Ezren Power activate timing


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Question about the timing for Ezrens Power:
"After you play a spell that has the Arcane trait, you may examine the top card of your deck; if it's a spell you may put it in your hand."

Would this be able to activate multiple times during an encounter?

For example I encounter Ripnugget and Stickfoot at my location

I use Invisibility to pass the Stealth check. Do I now activate Ezrens Power and examine the top card of my deck?

Either way I then have to do my first combat check. So I play Force Missile and pass the first check. Do I now get to activate Ezren's power again?

Then my second check happens and I pass that with Lightning Touch. Would I activate Ezren's power here?

So for that one encounter I played 3 spells to win the encounter. Do I activate Ezren's ability after each spell I played? Do I wait until the entire encounter is completed then I draw 3 cards. Or do I only draw 1 card since I played a spell (it doesn't stack maybe?)?

lets complicate this a bit and toss in the Location as Thassilonian Dungeon. :)

Same example as above but the location has an At This Location section that reads:
"If you play a spell that has the Arcane trait, you may immediately draw a card."

So using the above example, after I play invisibility to pass my pre combat check would I activate Ezren's power and the Location power? In what order? Would that location power activate during my checks or just at the end of the encounter. Using the above example if I played 3 spells cards during the encounter would I draw cards at the end, or right after I played each spell?

Thanks in advance! :)


See this FAQ.

Yes, you can use it when you play Invisibility on your Stealth check before the encounter (aka before you act). You would examine the top of your deck, then attempt to recharge Invisibility, then move on to attempting the first check to defeat. (By the way, hold on to Invisibility if you are planning to go with the Illusionist role.)

When you play it during a check, you complete that check, use the power then move on to the next thing (probably recharging the spell).

For the Thassalonian Dungeon, see this thread.

Obsidian Entertainment

Thank you again! Both of those links and your explanation cleared this right up!


Hawkmoon269 wrote:

(By the way, hold on to Invisibility if you are planning to go with the Illusionist role.)

Hell yea.. I dropped it before and then later realised .. Went searching and found em back ...

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