Influence is a special resource provided
by many locations and characters.
The amount of influence provided by
card is denoted as a number in a scroll
icon which is found inside the text box
of some cards. For example, a character
that provides 2 influence would
have the number 2 inside its scroll.
When an event or triggered ability
requires you to kneel a certain amount
of influence, you must kneel characters
or locations that provide at least that
much total influence. Any remaining
influence you kneel is lost; thus you
cannot “save” influence that was
“overpaid” after kneeling an influenceproviding
card to pay for an effect.
Example: The event card Not
Listening states: “Response: kneel 2
influence to cancel a triggered event.”
In order to play this event card, you
must first kneel characters or locations
that provide a combined total influence
of 2 or more. If you kneel a location
that provides 3 influence, that will pay
this cost, but the “overpaid” 1 influence is lost.