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• How do the Marquise de Cat's mechanical movement rules work? — The Marquise moves like any faction: take warriors from a clearing you rule and move them to an adjacent clearing you rule or are moving into. [p.5 — Moving Around the Map] The Marquise has no special…
• If the Vagabond takes exhausted items via Aid, are they exhausted or refreshed? — Items taken via Aid are added to the Vagabond’s Satchel in their current state, typically face-up and undamaged (refreshed), unless they were already exhausted. When the Vagabond uses the Aid action,…
• How do Woodland Alliance Supporters work when you have too many? — If the Woodland Alliance has no base, they can hold up to 5 supporters; excess must be discarded. With a base, there is no limit. The Woodland Alliance’s supporter limit depends on whether they have a…
• Can "any number" of warriors be zero? — Yes, "any number" of warriors can be zero unless the specific action requires a minimum. The phrase "any number" in Root’s rules generally includes zero unless explicitly restricted. For example, when…
• Does Recruiting in a clearing with a sympathy token require paying a card? — Yes, recruiting in a clearing with a sympathy token requires paying a matching card to the Alliance’s Supporters stack. When a player places warriors (via Recruit or other actions) into a clearing wit…
• How does the Looter move? — The term "Looter" isn't defined in the provided rulebook excerpts. If referring to the Vagabond, they move by exhausting a ☐ item during Daylight or slipping once in Birdsong. The rulebook does not me…