NETHERWORLD Mini-FAQ v. 1.0

Here's a quick set of frequently asked questions about the NETHERWORLD expansion for Shadowfist.



Q: If my character is in combat with Queen of the Darkness Pagoda but doesn't damage her, does she smoke it anyway? Say that I redirect the damage away from her or play Shadowfist on her before combat. 

A: No. It's not enough to merely inflict the damage on the Queen of the Darkness Pagoda, the damage counters have to be placed on her in order to activate her toasting effect.


Q: If I play Pocket Demon or Violet Meditation can discard as many cards as I want to in my establishing shot because I haven't generated Power from my sites?

A: No. Instead of your sites generating Power, this turn Pocket Demon/Violet Meditation generates Power at the same time your sites would have generated Power. So if you play Pocket/Violet at the start of your turn, you can't discard more than 1 card without forfeiting the power it would generate for you.


Q: If an edge is in play which requires me to pay Power at the start of my turn, can
I play Pocket Demon or Violet Meditation first to get some power to pay the cost?

A: No, the Power is generated at the same time as your sites would have generated the Power.


Q: Can Pocket Demon or Violet Meditation be canceled by Confucian Stability or by other events?

A: Yes, but only by Events that can be played in response to other Events. Confucian Stability and Brain Fire are the two best examples of Events that can be played in response to other Events, and can be played in response to a Pocket Demon or Violet Meditation. Normally you wouldn't be able to play Confucian Stability or Brain Fire in the establishing shot, but Pocket Demon/Violet Meditation pave the way.


Q: Butterfly Knights - they can attack once per turn without turning. Can they, say, turn to Heal, and *then* attack? Or can they only do it unturned?

A: Butterfly Knights can attack once on your turn without needing to turn, but must still be unturned to be named as an attacker (rules, p28). The rules text only supersedes the need
to turn the attacker, not the need for the attacker to be unturned to start with. HOWEVER, the Butterfly Knight may be declared as an attacker, then turned
to heal before he meets his interceptors. 


Q: Many Netherworld cards refer to power-generating sites. Does a feng shui that generates no Power because it's next to Trade Center count as a Power-generating site?

A: Yes. Any site which has a number other than 0 in its left corner diamond is a Power generating site.


Q:Tanbi Guiawu must participate in an attack on each of your turns or its smoked. What exactly constitutes participation? If he pulls out of an attack using Tactics has he participated in the attack? 


A: Yes. If Tanbi Guiawu is declared as an attacker, he participated in the attack. Even being unturned by Kinoshita House later on wouldn't prevent him from having participated in an attack.


Q: Does the Darkness Priestess give you power whenever an opponent discards cards?

A: No. The Darkness Priestess does *NOT* give you power when an opponent discards cards. The Darkness Priestess only provides Power when an opponent uses effects that explicitly toast cards. Although discarded cards end up in the toasted pile, toasting a card and discarding a card are not the same, they are different game mechanics terms. The Darkness Priestess *would* give you Power for every card an opponent toasted using Inauspicious Reburial, however...


Q: Is the Flying Crescent damage simultaneous with the normal damage inflicted by the subject character?

A: Yes.


Q: Can I play a Fox Outfoxed on a Bull Market? 

A: No. You can't play Fox Outfoxed on a Bull Market. The Bull Market is an Event. Events are placed in the smoked pile as soon as they are played, they are never in the smoked pile.


Q. When Rust Garden says it inflicts damage on "every other site" an opponent controls, does that mean 1 out of 2 sites or 2 out of 2 sites? 

A. 2 out of 2. Rust Garden inflicts damage on each site the opponent controls when he or she seizes or burns Rust Garden. 


Q. Can I use Brain Fire to change the target of a Confucian Stability? Can I use Brain Fire to make Final Brawl only affect a few characters in play, not all of them? Can I use Brain Fire to make a player who has played Inauspicious Reburial toast his own cards? Can I use Brain Fire to put all four points of damage inflicted by Mark of Fire upon one target card? 

A. No to all these questions. Brain Fire can only retarget Event cards that explicitly have a target or targets. Confucian Stability does not have a target. Neither does Final Brawl, or for that matter Neutron Bomb. These cards affect other cards, true, but the language used on these cards is not targeting language, so Brain Fire doesn't affect them. 

Brain Fire can retarget Inauspicious Reburial, but you'll note that Inauspicious Reburial specifies that it has to be played on a target opponent. Brain Fire requires you to choose a legal target -- Inauspicious Reburial can't be turned back against the person who played the Event, since they are not a legal target. In a multi-player game, you could play Brain Fire to make another opponent the target of Inauspicious Reburial. 

Mark of Fire requires you to inflict 1 point of damage on four different cards. If you use Brain Fire on a Mark of Fire, you get to change the target of all four points of damage, if you so desire. But you can't violate Mark of Fire's basic targeting rule, which requires you to choose four different targets.


Best,
Rob Heinsoo
Daedalus Entertainment, Inc.
12/15/95