Situation: An inspector is at a location with an Arcane Barrier. Inspector attempts to leave the location and makes a skill test. You draw a special token that says "Search the discard pile for an enemy and spawn it in your location."

What is clear is that "your location" is the location you were in before attempting to move.

What is unclear is whether the enemy spawns automatically engaged with you if you (resolving the move) are now in another location.

I'd also be interested in knowing if the results would be any different if the legend says "search the discard pile for an enemy and draw it." Since any time a player draws an enemy card that has no special spawn instructions, the default is "spawn in location engaged with drawing player." So in that case I think you are engaged with the enemy, who follows you into the next room.

Thoughts?

The test is part of the cost of movement per Arcane Barrier, so the enemy would spawn on the location you're attempting to leave, but before you've actually left. So whether you succeed or fail, it'll be in your threat area.

Unless there are other investigators there, of course. Barring Prey, any of them could opt to engage the enemy instead.

On 8/20/2017 at 0:11 PM, rsdockery said:

Unless there are other investigators there, of course. Barring Prey, any of them could opt to engage the enemy instead.

Well, generally speaking, you're instructed to "draw" the enemy for effects like this, but yes, if that's not the case (or it has spawn), another gator could choose to engage instead of you.