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I am bit Confused on on the difference of Steps and Checks.
Particularly when it goes from describing one to another. Examples
specific card’s power may only be used once per check or step.
You may not reveal the same card for its power more than once per check or step.
And there are a few others...
What Exactly is the definition of a Step?
And it seems that there can be multiple checks in a Step, or is each check considered a step on it's own?
For example if I need to make 2 checks to defeat a Monster does each check count as a step so I can use the same type of card or a power for both checks?
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"Step" is used for the parts of a turn, and for the parts of an encounter. The parts of a check are NOT steps.
Take your turn by going through the following steps in order. The only required steps are Advance the Blessings Deck, Reset Your Hand, and End Your Turn; the other steps are optional.
When you encounter a card, you—and only you—can go through the following steps.
Attempting a check requires several actions that are explained below.
So, the parts of the turn, and the part of an encounter are steps. But there is an important difference between the steps of a turn and the steps of an encounter: You can also play cards and use powers between the steps of a turn, but you may not play cards or use power between the steps of an encounter.
Players may not play any cards or activate any powers between those steps.
There is no such rule for the turn sequence. And Vic confirmed you could play cards and powers between steps of the turn. And you can play as many cards and use as many powers as you want between the steps of the turn.
During an encounter, each check is it's own step.
Encountering a Card
Apply any effects that happen when you encounter a card.
Apply any evasion effects.
Apply any effects that happen before you act.
Attempt the check.
Attempt the next check, if needed.
Apply any effects that happen after you act.
Resolve the encounter.
The rulebook tells you to repeat the "Attempt the next check, if needed" step as many times as you need to resolve all the checks. So the limit resets on each check.
So, each time you start anything that the rulebook calls a step (part of a turn, or part of an encounter) you start mew with what cards you can play. So, if an encounter takes place during the "End your turn" step of the turn (like a location that makes you encounter a monster at the end of your turn), the steps of the encounter are what matter, not the step of the turn that you are on.
The Turn:
Advance the blessing deck <--New Step
Give a card <--New Step
Move <--New Step
Explore <--New Step
Attempt to close a location <--New Step
End your <--New Step
Anytime an encounter fits in the there, it also starts new steps. So at Shark Island, where you explore and also encounter a card while exploring, then attempt to close the empty location:
Advance the blessing deck <--New Step
--Encounter Hammerhead Shark
---Apply any effects that happen when you encounter a card. <--New Step
---Apply any evasion effects. <--New Step
---Apply any effects that happen before you act. <--New Step
---Attempt the check. <--New Step
---Attempt the next check, if needed. <--New Step
---Apply any effects that happen after you act. <--New Step
---Resolve the encounter. <--New Step
Give a card <--New Step
Move <--New Step
Explore <--New Step
--Encounter Hammerhead Shark
---Apply any effects that happen when you encounter a card. <--New Step
--Encounter an item
---Apply any evasion effects. <--New Step
---Apply any effects that happen before you act. <--New Step
---Attempt the check. <--New Step
---Attempt the next check, if needed. <--New Step
---Apply any effects that happen after you act. <--New Step
---Resolve the encounter. <--New Step
Attempt to close a location <--New Step
--Encounter Hammerhead Shark
---Apply any effects that happen when you encounter a card. <--New Step
---Apply any evasion effects. <--New Step
---Apply any effects that happen before you act. <--New Step
---Attempt the check. <--New Step
---Attempt the next check, if needed. <--New Step
---Apply any effects that happen after you act. <--New Step
---Resolve the encounter. <--New Step
End your <--New Step
And on each of those new steps, you can use any card or power again (assuming it applies to the situation).
So, a check is one of the many steps of an encounter (and can sometimes happen in other steps of the encounter). Checks can also happen outside of an encounter, and even between steps of a turn (if you played Cure for example). Does that help?
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Another Questions.
If one Card tells you to "display" a different card is that card now out of play for that step?
For example a Smuggler says "Before you act, display a random card from your hand. If defeated, discard it; if undefeated, bury it."
Since it has been displayed it can't be played during that check or used by another card or power during that check?
Example If I randomly display an ally I can't use it for Heggal's power "You may reveal an ally that lists Diplomacy in its check to acquire to add 1d4 to your check"?
Correct. This is due to a combination of two rules.
Display: Place it faceup in front of your character, unless stated otherwise; the card’s powers function until it’s discarded. When a character displays a card, it is not part of that character’s hand, deck, or discard pile, but it still belongs to that character.
And a bit further down...
If you are instructed to play, reveal, display, discard, recharge, bury, banish, or otherwise manipulate a card, that card must come from your hand unless otherwise specified.
So Heggal's power doesn't specify that the ally should come from anywhere else, so the ally for his power has to come from your hand. Any displayed ally isn't part of your hand, so you can't use it for his power.
And it isn't just for that step, it is until that card stops being displayed, which so far I think has always been determined by the card that caused it to be displayed in the first place. i.e. the Smuggler tells you when to stop displaying the random card, the Rage spell tells you when to stop displaying Rage, and Oloch's power tells you when to stop displaying his weapons and blessings.
I would say you can't play Phantasmal Minion or Charm Animal during an encounter. You could play them during any part a turn except during an encounter and during "End Your Turn" (when only "End of the Turn" powers can be played).
You can discard 1 blessing to explore again, then after finishing that exploration, discard another blessing to explore again. Each time you do that, you create a duplicate "Explore" step.