Point, though it changes nothing. The sequence goes like this:

Light On Fire > Combat Turn Ends, 3P damage is caused > Combat Turn Starts, damage is increased by 1 but not yet caused > Combat Turn Continues, fire is not put out > Combat Turn Ends, 4P damage is caused

The first damage hit, either way, is 3P.

This was my understanding as well. So the Wombat example does seem out of place.

Also, just wonering how long until something is completly destroyed.

Also, I think the "Agility roll" should be fully qualified. Agility x 2? Agility + Intuition?

Also, "Agility roll" would be just Agility.

The rules quoted say that to put out a fire is an Agility + Intuition test. That's the roll that Wombat is making.

That may well be - but the terminology "Agility test" is fully qualified.

I feel dumber for having read this post. What's your point?

But the words "Agility test" are never spoken (or written) except by you. The quoted example uses "Agility roll", and this is confusing, since the rule states the roll is Agility + Intution. Perhaps you're nit-picking the terminology of "fully qualified", but the poster's intent to question the quoted example's meaning was clear.

Perhaps, but I'm of the opinion that errata suggestions should be precise to better facilitate their purpose.

Wombat catches fire. At the end of the Combat Turn Wombat has not put out the fire and has to resist 3P damage. In his next Action Phase Wombat decides to try to put out the fire with the classic stop, drop, and roll. The gamemaster calls it a Complex Action with a Drop Prone free action and asks for an Agility roll modified by his wounds. Wombat hits the dirt, rolls—and fails. Another Action Phase comes up and Wombat keeps trying. This time he gets 1 hit, still not enough to put out the fire but enough to lessen it a little. At the end of this Combat Turn Wombat faces 2P damage again.

Wombat catches fire. At the end of the Combat Turn Wombat has not put out the fire and has to resist 3P damage. In his next Action Phase Wombat decides to try to put out the fire with the classic stop, drop, and roll. The gamemaster calls it a Complex Action with a Drop Prone free action and asks for an Agility+Intuition roll modified by his wounds. Wombat hits the dirt, rolls—and fails. Another Action Phase comes up and Wombat keeps trying. This time he gets 1 hit, still not enough to put out the fire but enough to lessen it a little. At the end of this Combat Turn Wombat faces 2P damage again.

When something catches fire, the fire has an initial Damage Value of 3. This damage is caused at the end of each Combat Turn, and the DV increases by 1 at the start of each subsequent Combat Turn until the item is completely destroyed or the fire is put out. You can fight the fire a number of ways (water, smothering, etc.), making an Agility + Intuition Test and reducing the fire’s DV by 1 for each hit.

When something catches fire, the fire has an initial Damage Value of 3. This damage is caused at the end of each Combat Turn, and the DV increases by 1 at the start of each subsequent Combat Turn until the item is completely destroyed or the fire is put out. You can fight the fire a number of ways (water, smothering, etc.), making an Agility + Intuition Test (or a different test based on the action taken) and reducing the fire’s DV by 1 for each hit.

If he caught fire and took 3 damage at the end of the turn, shouldn't it go up by one at the beginning of the subsequent turn? So it would be 4, reduced by 1 from the Agility Test (or possibly Agility + Intuition Test) back down to 3, not 2.

If he caught fire and took 3 damage at the end of the turn, shouldn't it go up by one at the beginning of the subsequent turn? So it would be 4, reduced by 1 from the Agility Test (or possibly Agility + Intuition Test) back down to 3, not 2.

We just rebalanced 'ware, for the most part.

To avoid clogging the errata thread:

And brought up the maximum chargen money to 450,000 ¥. No matter whether you consider it cash or non-monetary rewards from the character's past, a character can now has access nearly twice the value he had before. If soyburger and lifestyle also cost double, that's no problem. But if they don't, we get back to why the Million Dollar Samurai was removed in the first place.