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Can you use a power that does nothing, just to avoid passing?

The designer answered this directly in a BGG reply.

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  • Res Arcana rulebook · Rulebook · Powers

Yes, on your turn, as long as you pay the full cost. The effect can fizzle, for example the Druid with no turned creature, or the Treant when no rival has Death. You cannot skip a power's effect when it has a legal target.

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