[HOE] Handling chips properly (was Goings On with "The Boise Horror"...)

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>Also a word of advice.... if you have run "The Destroyers" adventures,
>and the character that counted coup on Modeen gets Simons sword, drain
>his chips!!!!!!!!!!!! It was terribly disapointing whenI ran it. our
>templar with 4d12 strength and 5d12 fightin sword had Modeens
>anti-templar powers, and once he successfull struck baphomet in guts, he
>poured all his chips (about 5 white 5 red and 3 blue) into the damage
>roll, killing baphomet in one hit.

He shouldn't be able to do that, for several reasons.

First, one player can never have more than ten chips. This guy had 13. (HOE107)

Second, you can only use one red and one blue chip on any given roll, and after
you do you can't use any more lesser chips. (HOE109)

So this guy should have had 2 white, 5 red, and 3 blue (assuming he discarded
his lowest chips when he had to discard), and at most could have used 2 white, 1
red, and 1 blue on the Strength roll.

--Robert Holland