From:	"Wendy Wanders, Subject 117" <KGGEWEHR@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject:	Re: the uac dilemma
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:16:39 -0500

You wrote:
> Why would the combat pool be refreshed? It is refreshed at the
> beginning of a new combat turn... and that woud be BEFORE anyone of
> the two combatants acts... If you let the two refresh their combat
> pools at different times, well, the outcome is what you described...
> The one with the lower initiative (which should be a drawback)
> effectively doubles his pool for the turn. Doesn't make sense, does
> it?
Combat Pool refreshes:
1) at the beginning of a combat, for all participants
2) on each phase in which a character is eligible for an action (other than the
automatic Free Actions that everyone gets in every phase)

And yes, you give up something by acting first, but when what you gain by
acting first is the ability to pump half or more of your Combat Pool into a
powerful attack and then shift back behind cover, it's worth it. The other
guy, when his turn comes, prolly has wound modifiers, a big disadvantage.

losthalo