Re: AK: Adventurer Kings Monsters

From: spatz@bernstein.com (Adam Spatz)

Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <1995Oct16.171806.19474@leo.vsla.edu>, ccallaha@leo.vsla.edu (Carol Callahan) says:
>
> This is my first AK  game and I have found it most enjoyable..
>  A couple of question..taking on the monsters that guard the
>towers, treasures etc is difficult to figure out for a
>newcomer.. Unless one has visitors from Valhara..Question how
>can you tell how many hiy points your charactors have? It seems
>one should have at least a 3 skill in order to take on most of
>these.. When do these monsters start their own raids..not ran
>into amonster roaming around yet?
>
>  Stewart

Before I begin let me warn you that I haven't played AK for a few years.

There are several ways to take out monsters with low level charaters.
You job is a lot easier if you don't care if the character dies.  For
example if you have a character that you want to fire, don't fire him in
phase 1.  Fire him in phase 5 and spend phases 1-4 taking some risks.
This also applies if you have a character that is roaming through your
territory but is either owned by another player or is too expensive to
hire.  Charm him, go lair bashing and fire him in phase 5.

The monster descriptions give some clues to how many hit points it has.
There are some monsters out there with extremely low hit points (sorry,
don't remember which ones).

I believe one of the necromancy spells is an instant death one.  Try it
and if it doesn't work flee.  This can be risky, but if successful can get
you some really good treasures from high HP monsters.

Remember that combat has a magic, missile, and melee range.  If you have
a magic user and are fighting a monster with only melee abilities you
get two free shots at him.  This can easily give you enough of an edge
to win.

Good Luck

References

Re: AK: Adventurer Kings Monsters
ccallaha@leo.vsla.edu (Carol Callahan)
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
AK: Adventurer Kings Monsters
baidins@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Juris Baidins)
Sat, 07 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000