Is anyone using the Group Advantage alternate rules from the Up In Arms resource book? Im trying to understand the Advantage Pool as described. Is it a static pool or does it reset every round. Advantage from the core rulebook only grows until you fail or take damage. So if a players uses their adva...

The rules state that a surprised opponent cannot defend themselves in opposed Tests. If there is no opposed roll, this means the Success Level (difference between the success levels) will be potentially much lower than it would be if they defended themselves and rolled poorly. Can anyone explain this?