Eldritch Horror/FAQ

### Forsaken Lore

Q. Does an investigator recover additional Health and Sanity from
effects, such as the Healing Words Spell or Witch Doctor Asset, if he
has a Poisoned Condition?
A. No, an investigator with a Poisoned Condition does not
recover Health and Sanity from a Rest action nor does he
recover additional Health and Sanity from other effects
during a Rest action.
However, other effects that cause an investigator to recover
Health or Sanity without performing a Rest action, such as the
Private Care Asset, affect that investigator as normal.
Q. Can an investigator with a Lost in Time and Space Condition
be moved by another investigator using the Plumb the Void Spell?
A. No, an investigator who has a Lost in Time and Space
Condition (or a Detained Condition) "cannot move." This
means he cannot move on his own nor be moved by any other
effect, including the Plumb the Void Spell.

### Mountains of Madness

Q. What space type are spaces on the Antarctica side board?
A. The spaces on the Antarctica side board do not have a
space type. When an investigator encounters a Clue on the
Antarctica side board, he draws and resolves an Antarctica
Research Encounter.
Q. Are two spaces connected by a Local path adjacent?
A. Yes. Two spaces connected by a Local path are adjacent.
Q. How does Finn Edwards's active ability work?
A. When Finn Edwards uses his active ability, he chooses
himself, another investigator on his space, or both himself and
another investigator on his space.
If Finn chooses only himself, he moves to an adjacent space
connected by a Ship or Train path.
If Finn chooses only another investigator on his space, that
investigator may move to an adjacent space connected by a
Ship or Train path.
If Finn chooses both himself and another investigator on his
space, Finn moves to an adjacent space connected by a Ship or
Train path, and the chosen investigator may choose to move
to that space as well. Finn and the chosen investigator cannot
move to separate spaces.
Q. How does Ursula Downs's passive ability work?
A. Once per round, Ursula may choose to spend one fewer
Focus when paying for an effect, including spending a Focus to
reroll a die when resolving a test. This can reduce the cost of an
effect to zero Focus.
Q. Does Wilson Richards's passive ability allow him to reroll a single
die twice?
A. No. If Wilson or another investigator on Wilson's space
spends a Focus to reroll a die and his dice pool is only one die,
that investigator cannot use Wilson's passive ability.
Q. How does the Blunderbuss Asset's effect work?
A. Similar to the Double-barreled Shotgun, an investigator
with the Blunderbuss gets two successes for each 6 he rolls
when resolving a } test during a Combat Encounter.
However, for each 1 he rolls during that test he negates one
success. This means that when calculating his total successes,
he subtracts one from the test result for each 1 he rolled to a
minimum of zero successes.
Q. Can an investigator have multiple copies of the same
Unique Asset?
A. Yes. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an
investigator can have.
Q. Can an investigator gain a random Unique Asset when told to
gain a random Asset?
A. No. If an effect says, "gain 1 random Asset from the deck,"
the investigator gains the Asset from the Asset deck, not the
Unique Asset deck. An investigator gains a Unique Asset only
if the effect specifically calls for a Unique Asset.
Q. Can investigators trade Task Assets?
A. Yes. Task Assets, like other Assets, may be traded using the
Trade action. If a Task Asset has one or more tokens on it,
those tokens remain on the card when traded.
Q. What happens if an investigator gains a Courier Run Unique
Asset and there are no Clues in the Clue pool that correspond to
City spaces?
A. The investigator should discard the Clue on the nearest
City space containing a Clue, placing that Clue faceup on his
Courier Run Unique Asset.
Q. Can an investigator benefit from both the Storm of Spirits Spell
and a Weapon Asset?
A. No. The Storm of Spirits Spell allows an investigator to
resolve a [ test in place of the } test during a Combat
Encounter. If he does, bonuses to his } do not apply to
the [ test. However, bonuses to the investigator's [ apply
to the test.
Q. When can an investigator discard a Debt Condition with a
Funding Condition?
A. If an investigator would gain a Debt Condition and he
already has a Funding Condition, he may discard the Funding
Condition instead of gaining the Debt Condition.
If an investigator has both a Debt Condition and a Funding
Condition, he may discard both cards at any time.
Q. Does an investigator recover additional Health from effects,
such as the Provisions Unique Asset, if he has a Hypothermia or
Infection Condition?
A. No. An investigator with a Hypothermia or Infection
Condition does not recover Health from a Rest action nor
does he recover additional Health from other effects during
a Rest action.
However, effects that cause an investigator to recover Health
without performing a Rest action, such as the Private Care
Asset, affect that investigator as normal.

### Strange Remnants

Q. When an investigator moves to another space using the Kopesh
of the Abyss Artifact's effect, does that investigator encounter the
Monsters on his new space?
A. No. The investigator will encounter each Monster on his
space. Then, if he defeats all Monsters on his space, he may
move to the nearest space containing a Monster. He will not
encounter those Monsters in the same round. If he remains on
that space until the Encounter Phase, he will then encounter
each Monster on that space as normal.
Q. If an investigator discards a Relic Unique Asset as a part of its
flip effect, can he still place an Eldritch token on the Relics of the
Ancient World Mystery?
A. Yes. The Mystery gives the investigator the option to both
place an Eldritch token on the Mystery and discard the Relic
Unique Asset. The investigator may choose to resolve this effect
even if he can resolve only part of the full effect.
Q. What happens if an effect would cause the Omen to advance to
the red space while it is already on that space?
A. "Advance the Omen to the red space of the Omen track"
means to advance the Omen until it is on the red space. If the
Omen starts on the red space, it will advance four times in total
and return to the red space of the Omen track.
If Syzygy is the Ancient One, this will trigger its "When the
Omen advances to the red space of the Omen track" effect.
Q. When playing against Syzygy, do investigators need to solve two
Mysteries to win the game?
A. No. When the Syzygy Ancient One sheet is flipped, one
Clue will be placed on the Ancient One sheet for each solved
Mystery. However, the Sealing the Portal Special Encounters
will also place Clues on the Ancient One sheet.
Solving the Mysteries is not required to attempt the Special
Encounters or win the game. However, solving Mysteries
greatly reduces the difficulty of the Final Mystery.
Q. Does the Crystal of the Elder Things Artifact from the Forsaken
Lore expansion negate the Health loss from the Out of the Aeons
Mythos card?
A. Yes. An investigator with the Crystal of the Elder Things
Artifact cannot lose Health or Sanity from Mythos card text
effects even if that Health or Sanity loss cannot be prevented.
The Crystal does not create a prevention effect that "prevents"
the loss of Health or Sanity if it would occur. Instead, it
prohibits Mythos card text effects from causing the
investigator to lose Health or Sanity.

### Under the Pyramids

Q. Are two spaces connected by a Local path adjacent?
A. Yes. Two spaces connected by a Local path are adjacent.
Q. How does Hank Samson's passive ability work?
A. When Hank Samson encounters a Monster, if that Monster
has both a { test and a } test, he resolves the } test first.
Then he resolves the { test only if he lost one or more Health
from the } test.
If the Monster has a [ or other test in place of the } test,
Hank resolves that test first, and then he resolves the { test
only if he lost one or more Health.
If the Monster has an | or other test in place of the { test,
Hank's passive ability has no effect on the encounter.
Q. How does Harvey Walters's action ability work?
A. As an action, Harvey Walters chooses another investigator
on his space. That investigator improves one skill of his choice
if Harvey's value for that skill is equal to or higher than his
own. This comparison is made using the skill's modified value,
including Improvement tokens and Impairment tokens.
Bonuses to skills, such as from Assets, do not affect a skill's
modified value.
Q. Is the additional Clue gained with Mandy Thompson's passive
ability gained from the Research Encounter?
A. No. After resolving a Research Encounter, Mandy's
passive ability could allow her to gain an additional Clue.
However, this Clue is gained from her passive ability, not
the Research Encounter.
Q. Can Minh Thi Phan use her action ability to gain a travel
ticket even if her space is not connected to another space by the
appropriate path?
A. Yes. Minh's action ability allows her to gain a travel ticket of
her choice, even if she could not gain that type of travel ticket
using the Prepare action. Furthermore, Minh can use her action
ability even if she is not on a City space.
Q. How does Rex Murphy's passive ability work?
A. If at any time, Rex Murphy does not have a Cursed
Condition, he immediately gains one Clue and improves one
skill of his choice and then gains a Cursed Condition.
Q. If an investigator defeats a Cultist Monster as part of a Spawn
of Abhoth Special Encounter during the Encounter Phase, can he
resolve another encounter?
A. Yes. Spawn of Abhoth Special Encounters are considered
Combat Encounters. If an investigator defeats every Monster
on his space during the Encounter Phase, he may resolve an
additional encounter of his choice.
Q. Can an investigator have multiple copies of the same
Unique Asset?
A. Yes. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an
investigator can have.
Q. Can an investigator gain a random Unique Asset when told to
gain a random Asset?
A. No. If an effect says, "gain 1 random Asset from the deck,"
the investigator gains the Asset from the Asset deck, not the
Unique Asset deck. An investigator gains a Unique Asset only
if the effect specifically calls for a Unique Asset.
Q. Can investigators trade Task Assets?
A. Yes. Task Assets, like other Assets, may be traded using the
Trade action. If a Task Asset has one or more tokens on it,
those tokens remain on the card when traded.
Q. If an investigator with a Record of Knowledge Unique Asset
gains more than one Clue during a Research Encounter, can he
place multiple Eldritch tokens on his task?
A. Yes. An investigator places one Eldritch token on a Record
of Knowledge Unique Asset for each Clue he gains as part of a
Research Encounter.
However, Clues gained from other effects, such as Mandy
Thompson's passive ability, are not gained as part of the
Research Encounter and do not allow the investigator to place
an Eldritch token on the Record of Knowledge Unique Asset.
Q. What happens if an investigator gains a Treasure Map Unique
Asset and there are no Clues in the Clue pool?
A. The investigator should discard the Clue on the nearest
space containing a Clue, placing that Clue faceup on his
Treasure Map Unique Asset.
Q. Does an investigator recover additional Sanity from effects,
such as the Psychoanalyst Asset, if he has a Despair Condition?
A. No. An investigator with a Despair Condition does not
recover Sanity from a Rest action nor does he recover additional
Sanity from other effects during a Rest action.
However, effects that cause an investigator to recover Sanity
without performing a Rest action, such as the Private Care
Asset, affect that investigator as normal.
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### Signs of Carcosa

Q. Can Jenny Barnes use her action ability to allow herself
or another investigator to perform the Acquire Assets action
if that investigator is not on a City space or on a space
containing a Monster?
A. No. An investigator can perform the Acquire Assets action
only if he is on a City space and only if there are no Monsters
on his space.
Q. Can Michael McGlen use his action ability if he already has a
Wanted Condition?
A. Yes. Michael McGlen can use his action ability if he has
a Wanted Condition. If he does, he resolves all effects of the
ability except that he will not gain another Wanted Condition.
Q. Does Michael McGlen's passive ability allow him to reroll the
die rolled as part of a Dark Pact's reckoning effect?
A. Yes. Michael McGlen's passive ability allows him to reroll
any single die that is rolled as part of a Deal or Pursuit
Condition's effect even if the die is not rolled as part of a test.
This includes the one die rolled when resolving the @ effect of
a Dark Pact Condition or a Promise of Power Condition.
Q. Can Wendy Adams's passive ability stop her from gaining a
Condition she chooses to gain?
A. Yes. If an effect allows Wendy Adams to gain a Condition as
part of a cost, such as "you may gain a Madness Condition" or
"unless you gain a Blight Condition," she may use her passive
ability to not gain that Condition instead. If she does, the cost
of gaining the Condition has still been paid.
Q. Does the Spawn of Hastur Epic Monster's ability prevent it from
losing two or more Health during a Combat Encounter?
A. Yes. If any effect, including the effects of a Combat
Encounter, would cause the Spawn of Hastur Epic Monster
to lose two or more Health, it loses one Health instead.
Q. Can an investigator have multiple copies of the same
Unique Asset?
A. Yes. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an
investigator can have.
Q. Can an investigator gain a random Unique Asset when told to
gain a random Asset?
A. No. If an effect says, "gain 1 random Asset from the deck,"
the investigator gains the Asset from the Asset deck, not the
Unique Asset deck. An investigator gains a Unique Asset only
if the effect specifically calls for a Unique Asset.

### The Dreamlands

Q. Can Amanda Sharpe's action ability improve the same skill
multiple times?
A. Yes. If Amanda's action ability is used to discard multiple
Talent Conditions, she may improve the same skill more than
once. However, she cannot improve a skill to more than two
above its printed value.
Q. What happens if Kate Winthrop is on a space containing a
Dream Portal and a Gate would spawn on that space?
A. Both the Dream Portal effect and Kate Winthrop's
passive ability will attempt to replace the Gate spawn.
The active investigator decides which effect takes priority.
As such, he could have Kate's passive ability cause the
Gate to be discarded instead of spawning.
Q. What counts as "encountering a Gate" when using Luke
Robinson's passive ability?
A. Luke can resolve his passive ability to ignore Monsters
on his space when choosing an encounter. However, he must
choose to encounter a Gate.
The most common way to encounter a Gate is to draw and
resolve an Other World Encounter card. However, resolving
any encounter that requires Luke to occupy a space containing
a Gate is encountering a Gate. For example, the Caught in the
Web Mystery grants a different option for encountering a Gate.
Q. What is Luke Robinson's starting space if there are multiple
Gates on the game board or if there are no Gates on the game board?
A. Luke's Investigator token is not placed during step 3 of
setup as usual. After resolving setup, Luke chooses a space
that contains a Gate and places his Investigator token on that
space. If there are no Gates on the game board, he places his
Investigator token on a space of his choice instead.
Q. What happens to Gates in the Gate stack after they are revealed?
A. Revealed Gates remain where they are in the Gate stack
unless the effect that causes the Gates to be revealed states
otherwise. The Gate stack is not randomized nor are the Gates
discarded or otherwise moved in the Gate stack.
After a Gate in the Gate stack has been revealed, it remains
revealed until it is removed from the Gate stack or the Gate
stack is randomized.

### Cities in Ruin

Q. If Doom starts on a space containing an Eldritch token placed
by the "Apocalypse Nigh" Prelude, do you resolve a Disaster?
A. No. The Prelude states that a Disaster is resolved only when
Doom advances to a space containing an Eldritch token. Doom
must advance for the effect to trigger.
Q. Are devastated cities still "named city spaces"?
A. Devastated spaces are no longer City spaces; they have no
space type. However, a devastated space does retain its name.
An effect that refers to a "named City space" means a space
that is both a City space and a named space. As such, a
devastated space is not a named City space because it is
no longer a City space.
Q. Can an investigator have multiple copies of the same
Unique Asset?
A. Yes. There is no limit to the number of Unique Assets an
investigator can have.
Q. Can an investigator gain a random Unique Asset when told to
gain a random Asset?
A. No. If an effect says, "gain 1 random Asset from the deck,"
the investigator gains the Asset from the Asset deck, not the
Unique Asset deck. An investigator gains a Unique Asset only
if the effect specifically calls for a Unique Asset.

## Masks of Nyarlathotep

Q. Can the actions granted by Preston Fairmont's action ability be
used in any order?
A. Yes. The actions granted by Preston's action ability can
be performed in any order, including allowing the other
investigator to perform actions before or after Preston.
Q. Does Sefina Rousseau need to roll the successes naturally to use
her passive ability?
A. The two successes required for Sefina's passive ability to
trigger must be rolled on the dice during her test. This is,
successes granted by another effect (such as accepting a bank
loan) do not count toward the requirement. However, Sefina
may use any rerolls or other dice manipulation effects to
achieve her two successes.
Q. Does reducing my maximum Health reduce my current Health?
A. No. If your maximum Health is changed, your current
Health remains the same. However, your current Health cannot
exceed your new maximum Health. In such a case, your
current Health is set to your new maximum Health.
The same is true for current and maximum Sanity.
Q. Are the Eldritch tokens gained from a Corruption Condition
discarded when I discard the Condition?
A. No. The Corruption Condition (and some other effects)
cause you to gain Eldritch tokens which are placed on your
Investigator sheet. Eldritch tokens you have gained are not
discarded unless an effect specifically allows you to spend
or discard them.
Q. What does the second effect of Jacqueline Fine's Reward
card ("Oracle") do?
A. During the Mythos Phase, after the Mythos card is revealed,
Jacqueline may spend three Clues. If she does, the Mythos card
is resolved as if its text box is blank. She must choose to do this
before any part of the text effect is resolved.
Q. Does the second effect of Marie Lambeau's Reward card
("Smokey Velvet") allow another investigator to perform the
same action a second time?
A. No. If Marie performs the Rest action, her Reward effect
will not allow an investigator to also perform the Rest action if
that investigator has already performed that action this round.
However, after performing her action ability (which allows her
to perform an action she has already performed this round),
her Reward effect can allow another investigator to perform
an action the investigator has already performed.