Gaining

Gaining is a game term used to indicate when a character acquires something, usually in addition to what he already has. It is typically used for Strength, Craft, gold and Spells. It receives an additional meaning if applied to lives and fate.

Characters may replenish lost lives by healing or gaining life.
A character can gain lives (as opposed to heal) over and above his life value.

Fate is usually replenished as the result of encounters from Adventure Cards and board spaces. If an encounter allows a character to gain fate, however, he may take fate tokens overand above his fate value.

Additional Rules added with The Woodland expansion:

When a character gains or replenishes fate, he must choose to place that fate with either its light side or dark side faceup. If he gains or replenishes light fate, he must place the fate with its light side faceup. If he gains or replenishes dark fate, he must place the fate with its dark side faceup.