Eve Of Midnight

Lore and other documents for the Eve of Midnight game

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Eve of Midnight: Reimagine Calamity - Character Rules

Character Rules

1. Health Mechanic

• Characters have a health value that represents their resilience during gameplay.
• If a character’s health reaches 0, the character becomes disabled, not “dead” (unless explicitly stated by an effect).

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2. Disabled Characters

• What Happens When a Character Is Disabled:
  • A disabled character cannot:
    • Level up.
    • Activate abilities.
    • Modify their Ambition/Morality ratings.
  • A disabled character’s player can still:
    • Play Support Cards.
    • Play Resource Cards.
    • Interact with the board.
• Restrictions:
  • Players with disabled characters cannot:
    • Fulfill win conditions.
    • Resolve Tasks.

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3. Restoring a Disabled Character

• Disabled characters can be restored by:
  1. Support Cards:
     • Playing specific Support Cards that restore health.
  2. Resource Healing:
     • Spending resources to heal the character, if allowed by the rules or cards in play.
  3. Abilities:
     • Using abilities from allied cards that provide healing effects.

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4. Cross-World Compatibility

• Consistency:
  • Character rules remain uniform across all worlds, ensuring simplicity and accessibility for players.
• World Enhancements:
  • Unique mechanics from individual worlds may interact with character rules to create thematic gameplay.

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Examples

1. Health Mechanic Example

• Character: Syli, Cursed Harvester
  • Starting Health: 12
  • Syli takes 3 damage from a Task-related effect and 9 damage from an opponent’s Incantation.
  • Result: Syli’s health reaches 0, and the character becomes disabled.

2. Disabled Character Gameplay:

• While Syli is disabled:
  • The player can still play Support Cards and Resources.
  • The player cannot resolve Tasks or win the game until Syli is restored.

3. Restoring Syli:

• The player plays “Healing Bloom” (a Support Card) that restores 5 health.
• Syli’s health is restored to 5, and the character is no longer disabled.

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Simplified Explanation

“Characters in Eve of Midnight have health and can be disabled if their health reaches 0. Disabled characters cannot level up, activate abilities, or fulfill Tasks or win conditions. Players can still interact with the board and play cards while working to restore their character through healing effects or resources. These rules are consistent across all worlds, maintaining balanced and accessible gameplay.”

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