FAQ

The purpose of this document is to answer the most frequently asked questions
related to Mythic Battles Pantheon 1.5. The FAQ consists of two sections:

1  GENERAL QUESTIONS (P.1) providing clarity and additional explanation to

ensure rule comprehension and relevant rule interaction reminders.

AND

2  SPECIFIC QUESTIONS DEALING WITH PARTICULAR UNITS, THEIR POWERS,

AND INTERACTION WITH OTHER UNITS. (P.5) This section is in the following order.
Titans, Gods, Heroes, Monsters and Troop units.

1 •  GENERAL QUESTIONS

Differences between Recruitment cards and • Reminder: These effective values cannot be mod-
Dashboards. ified, except when an effect explicitly affects effec-
tive values, such as Eurytion’s Guerrilla power. On
The Dashboards contain the correct information the other hand, Artemis’ Golden Bow power says:
and should always be referenced instead of the «Make a range +1 attack with +1 offence.» As the
Recruitment cards. You can still use the recruit- unit’s offence value is being used here, modifiers
ment cards during the draft, just remember that the apply (just as terrain effects, talents and powers
information on some is incorrect. from allies and enemies...)

Clarifications regarding values and effective values Simultaneous effects and priority
of stats
Reminder: When several effects happen at the same
When a scenario or power prompts you to make an time, the active player decides the order in which to
attack with a certain amount of dice, this corre- resolve them. An effect must be fully resolved before
sponds to the effective offence value of the attack. the next effect begins.
• Whenever a stat icon associated with an X value
in a black or white box appears in a power’s descrip-
tion, the effective value of that stat is found in the
stat slide’s window.

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ATTACKS
Q: Can I perform a range X attack (with X=1, for
instance) in the same area as the defender? Can
they retaliate? Can I perform a range X+ attack (X+1,
for instance) in the same area as the defender? Can
they retaliate?
A: Range X lets you perform an attack at range X
or less, so you can attack someone at range 0, and
the defender can retaliate to the attack in the same
area.
Range X+ lets you perform an attack at range X
or more, so you cannot attack someone at range
0 (even when targeting a full area). As the attack
cannot be performed in the same area, the defender
cannot retaliate.
Q: Can I attack an adjacent full area with a range 0
area attack?
A: No. Step 1 of the area attack sequence must not be
mistaken with step 1 of the normal attack sequence.
The first step of an area attack is the «Area Choice»,
and it is clearly indicated that the area must be
within range and visible to the attacker. The «Target
Choice” step always occurs after “Area Choice” step.
Q: Is a retaliation considered as an attack?
A: Yes, a retaliation is considered as a normal
attack. The defender may thus use passive or per-
manent powers such as Ajax’ Wall of the Achaeans,
Atalanta’s Dodge...
Q: Is it possible for a thrown unit to retaliate?
A: It is only possible if, at the end of the Mighty
Throw, the defender/retaliator is still within range 0
of the attacker. Otherwise, as the retaliation takes
place after the resolution of the attack, it is no lon-
ger possible because the attacker is no longer at
range 0.
The same Rule applies to with units being thrown
after making a retaliation attack using the Initiative
talent. The original attacker, having been thrown,
may not be in a position to attack their original
target.
Q: Is it possible to dodge a retaliation using an
Evade maneuver?
A: No.
Q: Is it possible to use powers to redirect attacks
and replace/take precedence over the Guard talent?
Are there powers that prevent the use of the Guard
Talent?
A: Yes, Guard can be modified by some powers. In
this case, the power takes precedence over the tal-
ent. These powers descriptions are quite explicit.
Example : Geryon’s Shepherd power enables him to
have a similar effect as the Guard talent.
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As does Leonidas’ Wall of Shields... Additionally,
some powers cancel the effects of Guard. Example,
Stheno the Gorgon can use her power Blood of the
Gorgon to make an attack preventing the target
from using the Guard talent.
BOUNDARIES AND TERRAINS
Q: Are boundary effects considered the same as
terrain effects?
A: No, these are two distinctly different types of
effects. A unit that ignores terrain effects would still
be affected by boundary effects, and vice-versa.
Q: Do the units with range 0 gain the +1 range
bonus when they stand on top of a rock, a stair or
any higher level?
A: Yes, these units gain range +1.
Q: Is it possible for a unit situated at the bottom of
an escarpment, an elevation, or on the other side of
a wall, and that could never cross this boundary, to
attack that space if it is full?
A: No.
Q: Is it possible for a unit to move away from a rock?
A: Yes, limitations only affect the movement
TOWARDS the rock (unless the unit has Climb, uses
Fast Flight...)
Q: Does using a Fast Flight action make it possi-
ble to ignore the effects of the boundry type Cage
walls?
A: Yes, but ONLY if Heroes or troop units are per-
forming the Fast Flight action.
Q: Do a unit gain the +1 offence bonus when shoot-
ing from a rock towards another rock or an escarp-
ment? Is a level difference required to gain the
bonus?
A: No, you do not gain the bonus if the enemy units
are on the same level as the attacking unit.
Q: A unit on a rock ignores obstacles when deter-
mining whether a target is visible or not if targeting
a unit in an area at a lower elevation level. Can the
targeted unit in the lower elevation level return fire
ignoring obstacles to line of sight too?
A: Yes, assume that a unit that has line of sight to
another unit can be seen by that targeted unit.
TOKENS
Q: If a unit has power tokens attached to it when it
is destroyed, do those power tokens remain in play
on the board when the destroyed unit is removed
from the board?
A: Yes, unless the power states that the token must
be in the proximity of the target unit.
OMPHALOS
Q: Can a unit collect a divine stone which has
already been collected by an allied unit if occupying
the same area?
A: No as the divine stone is considered claimed and
therefore unavailable.
POWERS
Mandatory or optional use of the powers
Q: Is it mandatory or optional to use or trigger pow-
ers? Example, does the 5 Toxotai attack have to be
an area attack?
A: As a general rule, permanent and passive powers
that do not require an AoW card must be resolved
if their description does not clearly indicate that
using this power is optional.
Example : Achilles’ Prowess is optional («you may
change»), whereas the 5 Toxotai attack is always an
area attack.
CHARGE
Q: Does a unit using a power like Charge take into
account its starting area and thus does it make an
area attack in it?
A: No, the Charge power only triggers on the areas
the unit moves into.
Q: Is it possible to use the Charge power AFTER
using the Mighty Throw talent and then attack the
same thrown unit twice?
A: Yes, if the unit is thrown into the area designated
as the next area of the Charge by the unit using the
power.
Q: Does the Charge power (Minotaur’s, Colchidian
Bull’s, Calydonian Boar’s, or any other power result-
ing in a Charge, such as Typhon’s Tempest) allow
that unit to backtrack, moving one area forward
and then moving back to their starting area?
A: No. This is not allowed. This would be considered
two Charges.
PETRIFY
Q: Can a unit receive Petrify tokens from different
sources such as one from Perseus, and one from
Medusa?
A: No, a unit can only have one single «Petrify»
token attached to it.
Q: Does the «cannot use any talents or powers» part
include all types of powers, even permanent ones
such as the Phoenix’?
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A: Petrify cancels all powers. The Petrify token is
only being removed only when the unit has been
destroyed, any powers triggering upon destruction
are thus unavailable due to the Petrify token. So the
Phoenix cannot place its Ash token upon its destruc-
tion if it is petrified. It is definitively destroyed.
TALENTS
Q: Is it possible to add up the effects of several tal-
ents? And, is it possible to add up the effects of one
single talent?
A: Yes, a unit may add up the bonuses from differ-
ent talents, such as Sneak Attack and Close Combat.
One single talent only provides one bonus (Bolster,
for example).
Reminder: These modifiers may never lower a value
below 0 nor raise it higher than 10.
Q: May I use talents to complement a power?
A: Yes.
Q: Can a unit with the Bolster talent benefit from
its own talent?
A: No. The text should read «during the calculation
of the effective offence and defence values of a nor-
mal or area attack, the other allied troop units in
the same area as the unit with the Bolster talent
gain +1 offence and +1 defence.»
The Close Protection and Sneak Attack talents can
only be used if another allied unit is in the same
area.
The Phalanx talent can only be used if another allied
troop unit is in the same area.
Q: Can a unit with the Guard talent protect an allied
unit which is in a full adjacent area?
A: No.
Q: May I use the Leader talent if I do not have any
troop unit cards in my draw pile?
A: Yes. In order to benefit from the second activa-
tion, a player only needs to have one card of this
troop unit in their hand.
Q: During a 4-player game, if I use the Leader talent
on one of my partner’s units, do I have to play their
unit immediately, or may I keep the card and play
it later?
A: No, the unit card must be played immediately.
Q: Can a divinity absorb a divine stone in the same
area as an enemy unit with the Block talent?
A: Yes. The Block talent only prevents the divinity
from claiming the divine stone.

CLASS
FLYING
Q: Can a flying unit perform an Evade maneuver
when petrified?
A: No. The description of Petrify should read: «When
Medusa is recruited, take 4 Petrify tokens. In her
area, all troop units are destroyed and all remain-
ing units (except Medusa herself) without a Petrify
token receive one and drop any claimed omphalos.
Medusa’s owner chooses the affected units if there
are not enough tokens. A unit with a Petrify token
attached cannot activate normally. Furthermore, it
cannot retaliate, perform any evade maneuver, nor
use any talents or powers. If the unit is a divinity,
Troop recall cannot be performed during their acti-
vation. If the unit is activated, its owner can only
discard 1 AoW card to perform a complex action that
consists of removing the token.» This is true for all
the units that have a Petrify token attached.Petrify.
Q: Does a flying unit ignore all terrain effects such
as lava or swamp during a Fast Flight?
A: Yes. Fast Flight ignores all terrain effects.
Q: Can a flying unit leave an area using a Fast Flight
if there is a unit with the Block talent in its area?
A: Yes, this complex action is not considered a walk
nor a run action.
Q: A flying unit performs a Fast Flight to fly to a rock
or a cliff. Does it have to perform the same complex
action to leave that area?
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A: No, the restrictions related to terrains only apply
to movements to those areas, and not when leaving
those areas. (Rulebook v1.5, page 21, caption in the
white box.)
FULL AREA
Q: Is it possible to Charge through a full area?
A: No. A unit cannot enter a full area.
Q: If all deployment areas are full, may I pass?
A: Yes. Please refer to the Turn Sequence section,
especially «1-Start of turn phase».
Q: Is it possible to recall troops if the god’s area is
full? Or is it possible to recall troops onto an adja-
cent area?
A: No. Recalling troops cannot be occur if it leads
to exceeding that area’s capacity. Unless otherwise
specified (power, scenario-specific rule...), no troop
unit can ever be recalled in an adjacent area to that
of the unit recalling the troops.
Q: If I perform a range 0 attack into a full area, may
I benefit from the talents and powers of allied units
in that area?
A: Yes. For the duration of the attack, the attacker
is viewed as being in the defender’s area, especially
when resolving talents and powers.
The defender can retaliate if he would normally be
able to do so.
 2 •  UNITS
TITANS
YMIR
Q: Is it possible to remove the Frost Desert tokens
from the map?
A: No.
Q: Can Ymir absorb an omphalos?
A: Yes. He can take the omphalos card too. However,
he does not gain the vitality point when discarding
an omphalos card because this effect is for Greek
divinities only.
GODS
APHRODITE
Q: When Aphrodite is the target of Cerberus’ Triple
Bite, does Cerberus’ controller have to discard sev-
eral AoW cards?
A: They must discard 1 AoW card for each bite
(attack). If the attacker cannot (or does not want
to) spend 3 AoW cards, they can still spend 1 or
2 AoW cards to perform one or two bite attacks
respectively.
Q: If I attack Aphrodite, at what time do I have to
discard an AoW card because of her Irresistible
power?
A: The AoW card must be discarded during step 1
of a normal attack: Target choice, just before attack
resolution, if Aphrodite is the final target of the
attack. So, after the use of the Guard talent or any
powers likely to change the target of the attack.
ARTEMIS
Q: Can the Hounds of Artemis unit benefit from the
+1 movement bonus?
A: Yes. The Hounds of Artemis count as an allied
unit for Artemis when they are controlled by the
same player. Artemis also gains the +1 movement
bonus as she is considered as an ally to herself.
DIONYSUS
Q: When recalling troops, can Dionysus bring back
several young satyrs units?
A: No. Only one unit is recalled back to the game.
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HELIOS
Q: Is it possible to use the Whip of Helios to move
a unit into his area if the target unit is under the
influence of the Block talent in their own starting
area?
A: Yes. Block only prevents a unit from walking or
running.
Q: How exactly does the Revealing Light power
work?
A: Whenever a player activates Helios, they look at
every players hand. Then every enemy player must
discard 1 activation card specific to that unit for any
of their units located in Helios’ area.
HERA
Q: How does the Perfidious power work, not as an
attack action, but as a game effect, for example
with Echidna’s Poison?
A: Only one Perfidious token may be attached to an
enemy unit at a time. This means that if Hera has
a Poison token at the beginning of her activation
when she suffers a wound, she will have to place
a Perfidious token on Echidna (But only if Echidna
does not already have one).
HERMES
Q: Is it possible to use a power to influence the
Celerity power?
A: No. No power nor talent can modify Hermes’
movement actions. Not even powers like Challenge
or Taunt.
The phrase «modify Hermes movement actions»
includes any movement, be it imposed or prevented
by any enemy talent or power. Yet, Hermes is still
required to stop whenever he enters an area con-
taining an enemy unit.
PAN
Q: When does the recall of the Satyrs happen with
Divine Shepherd?
A: The recall of the Satyrs with Divine Shepherd is
immediate. The use of this power is thus resolved
during Pan’s activation, and not during phase 4.a.
PERSEPHONE
Q: Do the Growth tokens remain on a unit until it
is activated?
A: Yes. Reminder : when the player controlling
Persephone uses ‘Spring Growth», they first remove
all Growth tokens from play before they place them
back on the enemy and allied units of their choice.
HEROES
ANDROMEDA
Q: Is it possible to target the Chain tokens with an
area attack?
A: It is possible to make an area attack in an area
with one or several Chain tokens. However, only one
Chain token may is targetable by this attack.
Q: May I use Guard against the Chains tokens?
Unlike other powers, there is no specific text that
provides an answer.
A: No, the Chains are not considered a normal
n=or an area attack. It is just an offensive power.
However, if Andromeda uses her offensive power as
her first action, she cannot perform an attack nor a
walk as her second action.
AUTOLYCUS
Q: Can Autolycus claim an omphalos during the
turn when the player removes his Petrify token?
A: Yes, it is possible. The effect of Petrify does not
work anymore and only permanent powers can be
used after a complex action.
Q: Can Autolycus claim an omphalos in the middle
of an action? In the middle of a walk or run action,
for example?
A: No.
BELLEROPHON
Q: Does the power Pegasus’ Grace only allow to
modification of attacks with a value calculated on
the basis of the attacker’s offence stat. For example,
can the fixed values of Apollo’s or Hecate’s special
attacks be modified?
A: Pegasus’ Grace applies on every attack, except
special attacks/offensive powers with an effective
offence value (and thus does not work with Apollo’s
or Hecate’s special attacks).
CHIRON
Q: Is it possible to use Chiron’s Immortality to sur-
vive Echidna’s Poison?
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A: No, Echidna’s Poison is not considered as an
attack.
DIOMEDES
Q: Does Diomedes benefit from his God Killer power
if the opposing player uses one of their units’ Guard
talent?
A: No. This power must be triggered if the opponent
does not want to use a unit with the Guard talent
or if they do not have a unit with this talent. This
means once the target of the attack has been cho-
sen, and your opponent does not want to use a unit
with the Guard talent.
AEACUS
Q: If I use the power Sentence of Exile on an enemy
unit carrying an omphalos, does the divine stone
remain with the unit?
A: No, only the unit is moved, the divine stone is
dropped and considered unclaimed.
AEGISTHUS
Q: Can the Assassin power be influenced by any
other power?
A: No power nor talent can modify Aegisthus’ power,
even powers like Wall of Troy. However, Petrify, or
Eurytion’s Taunt, can prevent the use of the Assassin
power.
EURYTION
Q: How does Eurytion’s Taunt power work?
A: A unit activating in Eurytion’s surroundings must
attack him if Eurytion’s owner so chooses.
The text should be read : «If an enemy unit is acti-
vated in Eurytion’s surroundings, Eurytion’s owner
may choose whether it acts normally, or must
attack Eurytion. In this case, if the target unit is
not in Eurytion’s area, it must perform one walk
action and then an attack action; if it has a range
1+ attack, it can attack and then perform a simple
action. If the unit is in Eurytion’s area, it must make
an attack and it can then perform a simple action. If
the unit is forced to attack Eurytion, it may not use
its talents or powers.» 
Reminder: you cannot perform a walk action after
an attack action.
In situations where Eurytion benefits from the
Guard talent of a monster being under the influ-
ence of the Graeae, the player must discard 1 AoW
card to perform their attack.
Q: If Eurytion uses the Taunt power, can his owner
use one of their other units’ Guard talent to protect
Eurytion?
A: Yes, except in the specific case such as an attack
preventing the use of Guard.
HERACLES
Q: Is it possible to reroll blank dice thanks to
Heraclean Feat?
A: Yes, the player can reroll blank dice. This power
triggers at step 2.b.1 of the 1st assault.
LEONIDAS
Q: Does the target of Leonidas’ Wall of Shields have
to be within the attacker’s reach?
A: No, the target unit must be an allied troop unit in
Leonidas’ surroundings.
MARSYAS
Q: Can I force my opponent to play Ares’ second
activation?
A: No. A unit affected by Marsyas’ Challenge is not
forced to use its powers to move closer to Marsyas.
ODYSSEUS
Q: Thanks to Odysseus’ Subterfuge power, the
player does not have to spend an AoW card during
the activation of another allied unit in Odysseus’
area; can he use this power on himself to activate
for free during this phase?
A: Yes, because any unit considers itself as an ally
(Rulebook, p. 7).
ŒDIPUS
Q: Does the Answer power cancel the Sphinx’
Intellectual Superiority power?
A: No, because it is not considered an attack.
PERSEUS
Q: Does Perseus ignore all talents and powers from
monster units thanks to the Monster Hunter power,
including Charybdis’ Groundswell power?
A: Yes, he is thus not moved by Charybdis’
Groundswell and occupies the same area as the
monster. However, he cannot enter Charybdis’ full
area because of the monster’s Huge class, which is
neither a talent nor a power.
Q: Does Monster Hunter prevent Perseus from being
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a Guard against monsters’ offensive powers?
A: Yes, even if he wanted to, he could not be affected
by them.
THESEUS
Q: The description of Shining Strike indicates that
this power lasts until the end of the turn. Is it the
end of the player’s turn or the end of every player’s
turn?
A: The current turn, that is the turn of the active
player.
MONSTERS
ACAMAS
Q: Does the owner of Acamas have to discard an
AoW card if the target of their Molten Metal area
attack includes monsters under the influence of the
Graeae?
A: Yes.
ARACHNE
Q: Is it possible for a unit to have more than 2 Web
tokens at the same time? And, can a unit with the
Guard talent have the tokens attached?
A: Yes, a unit can have more than 2 Web tokens at
the same time. A unit with the Guard talent can
have Web tokens attached, if the attacker uses this
power.
Q: Is it possible for a unit to attack the Web token,
destroy it and then claim an omphalos?
A: Yes.
CERBERUS
Q: Can Achilles benefit from his Endurance power if
he is the target of Cerberus’ Triple Bite during each
of its attacks?
A: Yes.
CHARYBDIS
Q: Can Charybdis be moved by a talent or power
such as Persephone’s or Artemis’?
A: No, because this unit is Huge.
Q: When using the Groundswell power, does the
player choose which units will be moved if this
would result in the destination area being full?
A: Yes, and this movement is done towards one sin-
gle area.
DRAGON OF THEBES A: As long as the unit’s status is «destroyed», its
activation cards can be discarded/used the same
Q: If the Spartoi come into play during an area way as with any other destroyed unit.
attack destroying the Dragon of Thebes, do we
have to consider the Spartoi as targets of this area
attack? SPHINX
A: Yes.
Q: Does a token have a strategic value as far as the
Riddle of the Sphinx power is concerned?
GERYON A: No. The only exception is when the token clearly
indicates this.
Q: If Geryon uses the Shepherd power, can he trans-
fer this attack to a unit with the Guard talent? Q: Is the Intellectual Superiority power considered
A: No. as an attack?
A: No.

GRAEAE
Q: If an attack is transferred to a monster with the
Guard talent, does the attacker have to discard an
AoW card because of the Gardians of the Gorgon
power?
A: Yes.
Q: In case of an area attack, can I avoid discarding
an AoW card to cancel this attack on my monster
unit?
A: No, because the Guardians of the Gorgon power
only functions on allied monsters, and thus cannot
protect the attacker’s side monsters.
LADON
Q: One of my units is the target of an attack. May
I use Ladon’s Guard talent and use its Many Bites
power as an addition?
A: No, because Ladon is not the initial target.
TROOPS
INFERNAL WARRIORS
Q: How many miniatures must I put in play during
the deployment of this unit?
A: There is an error in the reprint of version 1.5. You
should deploy 4 minis and not 3.
YOUNG SATYR
Q: A troop unit loses its talent when there is only
one miniature left in the troop. Does this talent ever
not work, as this troop unit contains one miniature?
A: The rule says that two conditions must be met
in order for a troop to lose talent(s): the troop unit
must no longer be complete, and there is only one
miniature left. As this unit only has one miniature,
it is always considered complete.

MINOTAUR SIRENE
Q: Can I reroll blank dice using the Bloodthirst Q: Does their power require a line of sight?
power? A: No.
A: No, these dice are immediately discarded.

ORION
Q: What is the rules hierarchy when dealing with
the use of the Hunter Power and the Monster Slayer
talent?
A: The use of the power always has precedence over
the talent.

PHOENIX
Q: If the Phoenix is destroyed before it can use its Out
of the Ashes power, can it still use its activation cards
as AoW cards, as would a normal destroyed unit?