<< This is a bit off topic but I couldn't think of a better place to ask it. >>
There is a new list at hw-rules_at_egroups.com for rules discussion.
<< * Do Action Points (AP) return to their starting value every episode (ie
adventure), or every scene (ie combat)?>>
After every contest, which could be more than once per 'scene' depending on how you define 'scene'.
<<* Although it is never stated I have worked out (?) that in a contest each side bids a number of APs. This bidding of APs is done every "round" of a contest. Is this correct?>>
Only the 'Actor' bids, the 'opponent' does not get to decide on the size of the bid. The role of actor and opponent swap so both characters get a chance to decide the size of the bid.
<< * If I have 24 APs to start with, bid 7, but am not forced to transfer or
forfeit any are my APs next round :
24, although more often than not there will have been some sort of transfer.
<< * In the Extended Contest results chart the outcome results are listed as
1x, 2x, etc. Does this mean that if the table states that "Loser
Transfers 2x" mean that the loser of the combat transfers 2 times the APs
they bid, or 2 times the APs that their opponent bid?>>
Only the Actor bids, so there is only one bid.
<< * Parting shots. I can make one if I reduce an opponent to under 0 APs.
So what is a parting shot?>>
If you reduce an opponent to zero AP you have won the contest but haven't really achieved anything other than that. To [kill/inflict lasting humiliation/whatever] the opponent you really need to do a parting shot to get them to negative AP, the danger is that you might screw up and enable the opponent to recover and re-enter the contest.
<<* In combat, each side is trying to reduce the other to 0 APs. Does this mean that combat results (Dazed, Hurt, Injured, Dying) are only worked out once one side is below 0 APs and this is determined by looking at the Consequences Chart? (Ignoring the fact that someone can injure themselves by trading APs lost for wounds).>>
Yes.
Keith N
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