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angel_peru wrote:
Do you always take as many cards as necessary to end your turn with 5 cards in your hand?
NO.
You only get to draw ONE (1) new Action at the end of each turn, unless some other Action Card or Noble effect affects this amount.
For instance Political Influence lets you draw 3 additional action cards instead of collecting a noble this turn, so you'd get to pick up 4 cards in total that turn.
There is no minimum nor maximum hand size for action cards. You can hoard them if there's none worth playing on a particular turn, or you can usually string a maximum of 2 together by playing that card you referred to ("Trip", which lets you shift a noble one position backward and then play an additional action card. It's one of my favorites).
Edit (I was wrong on this part): Also note that 5 Action cards is the starting hand for 2-Player Mode. If you have 3 players, you only start with 4. 4 Players and you start with 3... Have fun! 
