Bal T’aks

Although this faction is Volcano, it becomes stronger as the round progresses, rather than declining. Need more nurf?

Ability: Choose your Starting terrain after each other player has chosen a Faction (You may not choose the Home or Starting terrain of another Faction in play). Then take 1 Favor tile with Income hand of your choice. Immediately advance the depicted number of steps in the given Cult. In Income phase, you cannot take Resources from Tapped (rotating 90 degrees to show it has been used) Favor tiles. At the beginning of each Action phase, untap all your Tapped Favor tiles. In Action phase, you must tap Favor tiles to transform terrain. Tap 2 Favor tiles to transform the Home terrain of another player into Volcano. Every other terrain type costs 1 Favor tile. Tapped Favor tiles become invalid and lose all effects. As a free conversion, you may increase your Shipping value by 1 for each Favor tile tapped (other than the Transforming cost) until the end of that turn. You cannot use Spades to transform terrain, regardless of whether you gained the Spades via an Action or a Cult Bonus. Instead, untap 1 Tapped Favor tile. You cannot take the "Advancing on the Shipping track" action.

Stronghold: You can now take the "Advancing on the Shipping track" action.