Ability Text Changes

We've made global changes to ability wording around Conflict to make some of the more confusing card interactions clearer. These are only text changes and do not affect the underlying abilities.

The following wording rule changes have been applied to all the appropriate abilities:

• All cards which trigger before a Conflict win/loss happens, now accurately say so

  • Removed the word 'would' from these effects, and made it more clear that the conflict win/loss still occurs.

• Any older cards which use 'defeat' as shorthand for 'win a Conflict' have been updated to be more accurate.

• Jari now correctly explains that he forces a Conflict to resolve as part of his on reveal ability.

• Cards that target the enemy card in a Conflict (such as Leo Stein or Ophelia) now have reminder text explaining that the enemy card still has to be present for them to use their effect.

• Terms like 'enemy pawn' which used to refer specifically to an enemy pawn card in a enemy pawn space have been reworded. Now 'enemy pawn' refers only to which player controls it, so now we use the term 'enemy pawn on the opponent's side' to refer to that.

  • This should make cards like Herald of the Hunt more clear that it does not work for enemy cards on your side of the board.

These changes affect many different cards, but some keystone examples of this are:

• Toru Asano

  • Was: When one of your cards loses a Conflict: Murder it.

  • Now: Before one of your cards loses a Conflict: Murder it. (the Conflict is still lost)

• Olavi "Tappava" Puttanesca

  • Was: Before one of your Violent cards would win a Conflict: Murder the enemy card.

  • Now: Before one of your Violent cards wins a Conflict: Murder the enemy card. (the Conflict is still won)

• Leo Stein

  • Was: Before this wins a Conflict: Score Points equal to the enemy card's Power.

  • Now: Before this wins a Conflict: Score Points equal to the enemy card's Power. (if the enemy card is still there)

• Herald of the Hunt

  • Was: When this defeats an enemy Pawn: Summon The Huntmaster (Beast) in the Prince space. (This can replace your Prince)

  • Now: When this wins a Conflict against an enemy Pawn on the opponent's side: Summon The Huntmaster (Beast) in the Prince space. (This can replace your Prince)

To further clarify some interactions: Cards with the same trigger, for example "before this loses a Conflict" still work in reveal order - this means the card that was on board first will take priority!

Additionally we've fixed the following ability bugs

• Cards with placement rules (such as Shifa, Monika, Brixton) now work correctly when copied by Agent <3 or Ethan

• Stat changes from locations are no longer removed when a card hits the discard pile

Thanks for reading

🩸The Clans of London Team