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  1. #1
    Bearcat
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    Rules q.

    > They get all the minutia out of the way, and get to action round 1. Boomer
    >E decides to Hold Action; he wants to see what Boomer B will do. . .so, ok;
    >question is: Boomer B rolled highest initiative, but passed (for the very
    >reason of wanting to go *after* Bommer E). But now Boomer E has Held, and
    >wants to go after the Swami. Who actually gets to go last? B.E, or the
    >Swami?

    Boomer E. will go last as things are at this point. However, if
    Boomer B. is determined to go last he can hold _his_ action, thereby forcing
    Boomer E. to go before he does. Clever huh?

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  2. #2
    David Sean Brown
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    Rules q.

    > They get all the minutia out of the way, and get to action round 1. Boomer
    > E decides to Hold Action; he wants to see what Boomer B will do. . .so, ok;
    > question is: Boomer B rolled highest initiative, but passed (for the very
    > reason of wanting to go *after* Bommer E). But now Boomer E has Held, and
    > wants to go after the Swami. Who actually gets to go last? B.E, or the
    > Swami?
    Well, you have sort of two choices..Swami can (option) declare a hold
    action, but what that means is that he now can only respond to actions
    taken against him. If none are taken, he passes his turn. Same holds
    true for Boomer E..in this instance Swami still goes last.

    Your other option is that Swami goes first (this is his choice), but
    again, Boomer can only do something in reaction to Swami..no
    involvement,no action..its still the Swami option, but if he chooses to
    hold, that means he willmost likely lose his turn (assuming the other
    characters didn't do anything against him) because Boomer can only act as
    a reaction..if Swami doesn't do anythign to him, he'll lose his turn..

    So...clear as mud now? :)

    Sean

  3. #3
    James Ruhland
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    Rules q.

    >
    > > They get all the minutia out of the way, and get to action round 1.
    Boomer
    > >E decides to Hold Action; he wants to see what Boomer B will do. . .so,
    ok;
    > >question is: Boomer B rolled highest initiative, but passed (for the
    very
    > >reason of wanting to go *after* Bommer E). But now Boomer E has Held,
    and
    > >wants to go after the Swami. Who actually gets to go last? B.E, or the
    > >Swami?
    >
    > Boomer E. will go last as things are at this point. However, if
    > Boomer B. is determined to go last he can hold _his_ action, thereby
    forcing
    > Boomer E. to go before he does. Clever huh?
    >
    point is, poorly explained 'cause I tried to be too cute, is these various
    holds are, IMO confusing; if Boomer B. holds, can Boomer E. counter-hold
    again (since he now has "initiative," B having given it up during the
    initiative phase)? IMO, in the new rules revision, there should prolly be
    only one type of "Hold" action (either the one from P.40 initiative, or the
    Hold action), and it should be better explained (I.E. how you can "loose"
    your action and the kinds of things that do/don't count as "reacting" to
    events. I.E. is ruling your holding 'cause the other dude didn't
    "reacting"?)
    I

  4. #4
    Kai Beste
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    Rules q.

    >

    The Swami will go last. He has won the initiative, so he has the
    option to go last. Boomer E can hold his action, but he'll still
    go before the Swami. (BTW, this is in the initiative rules IIRC).

    just my 2GB

    Kai

  5. #5
    DKEvermore@aol.co
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    Rules q.

    In a message dated 98-02-05 15:04:02 EST, you write:

    > wants to go after the Swami. Who actually gets to go last? B.E, or the
    > Swami?
    >
    The player who won intitiative retains the advantage. The Swami goes last.
    - -DKE

  6. #6
    Tim Nutting
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    Rules q.

    Swami gets to go last, he rolled the advantage on initiative....

    Holds (IMC) go from lowest initiative to highest in chronological order.
    The lowest goes first all the way to the highest.

    Tim Nutting

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