Rulebook
Official game terms, definitions, and FAQ rulings.
Attachment Cards — All Stat Enhancing Attachments
Clarified that increases in stats are equivalent to keywords.
Absorb
When a unit absorbs damage, it is redirecting damage to itself. Absorbed damage cannot be absorbed a second time.
Ignore
When an effect is ignored, it does not apply to the target that is ignoring it. If the target ignores an effect, it must ignore the effect as a whole (including being used as a reference point for that effect).
Accuracy
Q:Can a unit's Accuracy lower a die roll result? (such as through the Aura of Fear ability)
A:Yes.
Actions
Q:If a unit gains an extra action (of any kind) during its activation, does that extra action spend AP? (such as the Liatrum Stride and Adrenaline Rush spells)
A:No.
Allegiance (Game Mode)
Q:Apart from each team alternating activations, do players on the same team also have to alternate activating?
A:Yes.
Attachments
Q:Can I swap the same attachment from one unit to another and then swap it again to another unit on the same deploy phase?
A:No, each attachment can only be swapped once each deploy phase.
Attack
Q:Do I apply 2 modifiers to a unit on grazes?
A:Yes.
Q:On a critical hit, do I apply 2 modifiers to a unit's Power twice? (once for the hit and once for the graze)
A:No.
Q:Does a unit need LoS to perform a melee attack on an enemy that is nearby?
A:No, just LoE.
Q:When a critical graze is scored, does the unit suffer bonus damage from 2 modifiers?
A:No.
Follow-up Q:When a critical graze is scored, does the unit suffer bonus damage from effects that say so? (Such as the Smite ability or Rites of Might spell)
A:Yes.
Q:Can ranged units perform melee attacks?
A:Yes.
Q:If a unit with range 0 gains bonus Range, can they perform ranged attacks?
A:Yes.
Q:Can units make ranged attacks while engaged?
A:Yes, provoking retaliation.
Q:Can units make ranged attacks against enemies engaged with another unit?
A:Yes.
Cards
Q:Is there a maximum hand size?
A:No.
Q:When an ability or effect tells me to look at or reveal cards from my deck (such as in the Rewrite Destiny spell), are those cards still part of my deck, since they were not drawn or discarded?
A:Yes.
Q:During the setup phase, if I only have one card in my deck and would be required to draw two cards, do I lose the game?
A:Yes.
Channel Spells
Q:Can I play a channel spell before selecting what unit is going to activate?
A:No.
Q:Can I play a channel spell before effects that say "whenever you activate this unit"? (such as the Regeneration ability)
A:No.
Q:During a charge, can I play a channel spell between the move and the attack of said charge?
A:No.
Charge
Q:When a unit charges, do the models need to end touching bases for the charge to be valid?
A:No. The models need to be in reach of a melee attack (and LoE) for the charge to be valid.
Q:Is a unit required to maintain LoS to its target for the entirety of the charge movement or only when the charge is declared?
A:Only when the charge is declared.
Deploy
Q:Can a unit be deployed engaged with an enemy?
A:Yes.
Follow-up Q:Can that unit be deployed with attachments?
A:Yes.
Follow-up Q:Can that unit swap attachments with other units?
A:No.
Discard
Q:When a unit leaves the battlefield and its card is placed on the discard pile, does that count as discarding a card?
A:No.
Engagement
Q:If a unit is nearby two different enemies, is it engaged with both?
A:Yes.
Health
Q:When a unit increases its Max Health by equipping an attachment, does it also recover any health?
A:No.
Husk
Q:Are husks obstacles?
A:Yes.
Initiative
Q:If I have initiative, can I choose to deploy second and activate first?
A:Yes.
Items
Q:If an item equipped to one of my units is destroyed without that unit being defeated, does my opponent gain mastery?
A:Yes.
Line of Effect (LoE)
Q:Do abilities require LoE between the source and a target?
A:Yes.
Q:Do all spells require LoE from the active unit to a target?
A:No.
Follow-up Q:Do spells with a source require LoE between the source and a target?
A:Yes.
Line of Sight (LoS)
Q:Do abilities require LoS between the source and a target?
A:No, unless specified by the ability.
Q:Do all spells require LoS from the active unit to a target?
A:No.
Follow-up Q:Do spells with a source require LoS between the source and a target?
A:No, unless specified by the spell.
Mastery
Q:Does banishing units without defeating them or banishing attachments without destroying them give mastery to the opponent?
A:No.
Q:If a unit or attachment returns from the battlefield to a player's hand, does it give mastery to the opponent?
A:No.
Q:If I defeat a unit I own (such as with the Corpse Explosion spell), does my opponent gain mastery?
A:Yes.
Move
Q:If, during a move, a unit passes nearby an enemy, is the move interrupted?
A:No.
Follow-up Q:Were they engaged during the brief moment of that move where they passed nearby the other?
A:No.
Q:Can a unit move through allies?
A:No.
Reinforcement Deployment
Q:Can I reinforce nearby any ally or only allies I own?
A:Only allies you own.
Q:Can I reinforce deploy multiple units nearby the same ally I own?
A:Yes.
Relics
Q:Can a unit intentionally drop a relic on the battlefield?
A:No.
Retaliation
Q:Can a unit forgo its retaliation?
A:Yes.
Q:When an engaged unit declares a move, does the unit move before or after the retaliation?
A:After.
Q:If a unit is engaged with multiple enemies and provokes retaliation, can all enemies retaliate?
A:Yes.
Q:Does passing nearby an enemy during a move, but without being nearby that enemy when declaring the action, provoke retaliation?
A:No.
Side Deck
Q:Can I include Seeker cards in my side deck?
A:No.