Nick Brooke kindly supplies:
> This means that as a general
> rule you start a contest with your "best" (i.e. most appropriate, highest SP
> value) ability -- if some other ability becomes more appropriate later on,
> you can swap abilities over but not affect your SP values one whit.
Actually, the shameless min-maxer in me deduces that the best strategy
is to _start_ with with your highest SP ability, and _then_ switch to
your "most appropriate" one. ;-)
Slainte,
Alex.