Thank you kindly, Cyrull; that clears some things up. Just one questions remains, though; regarding Wrestling/grappling:
6. When you say "
the attacker fails and the defender grapples the attacker and uses his wrestling technique immediately" is using the wrestling technique another Opposed Test, or do you simply apply the results of the primary opposed test to the intended technique?
I'm having a hard time distinguishing between Opposed Tests that establish the grapple, and the Opposed Tests that execute the technique. It seems to me that when a character uses Martial Arts (Wrestling) to defend, it is two Opposed Tests. Such as in your first example, where the defender beats the attacker in the first Opposed Test, then executes his technique in a second Opposed Test.
However, when a character attacks with wrestling, it seems more likely to be one opposed test? Looking at your second example, "
He attacks with a wrestling technique, he wins the opposed test, grapples his opponent and use his technique" - is all that accomplished based on one Opposed Test? Or are you still rolling two Opposed tests 'within' that one action? I.e. one test to grapple and another test to use the technique?
7. A couple additional questions follows on this one (if indeed the answer is
two Opposed Tests) - if a character successfully grapples an adversary, but fails the technique; are the two still grappling? I.e is "grappling" a continuous state seperate from the wrestling techniques, or just a short preamble to the technique itself.
8. If grappling is a "seperate state" - can the Defense Technique "Disengaging From and Breaking Free of Grapples" be used to break a successful Holding/Pinning or Chokehold, or just a grapple?
Sorry about getting into the nitty-gritty of these rules, but I appreciate hearing how this is usually played.
Thanks again!