A. He receives 2 Power, since that is now half the cost of Awakening Cthulhu (since, obviously, he has already been Awakened once). Of course, he could instead just take 2 Elder Signs. That’s what I would do, anyway.

A. Yes!

A. Yes, the intent is that Ancients can Eliminate Nyarlathotep with Unholy Ground.

A. Yes, he can use They Break Through. No, he cannot “Move” the Moon via Beyond One. He also cannot Move a Gate TO the Moon, because there is already a Gate present. He can’t Move Yog-Sothoth to the Moon, but he could Awaken him there, if he had a Spawn of Yog-Sothoth on the Moon.

A. Yes. But the presence of another Enemy Controlled Gate does not increase this reward.

A. Yes.

A. Opener gets 2 Power for Yog-Sothoth during the Gather Power Phase. He also gets 1 Doom for having Yog-Sothoth on the Map during the Doom Phase. If he performs a Ritual of Annihilation, he gets 1 point for Yog-Sothoth as a Gate (plus an Elder Sign for Yog-Sothoth as a Great Old One).

As a Gate, Yog-Sothoth can always Summon Monsters into his Area. Unlike other Gates, he can coexist with a normal Gate, and he is never considered to be Abandoned. Cultists do not Control him, nor can they ride him. He cannot be Moved with The Beyond One as if he were a Gate.

A. Yes, because Yog-Sothoth is an Enemy-controlled Gate in the ocean!

A. If Yog-Sothoth is the ONLY Gate in the Area, then yes. If there is another available Gate, then you must replace THAT Gate with Ithaqua instead.

A. Despite this fact, yes, you can Beyond One to Yog-Sothoth’s Area.

A. Million Favored Ones happens after all the Pains and Kills are applied, so the Spawn first Retreats into a neighboring Area and THEN shatters into multiple Mutants. This also means that if a Spawn is Eliminated by a Pain result because it was surrounded by its opponent, you do not receive the Mutants.

A. No, because Yog-Sothoth is not technically a Controlled Gate

A. Yes! For example, if there are 4 Enemy Great Old Ones on the Map andan Opener-Controlled Chaugnar Faugn, then Yog-Sothoth’s Combat would be11 (8 + 3). However, if Opener also Controlled a normal Gate in the sameArea as Yog-Sothoth, you would still only add 3 to your Combat in thatArea, not 6. The ability reads “in an Area,” which means that you onlyget the Combat bonus once per Area, rather than once per Gate.

A. Yes.

A. Ancient Sorcery doesn’t affect the targeted Faction at all. However, I think what you mean is, “how does Sleeper benefit from using Ancient Sorcery on Great Cthulhu or Yellow Sign?” The answer in the first case is that a unique ability that names a specific Great Old One allows Sleeper to apply that ability to Tsathoggua. Thus, if Ancient Sorcery affects Great Cthulhu, Sleeper can re-Awaken Tsathoggua for 4 Power (and will also earn 1 Elder Sign). With regards to Yellow Sign, during the Gather Power Phase, Sleeper will gain 1 Power for each Area containing one or more of his Units plus a Desecration token (which, admittedly, had to be created by Yellow Sign).

A. Yes. Sleeper’s Units are able to fly while burrowing. Tsathoggua is not from this part of the universe.

A. Although Energy Nexus takes place prior to Pre-Battle, follow the same rule as to what happens when all Units of a side are removed during Pre-Battle. The Battle ends, no dice are rolled, and no abilities (including Pre-Battle!) can be used. The Power is paid to initiate the Battle, but no Battle actually takes place!

A. No. So long as Tsathoggua is in play, Demand Sacrifice applies to all Battles against Sleeper’s Units.

A. Of course not. He is not your Controlled Gate.

A. Yes to all—the Unique High Priest acts as your other two “regular” High Priests in every way, EXCEPT that it cannot use the normal Unspeakable Oath ability. High Priests can only use the abilities on their own Loyalty Cards.

A. Windwalker gets to choose the Gate that is destroyed in the Area (the normal Gate or the Lord’s Shadow). If the choice is between Yog-Sothoth and a Lord’s Shadow, then they must destroy the Lord’s Shadow instead of Yog.

A: It means that it cannot be responded to by abilities like Unspeakable Oath (if playing with High Priests) or Great Cthulhu’s Devolve. Additionally, it means that it doesn’t transfer Baphomet’s Fury more than once per Scavenge activation. If you Killed or were Killed by multiple enemies at the end of any use of Scavenge, then choose which eligible player would receive it.

A: You can reveal Elder Signs at any time during the game—between, before, or during any Action or during any phase. This means you can reveal Elder Signs after being Attacked, and even after Pre-Battle to boost Baphomet’s Combat value. This has weird interactions as well, like if fighting Ithaqua, you’ll be boosting him too (but only by half ) when you’re revealing Elder Signs.

A: If Great Cthulhu had Baphomet’s Fury and faux “Killed” a Unit, but it remained in play (as per Torment) then he wouldn’t receive his “Kill/Devour a Unit in Battle” Spellbook(s), as no Unit was actually Killed or Devoured.
A: If Opener had Units “Killed” via Torment, they would be able to “upgrade” with Million Favored Ones. A: If Crawling Chaos had Baphomet’s Fury and was to Kill an enemy Great Old One, it wouldn’t trigger Harbinger, as that Unit never was Killed or Eliminated because of the replacement effect of Torment.
A: Any Unit Killed/Eliminated pre-battle, like being Devoured by Cthulhu while Great Cthulhu has the Baphomet’s Fury, would stay in play for the rest of the Battle (provided that the Power could be afforded during Pre-Battle to keep that Unit alive). Keep in mind that you calculate/resolve Torment whenever an effect happens, not at the end of an Action. This means that Units could be “spared” during Pre-Battle only to be later lost during Combat resolution if they don’t have the Power to cover those costs. In this way as well, Units can somewhat absorb multiple “Deaths” during a Battle, as those are prevented by Torment (provided those are caused by Pre-Battle abilities). Torment does not change that Units (other than Starspawn) can only absorb 1 Combat result.
A: Windwalker’s Cannibalism wouldn’t trigger if Torment prevented the Kills in an Area.
A: Torment is not a Battle ability and also affects things like Ghroth and Dread Curse. This is not always a penalty and can be used in clever ways to degrade your opponents.

A. If no Gnoph-Kehs are on the Map, Summoning one costs 4 Power. With one on the Map (and three in the Pool), the cost is 3. With two each in the Pool and on the Map, the third will cost 2, and the final Gnoph-Keh will only cost 1. Remember that a Gnoph-Keh Captured by Tsathoggua is not in the Pool, and thus decreases the cost for future Summons!

A. Rhan Tegoth’s Eternal ability only cancels the effect of a Kill or Pain on Rhan Tegoth itself, not the effect such a result has on other abilities and Spellbooks. In other words, Nyarlathotep can gain Power or Elder Signs and Cthulhu can earn a Spellbook when the result is assigned to Rhan Tegoth, even when Eternal is used to cancel the effect.

A. This describes any Actions involving Units that finish their turn in the Area, or that do something to the Area itself. For example, Units can Move OUT of the Area for no extra cost. But moving INTO the Area costs an additional Power (not per Unit, just for the entire Move Action). For other examples, if Yellow Sign tried to Desecrate the Area, it would cost one additional Power. If Cthulhu emerged from Submerge in the Ice Age Area, he would pay one additional Power (but not if he left the Area via Submerge). Great Cthulhu’s Devolve is not an Action, so it is still free, though using Dreams would cost him three Power. Black Goat’s Avatar would cost one additional Power as at least one Unit will be ending that Action in that Area (even if the Unit ending up in that Area is not a Black Goat Unit). Opener of the Way’s Units can Promote after Battle and Sleeper can use Death From Below in the Ice Age Area free of cost, as these are not Actions. If Sleeper declares Lethargy while Tsathoggua is in the Ice Age Area, it costs one Power. If you use a multiple-Area Action, such as if you used Mother Hydra’s Zygote, and placed at least one Recruited Cultist there, it would cost an additional Power.

A. If Yog-Sothoth is the only Gate in the Area, then yes. If there is another available Gate, then you must replace THAT Gate with Ithaqua instead.

A. No, they do not participate in the rest of the Battle, and so cannot use their Abilities.

A: Windwalker can use Eternal to ignore the effect of the Kill by paying 1 Power. If they don’t, they pay 3 Power instead to ignore the Kill via Torment. If they have insufficient Power at that point, then Rhan would be Killed normally.

A: Windwalker CAN choose to trigger Eternal by paying 1 Power OR they can choose to not trigger Eternal and allow Torment to trigger (provided they can pay for it). Here, Windwalker has an interesting decision: pay less Power but allow Harbinger to trigger, or pay more Power and prevent Harbinger from triggering by allowing Torment to take effect. It’s up to them. The general rule is that Torment is similar to Rhan-Tegoth’s Eternal ability; however, while Eternal ignores the effect of the Kill, Torment instead is a replacement effect that replaces Kills or Eliminations with Power loss (if they are able to pay).

A. Undimensioned specifies that you may only rearrange Units among your Areas. So, you could not swap out a Cultist who is Cursed Slumbering with one from the Map, or change which Units are currently Submerged with Cthulhu, since these are not Areas. (When Cthulhu is Submerged he uses incalculable geometry such that even beings who are temporarily dimensionless cannot reach him).

A. In an Elder Thing’s Area, Cthulhu can’t Devour. He can still use Submerge and Y’Ha Nthlei, as those are Spellbooks, not Great Old One special abilities. This ability also works on Independent Great Old Ones (but only their special abilities, and not their Spellbooks). Nyarlathotep can’t use Harbinger, Azathoth can be Killed with a single Kill result, and so on. Shub-Niggurath can’t Avatar out of an Area containing an Elder Thing, but she could use Avatar to enter an Area containing an Elder Thing because she is not in that Area at the moment she uses her Avatar ability. (And the player controlling Bokrug could lose his Loyalty Card!)

In some cases, Mind Control can cancel the abilities of Great Old Ones. For example—if Tsathoggua is in an Elder Thing’s Area, then he can’t use Lethargy. If Ithaqua is in an Elder Thing’s Area, then Ferox is not in effect for any of his Cultists (of course, if an Elder Thing is merely in the same Area as one of Windwalker’s Cultists, but NOT in Ithaqua’s Area, Ferox is still in effect). Likewise, Abhoth could put a Filth Token in an Elder Thing’s Area, so long as Abhoth himself does not share an Area with an Elder Thing. Some Spellbooks might be affected, even though they are not directly negated by Elder Things. For example: The King in Yellow can’t Desecrate, which means that his Third Eye Spellbook can’t be used, either (a similar effect happens to Cthugha and Ghatanothoa when they have their respective Firestorm and Execration of Mu Spellbooks).

A. You still get to take the Doom and/or Power from your Enemy, even if some of the Battle results are not applied to Enemy Units (unless, of course, your Enemy doesn’t have enough Doom or Power to take). This also means, for example, that if Rhan Tegoth uses his Eternal ability when fighting your Star Vampires, you still get to take the Doom or Power if a Kill or Pain was initially assigned to Rhan Tegoth! Likewise, if your Star Vampire rolls a Kill against Nyarlathotep when he is protected by Emissary of the Outer Gods, you get 1 Doom but the Kill is reduced to a Pain (as per Emissary).

A. A Spellbook action or effect that is partly complete remains that way and can be completed despite a Moonbeast’s cancellation. A new action or effect would be prevented. So for example, if Cthulhu has Submerged before the Moonbeast’s arrival, he can emerge. Similarly, if Sleeper has a Cursed Slumber Gate, it can remain where it is or return, but a new Gate can’t be Cursed.

A. Nothing. Like Yog-Sothoth, Bubastis’ Moon Gate is inherent and always present.

A. Zero. Technically, Azathoth costs 0 Power to Awaken. The one die plus 2 Power you pay to Awaken him is a loss, not a cost. Nyarlathotep can get at most 2 Elder Signs when fighting Azathoth.

A. Azathoth’s special ability is Ongoing and not a Battle ability, so just reduce his Combat by a d6. (Yog-Sothoth can’t use Azathoth’s own curse against him, you cadaverous fool! But because Azathoth is the Blind Idiot God, he can still harm himself somewhat).

A. Affected third party Factions cannot use Battle Spellbooks orabilities. They can still benefit from non-Battle Spellbooks andabilities.

A. Cthulhu gains 1 Elder Sign upon Awakening Nyogtha. If only 1 of 2Nyogtha units is Awakened, Great Cthulhu does not receive an Elder Sign.

A. He only gets 2, whether he Kills or Pains one or both Nyogtha figures.

A. Yes

A. Lavinia Whateley reduces the cost to Awaken Cthugha himself, notwhichever Great Old One Cthugha will replace as part of Awakening him.For example, if you have Hastur and want to Awaken Cthugha, the costwould be calculated by starting with 6, then subtracting 3 (per Lavinia), and then again subtracting 10 (the nominal cost to Awaken Hastur). The result would be negative 7. Then, per Cthugha’s Awakening requirements, you would gain Power equal to the result if itis negative, so you would GAIN 7 Power by Awakening Cthugha using bothHastur and Lavinia Whateley.

A. Your Pool.

A. No. You must Control Gates in all four Areas, not simply Control fourGates among the Citadel Areas, you cheater. In this situation, MovingYog-Sothoth to Citadel 4 would give you the win.

A. Yes. Even though Avatar specifically works on Faction Monsters, Zoogsare all identical so it doesn’t matter which one in the given Area ischosen to swap places with Shub-Niggurath. If the Zoog is sent viaAvatar to an Area that is NOT a Citadel, then the Zoog is Eliminatedfrom the Map.

A. Yes. Even though Avatar specifically works on Faction Monsters, Zoogsare all identical so it doesn’t matter which one in the given Area ischosen to swap places with Shub-Niggurath. If the Zoog is sent viaAvatar to an Area that is NOT a Citadel, then the Zoog is Eliminatedfrom the Map.

A. Yes, because he is not only a faction Great Old One but also a Gate. You’d also get 1 Power, since he is a Unit.

A. Only if Yog-Sothoth is the only Gate in the Area. Otherwise, Windwalker must destroy the normal Gate.

A. Yes! (But not for Devour, since that doesn’t affect the Watcher).

A. Yes. Even though Avatar specifically works on Faction units, Slime Molds are identical, so it doesn’t matter which one in the given Area ischosen to swap places with Shub-Niggurath.