Primal: The Awakening – Venom Expansion Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• New Rules
  • New Terrain
  • Monster Rules
    • Venom Cards (Hydar, Reikal)
    • Venomous Serpents (Reikal)
    • Thornvine Tokens (Hydar)
• Campaign Mode Expansion
• Expedition Mode Expansion
  • Hydar
  • Reikal

Components

• Hydar monster board
• Hydar miniature
• 6x Hydar Stance card
• 3x Hydar Peril card
• 4x Thornvine token
• 18x Hydar Behavior card
• 1x Hydar Objective card
• 12x Venom card (Hydar)
• Reikal monster board
• Reikal miniature
• 6x Reikal Stance card
• 3x Reikal Peril card
• 5x Venomous Serpent card
• 20x Reikal Behavior card
• 1x Reikal Objective card
• 16x Venom card (Reikal)
• 4x Swamp terrain token
• 2x The Awakened Behavior card
• 4x Wound card
• 5x Quest card
• Expansion Rules and Campaign Book
• 3x Forge card
• 5x Reward card
• 30x Item card
• 15x Armor card
• 15x Helm card
• 12x Weapon card

New Rules

This expansion introduces new types of terrain and new components that follow special rules that are specific to the scenarios that include the new monsters. All the special rules are explained here in detail, so refer to this section as required by the scenario.

New Terrain

Swamp: When you pay the stamina cost for a green stamina icon, if you are in a sector with a swamp terrain, increase that cost by 1.

Monster Rules

Venom Cards (Hydar, Reikal)

The monsters in this expansion can add Venom cards to the players' deck through card ability effects. When a card ability instructs you to add a Venom card to your discard pile, take a Venom card from your personal reserve and place it on top of the discard pile for your action deck. Each player has a reserve of Venom cards, which can be identified by the class icon on the back of the card.

Similar to Wound cards, Venom cards clog up your action deck, making it less efficient. However, unlike Wound cards, Venom cards accumulate in your hand. The only way to get rid of them is to use them to generate stamina, but this will cause you to suffer damage, as explained by the text ability.

Venom card text (as printed on the card): "VENOM. This card can only be used to generate stamina. When you discard this card from your hand, suffer damage equal to your weapon level."

Venomous Serpents (Reikal)

Reikal introduces a new type of cards: The Venomous Serpent cards.

When a Venomous Serpent engages you, take a corresponding Venomous Serpent card and place it next to your hunter board. The ability text of that card only applies to you (and only while you are engaged with the Venomous Serpent).

To remove a Venomous Serpent card from the game, the engaged player must play a red attack icon in their sequence without resolving either its ability text or effect (the attack does not deal any damage to Reikal, but it allows you to eliminate the Venomous Serpent).

Venomous Serpent card text (as printed on the card): "VENOMOUS SERPENT. At the start of your turn, search your discard pile for a Venom card and place it on top of your deck."

Thornvine Tokens (Hydar)

Thornvine tokens are placed on the board as a result of Hydar's card abilities.

When you pay the stamina cost for a dark stamina icon, if you are in a sector with a thornvine token, increase that cost by 1.

Campaign Mode Expansion

To integrate the quests of this expansion into your campaign, follow these rules:

• Campaign Setup: When you set up your campaign, add all the quest cards in this expansion to the quest deck. The Campaign Book in the base game will tell you when to unlock these quests, based on specific conditions during the campaign.
• Scenario Setup: To set up and play the scenarios for the quests in this expansion, use the Campaign book - The Myth of Ouroboros (you will find the campaign scenarios for this expansion in numerical order, starting on page 6).
• Quest Rewards and Expiration: Use the Quest Rewards and Expiration section in the Campaign book - The Myth of Ouroboros to find the rewards and expiration consequences for each quest in this expansion.

Diagram (printed on page 4): the quest number on the quest card (shown as 41) is used to find the matching Quest Scenario in the Campaign book, and the matching Quest Reward and Expiration entry in the same book.

Expedition Mode Expansion

This expansion introduces 4 new expedition scenarios for you to play outside of the Campaign mode. You can find the setup rules for each of these scenarios on pages 5-6.

Hydar

Special Rules:

• Venom cards: Each player has a reserve of 3 Hydar's Venom cards associated with their hunter (see the matching class icon on the card back). Keep these cards close at hand and use them when instructed by card abilities during the game. Venom cards are explained in detail on page 3.

• Thornvine tokens: This scenario uses thornvine tokens. Keep these tokens near the board and use them when instructed by card abilities during the game. Thornvine tokens are explained in detail on page 3.

• Expedition 1: 2x Brush, 1x Synaerea, 2x Wildmaw, 2x Baethanis

• Expedition 2: 2x Brush, 2x Swamp, 1x Synaerea, 1x Wildmaw, 2x Baethanis

Reikal

Special Rules:

• Venom cards: Each player has a reserve of 4 Reikal's Venom cards associated with their hunter (see the matching class icon on the card back). Keep these cards close at hand and use them when instructed by card abilities during the game. Venom cards are explained in detail on page 3.

• Venomous Serpent cards: Take Reikal's Venomous Serpent cards and place them near the monster board. These cards are considered to be out of play until a card ability instructs you to interact with them. Venomous Serpent cards are explained in detail on page 3.

• Expedition 1: 2x Swamp, 2x Fog, 2x Cyricae

• Expedition 2: 2x Swamp, 2x Fog, 2x Rock, 2x Synaerea