I want to make sure I’m understanding teamwork rules for multiple teams. If someone could confirm or correct this I’d be grateful.
So, assume we’ve got Team A and Team B fighting together against a snake.
Action 1: Team A and Team B both attack and the snake defends. We play out Team A’s attack against the snake with Team B helping. This is one versus test, rolled by the appropriate mouse from Team A. The snake gets whomped but is still up.
Action 2: Team A, Team B, and the snake have all chosen to maneuver. Only one team can roll a test so only one mouse team can get bonus from the maneuver. We let Team B make the test and Team A helps. With two successes Team B gains position and gets a bonus to its next action. The poor snake totally flubs his test and gets nothing.
Action 3: Team A attacks, Team B defends, and the snake feints. The GM’s action always comes first so the snake takes his feint test, choosing to go after Team B. Team B is denied their defense test and loses their maneuver bonus. The next mouse up on Team A makes his attack test and manages to finish the snake off.
A few more questions:
Who decides which team will get to make a test when the teams’ actions overlap? The players, the GM, or the group as a whole?
When the teams’ actions overlap and one team is denied a test how does this affect the order in which teammates act? Say Bob on Team B was to make the test for Action 1 but didn’t do so because Team B didn’t roll a test that action. Does he roll the test for Action 2 or does that fall to the mouse Team B had originally planned on for Action 2 (let’s assume they’re 3 mouse teams, if that matters).
Finally, when Team A helps Team B with a test do they send one help die for the whole team or is each mouse able to send his own help die?
Thanks for bearing with me through a long post and my apologies if I’m asking obvious questions.