Challenge Modifier

Some battles add a special effect, the 3/4P challenge modifier, to scale their difficulty for larger partiesPartyThe party can include both adventurer and companion units.Rulebook p. 90: it applies in games of 3 or 4 players.

• The modifier can involve adding HP to enemies, increasing their stats, or even flipping their chips to higher levels.
• The modifier remains active until the end of the encounter unless it specifies otherwise.
• It is printed in the battle's info box together with its objective: on an overland cardOverland CardAn overland card's story side shows its type, title and story; its choices side shows each choice's outcome icon, XP reward and instructions, plus battle info and overland icons.Rulebook pp. 37–38, a guild quest stepGuild Quest StepEach guild quest step in the gazetteer has a step code, title and guild, story text, setup instructions, a quest objective with a recommended day, ongoing step effects, XP rewards and any battle info.Rulebook pp. 46–47, or a clash encounter. If an encounter has 1 objective box and multiple choices, each choice uses the same objective and modifier.

A challenge modifier is not the same as a delve card's challenge scale, which sets the number and maximum levels of the enemies deployed to a revealed tile (see Exploration).