Alexandre L., replying to me:
> > But it's not clear to me how this would apply to group contests. If A
> > acts against B, and B then acts against C, how do you handle that?
> > Do you just not bother with the summing, in this case? And should
> > there be some incentive for B to counter-attack A, and/or a
> > discentive to ignoring it, and attacking C instead?
>
> Well, I don't really understand where the problem is. I mean, if A acts
> against B, then B defends against A. What B does when it's his turn to act
> is immaterial at this point. Of course one could argue that the order in
> which the characters act is just a construct for simplicity's sake, as they
> all probably act more or less simultaneously (or at least they could).
My point is, you made a suggestion which seemed to _assume_ the case where A attacks B, and vice versa. How do you extend it to cases like the above? Or are you simply resorting to the 'normal' mechanic?
> Rather, I can see a problem in case A acts against B *and* C.
Since this is not possible under the HW rules, a bit of a non-problem...
Cheers,
Alex.
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