Few beginner questions

[Ripe]

1. Non-combat checks to defeat monsters and damage: if I fail a non-combat check to defeat a Monster/Henchman/Villain [like Pirate Council and Charisma/Diplomacy check] do I still take damage like I would if I failed a combat check?

2. If I understand it correctly, revealing a card does not count as playing it, so I could reveal Old Salt's Bandana to add Swashbuckling to the check and then recharge Emerald of Dexterity to use my Dexterity die on the check. Am I understanding it correctly? What happens if I recharge Emerald first... can I still reveal Old Salt's Bandana? And if I have two items with reveal power, can I use them both?

[The_Napier]

1) You do indeed

S&S rulebook p13 wrote:

If you fail a check to defeat a monster, it deals an amount of damage to you equal to the difference between the difficulty to defeat the monster and your check result. Unless the card specifies otherwise, this damage is Combat damage

2) Afraid revealing a card absolutely is playing it

S&S rulebook p9 wrote:

Anyone can play a card whenever the card allows it. Playing a card means using a power on that card by revealing, displaying, discarding, recharging, burying, or banishing that card or by performing another action specified by that card