Re: AG Newbie: Creation sheet help?

From: ryu70@rvlink.com (Mike Lee)

Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <DI1q44.J43@arrow.netis.com>,
   johnh@arrow.netis.com (Johnny Holt) wrote:
>Ok I'm about to join the Adventurers Guild, and need to create
>an Adventurer. Any quick advice? Cunning seems to be related to learning,
>so should that always be high? Will it hurt me if it is low? Etc.
>What are the most common adventurer types? I'd like to get something
>that is more uncommon, like ogre, goblin, etc. Not Human, Dwarf, Elf, etc...

Read the AG FAQ? :) Dave Saville (Paz) wrote a decent article on getting
started.  As for your questions...cunning helps pick up free skills, but in
the long run it doesn't matter all that much (unless you picked a race which
requires 8 EP per raise).  Minimum cunning for me on any design would be 8,
preferably 10-12.  One of my characters has one of the highest cunnings in the
game (started at 15), but it's reached the point where she doesn't learn any
free things, so starting with a 10-12 cunning won't really set you back much.

Most adventurers these days are either fighters or mages.  It's just easier
and faster to get going if you stick to one type of design and have all your
training go that one way.  For your option of ogre or goblin I'd go fighter
design all the way.  If you'd prefer magic spells, I'd make an elf, but
prepare to lose alot in the early going.

On the ogre you're pretty limited.  Basically 8 dex and 8 cunning, the
remaining 30 pts usually goes 18 str and 12 stam.  Basic training would be
spiked gauntlets or bucklers with platemail/great helm as soon as possible.
Get Berserk to level 5, stats up some, pick up Speed, then go back to Berserk.
 Look for a 2 year time table before an ogre really starts to develop.

Goblins are definitely a better choice.  The one requirement I have on gobos
would be just the starting 12 str.  The rest split up anyway you please.  In
general, short, dodging gobos do very well.  My general gobo design would be
12 str, no higher than 7 stam, around 15+ dex, 10-13 cunning, 36"-48", dodge
dodge dodge.

If you _really_ want to run something uncommon, run a lizardman. :)  I don't
think anyone makes lizards or minos anymore as both races suck in the long
run.  Humans, dwarves, gobos, and elves are pretty much the norm these days.

Mike (Goldy, etc)

References

AG Newbie: Creation sheet help?
johnh@arrow.netis.com (Johnny Holt)
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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AG Newbie: Creation sheet help?
johnh@arrow.netis.com (Johnny Holt)
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000