The rules for rumors state:

If one or more Act I Quest cards are still in play immediately before playing the Interlude, the heroes must choose one of them to attempt (before proceeding to the Interlude). After completing this quest, all other available Act I Quest cards are discarded from the game without effect.

In the FAQ there is this Q and A:

Q: If an Act I Rumor card with an available quest is in play, are the heroes and overlord forced to play it before the Interlude?

A: No, but that quest will no longer be an eligible choice after the Interlude has been completed.

Isn't that in conflict with the above rule? The Faq/Errata never says "this section should read ..." to fix that sentence in the rules. So which is it?

Or does this refer to the ones that might be left after playing the mandatory one before the interlude, in case multiple rumor quests are still in play before the interlude?

Or does this refer to the ones that might be left after playing the mandatory one before the interlude, in case multiple rumor quests are still in play before the interlude?

Yes.

Alright (Though maybe that could have been written a bit more clearly)

Next question. The errata says:

It may be prohibiting a hero being next to the secret room entrance and deciding to explore a secret room, even if he didn't just draw a secret passage search card. Alternately, it could be there just in case an ability is used which puts search cards back into the deck.

Does such an ability exist at the moment? Nothing comes to mind.

I agree that it is there to prevent future loopholes. Should make no difference for current play.

Another question concerning rumors.

Later rumor cards all have the "You cannot play this card if the interlude is an available quest' mentioned in their text, but the LotW and Trollfens card dont have this.

It is not mentioned in the errata or anything, but is there any official ruling that 'fixes' the cards of those expansions to conform to this new rule, or do they still follow the rules on card as written?

As far as I am aware, they follow the rules as written on the card. No errata of any kind has come out to say otherwise.

Having said that, the FAQ entries for the later expansions leaves much to be desired - it needs to be expanded by a lot.

Its not the later expansions that are the issue. But the older ones (LotW and Trollfens), though I understand that the overlord playing those right before the interlude has less of an impact, since they (also unlike the more recent rumor quest) don't assign cards/relics if the quest was not attempted by the heroes. I guess the text was added to prevent the overlord playing 3 rumors right before the interlude, the heroes being allowed to only play one of those would give the overlord 2 free rewards. But the LotW/Trollfens ones don't suffer from that issue i guess

The OL cannot play more than 1 rumor card during each campaign phase. In any case, the rumors that have come out with the hero and monster packs seem to be decidedly more OL favored than those that came with Lair and Trollfens, strictly in terms of rewards. The newer rumors limit the search tokens on the map, and give bonuses to the OL even if the quest is not played. The text on the card about playing before an interlude likely has something to do with that- I doubt that the intention is to retroactively apply it to the other rumor cards.

I totally missed that sentence about only one rumor per campaign phase (nevertheless I never actually played 2 rumor during a campaign phase so no harm done)

Thanks! (Even if it means having to alter code on my site again )

But you can actually play 2 rumor cards in one phase, as some cards have the 'You must play a rumor card with a quest if you have one)

So lets say, I have scarce goods, crusade of the forgotten and guardians of deephall.

The heroes travel and get the Mysterious Herald card, with which they force me to play a quest, so i play the deephall one.

Then I play scarce goods, and put the crusade one in play.

Bam, 3 rumor cards in one phase, two of them being quests

Or does the fact that they forced me to play a rumor quest, count against my one card I can play?

Yes, a hero may use the Jinn’s Lamp in Act II because the text of that card takes precedent over the text of the rulebook.

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We will be playing LoR - Tipping the Scales tomorrow, and I have the following questions:

1. Ariad can lower the value of weights (objective tokens) carried by the heroes. it says that weights are limited by the supply.

What happens when playing with multiple expansions? (Some would say 'all tokens are added to their supply', but for example, in Death on the Wing only the base game ones are used.)

And for that matter, the manual only states that LoR comes with '7 Objective tokens' not which exact colors. I don't remember which ones are from the base game, which ones from LoR and which are from SoN (if any).

Right now there are 2 of each on the board, and I have 6 white, 5 green, 3 blue and 2 red tokens left in my supply.

2. The rules state that monsters can be reinforced by paying damage tokens for each square they occupy (so small = one token, huge = 4 tokens,..). The rules also say that Ariad can be reinforced for 3 tokens.

What if I'm using Queen Ariad (I've won Web of Power). I'm assuming it stays the same, but just checking to make sure.

3. I plan on using Wendigos as an open group. Does their 'Stealthy' ability (Each attack needs +3 range than normal) count for Melee attacks too?

Because the expansion is designed to be fully functional with just the core set, I would say that the "supply" of objective tokens includes those that came with the base game (I believe there were 10) and those that came with LoR only. The component lists should tell you exactly how many tokens that should be.

There do not appear to be additional listed rules for "if you've got Queen Ariad." Rather, the victory condition for web of power just says to replace Ariad with Queen Ariad for the rest of the campaign. That may be part of why she has a defined cost that is separate from her figure size.

Yes, stealthy also applies to melee attacks. It has been clarified by FFG that melee attacks (even those using reach) normally require 0 range. That (that is, as long as you are targeting a valid space, there is no range requirement- you cannot miss due to range.) Stealthy increases the required range by 3, so melee attacks (again, whether or not there is reach is irrelevant) require 3 range when targeting a stealthy figure.

Thanks for the fast reply!

Because the expansion is designed to be fully functional with just the core set, I would say that the "supply" of objective tokens includes those that came with the base game (I believe there were 10) and those that came with LoR only. The component lists should tell you exactly how many tokens that should be.

Yes, but like I said the component lists just says there are '7 Objective tokens'. It does not say: "there are 2 white, 1 red, 3 whatever.."

Ah:

Set=[#Blue, #White, #Red, #Green]

Base Game = [4, 1, 4, 1]

LoR = [1, 3, 0, 3]

SoN = [0, 3, 0, 3]

I'm pretty sure that's correct, though I have to check the numbers in my collection, I could swear I have an eighth green, and I don't know if one of the small boxes had a green objective token.

Ah:

Set=[#Blue, #White, #Red, #Green]

Base Game = [4, 1, 4, 1]

LoR = [1, 3, 0, 3]

SoN = [0, 3, 0, 3]

I'm pretty sure that's correct, though I have to check the numbers in my collection, I could swear I have an eighth green, and I don't know if one of the small boxes had a green objective token.

The numbers above (in terms of the total) per expansion are correct. I can't remember off hand the number of individual colors, but they seem correct.

Manor of Ravens came with one additional objective token, so that may be where your extra green came from.

Alright, thanks guys.

I'll be using 5 Blue, 4 White, 4 Red and 4 green ones for the quest then.

And I have MoR as well, and I only have 7 green tokens, and can't imagine that I already lost one..

I'm pretty sure that's correct, though I have to check the numbers in my collection, I could swear I have an eighth green, and I don't know if one of the small boxes had a green objective token.

The numbers above (in terms of the total) per expansion are correct. I can't remember off hand the number of individual colors, but they seem correct.

Manor of Ravens came with one additional objective token, so that may be where your extra green came from.

I was mistaken- it was an extra white, not an extra green. That brings the final totals to:

Set [b W R G]

Base [4 1 4 1]

LoR [1 3 0 3]

SoN [0 3 0 3]

MoR [0 1 0 0]

Total[5 8 4 7] = 24

So we played the quest yesterday and I lost. Half was because the heroes are too well equiped, the other half because I've never thrown that many misses in one game.
I've seen this image here before, but it's never been more true for me then now:

Attacking with my 3 Medusae and one Wendigo, I had a miss on all 4 of my attacks in the first turn, and 3 out of 5 in my second turn lol! The attacks that did not miss were of course easily blocked with items like Inscribed Robes and stuff like that.

Another 'issue' with this quest is when you've got the Queen Ariad lieutenant instead of the Ariad one. Due to smart positioning of the heroes (or monsters that were in the way) she never even had the chance to move off the Mysterious Waters (or whatever the exact name is), because she couldn't expand. So she never had a chance to lower any weights (or do decent damage to the heroes) cause she can't use surges on that tile. Its also kind of lame that she starts right across from the heroes like 4 spaces away, cause she was killed after 2 hero turns, which made her immediately lose her relics she was wielding (Sun Stone and Gauntlets of Spite, which would have been handy to get the 3 required surges, if I would ever have gotten a chance to use surges ) according to these rules then. So she was pretty useless.

Now, to end this with a question:

The rules state the overlord receives a fatigue token "when no heroes are carying a weight, or when the only hero carrying a weight is on the Mysterious Waters".

Now, what happens when there are 2 (or more) heroes carrying a weight but are standing on the water? Do I get a fatigue token or not?

We had some discussion about this (I'm also unsure wether I should get one or not)

Does the 'the only hero' really mean: if there is only one hero carrying a weight and he is on the water I get a fatigue, more heroes only on the water is fine

Or is it actually supposed to be interpreted as: "the only hero(es)"

Now, to end this with a question:

The rules state the overlord receives a fatigue token "when no heroes are carying a weight, or when the only hero carrying a weight is on the Mysterious Waters".

Now, what happens when there are 2 (or more) heroes carrying a weight but are standing on the water? Do I get a fatigue token or not?

We had some discussion about this (I'm also unsure wether I should get one or not)

Does the 'the only hero' really mean: if there is only one hero carrying a weight and he is on the water I get a fatigue, more heroes only on the water is fine

Or is it actually supposed to be interpreted as: "the only hero(es)"

First off, I should say that I have not even read this quest yet, let alone played it. Having said that, I would rule that the second sentence "or when the only hero carrying a weight is on the Mysterious Waters" reflects not just a single hero but all heroes.

In other words, as long as no hero is carrying a weight, or as long as any heroes carrying weights are in/on the Mysterious Waters tile, the OL gets a fatigue token.

I have long found that in most cases trying to be "literal" with FFG's rules text, card text, ability text, etc. (thus reading too much into things), always leads to the wrong interpretations/conclusions.

While I actually try to be literal as often as is reasonable (consistent language, woohoo!) it doesn't take too much imagination to think that it's supposed to be "when the only hero(es) carrying..."

Thats what I was saying, but the heroes we're interpreting it differently. (It must be said that though we are all pretty fluent at English, its not our native language )