> > Specifically, Heroes can bid up to their Starting AP (if they
> > currently have
> > less AP than that). If they fail, well, they're probably worse
> > off than they
> > were in the consequences department.
>
> Yes, but what about a non-hero, who can't bid more AP than he currently
> has?
>
> He cannot perform a final action, even if he checks the other requirements
> (be free from foe's attention, succeed in an ability roll...)?
This is a narrative device to allow the heros and major narrator characters
to pull off those last-minute even-in-defeat tricks. It is not meant for the
normal run-of-the-mill characters. looking back on it, the text is wrong -
this is *not* the ability of sidekicks or henchmen to rejoin the fight, this
is the dying declaration, or falling on the detonator.
RR