What my position is that players suffer no limitations on their actions except those imposed by being defeated in a contest. That means that until they are defeated they can attempt whatever they wish.
If you wanted a player in a contest to be limited in what they do you can use the 7AP = 1 hurt rule which would hinder whatever actions they wished to take. Indeed, if you wanted to house rule it then you could impose 1 hurt every time someone lost 7AP rather than instead of the 7AP, though that might seem harsh. :-)
Stephen
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