Thwart

Some game effects and card abilities reference a thwart attempt. There are a few different ways this can occur:

• A hero or ally can use their basic thwart power to thwart a scheme. A character must exhaust to use this power. This removes threat equal to the character’s THW value from the scheme.

  • A character can only initiate a basic thwart if there is a scheme with at least one threat for the character to remove or if that character is confused.

• If a triggered ability is labeled as a thwart —such as “Hero Action (thwart)”— resolving that ability is considered to thwart the specified scheme. Unless specified by the ability’s text, a hero does not exhaust when using such an ability.

  • An ability labeled as a thwart is considered a single thwart, even if that thwart removes multiple instances of threat.

  • If an ability increases the amount of threat an ability labeled as a thwart removes and that ability removes multiple instances of threat, each of those instances that does not use the word “additional” is increased by the specified amount.

See also

• Ally
• Basic Power
• Consequential Damage
• Exhausted
• Labeled Ability
• Main Scheme
• Modifiers
• Side Scheme
• Threat