general clarifications

diff --git a/house-rules.md b/house-rules.md
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@@ -57,3 +57,23 @@ Locoweed book VI "last coloured chip"
 This chip costs 9, not 10.
 
 [Rationale: This chip is hardly ever a good buy at 10.]
+
+
+CLARIFICATIONS
+==============
+
+
+General
+-------
+
+Any bonus chips you gain are put aside and go into your bag in the
+next round.  (This is equivalent to the official wording but more
+generalisable.)
+
+You may always use a chip's special power as if it were a chip of a
+lower value of the same colour.  (That is, for a 4-chip you can choose
+to use the corresponding 2- or 1-chip power; for a 2-chip, the 1-chip
+power.)
+
+But you may not forgo a chip's special power unless it says so (eg, by
+saying "may").

diff --git a/pumpkin-books.md b/pumpkin-books.md
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@@ -96,4 +96,5 @@ GENERAL
 For the avoidance of doubt: when you return a chip to your bag, any
 special effects that have already occurred does not need to be undone.
 But any ongoing or end-of-round effects (or side-effects) no longer
-happen because the returned chip is no longer in your pot.
+happen because the returned chip is no longer in your pot: henceforth
+it is henceforth as if that chip was never placed.