From:	David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject:	Re: the uac dilemma
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 1997 10:42:03 -0600

Mark Steedman wrote:
|
| Chris Maxfield writes
| >
| > It's very simple: the character that loses initiative on the first turn of
| > melee combat does not have their combat pool refreshed on their first
| > action but instead has it refreshed on their second action (even if that
| > second action is in the next turn) . Thereafter, pools refresh on every
| > action as per normal.
| >
| > This means the two opponents start with full pools (starting anyone with
| > less is almost always deadly for that character, as the initiator of this
| > thread commented) but then grants an advantage to the initiative winner.
| >
| Um but if firearms become involved?
|
| I have been wondering, what about banning people from adding combat
| pool to skills until they have had an action in combat?
| Therefore whoever wins the initative gets to add combat pool to the
| attack while thier opponent does not. Ok the target may still use
| full defence but. This avoids the problems affecting dice pool
| refresh timing causes if a third person decides to interfer in the
| melee (especially if its with a gun). Assuming the guy that lost the
| initiative isn't wearing so much armour that the attacks going to
| bounce off, the person that wins should now get a big advantage as
| theres no more 'well i'm going second so pour my pool into melee
| combat at low TN because it will refresh before my action'.
|
| comments?

It'd be easier to say: Pools refresh at the beginning of combat.
After combat starts a character's dice pools refresh at the *end* of
that character's action phase.

Several GMs allready do the same thing with Karma Pools (refresh at
the end of an encounter, or after the PCs find time to rest and
recover their wits) and that works great.

-David
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