Re: when the acting character must transfer or forfeit AP to the opponent?

From: Tim Ellis <tim_at_...>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:59:35 -0000

> While Edges and Handicaps are known to adjust the quantity of AP
> staked "when the character's opponent must transfer or forfeit AP"
>(c.f. p.134-136), exactly what is the effect of Edges and Handicaps
> when instead, the acting character must transfer or forfeit AP to
> the opponent?

They have no effect in these situations
An edge is something that makes your successes more effective than they would have been without it.

You have an edge of 2 and bid 10

If you succeed normally your opponent looses 12 If you succed with a looser looses *2, he looses 24

If these results are Transfers (You criticalled) then you gain as many AP's as the looser looses, or as many positive AP's as he had left, whichever is smaller (so if he was on 20 AP and has to transfer 24 he goes to -4 and you get +20).

If you loose normally you only loose 10, the edge has no effect, likewise if you loose *2 then you only loose 20.

A Handicap is something that means you have to try harder/apply more effort to achieve the same level of success

You have a handicap of 5. You must bid a minimum of 6 to even stand a chance of succeeding... You bid 10.

If you succeed normally your opponent looses 5 If you succeed with a looser looses *2 then he looses 10 (the amount he would loose normally *2, not your bid *2 less the handicap)

So any competition where you have a big handicap is doubly dangerous, not only will it generally takr you longer to defeat your foe, but any time your own action fails you will take a bigger relative loss than in a competition wher eyou are not handicapped...