pile when..." We implied that by
using the phrase "returns to play..." but that's no excuse.

*Who's The Monkey Now?*

You can't use Who's The Monkey Now? in response to a "cancel and
smoke" card that's being used to cancel an Event. Because "cancel and
smoke" is defined to smoke a card only if that card is still in play,
it's not smoking anything when it's cancelling an Event, since Events
are never in play.

*Xin Kai Sheng*

Xin Kai Sheng's effect goes off at the end of the turn even if he
leaves play, so yes, you can "suicide" him into an opponent's
Character and, presuming his damage smokes that Character, you will
grab that Character at the end of the turn. And you keep control of
those returned Characters if Xin Kai Sheng leaves play (you could
still lose control of them for some other reason, of course).


*Questions about Daedalus Cards*

For Shadowfist veterans with lots of Daedalus cards, check out the
"Veterans FAQ." That'll bring you up to speed on how some of the old
cards have changed in the Z-Man edition. This section is devoted to
questions about the Daedalus-edition cards that are more general.
Eventually we'd like to collect all the rulings of both kinds in one
place on the website in some kind of nifty interactive database, but
that's still under development.

*OrangoTank*

OrangoTank's ability forces Characters to intercept, but they don't
have to intercept OrangoTank. They can intercept any attacker, as
usual.

*Soul Maze*

The Soul Maze is what's called a problem card because it's not
immediately clear how it interacts with other cards. Let's break it
down. First of all, you can't use the Soul Maze until prior to
combat. Second, the Maze's effect only lasts until the end of combat
(check both of those in the Attack Timing section elsewhere in this
FAQ).

If one or both of the Characters ceases intercepting or attacking, the
Soul Maze effect will continue until the end of combat (assuming there
were other attackers. If that was the only attacker, then that will
also cause the combat to end and turn off the Soul Maze).

When a State's rules text is swapped by Soul Maze, think of it as a
"copy" of that State on the other Character. That "copy" is
considered to be unturned when the Soul Maze effect resolves (even if
the "original" is turned). That Character's controller controls the
"copy" of the State and can use it normally. For example, a "copy" of
a Fusion Rifle can be turned to inflict 2 damage. It's not really a
copy since the original State has no effect on its subject while the
Soul Maze effect is running, but it should help you understand how
this works.

If a State that causes a change of controllers (like Shadowy Mentor)
is swapped, the original Character will no longer be subject to its
effect, and will revert to its previous controller (p.72). That also
causes the Character to cease attacking / intercepting. At the end of
combat when the Soul Maze effect expires, the control effect will
resume.

*Spirit Pole*

The Spirit Pole allows you to play one State during each player's Main
Shot. And the "normal cost" phrase seems to throw people - it doesn't
mean "printed cost" or anything in particular. It just means you are
playing the card from your smoked pile. Any other cost reduction
(like Kar Fai's Crib, or Johnny Tso) or cost increase (like Jui Szu)
still applies. The phrase "0-cost States cost 1..." means that you
have to pay 1 extra Power for a State with a printed cost of 0, and
cost reduction/increases apply here as well. So you can play a Flying
Guillotine using Spirit Pole for no cost on Johnny Tso. We'll reword
this explicitly when/if the Pole is reprinted.

*Wing of the Crane*

If Wing of the Crane smokes a card that's controlled by someone other
that it's owner, that card comes back into play under its owner's
control (because cards that are smoked lose their "memory").

*Yellow Monk / Yellow Senshi Chamber*

The Yellow Monk and Yellow Senshi Chamber each redirect 1 damage,
meaning that they set up a special redirection "signpost" for only
that 1 damage from that source. If that source was inflicting more
than 1 damage, and there is already a signpost to redirect that
damage, the Yellow Monk/Senshi Chamber's special signpost overrides
the earlier signpost just for the 1 damage, but does not cancel the
earlier signpost outright (meaning that the rest of the damage is
still redirected).

If, in that situation, another damage redirection effect is used to
redirect the original card's damage, it will override both the
"normal" signpost and the Yellow Monk/Senshi Chamber's.


*Combos That Don't Work*

We've had enough people think that these combos work that we felt we
had to point them out. Nice try though. :)

*Expendable Unit and Final Brawl*

You can't use an Expendable Unit to redirect a Final Brawl to a
Character you control. Why? Because that would break the rule about
"you can't redirect damage to a card that damage is already being
inflicted on." Daedalus used this combo as an example in several
places, including after they made the redirection rule that caused it
to become illegal.

*Palace Guards and Fox Pass/Flying Sleeves*

The Palace Guards' return to play triggers when an attack is declared
against you. That's not the same as when you change the target an
attack using a card like Fox Pass, so your Guards will not return to
protect you in that case. See the rulebook glossary on page 85.

*Cave Network and Fox Pass*

The trick along the lines of the Palace Guards doesn't work here
either. The Cave Network triggers only when an attack is declared,
not when one is retargeted.


*Changes to Card Errata*

As part of the Z-Man Games, Inc. printing of Shadowfist, several
cards were reprinted from the Daedalus sets with errata. A list
appeared in the Year of the Dragon rulebook with the new wording for
those cards, including those that we couldn't reprint in Throne War or
Year of the Dragon. The stuff that isn't in print yet should be
considered "planned errata"-meaning that we may tweak the wording if
we think of something better before it's printed.

In a few cases, we goofed up the wording of some of the "planned
errata" cards, so we're updating them now. We are also fixing a
loophole in one of the cards we did reprint; it was closed by one
rules change but still allowed by a more general rule. And we're
adding one more card to the list, too. It's amazing how long a card
can go before anyone notices that the wording doesn't quite do what
everyone assumes it does. :)

*City Park (NEW)*

We removed the "keyword" ruling, which means that "put into play" now
means the same thing as "play". However, that didn't stop you from
playing more than one City Park when one of your Sites is burned,
because the card, which says you can play it, overrides the general
rules, which say you can't. So, City Park should say:

"Heal City Park at the end of the turn it is revealed. When a Site you
control is burned, you may play City Park face up at no cost if you
have not played a Site this turn."

*Dance of the Centipede*

We dropped the crucial word "turning" from the last line. This should
say "Target a card. That card cannot be turned in response :: Turn
that card, and cancel any effect generated by turning it."

*Forty-Story Inferno (NEW)*

An Inferno you control only prevents interceptors during attacks you
declare. It has no effect when one of your opponents is attacking
another opponent. For those without the twisted minds, if you are not
participating in that attack, you are attacking with zero Characters.
Now read the Inferno again, and realize that you really don't want it
to burn you, too.

*Soul Maze*

We failed to state that the two Characters must be about to enter
combat with each other.

*Sergeant Blightman*

Sarge still "Cannot turn to heal." That got zapped accidentally when
the Toast It restriction was put in. He's good, but he's not that
good. :)

*The Faceless*

We meant to explicitly say that you keep control of the States you
steal even if The Faceless leave play.


*Rules Questions*

If you have Internet access, we highly recommend that you download the
electronic version of the rulebook, and use the "Search" feature to
look for particular topics. We also intend to add an index to the
next printing, which should help.


*Q: How do I know when I select the cards being affected by an Event
(or other effect)?*

(p.46-47) You determine the cards being affected at generation. There
are a few exceptions to this:

If the card text uses a "::", everything before it is done at
generation, and everything after is done at resolution. If it doesn't
tell you to choose a card before the "::", you don't have to choose
until resolution.

If the effect is selecting something from a group of cards that are
indistinguishable to the other players, (somebody's hand or deck) the
choice is not made until resolution. If an effect plays a card from
your hand when it resolves, you have to have at least one card you
could use it to play on generation, but you needn't choose which
specific card until resolution. (This is a clarification of the
first paragraph of rules on p.49, which seemed to be more general
than it's supposed to be.)

Other players don't generally have to make any choices the effect will
make them take until it resolves. If an effect makes everybody choose
something, your choice is not made at generation unless everybody
else's are too.


*Q: Can my opponent use Covert Operation to force me to discard a card
that I just played?*

(p.29) No. When you play a card, you put it onto the board at that
instant. If an opponent attempts to make you discard a card in
response (Covert Operation, Curtain of Fullness, etc.) they won't be
able to affect the card you just played because that card is already
on the board. In fact, if you play cards in response to the discard
effect, those cards will be in play too and so couldn't be discarded
either.


*Q: When do I count Sites for Nine Dragon Temple, Fortress of Shadow,
and the like?*

(p.52 and p.64) The decision to seize or burn a Site happens before
triggered effects are generated. That means Nine Dragon Temple has
already changed hands when its effect goes off, so you count at that
time. Let's say you have 2 Sites, and your opponent has 3, one of
which is a Nine Dragon Temple. You reduce it's Body to zero and
decide to burn it for victory. Then the Temple's effect triggers, and
when it resolves we check to see who is closer to victory. You now
have 3 Sites, and your opponent has 2, so your opponent gets the Power
from the Temple.


*Q: Do I have to meet the resource requirements for Cave Network?*

(p.30). Yes. Cave Network just reduces the cost, it doesn't
eliminate the need to meet resource requirements. A card has to
explicitly say "ignoring resource conditions" if you are allowed to
ignore resource conditions.


*Q: Does +X damage from a Really Big Gun increase my White Disciple's
pinging effect too?*

(p.84). +X damage effects only add to combat damage, so if you put a
Really Big Gun on your White Disciple, you still have a Disciple that
turns to inflict 2 damage.


*Q: Can I turn one Character to activate two Spirit Frenzies? Or turn a
Character to heal and attack at the same time?*

(p.55) No, for two reasons. You can only take one game action
(generate an effect, etc.) at a time, and then you must give your
opponents an opportunity to take an action of their own before you
take another. And on top of that, when you generate an effect, you
have to meet all preconditions and pay all costs for that effect. So
if you turn a Character to attack, it's then too late to turn it to
heal afterward, since it's already turned.


*Q: What happens if I have more than 6 cards in my hand?*

(p.17) You are kicking some butt. The hand size limit only affects
how many cards you draw during your Establishing Shot. If you already
have more than your maximum hand size, you don't draw any cards.
You're never forced to discard down to your hand size, as in some
other games.


*Q: How do I tell what is a [Mag] card?*

(p.31) A card is a [blah] card if it has a [blah] resource in either
its resource conditions or provisions (or both).


*Q: If I use Kinoshita House to stop one attacker but the other one*
*hits, is that a successful attack?*

(p.19). Yes. If at least one attacker inflicts combat damage on its
target, the attack is successful.


*Q: If a character can't turn to change location, can it turn to
attack?*

(p.42) Yes. "Turn to change location" is not the same as "turn to
attack." So a card that can't turn to attack can still turn to change
location, and vice versa.


*Q: When I turn an opponent's Proving Ground with Jueding Shelun, can I
use it to play a Character?*

(p.29) No. Effects that allow you to turn an opponent's card do only
that: turn it. If that card happens to generate an effect if its
controller turns it (like Proving Ground), you're not entitled to
generate that effect.


*Q: Can I use Smiling Heaven Lake and Family Estate (or Proving Ground)
to play a Character at reduced cost and ignoring a resource condition?*

(p.47) No. Effects resolve one at a time. Both the Lake and the
Estate play a Character when they resolve; the Character must be
played right then, so you can't wait for the other effect to resolve
as well.


*Q: Does that mean that I can't combine Spirit Pole and Kar Fai's Crib
to play a state from my smoked pile at -1 cost?*

You can. Neither of these cards have to generate and resolve an
effect in order to be used. Kar Fai's Crib has a continuous effect;
when you play a [Dra] State, you can pay one less power if you wish
to. Spirit Pole works similarly; you can play States from your smoked
pile, as long as you haven't already done so this turn.

It's only when you've got two effects that both want to play the cards
themselves that you can't combine them.


*Q: I'm intercepting with my White Disciple, and the attacker redirects
his damage. If I turn the Disciple to blast the attacker, will that
be redirected?*

(p.39) Yes. A damage redirection signpost will grab the first damage
from the correct source that arrives. So, the damage from the
Disciple's blast will be redirected and use up the signpost, and the
White Disciple's combat damage will hit the attacker.


*Q: I want to make a declaration at the same time as somebody else
wants to play an effect. Who gets to go first?*

In most cases, this is fairly simple. Declaring interceptors comes
only after every player has had a chance to play all the effects that
they want, so you'll have to wait. (See the attack timeline later in
this FAQ.) But, since that's the case, they can't wait to see who you
intercept and then say "Wait, I want to play this Event first" when
they find out your cunning plan.

(p. 55) When declaring an attack or the end of your turn, you get to
make your declaration first, since it's your turn and there's nothing
that you have to give the other players a chance to respond to yet.

Only when you want to make a declaration (probably an attack) during
another player's turn can it get awkward. Treat it the same way that
you do simultaneous declarations; they get to go first, but, once that
scene's done, you get to make your declaration.


*Rulebook Updates*

No TCG rulebook is ever really done as long as the game is actively
supported, and the Shadowfist rulebook is no exception. On top of the
stuff we know we left out, like the index, questions from players have
shown us where the wording was weak, confusing, or just plain missing.
We will be updating the electronic version on the website, but in the
meantime, here's a description of the changes. This isn't exactly the
wording you'll see in the updated rulebook, but it'll be close.

*Credits*

Apologies to Brent Webber and Bryant Durrell, both of whom submitted
card ideas that ended up in Throne War. And we misspelled Todd
Myhre's last name.

*Designators*

You're supposed to apply the designator rules in the order they appear
in the rulebook. We didn't say that explicitly, but we will now. :)
So you first apply rule 2a, then 2b, then 2c. That means that a card
like Ba-BOOM! is Ba and BOOM and then doesn't split any further.

The use of the word "acronym" confused a few people, since it's hard
to tell in some cases if a designator is intended to be an acronym or
not, especially if you're not also a Feng Shui roleplayer and know
more of the story of the game. We did use the phrase "words in all
capital letters" which is the part that actually matters for the
purposes of this rule, so we'll just delete the reference to acronyms
in rule 2b.

Also, we'll be more explicit in the examples of things that don't
match in rule 3. For example, where we said that you can't modify an
abbreviation, that means that Dr. does not match Doctor.

Some cards refer to "double designators," such as Thunder Squire who
refers to a Thunder Knight. In those cases, you must match both
designators. Which means that the Thunder Squire can return any
Character that has both designators Thunder and Knight, but he can't
return just Thunder Characters or just Knight Characters.

Some cards just refer to a designator by itself, (for instance, "a
Demon", rather than "a Demon Character.") In that case, it means any
card with that designator. But, if it refers to a "Monk, Master, or
Martial Artist Character," it's the same as if it were saying "a Monk
Character, a Master Character, or a Martial Artist Character." (It's
just a lot shorter.)

*Playing Feng Shui Sites*

If a Feng Shui Site has printed resource conditions, printed cost, or
both, you must play that Feng Shui Site face up, regardless of whether
the card's rules text says so or not.

*Generating Power*

Cards that generate Power during your Establishing Shot, such as
Pocket Demon, Violet Meditation, and Scrounging, all count as
generating Power for purposes of discarding cards. In other words, if
you use one of these cards, you may discard only one card during your
discard phase.

*Specifically Respond*

We used the phrase "specifically respond" in a couple of places (as in
"you may only play cards that specifically respond to...") but didn't
define it. It means that in order to play a card that specifically
responds to effect X, the card must use the phrase "Play when X
happens..." or "Play in response to X..." Effects that cancel or
otherwise mess with Events have an implied "Play in response to an
Event," even if they don't say it explicitly.

*Not Affected By*

Item (h) in the example list caused a couple of people to think "not
affected by Events" applied to Events like Iron and Silk and Blood of
the Valiant that resolve sometime earlier in the turn. It doesn't.
For example, let's say the Prof is intercepting a Kung Fu Student,
(why? we don't know. But she is. :) and the Student's controller
plays Blood of the Valiant on the Student. The Prof's "not affected
by Events" means that she is not considered to be in play when the
Blood is generated, and is not considered to be in play when it
resolves. In this case, that doesn't make any difference, since Blood
of the Valiant only cares whether the Kung Fu Student is in play when
it resolves. Now the Blood has resolved, and the Prof's rules text
won't help her against it any more. Assuming there are no more
effects, the Student whacks the Prof and takes no damage in return.

*Duration of Effects (Persistence)*

We put one short paragraph into the rulebook intended to cover effects
that didn't explicitly specify a duration (stuff like the Abysmal
Absorber's Fighting gain). However, some people have pointed out that
the rule is too general, since effects like inflicting damage and
healing don't specify a duration, and would therefore fall under this
rule. That wasn't the intent, so we're replacing the entire paragraph
to prevent that interpretation:

How do you know how long an effect lasts? In most cases where the
effect is intended to have a duration ("until the end of the turn,"
for example), the rules text will state that duration explicitly. But
in some cases that didn't fit on the card or it's just forgotten. So
how can you tell if an effect is supposed to have a duration or not?
Most effects don't specify a duration because they don't have a
duration. When they resolve, you make some change to the board and
then move on to the next effect in the scene. This includes effects
that inflict damage, heal, remove cards from play, etc.

Continuous effects (like the +2 damage bonus from a Really Big Gun)
don't need to specify a duration because they last while the card that
creates them remains in play. As soon as that card leaves play, the
continuous effect ceases. Most States fall into this category, unless
of course the State has some effect that specifies a duration.

If an effect specifies that a card in play gains something (an
ability, bonus, whatever), it will also specify a duration for that
gain. If it doesn't, then the card keeps whatever it gained until it
leaves play.

*Control*

We said that you can't take control of cards you already control.
What that means is that the card doesn't change controllers, so it
doesn't unturn, you aren't allowed to move it, etc. You can still use
such effects on cards you control if you wish (for example, you might
put a Shadowy Mentor on a Character you control to give it the
designator Pledged).

The description of what happens when you take control of a card was
too loose, and can be interpreted to mean that you are allowed to move
a State that you take control of, which isn't what we meant. When you
take control of a Character or Site, you must place that card into a
legal position (a Site would go into your site structure, for
example). When you take control of an Edge, slide it over to your
side of the table with your other Edges. When you take control of a
State, that State stays where it is unless the effect you use to take
control explicitly says that you are permitted to move the State (like
Shaolin Surprise).

*States*

Most States, such as Really Big Gun or Shadowy Mentor, are continuous
effects. They have an effect after they resolve that lasts until they
leave play. Some States, like Pump-Action Shotgun, turn to generate
effects (or otherwise have some triggered effect that generates at a
particular time). These effects lock in the subject of the card at
the time of generation, so even if the State is moved or removed from
play later, the effect still affects the subject at the time of
generation. For example, if you turn a Shotgun to give your Redeemed
Gunman the +3 damage bonus, he retains that bonus even if the Shotgun
is later removed from play.


*End of Turn Timing in Detail*

A couple of people asked for a step-by-step list of what happens when
you declare the end of your turn. Since the end of turn looks a
little different when you burn for Power, so we've included two lists.

*Normal End of Turn*

1. Declare the end of your turn

2. All players (including you) may generate effects, forming one
scene. Apply the simultaneous play rule if more than one person
wants to generate effects.

3. Resolve the scene from step 2. If any triggered effects are
generated during this resolution, they form a new scene as usual.
Resolve that scene.

4. If any opponent generated an effect in the scene from step 2, you
may return to your Main Shot if you wish. If you do so, your turn
did not actually end, so effects that trigger "at the end of the
turn" don't happen yet. If you decide to allow your turn to end
anyway, go to the next step.

5. Generate all triggered effects that use phrases such as "until the
end of the turn" or "at the end of the turn" forming one scene. No
one can generate any voluntary effects (like turning a Stone Garden
to heal a Site, or revealing a Proving Ground) at this point. You
must use those effects in step 2 if you want to use them.

6. Resolve the scene from step 5. If any more triggered effects are
generated during this resolution, they form a new scene as usual
(this doesn't happen very often). Resolve that scene. If you are
still generating triggered effects, keep going (forming a new scene,
then resolving it) until all triggered effects have been resolved.
Players are still unable to generate voluntary effects.

7. Your turn is now over and your opponent's turn begins. Nothing
can happen after your turn is over but before your opponent's turn
starts.

*Turn Ends Due to Burn for Power*

1. Decide that you burn for Power. You immediately get the
appropriate amount of Power, and place the Feng Shui Site in its
owner's smoked pile. The attack ends at this instant.

2. Generate all appropriate triggered effects, specifically those
that use phrases such as "when a Site is burned/burned for Power,"
"when a Site's Body is reduced to zero," "until the end of the
attack," "after surviving combat," "when damage is inflicted on..."
These form one scene. Apply the simultaneous play rule if multiple
triggered effects are generated.

3. After all triggered effects have been generated, any player may
generate voluntary effects that specifically respond either to the
burning/burning for Power, or specifically respond to an effect that
has already been generated. These effects add to the scene from
step 2.

4. Resolve the scene from step 3. If any triggered effects are
generated during this resolution, they form a new scene as usual.
Resolve that scene. Players are unable to generate voluntary
effects at this point.

5. Jump over to the regular end of turn sequence at step 5 and keep
going.

*Attack Timing in (Excruciating) Detail*

We've had several questions about what you can and can't do as part of
the interception process, and we also left out a description of what
happens to chains of interceptors when the first interceptor isn't
overcome. All of that was (is) covered in the detailed step-by-step
list of what happens during an attack. But of course you haven't seen
that, since we had to cut it from the rulebook due to space
limitations (yes, even in a 96 page book, we hit space limitations).
So, at long last, here are the details, and there are many more of
them than you will need for 95% of your games, but they're here in
case some sticky timing question comes up:


1. Declare the attack [attacking player]: choose unturned attackers
and turn them, announce the target, move attackers to the location of
the target. The current player may not play Characters, Sites, or
Edges until the attack is complete. The current player may play
States, even if the current player is not the attacking player. All
of this happens simultaneously.

A. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "declaration of attack"
or "start of attack" or "turning to attack" generate now. Effects
using the phrase "during an attack" may be generated now or at any
time that voluntary effects may be generated until the attack is
complete. Then players may respond with voluntary effects.
Resolve this scene.

B. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

2. Declare joining the attack [players other than the attacking and
defending players]: Starting with the player to the left of the
attacking player, either decline (A) or join (B) the attack.

A. Decline: This player may not join this attack later. If joining
is declined:

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "does not join"
generate now. Then players may respond with voluntary effects.
Resolve this scene.

ii. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

B. Join the attack: choose unturned attackers and turn them, move
attackers to the location of the target. If the attack has
multiple targets, announce which attacker(s) are attacking which
target.

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "joining an attack" or
"turning to attack" generate now. Then players may respond with
voluntary effects. Resolve this scene.

ii. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

C. Repeat Step 2 for the next player clockwise (other than the
attacking or defending players) until all players have either
joined or declined.

NOTE: if at any time after this point there are no attackers in play
(all have ceased attacking or been removed from play), the attack ends
immediately. Skip to Step 5.

3. Declare Interceptors [all players]: Starting with the player to
the left of the defending player, either decline (A) or declare (B and
C) interceptors. If the attack has multiple targets after
declaration, start with the player to the left of the original
defending player. If the attack has multiple targets when it's
declared, the attacking player names a player who controls one of the
targets as the defending player.

A. Decline Interception: This player may not declare interceptors
later during this attack. If interception is declined:

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "decline interception"
generate now. Then players may respond with voluntary effects.
Resolve this scene.

ii. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

iii. Skip to Step 3.E.

B. Move Characters: Move each Character that will intercept to the
location of the target of the attack. Characters may move to a
location controlled by an opponent in order to intercept. Each
Character's change of location is a separate effect. All such
moves may be made in one scene (generated in response to each
other), or may be done as individual scenes at the choice of the
controlling player: For each of these scenes, do the following:

i. Turn one Character (or use Mobility or similar effect) to
change location to the target of the attack.

ii. Add to this scene: Effects triggered on "changing location"
generate now. Then players may respond with voluntary effects.

iii. If the controlling player desires to move more Characters in
this scene, repeat steps 3.B.i and 3.B.ii until all such
Characters have turned to change location.

iv. Resolve this scene. The Character(s) that changed location in
this scene are now at the location of the target.

v. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

vi. If the controlling player decided to generate multiple
individual scenes to move the Characters, then return to Step
3.B.i until all Characters are at the location of the target.

C. Declare Interception: After all interceptors are at the location
of the target of the attack, announce which attacker each
interceptor will intercept, and arrange chains if applicable. All
such declarations are considered to happen simultaneously. Any
Character moved in Step 3.B to a location controlled by an opponent
must be declared as an interceptor now. If no legal interception
is possible, such Characters return to their original location
immediately. After this declaration, do the following:

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "declaring
interception" generate now. Then players may respond with
voluntary effects. Resolve this scene.

D. Conduct combat with interceptors

i. Prior to combat: the attacker and first interceptor in each
chain prepare to enter combat. Effects that are conditional or
triggered on "prior to combat" or "about to enter combat" may be
used during any scene in step 3.D.i. Effects that redirect
combat damage may now affect the attacker and first interceptor
in each chain.

a. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "start of combat"
or "about to enter combat" or "against" generate now. Then
players may respond with voluntary effects. Resolve this
scene.

b. Players may generate any number of additional scenes.
Resolve each one.

ii. In combat: the attacker and first interceptor in the chain
inflict combat damage on each other. Only those effects listed
explicitly below may be used.

a. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "entering combat"
generate now. Players may not generate voluntary effects at
this time other than effects that specifically respond to an
effect generated previously in this scene. Resolve this
scene.

b. If the attacker has Ambush, it inflicts combat damage now.
Smoke the interceptor if its Fighting is reduced to zero.
Generate one scene: Effects triggered on damage or smoking
Characters, if applicable, generate now. Players may not
generate voluntary effects at this time other than Tactics
and effects that specifically respond to an effect generated
previously in this scene. Resolve this scene. If the
interceptor was removed from play, skip to step 3.D.iii.

c. The interceptor inflicts combat damage. Assuming the
attacker did not already inflict combat damage in the
previous step, the attacker inflicts combat damage
simultaneously. Smoke any Character whose Fighting is
reduced to zero. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on
damage or smoking Character(s), if applicable, generate now.
Players may not generate voluntary effects at this time other
than effects that specifically respond to an effect generated
previously in this scene. Resolve this scene.

iii. End of combat:

a. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "end of combat" or
"when combat is resolved" or "after surviving combat"
generate now. Players may not generate voluntary effects at
this time other than effects that specifically respond to an
effect generated previously in this scene. Resolve this
scene. This combat is now completed.

*NOTE*: if the interceptor is no longer in play at this point or is
no longer intercepting, the attacker has overcome the interceptor.
If the interceptor is still in play and still intercepting, the
attacker has not overcome the interceptor. In this case, the
attacker ceases attacking immediately and the interceptor (and any
interceptors after it in that chain) also ceases intercepting
immediately.

b. Players may generate any number of additional scenes.
Resolve each one.

iv. Repeat steps 3.C.i-iii for the next interceptor in the chain,
if applicable. All intercepts at the same "level" in the chains
are considered to happen simultaneously; i.e., all attackers hit
their first interceptor simultaneously, then their second, etc.

E. Repeat Step 3 for the next player clockwise until all players have
either intercepted or declined. The attacking player may declare
interceptors, but only against attackers controlled by other
players.

4. Conduct Combat with the Target of the Attack: any remaining
attackers now enter combat with their targets. If the attack has
multiple targets, all attackers hit all targets simultaneously.

A. Prior to combat: the attacker and the target prepare to enter
combat. Effects that are conditional or triggered on "prior to
combat" or "about to enter combat" may be used during any scene in
step 4.A. Effects that redirect combat damage may now affect the
attacker and the target.

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "start of combat" or
"about to enter combat" or "against" generate now. Then players
may respond with voluntary effects. Resolve this scene.

ii. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

B. In combat: the attacker and target inflict combat damage on each
other. Only those effects listed explicitly below may be used.

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "entering combat"
generate now. Players may not generate voluntary effects at
this time other than effects that specifically respond to an
effect generated previously in this scene. Resolve this scene.

ii. If the attacker has Ambush and the target of its attack is a
Character, it inflicts combat damage now. Smoke the target if
its Fighting is reduced to zero. Generate one scene: Effects
triggered on damage or smoking Characters, if applicable,
generate now. Players may not generate voluntary effects at
this time other than Tactics and effects that specifically
respond to an effect generated previously in this scene.
Resolve this scene.

iii. The target inflicts combat damage. Assuming the attacker did
not already inflict combat damage in the previous step, the
attacker inflicts combat damage simultaneously. Smoke any
Character whose Fighting is reduced to zero. If the target is a
Site and the combat damage reduces its Body to zero, the
attacking player must decide to smoke, seize, burn for Power
(Feng Shui Site only), or burn for victory (Feng Shui Site
only). Generate one scene: Effects triggered on damage or
smoking Character(s) and/or smoking/seizing/burning Sites, if
applicable, generate now. Players may then generate voluntary
effects. Resolve this scene. [Note: In the case of burn for
Power, this last scene is a little different. See the section
in this FAQ on "End of Turn" for the details.]

C. End of combat.

i. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on "end of combat" or
"when combat is resolved" or "after surviving combat" generate
now. Players may not generate voluntary effects at this time
other than effects that specifically respond to an effect
generated previously in this scene. Resolve this scene. This
combat is now completed.

ii. Players may generate any number of additional scenes. Resolve
each one.

5. End of the Attack

A. Generate one scene: Effects triggered on the end of the attack
("until the end of the attack," "for the duration of the attack")
generate now. Then players may respond with voluntary effects.
Resolve this scene.

B. All attackers immediately return to their original location (this
is not considered changing location).

6. The attack is now completed. The normal Main Shot rules resume.

Shadowfist Rules FAQ v1
Copyright 2001 Z-Man Games, Inc.