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Determine active player
Next player clockwise becomes the active player (don't skip dead taoist players)
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Process each ghost
For every ghost in active player's board, resolve based on ghost type:
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Check for Qi loss
If active player's board is full, active player loses 1 Qi
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Reveal new ghost
If board is not full and not a neutral board, reveal a new ghost card
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Handle taoist death
If active player loses all Qi, the taoist dies: loses all belongings, figurine placed lying on Cemetery tile, Buddha figurines return to Buddhist Temple, board becomes haunted (neutral board)
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Check board capacity
If all boards are full, you lose 1 Qi instead of placing
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Draw ghost card
Pick card from top of deck
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Place black ghosts
Place on active player's board if space available, or any other board otherwise
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Place colored ghosts
Place on board of the same color as ghost if space available, or any other board otherwise
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Add haunter figurine
If center stone is haunter, place a haunter figurine on card
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Check for Buddha
If Buddha is in that space, return Buddha to Buddhist Temple
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Apply Wu-Feng ability
If ghost is Wu-Feng, apply left stone command
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Move another taoist (optional)
You may move another taoist to an adjacent tile (diagonals included)
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Move your taoist
Move your taoist to an adjacent tile (diagonals included)
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Choose your action
Either request help from an active village tile OR exorcise ghosts facing your taoist
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Place Buddha figurines (optional)
If you have Buddha figurines, you can leave one in each empty ghost space the taoist is facing (up to two if in a corner)
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Use Yin-Yang token
Before or after marked blocks, spend your Yin-Yang to either activate a haunted tile or request help from ANY active village tile
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Roll dice
Roll 3 white dice; you may add the grey die to this roll
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Reroll option
Reroll once any dice you wish
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Convert white results
Replace white results with any color
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Spend Tao tokens
Spend any Tao tokens of any taoist on the tile to add matching colors
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Add Circle of Praying bonus
Add one token the same color as the one in Circle of Praying (if any)
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Apply enfeeblement
Ghost has -1 resistance if it has the enfeeblement mantra token on it
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Check for defeat
If number of non-already-used colors equals or exceeds ghost resistance, execute power in right stone of ghost (if any), then discard ghost card and figurine
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Circle of Praying
Place a token in the tile, removing any previous token
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Taoist Altar
Remove haunting from any tile, then reveal new ghost
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Herbalist's Shop
Roll 2 tao dice and gain the corresponding tao tokens; if white, take any token
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Sorcerer's Hut
Discard any non-incarnation ghost ignoring its right stone, then lose 1 Qi
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Night Watchman's Beat
All figurines in a chosen board retreat one step back if possible
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Cemetery
A dead taoist is placed in this tile upright and receives 2 Qi tokens; active player rolls curse die and if haunting face, cemetery becomes haunted
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Buddhist Temple
Take a Buddha figurine (if any)
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Pavilion of the Heavenly Winds
Move any ghost to any space not occupied by another ghost but in the same relative position; if it lands on a Buddha, discard ghost and return Buddha; then move another taoist to an adjacent space
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Tea House
Gain a token of any color and 1 Qi from the supply (if any), then bring ghost into play
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No effect
Nothing happens
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Haunting
The first active village tile in front of ghost is haunted
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New ghost
Reveal new ghost
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Discard tokens
The player discards all their Tao tokens
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Lose Qi
The taoist loses one Qi