AVE I want to make sure about timing. Preparation step. Valkirie is on the bench. She activates, generates Action points, then lands in the HexaDome. Actions step Now is the time for playing Tabula Rasa (Actions step), right? So Val will have 3 Action points, and no State token on her anymore during this round. Is this correct?
Correct. Although a better time to play Tabula Rasa would be with another character in a previous activation. That way Valkyrie would come into the Hexadome clean and with all 5. Reason: When the aristo move from the infirmary to the bench between rounds, they get the -2 token. But if you clear the states across the board before her activation, she won't have any when her turn begins!
Remember also that Tabula Rasa removes all Damage and State tokens from all the Characters of both players, not just your own so the timing can be most delicate.
The same applies to Team Reset by Laaxmee. You don't get the Action Points back because they are counted during the Preparation step.
As is Tabula Rasa, which both clears your team and screws up the guy on the other team trying to stack up states on himself.