Characters

*** Beetle ***

General
     Q: Could you please clarify how Colony tokens move? There is a difference between rules on the character mat and
         rules in the Add-on Scenario Book. Character Mat: Colony tokens cannot move through or end in walls or hexes
         with other Colony tokens, but otherwise can end movement in any empty hex. If a Colony token is moved through an
         occupied hex, destroy the token (an occupied hex = a hex with a figure). Add-on Scenario Book: A Colony token
         cannot move into hexes with figures, overlay tiles, or other Colony tokens. So can Colony tokens  move through walls,
         hexes with figures, overlay tiles?
     A: No.

     Q: Is a hex with a Colony token considered empty for purposes of spawning and summoning? Character Mat: A hex
         with a Colony token is considered empty for movement. Add-on Scenario Book: If any figure spawns, or is summoned
         into a hex containing a Colony token...
     A: Yes, spaces with Colony tokens are considered empty for Spawns/Summons. But if a Spawn/Summons occurs
         within a space that contains a Colony token, the Colony token is destroyed.

     Q: Can characters create overlay tiles on hexes with Colony tokens? Add-on Scenario Book: If any overlay tile is
         created in a hex containing a Colony Token, destroy that token...
     A: Yes. If an overlay tile is created within a space that contains a Colony token, the Colony token is destroyed.

     Q: Are the colony-related cards still active when all my colony tokens of the related type(s) are destroyed? If I play a
         new colony of the same type with a different card, and the previous card stayed in play, does the colony get the
         benefit of both cards?
     A: Yes and Yes.  Per the rules, colony tokens are permanent. As long as the ability card(s) are in your active area, your
         colony tokens gain the affects of those cards. 

     Q: For the Beetle I'm unclear if the colony cards need to stay in the active area when played, because the perk allows
         any colony to be deployed without a card played in the active area. Also, if it is required to be kept in the active area,
         does it stay there as long as the colony exists? Because it seems that in some cases the card would stay
         permanently. If I choose to discard that card from play area, are the colony tokens removed?
     A: A Cultivate action is made of two abilities, separated by an ability divider. The first ability allows you to create a
         colony token. This is a static one-time effect. Once the ability is performed there's no more tracking to be done. This
         is also true of other effects that create colonies, such as attack modifiers. The second ability of a Cultivate action
         has a persistent effect that grants the specified colony type a bonus. This is denoted with a persistent icon,
         indicating that for this effect to be active the ability card must be in your active area. The rules define explicitly all
         the ways colonies can be destroyed or removed. When an ability card is removed from your active area you don't have
         to remove colony tokens.
 
     Q: Does everyone, including the Beetle itself, need to be adjacent to a colony to gain benefit from it? I get confused
         because the rulebook implies that the Beetle gains all the benefits all the time but the cards don't say so. Also does
         the effect of one Cultivate card stack when adjacent to multiple colony tokens?
     A: The rule and scenario book do not explain how benefits from colonies are gained, only the ability cards do this. It's
         neither implied or explicitly stated that the Beetle follows different rules to gain benefits from its colonies. Cultivate
         effects that grant a bonus to colony tokens are written in the same format. "You and all allies gain X while
        adjacent..." means that the Beetle and any of its allies must be adjacent to a colony token to gain X bonus. Cultivate
         bonuses do not stack. "... at least one..." means that you must be adjacent to at least one colony token to gain the
         listed bonus. If you are adjacent to 2 colonies, this satisfies the "at least one" requirement, and you gain the bonus,
         once.

     Q: How do Colony tokens interact with Summons? Can Summons get the benefit that the Colony token offers?
     A: Yes. Summoned allies are allies to the Amber Aegis, and so gain all the same benefits from Colonies that other allies
         do.

Level 1 & X
     Q: For the bottom of Retribution of the Hive, is this intended to work like an aura (similar to Tinkerer cards worded
         the same way), and if so when/how do you determine who the "one ally" is? Can that ally change as people move
         in/out of range or in between attack actions? Or is it intended to work like a buff where the person you give
         retaliate to has it until the end of the round even if they move away?
     A: The latter.  This is a targeted ability. You are performing a retaliate ability, but the target of the ability is not the
         Beetle, and is instead one adjacent ally. Once the ally has been targeted with the ability, they maintain the effect
         until the effect expires, which in this case is the end of the round.

Level 7
     Q: Has Stalk The Prey been modified?  It seems over powered (especially the bottom)?
     A: Yes.  Here is the new version of Stalk The Prey.

     Q: When I place a Colony with Stalk The Prey's top and then use another action to move the Colony adjacent to an
         enemy, does that count as an enemy entering an adjacent hex and thus triggering its effect?
     A: No.  The effect of Stalk The Prey's top is checking for a specific game state, it's not an aura. The game state being
         checked is "an enemy entering a hex adjacent to the Death Shroud Colony." If it is the Colony that is entering a hex
         adjacent to an enemy, that doesn't satisfy the game state check.


*** Bleeding Claw ***

General
     Q: Bleeding Claw has several cards that earn 2XP.  When do you actually get this XP?
     A. Using the bottom of the level 1 card "Easy Prey" as an example, the 2XP is gained when the card is played.

Level 5
     Q: For the top of Rend and Mutilate, does this mean that if you are currently Sated, the attack size is reduced and you
         do not lose the card.  Then you become Sated again, and gain 1 XP?
     A: Yes.  If you are not currently Sated, the attack size is 8, you become Sated, gain 1 XP, and the card is lost.

Level 6
     Q: For the top of Pouncing Predator, will I get the +2 Attack if I'm attacking a target that is not damaged yet, and just
         not get the 1 XP?
     A: No. Neither bonus is gained.


*** Chained Helmet ***

General
     Q: Is the Shackle ability optional? For example, if you have enemy A shackled and you are attacking enemy B and you
         draw an attack modifier card that has the Shackle symbol, are you required to shackle enemy B?
     A. Shackle is optional.

     Q: How does Shackle work for monster attacks? If a monster had focused on another character, moved towards that
         character, and then got stuck part way through the move due to Shackle, does it forfeit its attack because it
         couldn't reach its original target, or does it attack the Chained Helmet because it's the best it can do?
     A: If the focus was on a different character, it does not change its focus to the Chained Helmet, and in this case would
         forfeit its attack.

     Q: The Chained Helmet has 4 round markers with trap symbols. What do all four images refer to? And is the Chained
         Helmet limited to 4 total traps on the map at the same time? Or can you use other traps (with different symbols) to
         represent additional traps when you run out of the 4 provided with the Chained Helmet?
     A: The four traps included with Crimson Scales for the Chained Helmet are just additional traps with different art work
         so that they are easily identifiable as traps belonging to the Chained Helmet. There is no limitation to the traps, and
         they are interchangeable with any other traps in the game.

     Q: How do the ranged Swing abilities work? For example a range 2 Swing ability? Does the target have to be exactly at
         range 2 or is it also fine if it's within range 2 i.e. adjacent to the Chained Helmet?
     A: Within Range 2.

     Q: If I Swing a flying enemy into a Trap, do they suffer trap damage? There is no exception for flying monsters in the
         description of the Swing ability, so I wasn't sure which rule took precedence?
     A: Enemies that have the Flying ability do not trigger traps upon being Swung into them.

     Q: This class has several abilities that perform "Shackle and Swing" against a target. If a targeted enemy is immune
         to Immobilize (and therefore immune to Shackle), but not immune to forced movement, can the Swing still be
         performed for such abilities?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Can shackled enemies use their push effects to push you away from them while you're adjacent? e.g. Wind Demon's
         push abilities?
     A: Yes.

Level 1 & X
     Q: Does the Chained Helmet's shackle modifiers from their perks apply soon enough to get bonuses like the +1 if
         target is shackled on Spiked Knuckles (attacking an initially unshackled enemy)?
     A: Effects from attack modifiers apply after the attack; so Shackle from an attack modifier applies after the attack is
         resolved, and therefore the bonus isn't applied (similar to poisoning an enemy with a rolling modifier).

     Q: For Chained Helmet's top ability on Locking Links, does the card ever get discarded? Or it is simply when you choose
         to move it to your discard pile? It seems to indicate that only the target of the action will take damage on their turn.
         So if the Shackled target dies, the target is no longer there to take the damage and I assume that the damage will
         not apply to future Shackled enemies because they weren't the target. I know that cards can be moved to your
         discard when you want, so I assume that I could move it to my discard on my turn after the target has died. However,
         can I leave that card out there? Could it stay in an active area, doing nothing? It could help meet certain battle goals
         to not have it in my discard or hand.
     A: You may choose when to discard it.

     Q: If a boss/monster is immune to Immobilize, can it still be shacked for the purposes of attacking it with Ganging Up's
         bottom or getting other class bonuses like those provided by Locking Links?
     A: No.  A monster immune to Immobilize is immune to Shackle.

     Q: How does Locking Links work with items that give it extra targets like Battleaxe?
     A: You choose which target to Shackle.

Level 4
     Q: For the bottom of Double K.O., can the bottom action's Move 3 ability be used without losing the card (by skipping
         the second ability)? It looks like the loss icon is tied specifically to the second ability.
     A: No, it cannot. If the Loss Icon is present on a card’s action, unless you use it for the Basic Action (ie. Attack 2 or
         Move 2), it is lost, not discarded.

Level 8
     Q: For the top of Pivot and Smash, can you use an item such as Long Spear on this attack to hit other enemies since
         only one target in the AOE was targeted by the swing?
     A: No. You cannot use items on these type of abilities that have specific targets.

     Q: For the top of Pivot and Smash, if an enemy is immune to forced movement can they also not be hit by the attack
         in this action?
     A: Yes. Even if you weren't able to perform the Swing, you still targeted the enemy.


*** Crescent Sun ***

General
     Q: Can you use the "Scuttle" move ability of a card without actually making the AOE attack depicted?
     A: No.  You must target at least one enemy with an attack in order to be able to Scuttle.

     Q: Can you activate a Glow ability in the middle of a Move action?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Can you perform a Glow ability (presuming the element cost is available) while long resting?
     A: Yes.

Level 1 & X
     Q: The top of Trickling Sting only requires that elements exist (not that they are spent) to buff the attack.  Can I
         create elements with say a bottom move that I then use to buff the attack of Trickling Sting?
     A: No.  Remember that a fundamental rule of Gloomhaven is that elements are not infused until the end of your turn.
         So you can never infuse a new element on your turn and consume (or otherwise use it) on that same turn as it will
         not exist until the end of your turn.

Level 5
     Q: For the top of Colorful Wavelengths, when consuming Fire, can you scuttle into the black hex after performing the
         attack?
     A: No.

     Q: For the top of Shadow Claws' Glow ability, does the Dark element need to be consumed in order to gain the
         Advantage effect if the monster being attacked is already Muddled?
     A: No.

Level 8
     Q: In the Attack Modifier section of this FAQ, it was ruled that card 133 allows you to activate a Glow ability without
         consuming an element.  How does this interact with Dominating Illumination?  Does the attack modifier card let you
         do the whole Glow ability even though it requires two element consumptions, or can you only do one of the abilities
         (i.e. either Add +1 Attack to all your attacks this round -OR- Bless Self)?
     A: You can only perform one of the abilities without consuming an element.

Level 9
     Q: For the top of Light the Way, are you limited to one active Gleaming Squid at a time, or could you use the Glow
         ability multiple times over multiple turns to have multiple Gleaming Squids active simultaneously?
     A: You may have multiple Gleaming Squids active simultaneously.


*** Flask ***

General
     Q: Does Flask's passive abilities like "at end of turn make an attack 2 range if you didn't attack" trigger on the turn you
         play them, assuming you didn't attack the turn you set it up?
     A: Yes.

Level 1 & X
     Q: Does Flask's Critical Observation apply its bonuses to additional targets if it has more targets via an item?
     A: Yes.

     Q: For the top of Leftover Tonic, if the Flask does not attack on a turn or has no target to attack on a turn, does the
         character token move along the track?
     A: Yes.

     Q: For the bottom of Leftover Tonic, would you Loot before or after the Move 2 is triggered?
     A: After.

     Q: Does the bottom of Preliminary Research only refresh spent items (like a long rest), or spent / consumed items
         (like other refresh an item cards)?
     A: As it specifically states "Refresh one spent item", it only works on spent items.

     Q: For the top of Exothermic Cocktail, what does the black hex indicate within the AoE?
     A: In this case, black hexes are blank for no effect, even if they are occupied by a figure.

Level 2
     Q: For the top of Transformation Libation, does this mean that the monster will potentially still attack my allies (using
         normal focus rules to decide whether to attack a monster or one of my allies)?
     A: No, it is an ally to your allies as well. This is using original GH wording.

Level 3
     Q: For the bottom of Weather Forecast, is the first element generated on the turn the card is played?
     A: Yes.

Level 6
     Q: When you consume the two elements on the bottom of Flask's Antibiotic Boost to perform all three abilities at the
         end of your current turn, does it also use up all 3 slots at once, immediately making you discard the card, or do you
         actually still only use one slot?
     A: It uses all 3 slots immediately and the card goes to the discard pile.

Level 7
     Q: For the bottom of Astronomical Strike, is the INVISIBLE considered to be INVISIBLE Self?
     A: Yes, the summon Black Hole has permanent INVISIBLE.

     Q: For the bottom of Astronomical Strike, the range is 4 and the effect is the enemy is pulled 2. To clarify is that all
         enemies with the range of 4 are pulled 2 or 1 enemy specified by initiative, distance or whatever criteria matters
         at the moment?
     A: A single target is pulled, which is separate from the effect of adjacent enemies suffering damage.

     Q: For the bottom of Astronomical Strike, when do adjacent enemies suffer damage? At the start of their own turn, or
         at the start of the Black Hole's turn?  
     A: At the start of the Black Hole's turn.


*** Galaxy ***

General
     Q: Do heals from yellow ally hexes take affect before or after the attack associated with the heal?
     A: After.

Level 1 & X
     Q: Lost in The Stars refers to the round after it is played right? Basically making it invisibility except enemies can
         stand on you, your allies can't heal you and you always go last next round without needing to long rest?
     A: Yes, this is correct.

     Q: For the top of Gravitational Flip, do we push enemies adjacent to one hex looted or enemies adjacent to every hex
         looted?
     A: You push enemies adjacent to every hex looted.

     Q: For the bottom of Light Pollution, are allies in yellow hexes considered “targeted” and therefore included in the “+X”
         to the move for Light Pollution?
     A: Yes.

     Q: For the bottom of Force Field, does this prevent the figure from being attacked during the round it is played?
     A: Yes.


*** Ladder Axe ***

General
     Q: Can I retrieve the ladder during movement when the adjacent hex is occupied by an ally and I would need to move
         through them?
     A: You can retrieve the ladder while moving, as long as you are adjacent to it, even while moving through an ally, so
         long as their is no figure currently on the ladder (i.e. the space the ladder is currently in must be
         unoccupied.

     Q: I am standing on the Ladder Axe's ladder and the ladder is in a water hex.  If an enemy causes all characters in a
         water hex to suffer damage, do I suffer damage?
     A: Yes.  Even though you are on your ladder, you still occupy a water hex.

     Q: What type of obstacles can you place the ladder on?
     A: Any obstacle that isn't an objective, doesn't have hit points, or can't be destroyed.

     Q: The Water Spirit has some abilities that create a water tile in spaces "containing no overlay tiles". The ladder is
         described on the character mat as an "overlay token". Does the ladder also count as an overlay tile for the purposes
         of those Water Spirit abilities?
     A: Yes.

Level M
     Q: For the bottom of Improvised Methods, how does adding range 3 work on melee AoE attacks, melee "Target all
         enemies within x hexes" attacks, and "Target all in same room" attacks, etc.?
     A: This only applies to single target melee attacks.

     Q: For the bottom of Improvised Methods, the card reads "you may place your ladder within two hexes".  I'm assuming
         this placement still needs to follow the usual rules where you may place your ladder?
     A: Correct.  Only the adjacency rule is overruled for the round.

Level 1 & X
     Q: For the top of Fiery Charisma, can you perform 2 of the 3 abilities in any order, or do the lower 2 require you to
         first make an attack?
     A: You may perform 2 of the 3 abilities in any order.

     Q: For the top of Light Irons, can you confirm that the two abilities listed (Attack, Strengthen) are separate, and can be
         performed independent of each other?
     A: Yes.  You may strength any allies within the AoE without making the attack.

     Q: For the bottom of Rapid Response, can you skip the second action and only perform the Move 5 with fire infusion?
         And if I do so, the card will not be lost but put in my discard pile instead?
     A: While you can choose to only perform the Move 5 action, if you do so, the card still goes lost.

Level 4
     Q: For the top of Jack of All Trades, are you required to be on your ladder to perform the heal and the attack or just the
         heal?
     A: Just the heal.

Level 9
     Q: For the bottom of Incident Commander, does the add +2 Attack apply to the ally's next entire attack action or only
         the next single attack ability?
     A: It applies to the first single attack the ally makes.


*** Leaf ***

General
     Q: Are Prayers which have been handed out to allies immediately lost if the Leaf exhausts or dies?
     A: No.  They are not automatically removed from other characters' hands.

     Q: Can Prayer cards be Lost to avoid damage? If so, where do they go, the Leaf's Loss Pile, the Ally's Loss Pile, the Leaf's
         supply? Any special handling for Lamentation?
     A: No.  Note that this is specifically stated on the character mat, with the exception of Lamentation, since that card also
         specifically states that it can be Lost.

Level P
     Q: The Prayer card Lamentation states that if the card is discarded for any reason, it goes back to the Leaf's supply.
         At the same time, it displays the permanently Lost symbol in the bottom of the right hand corner of the card.
         Which process is correct?
     A: It is lost and cannot be recovered for the duration of the scenario.

     Q: The Prayer card Penitence's top changes any attack modifier card the character draws from a negative to a +0
         instead.  If the negative card would also grant some other effect (e.g. -1, create element), do I still gain the other
         affect when the modifier turns into a +0 instead?
     A: Yes.

     Q: For the purposes of the Prayer card Penitence, are null/curses considered to be negative attack modifiers? Are
         x2/blesses considered to be positive attack modifiers?
     A: No.  Null/Curses are not negative and X2/Blesses are not positive.

     Q: I would like a clarification for the Prayer card Meditation: Does the player receive the invisibility condition the
         moment they declare a long rest, rendering them invisible for that entire round, or do they receive the condition
         after they perform the long rest, rendering them invisible for the next round instead?
     A: They gain invisible at the beginning of the round in which they are long resting, and therefore lose invisible after
         their long rest at initiative 99.

Level 1 & X
     Q: How does Infect interact with abilities which grant shield, such as the top of Faith Calling on the Leaf? If a character
         with Infect is in range of this Shield effect when it is played, then removes the Infect condition later in the round, are
         they able to gain the effect of that Shield, or because they were Infected when the ability was played, they aren't able
         to regain the effect of that Shield?
     A: For all Shield aura effects, once Infect is removed they can begin using Shield again.  A character still has Shield
         while they have the Infect condition, it just has no effect.

     Q: How does the Leaf's Faith Calling and/or Standing Ground work? The wording is like an aura in Gloomhaven (see
         Tinkerer's Flamethrower) where an ally can move in or out of the aura and gain/lose the benefit. However, this
         doesn't work with single target beneficiaries. What if one ally is in range of the ability at the time it is played (and
         they gain a Prayer) but another ally moves within range of it on their turn? Do they gain 'Shield 1'?
     A: The Prayer benefit applies immediately at the time of playing the card. Allies can then move into the aura later and
         benefit from the Shield effect.

     Q: The top of Faith Calling says "Shield 1. Affect all allies within Range 2. If you affect one ally with this action, give the
         ally one "Prayer" ability card. Is this suppose to be "If you affect exactly one ally" or "If you affect at least one ally"?
     A: The intent is "exactly one ally" at the time of playing the card. Therefore, additional allies may still gain the
         benefits of the Shield aura at any later point in the round.

     Q: The bottom of Sacred Death allows you to recover one lost card and two discarded cards.  In addition, you may
         immediately play the bottom action of one discarded card recovered this way.  After doing so, is the discarded
         considered played again, and thus discarded, or do you get to play the bottom action and still place it back into
         your hand?
     A: If you play the action of the recovered card, it is not returned to your hand, but instead goes to the appropriate
         pile (discard or lost) after being played.

     Q. For the bottom of Sacred Death, I understand you can return played cards to their owners, but who can
         play one of the recovered cards? Is it the Hierophant using the card of another player, or the player
         themself?
     A. The figure that recovered the card has to be the one that plays it.

Level 5
     Q: Can the Leaf stock pile more than one token on Spiritual Gains in one rest cycle? The wording on the card is
          "Whenever you perform an action on an ability card that triggers the lost card icon", which implies you can, but the
          card also says "you may remove the token from this card" which is singular, suggesting you can only have one on it
          at a time.
     A: Yes.

     Q: Does Spiritual Gains count towards itself, or does it only count when additional lost cards are played?
     A: When additional lost cards are played.

Level 7
     Q: For the top of Symphony of Oppression, it's clear that the targeted allies have to be within range 3 of the Leaf.
         But does the enemy have to be within range 3 of the Leaf (that is my interpretation) or does the enemy have to be
         within range 3 of both allies (that's how the other players interpreted it). In addition, do the attacks count as melee
         or ranged?
     A: You are correct, it is within Range 3 of Leaf and is a Ranged Attack.

Level 9
     Q: Are Oak's Gift cards removed from the Leaf's attack modifier deck by the bottom of Bringer of Miracles?
     A: No. Only normal Bless cards are removed.

     Q: For the bottom of Bringer of Miracles, after this card is in play, if I (or another character) play ability cards and/or
         items that place additional Bless cards into my attack modifier deck, I assume that those Bless cards remain in my
         attack modifier deck for the rest of the scenario, even though I will be immune to them?
     A: Yes.

     Q: For the bottom of Bringer of Miracles, after this card is in play, how is a drawn BLESS counted towards the attack
         damage modifier in the cases of drawing BLESS and MISS, drawing BLESS and CURSE or drawing BLESS and BLESS?
         Does the attack practically MISS and do no damage? Are drawn BLESS counted as +0? Or are drawn BLESS skipped
         and you draw additional cards until a non-BLESS card is drawn?
     A: When this card is active, BLESS is still treated as x2 when pulled as a modifier. Since you have advantage, BLESS will
         be applied in all of the listed cases as x2.


*** Skull ***

General
     Q: Can you choose the order of activation for the Skull's spawns?  For example, attack first, then move, or choose to
         move first and then attack?
     A: Yes.

     Q: When a Spirit kills an enemy, does the Skull get the kill credit?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Does the Spirit move on the Skull's turn for purposes of abilities effects (e.g. Death Eater Spirit).
     A: Only if you play an ability on the Skull's turn that allows a Spirit to move during the Skull's turn. Otherwise, Spirits
         move on its own turn.

     Q: The character mat description of how and where you spawn a spirit is confusing (using both the terms "nearest"
         and "adjacent").  Can you please clarify this?
     A: If there is a space unoccupied that is adjacent to you (the Skull), then the Spirit is spawned there. If all spaces
         adjacent to you are otherwise occupied, you may then spawn the Spirit in the nearest unoccupied space.

     Q: The character mat specifies that "... Spirits are unaffected by enemy effects such as retaliate ...". What other effects
         are they not affected by?
     A: In addition to Retaliate, enemy effects that would cause the Spirit to either move or suffer damage.

     Q: The character mat specifies that "... Spirits are unaffected by enemy effects such as retaliate ...". Are Spirits affected
         by disadvantage? For example when attacking an Elite Black Imp?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Since Spirits are spawns, I assume they get to act the round that the Skull places them on the map, after the
         Skull's turn has been completed.  Correct?
     A: Yes.

Level 1 & X
     Q: The top of the card Incorporeal Transport states that when the Ghost Carriage moves, you force any figure
         occupying the same hex to move with this spirit during its Move ability.  Does the figure you are forcing to move with
         the spirit have to start in the same space as the spirit when the spirit begins moving?
     A: No.  The spirit may move first into a hex containing a figure that it then forces to move.

     Q: When the Ghost Carriage moves, activated with the top of Incorporeal Transport, can it move through multiple
         figures, and thus carry and move multiple figures?
     A: No. It can only carry 1 figure at a time.

     Q: Spirits can normally move through obstacles, so when the Ghost Carriage transports a figure that isn't flying can it
         move them through obstacles?
     A: No, a non-flying figure cannot be forced to move through obstacles.

     Q: For the top of Ethereal Canine, If the Phantom Hound spirit moves through the same enemy multiple times, can it
         attack that enemy multiple times?
     A: No.

     Q: For the top of Ethereal Canine, can the Phantom Hound attack the enemy if it ends its turn in the same hex as an
         enemy?  Does that count as moving through the hex?
     A: Yes. Note, this is an exception to the general rule.

     Q: For the bottom of Confidence Ritual, when is the persistent loss discarded? When you chose? When the Spirit dies?
         Does it stay up forever and you can keep choosing different Spirits?
     A: When the chosen spirit dies.

     Q: For the bottom of Fear the Reaper, can you curse enemies if they are in the same hex as a Spirit?
     A: Yes.

Level 4
     Q: For the top of Spirit Barrage, if I attack an enemy that has Retaliate, as if I was occupying the hex of a Spirit,
         should I suffer Retaliate damage?
     A: No, unless you are also physically adjacent to the target, or if the target has ranged Retaliate and you are within that
         range.

     Q: For the top of White Glow, do we need to consume Wind when playing this card to provide +1 Heal and +1 Range, or
         can it be done any time during the Skull's turn?
     A: Any time during the Skull's turn.

     Q: For the top of White Glow, when consuming Wind, does the +1 Heal, +1 Range last for the entire lifetime of the spirit,
         or do you have to consume Wind again on following rounds to get the benefit again?
     A: It lasts for the lifetime of the Spirit.

     Q: For the top of White Glow, if you forgo the attack, the Spirit can perform Heal 2 Range 1.  From the character mat:
         The Skull is considered an ally of Spirits, but Spirits are not an ally of the Skull, nor are they allies of other Spirits.
         This seems to mean that the heal can be applied to the Skull, but not to other Spirits.  What about other characters?
         Can this heal apply to them?
     A: Yes, it can apply to other characters.

Level 6
     Q: For the top of Fierce Loyalty, if you use the Mimicking Sprite to copy a Glowing Egg from Level 7 Rise From Ashes,
         what happens when this mimic dies? Does a Phoenix spawn from the mimicked Glowing Egg, and if so, does this
         Phoenix get +2 to its move and attack?
     A: No, since Rise From Ashes instructs you to spawn a Phoenix upon death. The Phoenix spawning upon death is not a
         trait of the Glowing Egg, but rather instructions from the Rise From Ashes card.

     Q: For the top of Fierce Loyalty, does the Mimicking Spite start with 1 Health Point, the current Health Points on the
         Spirit it mimics, or the maximum Health Points of the Spirit it mimics?
     A: Only 1 Health Point, regardless of the current or maximum Health Points of the Spirit it is mimicking.

Level 7
     Q: For the top of Rise from the Ashes, does the Spectral Phoenix activate on the turn it is spawned? In other words, on
         the third round after the Egg Sprite spawns and it receives its final damage and dies, or after the Skull's turn on the
         fourth round?
     A: It acts immediately on the death of the Egg Sprite; it does not wait a round in between.

Level 9
     Q: For the top of Death is Not Defeat, since the ally affected by this ability is considered a spirit for the purpose of my
         abilities, can I use Level 6 card Fierce Loyalty's top to mimic my ally? If so, what actions will the mimic perform on
         its turn?
     A: The ally is considered a spirit for the purpose of your abilities but does not have any listed abilities for Mimicking
         Sprite to copy.

     Q: For the top of Death is Not Defeat, does "less than two cards in their hand and discard pile" mean less than two in
         both piles combined or less than two in each? Does it trigger if the ally has 1 card in hand and 1 in discard?
     A: Combined.  Yes it will trigger in that case.


*** Sprig ***

General
     Q: Can the Sprig place difficult terrain on open doors and/or corridor tiles?
     A: Yes. For the purposes of the Sprig's difficult terrain placement abilities, open doors and corridor tiles are NOT
         considered overlay tiles.

Level 1 & X
     Q: The Sprig's card Volatile Tonic lets you "Add Wound 2 if the target has Poison and add Poison 2 if the target has
         Wound". Are you also able to add the Wound 2 / Poison 2 if the target has a higher instance of Poison / Wound? For
         example, if the target has Poison 3, does it get the Wound 2 by Volatile Tonic?
     A: Yes.

     Q: The Sprig's card Ground Solvent (top) allows you to create difficult terrain in any of the targeted hexes containing no
         overlay tiles.  Are you limited to just one, or can you create one in each space targeted (including the third space if
         the card is enhanced)?
     A: You may create difficult terrain in each space permitted (up to 2 if the card is not enhanced and up to 3 if it is
         enhanced).

     Q: For the bottom of Death Sentence, does the difficult terrain penalty apply to this movement? Does entering (and
         clearing) a difficult terrain hex take one or two of those 5 movement points?
     A: Yes, the penalty applies.

Level 2
     Q: The Sprig's card "Throwing Dagger" - does the top of the card turn the next three Melee attacks into Range attacks?
     A: Yes.

Level 4
     Q: The top of Radiant Forest Fungi tells you to place two difficult terrain tiles in hexes with no overlay tiles within
         range 1.  Can you choose to only place one difficult terrain tile instead, if you cannot or do not want to place two?
     A: Yes.


*** Target ***

General
     Q: Are the attacks from Target's Projectile mechanic considered ranged or melee? If the Target places a Projectile at
         range and then moves adjacent to it, is the attack at the start of the next turn considered ranged (with
         disadvantage) or melee (with no disadvantage). I always assumed it would be ranged (both because the ability
         specifies 'range' and because, thematically, interacting it with things like 'Piercing Bow' makes much more sense
         than melee items like 'Poison Dagger') but the question has been raised by others and the 'attack line' performed on
         the subsequent turn to the ranged projectile-placement, does lend itself to some ambiguity.
     A: The attacks are Ranged.

     Q: Can the Target's Projectiles target closed door hexes?
     A: No they cannot.

     Q: Do you have to be within range to perform a Projectile attack? Can the attack be done if you do not have line of
         sight? Example: I target a hex within range, then move away. Can I still perform the attack the next round?
     A: In order to initially place the Target's projectile token on a hex, you must both be within range and line of sight of
         the hex you are targeting.  At the start of the next turn, you only have to have line of sight to the hex which contains
         the Target's projectile token in order to make the attack.  While you do not have to be within any specific range, the
         attack is still considered a Range attack.

     Q: I understand that the Target removes its character token from a hex after performing (or failing to perform) a
         projectile ability. However, does the projectile ability get discarded too, or does it remain in play for continued use
         each round? I was a little confused by the persistent effect symbol on many of the Projectile cards.
     A: The ability card that provided the Projectile ability are moved to the discard or lost pile (as appropriate) once the
         attack is made or forfeited.

     Q: Can you place a projectile on a hex already containing an enemy figure, or do the enemy figures have to move onto a
         hex already containing a Projectile?
     A: You can place a projectile on an occupied hex.

     Q: How do multiple projectile actions interact with each other on the same turn. In other words, if I use the bottom of
         Chain Grapnel and the top of Ignited Launch I will end up placing as many as 4 projectile markers. Does each
         projectile get the effect of both, or do you track which projectile marker gets which effects?
     A: Track which token is linked to which effect.

     Q: When Target is making a Projectile attack at the start of his turn (one that was setup on the previous turn), can
         items such as the Eagle-Eye Googles be used for this attack?
     A: Yes.

Level 1 & X
     Q: For the bottom of Ignited Launch, does movement from your self pull abilities count as movement, or is it only
         referring to Move actions?
     A: Yes, it includes sell pull movement.

     Q: For the top of Consistent Firing, does this count as multiple targets or a single target? If multiple targets, are you
         required to target 3 separate locations, and do you have to decide in advance which token is associated with which
         attack or can you decide when the ability activates?
     A: They are three separate attacks on the same target in the same location (only one Projectile token is used for this).

     Q: For the bottom of Chain Grapnel, do you designate all 3 hexes as fixed projectile targets, or just the primary hex
         with the freedom to rotate or mirror the action when performed the following turn?
     A: The latter.

Level 3
     Q: For the top of Twin Blast, the card has target 2 for a projectile. The description of how to deal with "target X" for
         projectiles is to choose a hex for each target, so choose two hexes. Could you choose two hexes for the same
         obstacle/objective with HP (e.g. Scenario 46)? If you select two hexes containing the same obstacle with HP, would
         you make 2 attacks (one for each hex) or would you only make a single attack? Or can you only pick one projectile
         per enemy/obstacle?
     A: You can’t put two projectiles into the same hex. If an obstacle takes up multiple hexes, you perform one attack for
         each projectile placed.

Level 5
     Q: For the top of Unbreakable Position, does the Retaliate X that is gained remain for subsequent attacks? It's not
         entirely clear whether the "for the attack" part of the statement refers to just the shield value of the attack or the
         retaliate as well.
     A: Yes, the Retaliate X remains for all attacks while active.

     Q: For the top of Sharpened Focus, how does this interact with the top of Level 1 Consistent Firing? Do all 3 "Attack 1"
         gain the bonus effect "+2 Attack and Pierce 3" or only the first attack?
     A: Only the first attack since the top of Sharpened Focus does not say it is for the entire Attack Action.

Level 9
     Q: For the top of Supercharged Gunpowder, can it be used to add a target to a Projectile attack?
     A: No, since the Projectile being placed isn’t an attack.


*** Tools ***

General
     Q: Are the Tools summoned creatures intended to be discarded upon reaching the end of the timed track (e.g. the top
         of Jury-Rigged Machine)?
     A: Yes. Both the card and the summoned creature are discarded.

Level 1 & X
     Q: How does the top of Improvised Exosuit work? Do you get Shield 1 and +1 Attack for 4 turns?
     A: Yes. Like other persistent effects you gain the listed bonus(es) while the ability is in your active area. In the case of
         Imrovised Exosuit, you gain Shield 1 and +1 Attack to all your attacks while the card is in your active area.

     Q: For the top of "Repurpose Leftovers", can you consume items like "Eagle-Eye Goggles" (items with Tap symbol)? Or
         only items like "War Hammer" (items with X symbol)? Or Both?
     A: Both.  Note, however, in consuming an item such as the example of "Eagle-Eye Googles" that are normally tapped,
         you are still turning it over (consuming it).

     Q: For the top of "Repurpose Leftovers", when you consume an item, its done without also getting the items effect,
         correct?
     A: Correct.

     Q: For the top of "Repurpose Leftovers", when you consume an item, can you consume one that has already been
         spent?
     A: Yes.

Level 8
     Q: For the bottom of Double-Barrel Railcaster, if you consume an item to activate the ability, do you also get the
         value of the consumed item?
     A: No, you consume the item without getting its effect.

     Q: For the bottom of Double-Barrel Railcaster, can you consume permanent items without any symbol (spent or
         consume)? E.g. Spider Climb Gloves or Iron Helmet.
     A: Yes.


*** Tusks ***

General
     Q: Can you open doors on the turn of a mounted summons?
     A: Yes.

     Q: If the Tusks opens a door on the turn of her mounted summon, revealing enemies with quicker initiatives, who acts
         next in initiative order?
         a) The Tusks, as summons always act 'immediately before the summoner'?
         b) The newly revealed enemies, as their quicker initiative would 'slot in' between the mounted summon's turn and the
             Tusks'?
     A: B. The mounted summon's turn is separate from the Tusks'.

     Q: If unmounted, the summon acts under normal summon rules, correct?
     A: Correct.

     Q: When the Tusks is mounted and able to control the mount's abilities, can you also control ability order? Can I have
         the mount attack and then move before using the Tusks' ability cards?
     A: In general, no.  You control the actions, but they still retain the ability order of Move, then Attack. The only exception
         is if an ability card specifically states that you can do so (e.g. the bottom of Level 4 War Paint).

     Q: For Tusks, while mounted on a summons, after the summons performs their actions, does the Tusks' movement
         ability automatically move them off of the summons/mount? Or does that movement move both of them? For
         example, the Tusks is mounted on the Giant Tortoise. The Giant Tortoise performs their 1 movement and then
         attacks. The Tusks then uses the bottom action on Pipe Tomahawk (Move 4). Does the summons/mount move a
         total of 7 spaces this round? Or in using the Move 4 ability, is the Tusks required to dismount the summons?
     A: If the Tusks plays an ability that allows the Tusks to move (but not the summons), then it does not command the
         summons to move, and subsequently dismounts the summons and moves on their own.

     Q: Do AoE attacks damage/affect both the mounted Tusks and their summon?
     A: Yes. This only applies to red AoE multi-target attacks/abilities.  Any single target attack/ability would apply to the
         summons first (as summons are focused first, unless this default order has been changed by some ability).

     Q: When enemies perform "Target all adjacent enemies" type attacks can they hit both the Tusk and her mounted
         summon?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Can the Tusks mount a summons if the summons moves into the Tusks' space?
     A: No. The Tusks can only mount a summons if the Tusks moves into the summons' space.

     Q: Do traps and hazardous terrain affect both the mount and Tusks when a mounted Tusks moves into them during the
         mount's turn?
     A: They only affect the Mount.

     Q: When mounted on a summons, can that summoned character use Item cards? For example, can the mounted
         summons use Winged Shoes and jump with his movement?
     A: Items cannot be used on summons as per the standard Gloomhaven game rules.

     Q: If Tusks is currently mounted and the summons is forced to move (say from an enemy ability), does the Tusk
         follow the summons (in other words does it stay mounted)?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Can the Tusks end their movement in a hex occupied by the summon and begin to mount this summon at the same
         turn?
     A: Yes.

     Q: Should there be standees for Tusk's mounts?
     A: No.  There are no standees for the mounts since Tusk goes on them.

     Q: If the Tusks has a mount that is currently in a terrain type that normally requires an extra movement to enter
         (e.g. water) and the Tusks moves into the space with the mount, does it just require 1 movement point, or does
         the Tusks pay the additional terrain cost?
     A: The Tusks must pay any normal costs for entering a space (e.g. two movement points to enter a water hex, even
         if there is a mount in that hex).

Level 1 & X
     Q: For the top of Hunter's Mark, since this is a persisting card, at the time the card is played I would place the
         character token. Does this card have an implied condition where if the enemy dies this card is discarded?
     A: Yes.

Level 4
     Q: For the bottom of War Paint, how does this effect the order of how Tusk, a mounted summon, and a summon
         would be focused on by a monster, assuming all are equidistant?
     A: They would focus on any other summon, then Tusk, then Tusk's mounted summon.

Level 7
     Q: For the top of Strapping Bullwhip, is this a single target attack?
     A: No.  It is a multi-target attack.


*** Vortex ***

General
     Q: Are Void pits considered difficult terrain? Obstacles? Or just an overlay tile that do not impede movement?
     A: They are obstacles. Note that every ability card that creates them utilizes the word "obstacle".

     Q: Are you allowed to skip abilities that say "Suffer X damage to gain Y void"? In other words, to neither take damage
         nor gain any void?
     A: No, you cannot skip them.

     Q. Are you limited to the number of Void Pit tokens (6) that come with the character, or can you place more using a
         substituted token?
     A. Yes, you are limited to 6 Void Pits.  In order to place another one after the first 6 are placed, you must pick one up
         that was previously placed on the map.

Level 4
     Q: For the bottom of Void-Enhanced Armory, are you permitted to consume more than one Void per attack to continue
         to add +1 Attack to all of your attacks for the round?
     A: No, it is restricted to once per turn.

Level 9
     Q: For the top of Prescient Voidmastery, when using void energy or the Darkness element, do the effects only apply to
         one of the attacks made or to each attack made (assuming multiple enemies end adjacent to the Hollowpact)?
     A: The cost is to be paid for each attack made.  Since you can only every consume Dark once, you can only apply
         Disarm to one monster.  If you have multiple Void Energy, you can consume one per attack to add the +2 Attack.

     Q: For the bottom of Prescient Voidmastery, is each hex you enter treated separately for application of the 1 damage
         and wound applied? For example, a figure that is adjacent to two or more hexes that you enter, would that figure
         suffer only 1 damage or would the figure suffer 1 damage for each adjacent hex that you entered?
     A: It would only hit any given enemy once.


*** Trail of Ashes: Gemstone ***

Level X
     Q: For the top of Reciprocal Resonance, does this damage happen if the enemy has movement but is already next to
         you and doesn't actually move?
     A: No.

Level 3
     Q: For the bottom of Vital Outburst, is the Retaliate 1 permanent or just the second part of the bottom ability?
     A: It is permanent as long as the card is active, not just for the round.


*** Trail of Ashes: Storm Cloud ***

Level 1
     Q: For the top of Voltaic Burst, can i use both spark abilities and attack 3 Targets? One Target within two hexes for one
         Spark AND for three Sparks two targets in front of the Character? Is it a either use 1 Spark to attack one enemy
         within two hexes or use 3 Spark to use the AOE attack in front of the Character?
     A: Either consume 1 spark or 3 for the corresponding effect.


*** Trail of Ashes: Three-Eyes ***
General
     Q: When an ability or attack modifier indicates to Enfeeble, does the Enfeeble go into the Three-Eyes attack modifier
         deck or the monster deck? It doesn't seem desirable to constantly weaken yourself.
     A: The enemy deck, similar to CURSE, unless it’s targeting SELF.


*** Trail of Ashes: V ***

General
     Q: For the bottom of Beckoning of the Beast, if you enhance the Move 3 with a Jump or Element, and you replace the
         Move 3 with a Move 6, do you keep the Jump and/or Element enhancement?
     A: Yes, you would get the benefit of the enhancement.

     Q: For the bottom of First to Strike, if the first figure in the initiative order was another player, do you choose which
         player goes first (= you have the exact same pair of initiative value, leading to an ambiguity), do you use the 2nd
         card as a tie-breaker (= you only copy the leading initiative), or do you always go first (= your initiative is strictly
         lower that the other player) ?
     A: Your initiative is strictly lower, not tied with any other player..

     Q: For the bottom of Wall of Flames and the top of Embrace the Chaos, you choose the order in which you resolve
         those abilities, correct?
     A: No.  As always, you process the cards' abilities top to bottom as written.

     Q: For the top of Life in Death, can you ignore the 2nd ability? E.g. not heal and not discard the card if you kill an
         enemy through retaliate?
     A: No.

     Q: For the top of Blazing Torment, this only triggers on "move" abilities, correct? Meaning that you won't advance the
         track if you Teleport (for example with Runic Boots of Travel), Swap (for example with Tumultuous Uproar) or if you
         self-pull (for example with Chain Cannon).
     A: This doesn’t include Teleport or Swap, but it does include Push/Pull.

     Q: For the purposes of adding enhancements, are Rage cards considered Level 1 cards?
     A: Yes.