Q: Is my character adjacent to a treasure chest or

target even if it's on a space with with an elevation

difference of two or more?
A: Yes.

Q: Does Sedonna gain experience if the target of

her Hypnotic Gaze hits or defeats a target?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS A: No, she does not gain extra experience points from
the target’s actions, but she does earn 1 experience
Below you will find guidance about many of the most point for successfully attacking, and her team would
frequently asked rules questions, organized by date get credit for any Victory Points that were earned
answered. during the resolution of Hypnotic Gaze.

2/17/2023 Q: Can you deal damage with Sedonna’s Twitch or

Q: Does forced movement, such as Lightning- Hypnotic Gaze if you roll a critical success?
Dancer's critical effect, trigger reactions?
A: Yes, and you might accidentally hurt a friend that
A: Yes, unlike regular D&D, forced movement in way!
Onslaught triggers reactions (such as Opportunity
Attacks).
Q: Can the Prisoner in Scenario 2 use Portals?
A: Yes.
Q: Do critical effects from the character and their
item card stack?
A: No, the critical effect depends on what attack you Q: Can you count range diagonally when figuring
chose. If you chose a character's attack or ability, out how far you can Teleport with Mistral’s Pass
resolve the crit on their character card. If you chose an Without Trace?
item card, resolve the crit on the item card.
A: Yes you can, since you are counting the range of the
ability rather than spending move points.
Q: Does Lasaelle qualify as a friendly ally for the
purposes of her Sneak Attack?
Q: Can I use the Magic Glaive’s reaction attack
A: No, she requires another friendly ally adjacent to the multiple times in the same round?
target to enable her Sneak Attack damage.
A: Yes, it does not have a cooldown, so you could take
multiple swings if multiple characters move away from
you that round.
Q: Do I heal immediately when I select a Level Up
card that has the healing symbol on it?
A: Yes, you gain the healing immediately if you select a Q: Can I use the Magic Glaive’s reaction ability and
Level Up card with the healing symbol on it. my Opportunity Attack/Combat Reflexes against
the same target?
A: No, you must choose 1 to use.
Q: Do you get experience for healing a character
who is already at full Hit Points?
A: No, a character at full Hit Points does not heal Q: If a character is on top of a treasure chest and
and therefore no experience is gained. However, the draws a Mimic or Treasure Goblin, does the Mimic
character can gain other effects from the same ability or Treasure Goblin spawn in an adjacent space?
if it provides more than healing.
A: Yes, the Mimic or Treasure Goblin spawns in the next
closest space of the spawning player’s choice.
Q: Do you gain experience from Ring of Healing?
A: No, the Ring is doing the healing, so the character
does not gain experience from it.

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9/6/2023 Q: Lightning-Dancer has the Rooted condition
Q: What counts as an attack? token. Can he use his Charge ability to move 3
spaces and make an attack?
A: Any ability that requires a dice roll to hit is an attack,
even if it doesn't do damage. A: Yes. The Rooted condition prevents Move actions,
not all movement effects.

Q: What counts as a basic attack? Q: Does Quellabrelten Amasnodel gain 2 Bonus

A: Anything with an melee basic attack (MBA) or ranged EXP after he used Undead Thralls to summon 2
basic attack (RBA) symbol is a basic attack, whether on a skeletons?
character card, item card, or Level Up card. A: Yes.

Q: Do condition tokens "stack?" Can a mini have Q: If Farilun of Scardale has the Eldritch Spear Level
more than one Burning, Bleeding, or Poisoned Up abiliy, does he heal after all attacks or only
token? when attacking with Sickle of Life Stealing?
A: No. When a mini with a condition token receieves A: Only when attacking with Sickle of Life Stealing.
a new token of the same type it replaces the old one,
and the character that applied that token counts as
the "owner" of that token for the purposes of tracking Q: If Drakmau Rockbiter already has an Enraged
damage. token, can she use Rage to gain a new one?
A: Yes. Using Rage while already Enraged essentially
Q: Does damage from Bleeding, Burning, and replaces the original Enraged token with a new one,
Poisoned count as damage done by my party? which will last until the end of her next activation.

A: Yes, though this can be a little difficult to track. If

mutiple players have the same token-based damage Q: If an enemy character is defeated by a monster,
effect they can use character tokens placed beneath minion, or token damage, does it count as my party
those tokens to remember which character applied the having defeated that enemy?
token. When resolving multiple tokens, the non-active A: Yes.
player decides the order in which the tokens resolve.

Q: I rolled a '20' and a '4' when targeting Sedonna

Q: If an enemy moves, and my opponent and I both Sparklebang with an arcane (ARCANE) attack. She has
have a character with opportunity attacks, does the Instinctive Charm Level Up ability, which states
the character with the higher initiative take theirs that I have to choose the lower roll. Does my
first? critical success mean I can use the 20?
A: Yes, resolve the opportunity attacks in initiative A: Unfortunately for you, no! The Golden Rule states
order. that if an effect on a card or another component
contradicts the rules in this rulebook, that component’s
rule takes precedence.
Q: If my opponent and I tie on VP at the end of a
scenario, how do we settle the tie?
A: The first tiebreaker is characters left standing. If Q: If Bedlam is defeated by an attack, can she use
still tied, the next tiebreaker is total remaining hit Hellish Rebuke to deal damage to the attacker?
points (HP). If still tied, the final tiebreaker is the player A: No. Hellish Rebuke resolves after she suffers
without the 1 initiative card in the final round wins. damage, at which point she has already been defeated!

Q: Does the controlling character get experience

when one of their summons attacks and deals Q: Does Snuks Treefriend gain 1 EXP for healing
damage? himself with Wild Shape (Bear)?

A: No, they do not gain experience for a summon A: Yes, and he would gain an additional 1 EXP if he
dealing damage with an attack as a general rule. healed himself to maximum.

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Q: Ayur has the Drunken Technique Level Up ability
and targets an enemy with an attack. Can Chloe
ERRATA
Amasnodel use her Countercharm Level Up ability ♦ Stagharr's character card is missing some
to cancel this attack? information. His MBA Kick should include "D_ICON 1" at
the end.
A: Yes, because Countercharm is not a reaction. The
only abilities that count as reactions are the right- ♦ Wildfire Spirit's Summon card is also missing
hand-side COOLDOWN abilities on character cards. information. Their RBA Flame Seed should be a
Standard action with the arcane (ARCANE) ability type.

Q: Can the Bulwark Shield push an invisible enemy?

♦ Adnan Zharem's RBA Word of Radiance should say
"This attack does not affect friendly characters"
A: Yes. not "this attack does not target friendly
characters."

Q: What happens when a monster has the Dazed

condition?
A: The monster can move but cannot perform attacks,
as attacks are Standard actions.

Q: What happens if Zhaleshah uses Perform

Creation and draws a Loot Goblin, Mimic, or other
event token?
A: Discard the token and draw again.

Q: How do I break ties that are not covered by

the rulebook? For example, my opponent and I
are both playing Nurith. After initiative cards are
assigned, who gets the opportunity to use their
Ambush Master first?
A: The non-active player breaks all such ties during a
round. In this instance, the non-active player gets the
first opportunity to use their Nurith's Ambush Master
ability. Then, the active player can use their Nurith's
Ambush Master.

Q: When tracking the damage my party deals to

the Ettin, do I have to do all 3 points of damage at
once to gain a victory point?
A: No. You should track all the damage your party deals
to the Ettin and convert each 3 damage into 1 VP at the
end of the scenario.

Q: Can an adjacent enemy that is 2 or more levels

of elevation above my character be targeted by a
range 1 attack? Can I loot an adjacent chest that is
2 or more levels above my character?
A: Yes and yes.

Q: When the Ettin rolls a critical and pushes a

character back, does that trigger Monstrous Reach?
If so, does Monstrous Reach trigger twice?
A: Yes, it triggers Monstrous Reach, but only once.

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