Parlor Magic - G2 Outshowing specification Outshowing convention: A card group is said to "sport" its highest spot count suit card. For example, a 10 of Spades Lnd card is sporting 10 Spades. Outshowing confers no bonus, however it is the basis for excellence comparisons (xl() function) and will void an otherwise Outranking matchup. So that in the typical situation, Outranking in any matching suits may be nullified by the outranked group sporting a higher spot count card of an unmatched suit than any of all suits held by the other. In such a case the potential Outranking by one group gets downgraded to Outshowing by the otherwise outranked group. As an exception, a card group is Trumped if it is outshown in trumps by another, whether it holds no trumps or sports any higher nontrump spots than the showing trump card. Outranking specification Outranking clarification: A Cre's ability is unusable against a target that outranks it. This doesn't mean that the attacker needs to outrank the target. So, this only applies when both have a base suit or an Enc of the same suit, and the target's highest spot count in any matching suit is higher than attacker's highest spot count in any matching suit; or if the target sports a trump suit spot count higher than the attacker's trump count. Creature abilities' applicability by suits comparison If desired to implement a qualification that additionally governs by the colors of any Encs pinned to the subject and object card(s) instead of just by the base suits of the cards, the vlu() or xl() functions could be amended to include code that assigns a multi- bit/ character variable derived from the sunSpt[] (suit numbers' high spots value of base card with any pinned Encs) array. Alternative game options When a Cre is declared as an Akr or Bkr and labelled with its current hp, it is automatically included in calculations for Ena bonuses of Cbt and opp Dom. So, even if it were to Use a special feature as is allowed even to one made Akr or Bkr, thus becoming taxed, it would still be a participant. This can be altered so that just for those calculations a taxed Cre is excluded. See the plrG4.txt file for optional coding particulars.