Quick question, apologies if this has been asked before but searching didn’t turn up anything.
The phrasing of the rules (v7.1) strongly suggests you can only use teamwork maneuvers and flashbacks in the score/operation phase. Is this the case? That makes total sense for flashbacks, but if you’re roleplaying out a freeplay scene where more than 1 PC is present is there a reason they could use the team work mechanics?
I realise you can just use the fictional reality of having helpers influence the position of an action roll. Intimidating a guy is much easier when you brought two friends etc.
I suggest teamwork/flashbacks when the PCs would benefit from it, or when they have already described it, and engage the rules for it at that time. I don’t differentiate much between freeplay, score, or downtime in this regard. In other words, I fiat this based on what my thread produced when I asked about flashbacks to downtime – and perhaps the text could use clarification if there is meant to be some limitation
I don’t really see why those would be limited to the “score” phase – use teamwork when it makes sense, and flashbacks when they are desirable; both mechanics are self balancing.
The wording in v7 is misleading, yeah. You can always use teamwork.