Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread FAQ

594 questions players ask · Updated Nov 11, 2026 · Full rulebook

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Setup and components Exiles and roleplay Skills Items and inventory Cards and the index Adventure and worldmap Combat rules Combat actions and resolution Foes General rules and campaign

Setup and components

Can a 1x1 item be equipped on the belt and used from there?
Where can you equip KEY-23 Jagged Medallion?
Do you have to start a campaign with the Quick Start Guide?
Can players run the Quick Start character paths at the same time, or must they take turns?
How many starting skills does each exile begin with?
How do you tell which Path a punchboard token belongs to?
When a character's SKL ID appears twice, what is the difference between the character skill chit and the rules card?
Where are the party cards in the box?
What are the Kae values of the copper, silver and gold tokens?
Can party members share or pool Kae freely, and is there a communal Kae pile?
Can you swap equipment during combat, even if it is not actively equipped?
In a Hunt job, can you see the foe before placing your exiles?
Which map tiles are active and which are inactive during Arydia setup?
Where do the BIG tiles go in the setup, active or inactive side?
Which NPC, POI and map cards go behind the Active divider and which behind the Inactive divider during setup?
What happens if you run out of marker cubes?
What do the icons printed under the marker cubes on items mean?

Exiles and roleplay

Can you spend Roleplay Points on attack rolls and other combat rolls?
Should the Guide reveal the target value before an attribute check is rolled?
If the Guide's RP track is full, is the NPC's Roleplay Point lost?
Can the player who is not the Guide take the Roleplay Point instead?
Can you claim an NPC's Roleplay Point again if the NPC comes back?
If you defeat the same NPC a second time, do its reward or key card come again?
Is roleplaying required in Arydia, and do you still earn Roleplay Points if you only read the cards?
Can solo players skip the Roleplay Point system?
What do the purple marks under levels 3, 5 and 8 on the character card mean?
Can you reach level 5 without the point of interest that unlocks it?
Do Level Up markers refresh when you level up?
When levelling up, can a stat jump by several points the first time you raise it?
How much XP does each level require?
When an event rewards XP, does every exile gain it?
Do all characters share the same XP and level?
Can you add or remove exiles from the party partway through a campaign?
Can you change your Path later in the game?
What do character titles like 'the Hungry' or 'the Clumsy' do, and what does the code on the back of a title card mean?
If you gain a second title, which one is equipped and where do the others go?
When Key-152 says to change your character token to DOS-HU2, do you replace the Human character tile with Cowardly?
If a character joins after the Event 1 that gave their KEY was banished, do they still get that KEY?
With Epic Hunt, can you choose the alternate character skills and rules cards?
Can any race be played with any Path?
In a conversation with an NPC, are all adjacent exiles part of it, and who makes the test?
Does resting restore all MP, including MP held on ledgers?
Do the rules recommend two exiles for true solo play?
Do the Elf character's stats in the combat example or on the reference card take precedence?
If an event needs a check at half and you have 3 exiles, is passing one of the three enough?

Skills

Do you need to be on the city hex to pay the Kae for the Ledgermancy mastery at Eastgate?
Does Embellishment need Improvisation as a prerequisite in the Path of Inspiration?
If a foe moves toward the square where your hidden exile stands, is the exile pushed aside?
Can you look at a skill's tile and rules card before choosing it at level up?
How far can a Portal move an exile in one use?
Can a Portal take you onto an impassable square, such as a lake?
Does using a Portal in combat cost an action?
When does an armed trap trigger on a foe?
Can you use two Foci on the same roll?
Can Sharpen be used on another exile's weapon during combat?
Can you sharpen several weapons before one fight, and what happens when Sharpen refreshes?
Can Sharpen be used on any weapon type, such as a bow or shield?
What does Sharpen's 'put a marker on an adjacent weapon' mean?
Can you unlearn a skill that is a prerequisite for a skill you already learned?
Does retraining cost 1 Kae per skill unlearned, or a flat amount?
Does returning a skill to the skill tree to free an active slot unlearn it?
Can you unlearn starting skills?
Do Reaction skills cost an action token?
Can you pick up your set traps after combat ends?
How do you master Imbue Armor, which says to start a combat wearing no armor?
Does Ride the Tide cost SP every time you enter a new square during a turn?
What happens if a Bard cannot place itself adjacent to a foe when using Care to Dance?
What do the red arrows on the Care to Dance attack pattern mean?
Can Care to Dance move your exile into a square after you defeat an adjacent foe?
How does Stoneskin work, and when does it refresh?
Where can Blink move the mage?
Does Stratagem's shift work on any creature, regardless of range or line of sight?
Does Stratagem heal 1 or 3, given that the reference card and the skill tile disagree?
Does a Kae gained by Pickpocket during a Job go to the character right away?
How does the Mark skill's cost work, and what can it damage?
Can Mark move to a different enemy after the first is defeated, or apply to more than one enemy per combat?
Can the Mark skill's damage reaction be used when it is not your turn?
Do newly mastered skills come with their cube markers filled?
When you master a skill with a Eureka Moment, do you need an action token or spend its cube to use it straight away?
Does Catalyst make Poison damage pierce armour, and does it hit every adjacent hit point?
Can Advanced Training let you learn skills beyond the 10 unlocked skills?
How does the Bard's Improvisation skill scale with the number of notes rolled?
How does Wind Slash damage the other foes?
Can you master Swift as the Wolf by spreading its 6 squares of movement over several combat turns?
What does Swift as the Wolf cost when you choose the 8-space movement option?
Can Anthem of Vigor be used repeatedly outside combat?
Can Bard song skills be used outside combat?
Can skills be used outside combat?
Does the Hidden +20 bonus apply to both attacks of Eviscerate?
What do the keywords printed on Path cards do?
Can one Twin Missile against two foes satisfy Swirling Winds' Master requirement of shifting a foe twice?
Does moving with Trample break Hidden for a Rogue?
Do you need six hits in one turn to master Smite, and must they all hit the same foe?
How can you master Ox/Tail Guard, which requires missing the second or third threshold by 2 or more?
Do a skill's prerequisites need to be equipped to equip the skill, or only learned?
How many Kae refills all three Elixirs charges?
Can a Moldy Ledger cube refresh a Kinetic Glyph in the middle of a Lightning Bolt attack?
Can you master a skill that is not currently equipped?
Do items like the Ring of Farsight or Jagged Medallion count as a Focus for Path of Light range?
Does Pummel require a dice roll to hit?
Are you still hidden from other foes after you attack from hidden status?
Does poison from a Rogue or a trap count as a weapon, and can the damage source be chosen?
What is the difference between Train and Retrain for skills, and can you swap skills through training and retraining?
Can Form Up's exile movement target yourself?
Can you use dual wielding to attack with two weapons in one action?
Can Taunt on a foe that is already adjacent still grant combo?
What does the refresh icon on the Proud/Iron Guard skill mean?
How do you resolve Practice Kit healing when the roll is a tiered result?
When can you place or move a Path of Valor shield token before combat?
What do the different colours in the Skill Tree mean?
Can a Rogue use the Sneak action while adjacent to an enemy?

Items and inventory

Can a Ranger use the quiver from inventory, and can it be equipped in a held slot?
Where do sold items go, and can you buy them back?
Can you sell damaged items or items with spent markers, such as an empty potion?
Can you sell DOS items, such as the knapsack from the innkeeper or the healing potion from the herbalist?
Can you stash an item that has wear tokens, such as a damaged armour piece?
In Adventure mode, can you rearrange items between your inventory, other exiles and the stash when your inventory is full?
When drawing a random item from a chest, can you feel the item sizes to pick one?
If a natural 20 on a loot roll gives a chest, do you take the whole chest or one item, and do you also get its Kae?
Can you look at an item before buying it from an NPC, point of interest or merchant?
How much Kae does it cost to refill potions and knapsacks, and does a refill fill every slot?
Does refilling knapsacks and potions in town also refill bandoliers?
Do items that hold markers, like a knapsack or a potion, come filled when you draw them?
Do items moved to your inventory keep their markers, and can a second set of traps be used from inventory?
When you spend a cube from a Ledger linked to a Glyph, do you gain its Mana and also refresh the Glyph?
Where do you find a Path Chest, and what does its icon look like on the map?
Do town purchases and natural 20 loot rolls draw from the Path chest or the Pathless chest?
When you use a skill and a Reaction glyph applies, does the glyph resolve before or after the skill?
Can you put wear tokens on items with infinite durability, such as DOS-52, KEY-5 or KEY-52?
Does wear on KEY-52 matter for the Warrior's Field Repairs mastery?
Can you use normal arrows without limit, separate from a quiver?
Do purple, red and yellow trap tokens need to match a specific colour?
How is DOS-46 Foesplitter equipped: as body armour, or as a held weapon?
Are the paint buffs on Keys 12 and 91 reusable?
Do winged boots add 1 movement to actions that grant movement, such as Upbeat Beatdown's Move 2?
Does the practice lute's marker limit how often songs can be played?
On the EVT-542 boat loot roll, does a natural 20 pay 3 Kae in total?
When trading an item from a chest that has only one item left, how many items go back into the chest?
If you are told to take an item from a chest that is empty, what do you get?
Does the Jagged Medallion (KEY-23) come back later in the game?
Where do you keep the Jagged Medallion, and does it take an inventory slot?
Does damaged armour stay damaged after combat or a level-up?
Can an item stay in your inventory and be equipped later, and can you use it straight from inventory in combat?
Can a glyph granted by a ledger in your inventory be used?
Where do you store an item you cannot carry, and can you stash it while adventuring?
Can you sell items you have stashed?
Where do starting items go when you sell them after getting a Path item from a chest?
What does a wood-chest item cost to buy from an Armorer, and what does it sell for?
What is a stone (Pathless) chest, and how do you get access to one?
What are the Stone and Iron chest chits (DOS-CH) for?
Do Armorer item slots restrict the shape of the items placed there?
Must you fill an Armorer's slots when you find the town?
What does matching tier mean for the Pathless items drawn at a town's Armorer on first visit?
What do the +1 defense icons on Path items mean?
Does a Lucky Charm need to be equipped to take effect?
Can the Ring of Farsight take as many durability markers as enemies put on it, and does its armour depend on the marker?
Does an Area Ability icon on an armour piece add defence?
When an exile drops in or out, do you draw from the Pathless chest?
What is a knapsack?
Where is KEY-26 activated when it names the text 'lone gravestone sits'?
Can a Weapon Master warrior use weapons stored in the companion ant's inventory?

Cards and the index

When are Key cards banished after they trigger?
How do you change an NPC's state once you hold the matching key?
How does the Merchant NPC change state?
Do you banish a job card after completing it?
Do you have a wooden squill from the start when solving the puzzles?
On KEY-35, does 'star' on a map card mean the sun icon?
What do the Hunt placements on JOB-28 mean (Foe-81 and Foe-82 on Y and Z), and where does the job start?
Day 11 adds TRV-55, which is already the only copy; which card should it add?
Is DAY-12 adding TRV-57 a repeat error that needs fixing?
Day-12 says to add TRV-57, but it is already in the deck or was banished. What do you do?
Do KEY cards with no state letter, such as character and race keys, go in the active deck?
Is the B card of an event a side of the A card?
Is there a benefit to filing cards back instead of banishing them?
When resting, is the travel card put in the bottom of the travel discard before or after the travel deck is shuffled?
When is Travel card 46 added to the travel deck?
How do you know a Day card is being read for the first time?
Can you stay on the same DAY indefinitely without resting?
What happens when you must draw a Day card but the Day deck is empty?
When do you draw from the Day deck?
Do you draw the new Day card at the end of a session or at the start of the next one?
How do you record the state of a Dossier item that has markers on it?
Which Day card do you resume on after saving, and how should the Day deck be stored?
What does the DOS-EL2 instruction on a KEY card mean?
Where do indexed cards go when you are told to index them?
Can you look through all the cart cards before a cart job to plan for its challenges?
Why must you stay on roads and only use travel during a cart job?
What does unbroken path mean on a cart job, and how is the cart deck built?
If you miss the travel card a hunt job needs, can you try again?
Can you start a Hunt job right away when you are already on its starting hex?
Can every exile attempt a task job's skill check, paying SP each time?
Is NPC-174 still usable after you finish the Bilma quest, and where does that quest end?
Do you equip an earned title, and can you change titles later?
Where is the trigger for Key-180, the Odd Notebook, that adds the travel card?
Does an exile have to end the turn in the same location as a thrown DOS-63 to catch it?
If a Squill's condition is met later, can you add its Job card then?
Do any Day cards tie to a Squill that you still need to draw?
If a KEY sends you to a point of interest with nothing there, did you miss something?
Is the salamander foe on JOB-26 a card error?
Can you give up a job you cannot complete, such as one whose trigger card was shuffled away?
On a job that calls for FOE-125 and FOE-126 on each of two marked spots, how many foes appear?
How do you get JOB-44 into the job deck?
Does the game have a time limit that forces you to finish content?
Can the KEY-515 Orb be passed while the exile is above 0 HP?
Does a Discharge effect that lasts until the end of the next action cover a whole multi-part skill, such as Tempest Blade?

Adventure and worldmap

Do players have to stay together as one party?
Can you travel into an unrevealed hex while a Travel token is exhausted?
If a Travel token gets exhausted during a travel, do you still reach the unexplored hex?
If you flee during a travel step, do you still complete the travel to the intended hex?
Can you travel to an explored hex while a Travel token is exhausted?
What happens when the terrain icon you cross is greyed out on a Travel card?
If you Rest while a Hunt job's Tracking card is on top of the Travel deck, does it stay on top?
Do Hunt jobs let you fight foes you have not met yet?
What do you do when a Hunt job's Tracking card (TRV-90) comes up?
On a Tracking check that costs SP, must every exile spend the SP and make the check?
After resolving a special or alternate Travel card, is the travel complete?
On a Travel card that offers an NPC or a discard, can you discard it instead of meeting the NPC?
After a Travel card sends you to an NPC, is the NPC card discarded?
When you leave a location that has an NPC card, do you put the NPC card back?
Do foes respawn when you return to a map you cleared?
After fleeing a fight, do the foes you already killed respawn when you come back?
Is a map cleared once no foes are left, even if chests or events remain?
Can you fight the same combat again and again for experience?
When a map's text says to place one foe you can see, do you also place the other foes printed on that map?
After an NPC changes state, can you talk to the new state right away?
Which card changes NPC-67 to state B?
What happens to an exile who is KO'd at the end of combat?
Does Rest refresh markers that cost SP or MP?
When is the Travel deck shuffled?
Can the Guide read the NPC choices aloud, and can the Guide's exile join the conversation?
After a foe runs away from NPC-999, can you take all three boons?
Can you use Town or Guild POI actions while walking a town's location map?
Do town actions like Rest or Smithy cost Kae per exile?
Is a job or travel card's SP cost paid once for the party or once per exile?
For a Task job search, is the Stamina cost paid once or per exile?
When an event or point of interest calls for a check, which exiles make it?
If one exile fails a check at an event, can another exile at the same event try it?
Can you retry a failed attribute test on a point of interest?
In a cart job with empty seats, do you still make checks for each seat?
When a reward includes Kae from a d20 roll, is it split among the party?
Is the Guild's free refill of potions and knapsacks limited to once per day?
Does the Smithy repair one exile's armour or the whole party's?
How much Kae does it cost to refill potions and knapsacks?
Where can you rest to save or restore the party?
Do you draw a Travel card every time you move to a new hex?
Can you leave a location after foes are revealed, for example to rest?
Can you move across connected maps during a combat?
Can you use stairs to move between floors during combat?
Can the active exile step onto a square holding an event token?
Can exiles stand on different map tiles of the same location at once?
Are the gaps in map tile numbers, such as LG3 or SM6, intentional?
Which components count as pointers you can interact with on a map?
Do you still get the loot on a foe's AI card after completing a Hunt job?
What does a habitat terrain list on a Travel or Hunt card mean?
After a hunt, do you draw another Travel card to finish the trip?
Must you collect a Job's reward before starting the next Job?
Can Focus be used in Adventure Mode?
Can one exile pay Stamina or use items to help another while travelling?
Must players alternate turns in Adventure mode?
Where do you find the job boards and how do you take a job?
Must a cart job's route be explored and joined by roads before you start?
Do you have to enter a city to complete a job that ends there?
When the raft takes you out to sea, do you place both the Rim and the Uplands maps?
Can you travel over water hexes overland from a berth without the raft?
What do the terrain icons on hex edges mean, such as the star-shaped snow symbol?
Are diagonal squares considered adjacent?
Where do exiles stand when they arrive on a new floor by stairs?
When you reveal a new map tile by moving, where do characters stand?
Who must be adjacent to a map pointer to reveal a new map tile?
When you explore a new map tile that starts combat, do you move onto it immediately?
How are hexes labelled on the Worldmap?
What goes behind the Inactive map divider, since cleared and uncleared maps are both Active?
Why does running out of cart cards fail a cart job?
Does the extra 2 movement from paying Stamina apply after a foe moves, or to other movement abilities?
What do the On Top icon and the gold-and-silver stacked icon on a map mean?
What does 'close this location' mean?
Does terrain still block movement in Adventure mode?
Is The Rim accessible once The Uplands are unlocked?
Do you have to explore every location you pass through on the worldmap?
Are there random combat encounters during overworld travel?
Are roads safer for travel than other terrain?
If a hex lists SML-42 but only SML-42B is in inactive storage, which map do you draw?
When a Key card's trigger phrase appears mid-text in Adventure mode, does it fire immediately?
When an Armorer lists two items under one price, is each item priced separately?
Which BIG-90 map do you use for a combat, and does it have foe icons?
On a natural 20 in Adventure mode, do you pick the Travel or the Threat card?
How many overworld maps are there, and does each hex link to a town map?
When is an Armorer's stock in a town restocked after you buy from it?
After you defeat the foes on a Travel card, do you discard or banish that card?
When a worldmap hex is replaced with a DOS hex, is the new hex face up or face down?
What happens if a Travel card makes you pay more SP or MP than you have?

Combat rules

Who takes the first turn in combat, and do foes act before each player?
Can players change the clockwise turn order during combat?
If several foes share an AI card, does each one pay threat for its behavior?
When a threat card says +2 Threat and two foes are on the map, do you add 2 or 4 threat?
What happens when an All Foes threat card is drawn while threat is at zero?
When a threat card names a foe type that is no longer on the board, which part of the card applies?
When is the threat deck shuffled, and are discarded threat cards put back in?
When does combat start when I flip a map tile that has foes on it?
Can you explore adjacent map tiles while foes are still on the board?
Can you move onto already revealed map tiles during combat?
Where do you place miniatures when you flip a map and enter combat mode?
Can creatures move through other creatures or chests during combat?
What does refresh out of combat mean: after one fight, or after the whole combat ends?
How do you flee from combat?
What happens if you flee again while the flee card is still in the Threat deck?
When a map roll starts combat, can you switch to combat mode before the tile is flipped?
Where does the randomness in combat come from?
What do you do when a threat card says Then draw again?
Do threat cards added to the deck stay there until a later combat?
Is THR-333 banished after it is drawn, or indexed?
When a threat card says to index card A and find card B, which card do you draw next time?
Does THR-333 give each exile all of +3 HP, +3 SP and +3 MP, or does each exile choose one?
Does Shift move a foe or an exile diagonally?
What does a Threat Limit Break do?
When is a foe Threat Limit Break checked?
Does the threat track reset to zero after a Threat Limit Break?
Can foes activate twice in a row when threat reaches 7?
Can a foe Threat Limit Break happen during an exile's turn, such as when a weak point pushes threat to 7?
Do Power tokens stack when threat hits 7 more than once?
Is an exile's Limit Break mandatory, or must it be used as soon as Combo reaches 7?
What does an exile Limit Break cost, and what does it grant?
Does Limit Break ignore only the Combo cost, or also SP, MP and marker costs?
Can the Limit Break free action be used to master a combo skill such as Fireball?
Can Limit Break interrupt a weak point or a foe's action?
Does movement from a skill other than a basic Move give Combo?
If you pay Combo for a skill and roll a natural 1, is the Combo wasted?
How can you tell whether an attack needs a d20 roll?
Do other miniatures block line of sight, line of effect or area of effect?
How is line of sight traced when the edges of a square have different terrain?
Does a line of sight that grazes a corner between two obscure edges get blocked?
How does line of sight work where wall and obscure borders meet at a corner?
Does a wall on one side of a corner block a diagonal attack that grazes that corner?
Can an enemy hit you behind a bush if an obscure border lies between you?
Can an area attack pass through walls or around corners?
Does an area attack damage allies, or other foes standing next to its target?
If an area attack covers several squares of one large foe, does the foe take damage once or once per square?
Can a foe still hit you when you stand diagonally to it?
What counts as adjacent in combat, and are diagonal squares adjacent?
Can a foe's melee attack hit a Hidden exile?
Can a multi-target attack hit a hidden Rogue, and does the attack break Hidden?
Does a ranged attack with range 4 have a minimum range?
Can a foe with a range value attack at less than its maximum range?
Can you target a large foe through any of its squares, including one next to you?
For a 2x1 foe's range attack, does range count from either of its squares?
Does the page 21 example show a large foe's movement or its attack range?
Does Lightning Bolt have a maximum range?
Does the direction I pick for Lightning Bolt rotate its damage pattern on the foe's hit grid?
Does a foe's facing decide which exiles it can attack?
With Swirling Winds, can you choose which creatures to shift, and by how much?
What does the X marker on a map intersection mean?
Does Poison's delayed damage trigger every time the foe activates?
Does Poison damage get through armor?
If one trap kills a foe that stepped next to several traps, do the other traps still trigger?
Can you add poison to an attack triggered by your trap using a reaction?
Does a trap placed next to an enemy trigger right away?
What happens if an ice wall from Event 139 appears on a square with an exile?
After Event 80 keeps you in the same combat, do surge tokens clear, and can you spend Combo during its preparation?
When damage and a weak point hit the same foe, does the weak point resolve before or after the remaining damage?
If one attack wounds several weak points, does each weak point effect resolve?
Does Mark's bonus damage trigger a weak point, and who counts as the attacker?
Does removing an armor cube count as a wound for a skill that requires three wounds?
What happens when a card makes you lose stamina but your stamina is already at zero?
If a hit kills a foe, is it removed immediately or at the end of the action?
What does a map edge with no border marking mean?
On a skill with bracketed squares, such as Ricochet, do you need a foe in each dashed bracket?
How far is 1 inch in the dropped-item combat prompt?
Is there a penalty for moving away from an adjacent foe?
How does a threat card that makes the Active Player lose a Normal action work when threat cards are drawn in the foe phase?

Combat actions and resolution

Does a weak point still trigger when the hit that wounds it also defeats the foe?
Does a weak point trigger when you only remove the armour cube sitting on it?
Does removing an armour cube count as damage or a wound?
When do weak point effects resolve during an attack: after each wound or after the whole attack?
Do weak points still trigger when a foe's attack causes the hit, and can their damage reach the attacking foe?
Does poison damage to a weak point resolve before the foe's behavior?
Can you react while a foe's weak-point effect is still resolving, before the foe flees?
When one attack hits several foes, in what order are damage, extra damage and weak points resolved?
Do criticals hold wounds, and where does critical damage go when a critical has two arrows?
Does a directional attack trigger every critical its line crosses, including criticals past the last damage point?
Can a critical be triggered by an attack coming from either side of the card?
Does a critical trigger when the attack line only passes beside it?
Can a directional attack trigger a critical that lies beyond the last open hit point, such as FOE-16's?
Can a targeted (aimed) attack trigger a critical?
Can you choose a directional line whose first hit point is already wounded?
Does an attack pattern stop when a hit lands on a point that is already wounded?
After an armour hit, does the next point of an attack pattern still apply?
If a hit in an attack pattern runs off the card, do the hits chained after it still happen?
Where does the first point of an attack pattern land: an arrow start or an X start?
How does the Vicious Blade attack pattern pick its starting point and direction?
How much damage does Snipe deal at higher rolls, and does Felwoods Longbow's armour piercing apply to all of it?
What does a blue diamond around a damage point on an attack pattern mean?
When is the attack pattern chosen, and must you apply all of it?
Can you attack a foe with a weapon whose pattern does not match the foe's hit grid?
Are injuries tracked per body part, and can repeated hits to one unarmoured location knock out a hero?
When armour only partly blocks a hit, where does the leftover damage go?
What do the pips on the faces of a hit die mean?
Is it acceptable to pre-fill a foe's hit grid with wounds and remove them as damage is dealt?
If a critical and the attack pattern both hit the same armoured point, does that count as two hits?
How does a Smite attack spread across the hit grid when some points are already wounded?
Does an enemy's facing change which side of its hit grid an attack pattern uses?
Does a skill with two attack patterns, like Cleave, count as two attacks for Weak Points?
When do 'when you hit a foe' and 'when you wound a foe' skills resolve, and does a killing wound count?
Is the basic move a minor action, and what does it cost?
Can a Normal action token pay for a minor action, and can a Minor token pay for a Normal action?
How do you tell whether an action is minor or normal?
Can you take the same action more than once in a turn?
Can an exile make two basic attacks with the same weapon in one turn?
Does a basic move still gain a Combo point when you move zero squares, and does each move count?
Can you spend SP for extra movement on any movement ability?
Does turning to face a different direction cost an action?
Do items and skills need action tokens outside combat?
Can you use an item in the middle of an action to cover a cost you lack?
Does swapping gear or trading with an adjacent ally in combat cost an action?
Can an out-of-combat refresh skill such as Sharpen be used over and over in Adventure Mode?
Do action tokens reset when combat ends?
Can you spend a quiver marker from your inventory in combat without equipping it?
Do HP, SP and MP reset after the Quick Start Guide's first combat example?
If you roll a natural 20 on the loot roll after combat, what do you get?
When does combat end?
Can you move the Shield token after combat ends, before the next combat starts?
Do Hidden and set traps reset when combat ends?
If a foe attack knocks out every exile, does combat end at once?
Can a KO'd exile still act, and how often can they surge?
Is a KO'd exile's turn skipped, and is a threat card still drawn for it?
If another exile heals a KO'd hero before its turn, must it still surge?
Can a KO'd exile be shifted by a skill such as Swirling Winds?
If a retaliation knocks you out during an attack, do you finish the rest of the attack pattern?
Does the campaign end if the whole party is KO'd in combat?
If a foe kills an exile who has a Mark on it, does the Mark still deal damage?
If a foe moves onto a KO'd exile's square, where does the exile go?
If a multi-hit attack drops a character with a revive reaction, do the remaining hits still land?
If Balm heals a KO'd exile, does the exile stand at the start of their turn without surging?
Can a KO'd exile at 0 HP take more damage while surging, such as from critical reactions?
Can a KO'd exile flee while surging, and then heal out of combat?
If a surge wins the combat while every exile is at 0 HP, is the party defeated?
Can you move between two explored maps during combat without ending the combat?
Do out-of-combat refresh abilities such as Quiver refresh when a location closes but combat continues on the worldmap?
What happens when you flee from Event 333 several times?
Do you get XP and rewards once per foe or once per AI card?
Is the loot roll made once for the whole party or once per exile, and who shares the Kae?
If a foe flees mid-combat, do you still get its loot, and when are rewards taken?
If you fight the same kind of foe on another map, do you get XP and rewards again?
Do foes respawn when you return to a map you cleared, and can a cleared encounter be fought again for rewards?
Can you repeat a fight by leaving its chest unlooted so the map is never cleared?
If you defeat every foe on a map but leave before opening its chest, is the chest lost?
When you defeat the Kero, do you get a free turn before combat restarts?
Does the Kero get its hardened cubes back when it returns after being defeated?
Can you Make Camp after wolves retreat into a cave, without leaving the location?
Can Vier's KEY-45 ability be used at any range, and how many times per combat?
Can you take the medallion back from an NPC during combat?
In Event 15, do the ice points need armour-free damage, and can healing be used on the trapped figure?
When Rathen's Event 139 or 140 puts armour cubes on the map, are they removed one at a time like a normal hit grid?
Can you save the Hardy reaction for a later turn, or does it apply automatically at 0 HP?
How do you set up targets for Twin Missiles, and does its range come from the skill or the weapon?
If a foe's bash deals the damage that KOs you, do you still get knocked back?
Why does an attack pattern show two white hits in a row?

Foes

How does the Shamant's Invade attack work once the invasion ants are dead?
How does a foe's Flee move work, and does the foe attack first?
Which exile does a fleeing foe move away from?
Can a 2x1 foe flip its orientation for free before it flees?
Does a stampeding foe damage an exile it can reach but cannot fully pass through?
Must a stampeding foe move in a straight line through an exile?
Where does a stampede stop after passing through exiles, and what happens after it attacks?
Can a foe with a "move through as many exiles as possible" attack move through an exile?
If a stampeding boar is killed by a trap as it enters a shadow square, does it still deal stampede damage?
Can a boar trample an exile when it lacks enough movement to pass the exile fully?
Can foes move through an ice wall created by Event 139?
Can a 2x1 foe's Whip attack hit an exile beside it?
Do foes with multi-target attacks pick targets to hit as many exiles as possible?
If a foe's attack can hit two exiles, must it hit the second one?
For a foe with several attacks in one behaviour, which attack chooses the target?
If an exile is inside a foe's second attack pattern after the first attack, does the second attack still hit it?
If a foe's preferred target is out of reach this turn, who does it attack?
What does a foe do when none of the exiles can be reached by its attack?
What does a foe do when every exile is KO'd and there is no valid target?
When no exile can be hit, does a foe plan its route as if it had unlimited movement and no other foes?
If a foe moves into a Hidden Rogue's square, does it lose movement, and how does it retarget?
If Vortex moves a Hidden Rogue, is the Rogue still Hidden?
Can Shrapnel hit an Alert token from the Path of Shadow?
If a foe's two-part attack (Burr then Shrapnel) targets the Alert token while the Path of Shadow Rogue is Hidden, can the Rogue be hit?
Does Firestorm's All Exiles area attack have a range limit, and does a Hidden Rogue escape it?
Can Staggering Shot still shift a foe that is immune to damage, such as one with Shroud?
Can a non-damaging skill affect a foe that has Ghostly, such as the Shroud?
When a respawned Mob comes back, does it keep the armour and hardened points it had before?
If a foe's respawn point and all adjacent spaces are occupied, where does the foe appear?
Do FOE card numbers match the FIG miniature numbers?
Where do foe cards and miniatures go after a combat or a defeat?
When a foe dies, is its corpse removed right away?
When several foes share one AI card, do they each pay Threat, or does the group pay once?
When an All Foes Threat card is drawn, does each foe type pay Threat?
Which foes activate on a Mob, Boss or All Foes Threat card?
If a boss spawns a mob during its activation, does the new mob activate in the same Foe Turn?
If a defeated goblin's replacement spawns at the same initiative, does it activate immediately?
When two foes share an initiative number, who goes first?
If poison kills a foe during its activation, does the foe still take its action?
Do FOE-59 and FOE-60 act before the Threat level reaches 3?
Does an Inert foe still spend or raise Threat when its card calls for it?
Does a foe's Threat Limit Break reset Threat to zero?
If the Threat card only shows an increase in Threat, do foes act that turn?
In combat, do all foes take their turns between each exile's turn?
Can you take a free action on another exile's turn?
In combat, must the exile turn order stay the same each round?
Can several Basic Move actions in one turn be combined into one movement?
Can you move through your allies (other exiles) during a Basic Move?
Does a ranged foe already in range move to its desired position, backing away?
Can a large foe rotate in place to shorten its movement?
Does a 2x1 foe need movement to turn to face a new direction?
Can a large foe attack an Exile behind it without turning around?
Can a 2x2 boss squeeze through a one-wide gap while moving?
Can a large foe straddle a solid border when it moves?
How does a large foe choose its start square when moving toward a desired position?
When a large boss pushes aside a smaller mob, how far is the mob moved?
Can a boss block smaller monsters from reaching the exiles?
Where do you place a foe when the map marker sits on a vertex where four spaces meet?
Do spawned slimes stay on the board after the Lurd boss is defeated?
How are foes placed for a Hunt job that lists two foes on two locations?
Does the Tornado attack of FOE-720 hit every exile?
Does the Shroud's Ice text freeze exiles, and does the ice melt after combat?
What does the melee icon on Kero's Swoop attack mean when it also has range 2 and infinite range?
Does a foe's Ignite Hooves still happen if its Trounce attack has no targets?
Does the Slimed effect's minimum of 1 apply to the natural die roll or the final total?
Does Pyre's reference to skeletons cover FOE-191, FOE-192 and FOE-193?
Is Foe-61 affected by Poison boosted by Catalyst?
When Kick targets a space with several exiles in a dashed bracket, who is chosen?
What does the Owlich riddle fight require, and what do the riddles do?
What counts as a fire skill for FOE-132's reaction, and when is an exile adjacent to one?
Can a character move through a Most Whelp foe while it is still in its hidden starting state?
If a Skitter's movement is completely blocked, does it attack instead?
Can character attacks wound Foe 11, and can healing abilities heal it?
Can an enemy heal its own Weak Point or another Weak Point?
When can an 'after being attacked' skill trigger against a foe with several hits in one named ability?
Does a named foe ability with no hit die, such as Trip, count as an attack for after-being-attacked skills?
If a foe's attack pushes you away, can your Counter still trigger?
Does a foe reacting to a weak point wound count as activating?
If Misdirect moves a foe into another foe's weak point, does the weak point's reaction target the exile?
On Kobold Guard's Focus on Me, do you lose or gain wear tokens when you move away?
Are Tether foes (FOE-185) targeted as 1x1 foes, and how are their armour points handled?
Does FOE-61 fight as an ally, or take damage as an ally?
Is FOE-125 a Brute or a Mob when its cards list different types?
Does FOE-144 still have the Shrapnel effect?
What happens to Sapphire Owlich's gorging when there are no tokens left?
How does a foe that flies toward THR-689 choose its destination?
In the Path of Wandering combat example, where does the foe move on Foe Turn 2, step 3?
Does one multi-hit attack remove more than one Leaf Shield from Foe 167?
How does the Spit ability interact with armour?
When a foe's targeting priority is most Exiles, does a melee or area attack change which Exiles are targeted?
Can a trap token be placed next to a foe, and when does it trigger?
If an exile evades after the first of a foe's repeated attacks, do the remaining attacks happen?
Does a foe that targets the highest-HP exile keep moving to hit more exiles?
When a foe cannot reach any exile, which way does it move toward its target?
When a foe cannot reach an exile because of a chokepoint, where does it move?
If several shortest paths lead a foe to its chosen target, who picks the path?
How does the Nightbane -10 penalty apply to an exile's roll for attacks and reactions?
When a foe with a melee pattern approaches, does it move the minimum distance to place its target in the pattern?
How can I tell which combat die a foe uses besides its colour?

General rules and campaign

When can I save the game? Anywhere outside combat, or only after a Rest?
Does Arydia scale difficulty for the number of players?
Which difficulty is the default, and is there a hard mode?
Is the Fabled Fishing minigame cooperative, with all players acting at once?
After losing a fight, can you take all of the offered boon cards or only one?
Does the epic (mega) boon let you skip a fight repeatedly?
Can Arydia be played with 5 or 6 players?
When saving, do you keep the Threat deck and its discard pile separate?
Do you get the Kae from a fight once for the whole party, or once per exile?
Can you run two campaigns at once with one copy of the game?
Do item markers refresh on Rest, and must you track them when saving?
What is the goal of the campaign, and how does it end?
For Event 178, is the reward 1 XP and 1 Kae per correct choice, or only once in total?
Do you have to read card dialogue aloud, or roleplay it, to progress the story?
Can a card that was banished by mistake be put back into the game?
Can you rest for free at the Guild from anywhere on the world map?
Can Arydia be played as standalone one-off sessions instead of a campaign?
Does a natural 20 always succeed a check, including tiered checks and very high targets?
Can you get stuck with no Kae and no way to make progress?
Does a 'gain +1 HP, MP or SP' effect permanently raise your maximum?
For EVT-549, do Threat and the Orange Diamond start at 0 before the first check?
When an event grants XP, do all exiles gain it or only the ones who took part?
Can players join or leave partway through a campaign, or change between sessions?
What are the single small HP, SP and MP tokens for?
Do player titles stack, and can they be swapped?
What is the success threshold for an attribute check?
Can you attempt an attribute check on an attribute you have at 0?
Do you lose your active Job when you rest or save the game?
How many jobs can you work on at one time?
What do the Mana Points (MP) track and its teardrop icon do?
What happens when an effect drains more Stamina or Mana than you have left?
Can Kell (FOE-720) be targeted or take damage?
If a Travel card says to deliver a key to a city that is not yet accessible, do you have to enter the city?
Can you pay a Kae at the Exile Camp to fill all of your empty knapsacks?
Can the Exiles Camp level go above level 4?
Does a replay require resetting the game components to their starting positions?
What do the durability icons on the back of some armour tokens mean?
Can you visit an NPC more than once to get a service such as healing?
Can Arydia be fully reset to the start after playing?