Re: MEPBM 1650 dragon advice requested

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <4thtaq$3mb@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>,
Greg Chapman <zubla@usa.pipeline.com> wrote:
>
>I'm playing a FP nation.  I have had the dragon Klyaxar curled
>around one of my Towns for many turns.  It is now at loyalty 7
>with no fortification.  I'd like to send a 50 Comm, 82 Health
>character there to put up a tower.  According to the 1650 info,
>Klyaxar has distemper and attacks any allegiance for any reason.
>Is there any way I can build a tower there and have the character
>live?
>Any other options?
>
>TIA
>
Two possible suggestions:
(1) Meek always has some chance of survival.  Combat often leaves
    with 1 health point.  Then build the tower.
(2) Once a dragon is encountered, he appears to get restless and move
to another hex.  So you could send a throwaway character to encounter
the dragon and cause him to move.  Be sure to follow him with another
character to build the tower, as the popcenter will start shrinking
as soon as it has no character present (i.e. no dragon and none of
your characters).

Dragons are a curse on the Free People.

- Patrick McGehearty
patrick@convex.hp.com

References

MEPBM 1650 dragon advice requested
zubla@usa.pipeline.com(Greg Chapman)
Mon, 29 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000