Played our first quest and had a few questions.

1) When something appears in shadows is it always facedown? In particular, we wanted to know about some monsters that appear via quest effect.

2) What so shields do during a non attack action? I noticed both of our rest actions have the character +1 shields but I thought those only block counter attacks. Do I roll a black die regardless of action or only for combat?

Thanks in advance

3 hours ago, KennedyHawk2 said:

Played our first quest and had a few questions.

1) When something appears in shadows is it always facedown? In particular, we wanted to know about some monsters that appear via quest effect.

2) What so shields do during a non attack action? I noticed both of our rest actions have the character +1 shields but I thought those only block counter attacks. Do I roll a black die regardless of action or only for combat?

Thanks in advance

Regarding the rules, I would say as follows:

1) When spawning enemies, they are always placed faceup unless specified otherwise (spawning in the shadows from the location cards is always facedown ) - see rulebook page 10, Spawning

2) Shields are only used for defending against damage. If you are engaged with enemies, you must always roll the appropriate amount of black dice regardless of the action you are taking - see rulebook page 6, Actions

Hope this helps