MEPBM Who goes for the Artefact? From: "Laurence G. Tilley" <laurence@lgtilley.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000 Now here's a point of interest. From a letter of Richard Devereux: "Incidentally, I don't understand why so many players use high-powered characters in artefact encounters. Do they think that the higher rank the character, the greater chance of success? Not so! The chances of getting the artefact are random regardless of the character's skills. If the guarding spirits are in a bad mood, a powerful character can get killed just as easily as a new one. Personally, I always use new emis, who can create camp at the same time as reacting to the encounter, thus improving the economy and their skills as thay go. If they die, they are much easier to replace that Akhorahil, for example (yet, I've seen him killed in an artefact encounter - ridiculous but true)." Richard's assertion does rather tie in with the last issue of the "Mouth" where someone was talking about character combat with dragons being random, and not comparable to challenge of a dragon. Opinions? Regards, Laurence G. Tilley Referenced By Up