Law of Root
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HCC.1 OVERVIEW
HCC.2 FACTION RULES AND ABILITIES
HCC.2.1
Crafting.
The Clergy crafts during Daylight by spendingflower tokens at Cathedrals.
(HCC.5.2.III - Craft)
HCC.2.2
Florists.
Flower tokens power much of the Honeycomb Clergy’s turn.
I
The Blind Bag.
Flowers are placed in the blind bag. When instructed to draw aflower, pick from the bag at random.
II
Placing Flowers.
A drawnflower must be placed in a matching clearing without a Cathedral and with at least one of your warriors (except during setup). Birdflowers may be placed in a clearing of any suit. If you cannot place aflower, return it to the blind bag. A clearing may hold any number of flowers.
(HCC.3.2 - Step 2: Place Cathedral, Warriors, and Flowers)
III
Spending Flowers.
Spent or removed flowers return to the blind bag.
IV
Moving Flowers.
When moving, you may move aflower token with each Clergy warrior. (Flowers may be moved to clearings which do not match their suit. Flowers may be moved to the Marquise’s keep clearing, since the keep only specifies that pieces cannot be built or placed there but may move there.)
HCC.2.3
Honeymakers.
Whenever you craft a card, score one extra victory point. This includes cards which do not normally grant you any victory points for crafting.
HCC.2.4
Divine Right.
You can always move to and from Cathedral clearings as though you rule them, even if you do not.
HCC.2.5
Poke the Hive.
When an enemy removes a Cathedral, set them to HERETIC. You may immediately place up to 4 warriors where the Cathedral was, and may initiate a battle there against the enemy which destroyed it.
HCC.2.6
Penitence.
Boxes on your faction board hold a marker for each enemy, indicating whether they are Penitent or Heretic. Factions may become Heretics via Sacrilege, and may become Penitent via Repent.
(HCC.6.1 - Repent)
(HCC.2.6.IV - Sacrilege)
I
Mercy.
You may not initiate battles against Penitent factions. You may not remove their pieces in any way (meaning, for instance, if you were to craft Favor of the Foxes, you do not remove any pieces of Penitent factions).
II
Honey for the Holy.
Penitent factions gain your Honeymakers ability: When they craft a card, they score one extra victory point. They may gain this benefit only once per turn.
(HCC.2.3 - Honeymakers)
III
Harbor the Holy.
You can move through clearings ruled by Penitent factions as though you ruled them, even if you do not. If the Woodland Alliance is Penitent, you do not provoke their Outrage by moving.
IV
Sacrilege.
If a faction removes any of your pieces, set them to Heretic.
HCC.3 FACTION SETUP
HCC.3.1
Step 1: Gather Warriors and Flowers.
Form a supply of 15 warriors. Place into the blind bag 11flower tokens: 3 fox, 3 rabbit, 3 mouse, and 2 bird.
HCC.3.2
Step 2: Place Cathedral, Warriors, and Flowers.
In a non-corner clearing, place a Cathedral and 3 Clergy warriors. Place one warrior in a clearing of each suit (3 total). Then, draw 3 randomflower tokens from the blind bag and place them in matching clearings with your warriors other than the clearing with your starting cathedral.
HCC.3.3
Step 3: Place Cathedrals.
Place remaining Cathedrals on the track, right to left.
HCC.3.4
Step 4: Place Penitence Markers.
Retrieve relationship markers for all enemy factions in play and place them in the Heretic slot.
HCC.4 BIRDSONG
HCC.4.1
Divine Intervention.
If you have no warriors on the map, place 4 at a Cathedral. If you have no Cathedrals, place 4 in an open slot in the non-corner clearing with the fewest enemy pieces.
HCC.4.2
Indulgence.
All Penitent factions draw one card.
HCC.4.3
Bloom.
Any number of times, you may spend a bird card to draw and place a random flower.
(HCC.2.2.II - Placing Flowers)
HCC.5 DAYLIGHT
HCC.5.1
Act.
Take three of the following actions.
I
Mission.
Take up to two moves.
II
Swarm.
Spend a card to place two warriors at a matching Cathedral.
III
Crusade.
May move, then may battle in the clearing you moved into. (You can only battle Heretics)
(HCC.2.6.I - Mercy)
IV
Replant.
Replace aflower token in a non-matching clearing with one that does match its clearing. You must have a warrior in that clearing. Search the blind bag until youfind aflower of that suit. Do not use birdflowers for Replant. If there are no moreflowers of the desired suit, you may not Replant. If the Lilypad Diaspora are in play, you cannot use a frog card to Replant.
HCC.5.2
Offer.
Any number of times and in any order, you may spendflowers to do the following:
I
Score.
In a Cathedral clearing, spend a flower token matching the clearing to score one victory point.
II
Build.
In a clearing without a Cathedral, spendflowers matching that clearing to place the leftmost Cathedral on your board. The number offlowers you must spend is shown above the Cathedral track. When you build, score points if indicated on the track the cathedral you just placed. You may not build a Cathedral in a clearing that already has one.
III
Craft.
Spendflowers at a Cathedral to craft a card in your hand. The suit of the clearing does not matter: the suit of the flower(s) you spend is the crafting suit.
(HCC.2.3 - Honeymakers)
HCC.6 EVENING
HCC.6.1
Repent.
Heretic factions with pieces in Cathedral clearings may give you a card matching the clearing to become Penitent.
HCC.6.2
Pollinate.
Draw and place 2 flowers, plus one per 🐝 showing.
(HCC.2.2.II - Placing Flowers)
HCC.6.3
Draw and Discard.
Draw one card, plus one per 🐝 showing. If you have more thanfive cards in your hand, discard cards of your choice until you have five.