FAQ VO

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• Monsters and movement as a result of an encounter (01/02/07)

When moved to another location by an encounter, you don't have to fight/evade monsters in either location. At least, not immediately. Combat as a result of such movement only occurs during the movement phase. During the encounter phase, you only have to worry about monsters popping up to attack you as a result of an encounter.

• 13. A yellow Other World encounter for "Other" has God of the Bloody Tongue surprise the investigator. Does this happen even if Nyarlathotep is not the AO of the game (and GotBT is in the box, not in the monster cup)? Furthermore, what happens if Nyarlathotep is the AO and GotBT is already on board?

Yes, even if Nyarlathotep isn't in the game. If the God is on the board already, have the investigator face it, then return it to its previous position on the board, even if it would somehow normally be claimed as a trophy in spite of its Endless trait.

• 14. Benefit cards. Three of them read "You may allow any other investigator..." whereas "Psychic" Benefit card reads "You may allow any one investigator..." implying that it is the only Benefit card that can actually affect their owner - is this intentional? Can the owner of the "Psychic" card allow himself to loan a Skill card to another investigator? And can he receive a loaned Skill card from another investigator?

Yes, yes, and yes.

• 15. "Visions" Benefit card reads: "Upkeep: You may allow any other investigator to discard a Spell in order to gain Clue tokens equal to 1 plus the Spell's Sanity cost." Who exactly gains the Clue tokens, the investigator with the "Visions" card or the one who discarded the Spell?

The investigator who discarded the spell.

• 16. "Premonition" Spell card reads: "Any Phase: Cast and exhaust to move one skill slider up to 2 stops." Can this Spell be cast "in the middle" of an encounter, after reading the encounter card but before making any rolls?

Yes, it can be considered to read "Any Phase: Before making a skill check, cast and exhaust to move one skill slider up to 2 stops."

• [KH] 1. Do Elusive Monsters still not move if an Investigator is in their space? Given that they deliberately avoid combat, it seems that Elusive monsters should move whether an Investigator is in their space or not. Otherwise it's a pretty big weakness, since a player could neutralize Tulszhca's Elusive Cultists just by staying in their space. And do Hastur's Cultists NOT swoop down on Investigators, but only on Elder Signs when Tulzscha is the Herald? All of this would seem very logical, but the rulebook doesn't say. (06/13/08)

Ok, I've got some time this afternoon, so let me try to clear these up. Elusive monsters will ignore investigators for purposes of movement, so they'll move away if they're in the same area as an investigator. This will be errata'ed when we update the FAQ for Kingsport.

• [KH] 2. Can Lily Chen get a point of Sanity and a point of Stamina in the same turn just by wriggling her slider back and forth, or does it just matter where her slider ends? (06/13/08)

Originally I had intended her to be able to do so, but looking at the thread on the Yig issue, I've changed my mind. She only adjusts her SAN/STAM based on the final position of her slider.

• [KH] 3. What happens if a Rift appears in Kingsport and moves into a Vortice? I would say it simply remains there, spitting out a monster that instantly passes through the vortice every time it is supposed to move, but again, the rulebook doesn't say. (06/13/08)

If a rift moves into a vortex, it just sits there, as you surmised. Note that a rift will still add a doom token / spit out monsters if it cannot move. The drawing of the proper dimensional symbol on a mythos card is the trigger for that, NOT the actual movement.

• 4. Does a Gate Box, such as Luke's, allow an Investigator to return to Arkham on any gate even though there is no gate open to the other world he is coming from? The text of the gate box seems to argue against this, but Luke's character would see to argue for it. (06/13/08)

Yes. That is the intent.

• 5. Do "return monsters to the cup" effects work on Spawn monster or no? Can the Feds Raiding Arkham actually get rid of the Dunwich Horror? (06/13/08)

No. Spawn monsters should never returned to the cup by card effects like "Feds Raid Arkham".

• [KH] 6. For Bast, can you get the Beloved of Bast cards when you are the first player just by having Foolishness rather than by discarding a Bast token? The Guardian sheet is unclear on this. (06/13/08)

Correct. That is what the guardian sheet is trying to say. Either discard a bast token or simply have Foolishness as an ally to become Beloved of Bast.

• [KH] 7. For the Pickpocket Ring Mythos card, I presume you must lose your most expensive Item if you have no money? (06/13/08)

I don't have this card in front of me (my copy's at the office, sorry), so I'm not going to rule on it just yet. For the moment, play it according to the dictates of your heart.

• 8. This is the biggest question for me: Can an Investigator be "double delayed"? Say a gate opens on him during the Arkham encounter phase and he's drawn into another world and so automatically delayed. Then let's say his Other World encounter that turn ALSO delays him. Is he delayed twice, meaning he'll have to have a total of at least four Other World Encounters? Or is he only delayed once? (06/13/08)

Delayed is a binary condition. You're either delayed, or you're not. You can't be "double delayed."

• [KH] 9. What happens when the Mythos card that triggers a Rift has no gate location (Is a double doom token card or Next Act Begins). Do you just draw the next Mythos card, used that location and then discard the card? (06/13/08)

Correct. Just draw again until you get a gate location for the rift to appear at.

• [KH] 10. While using Kingsport and Dunwich together you count the # of Investigators as one less for monster limit, outskirts, etc. due to there being so much ground to cover. I take it this does not apply to the number of successes needed to remove a doom token in the final battle? (06/13/08)

Correct. Otherwise the final fight would be a lot easier than intended.