Re: a coup de grace is not a parting shot

From: Wulf Corbett <wulfc_at_...>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:30:16 +0100

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 22:30:19 +0200, Mikael Raaterova <ginijji_at_...> wrote:

>I reread the para on coup de grace and noticed that it's quite
>confused. A coup de grace is something you do _instead_ of a parting
>shot, using the same mechanic.

>My clarification of the rules text of the coup de grace is that
>parting shots increase the victory level, while a coup de grace
>merely kills the opponent.

Am I right in assuming, however, that you must still bid AP for a coup de grace, as if you lose the contest, you lose the AP? Almost a certainty for minimum AP bid, that, win and he's dead regardless of AP...

Wulf