Some abilities can give a character, or his or her allies, bonuses on other abilities, either persistently until certain conditions are fulfilled or for the rest of the round.

Persistent bonuses can be identified by this symbol displayed on the card. These ability effects will be active from the time the card is played until the conditions specified on the card are met.

Round bonuses will have this symbol on the card.

The effect of the ability will be active from the time the card is played until the end of the round, at which point the card will be placed in the player’s discard or lost pile (depending on whether the action also contains an symbol).

These abilities are denoted with symbols, and the cards with these effects are played into the active area in front of the player to keep track of these bonuses, instead of being placed in the discard or lost pile.

Once the effect wears off, the card is then transferred to the appropriate pile.