Re: oly combat simple fix

From: arendas@telepac.pt (Antonio Joao Rendas)

Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu> wrote:

>desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) wrote:
>>Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu> writes:
>>> However the details are worked out, these are some of the best ideas I've
>>> seen yet.  Mark, the reason you see people using these skills is that the
>>> combat system as described in the rules don't make it clear that it's
>>> waste until you actually fight a battle or two.
>>
>>I don't understand this comment.  There are a few lacunae in the rules,
>>but there's enough information there to more-or-less simulate any battle
>>that might arise.  If you have a question about exactly how combat
>>works, you can ask Rich who is generally pretty good about that kind of
>>thing.
>>
>>I think it's absolutely clear from the rules that a noble and ten
>>peasants will beat a lone noble no matter how much time the latter has
>>spent studying Swordplay and Defense.

Well,maybe if you played ASL for 3 years,feel strategy and rules are
your sort of business this is true.However if you just like to
Role-Play,wander around killing monsters and having fun doing it,rules
are not that important,and when you see written as one of the various
objectives of the game "An aspiring heroic fighter may purchase
weapons, study combat and slay monsters." you are led to think this is
possible.Now I am not saying that one option is better/worse than the
other,in fact I tend to enjoy both and feel it is great Olympia allows
you to pursue both options,but what I think is that if the situation
is as you describe it (erm,haven't played long enough to know
*blush*:) ) then it would be great if some small changes could be made
to improve the latter...

>>
>>                                        David desJardins

>Of course it is, and a careful reading of the rules does bear that out,
>but, as new player, it wasn't easy to digest all the rules at first.  In
>most games, if you do the obvious things to enhance your characteristics
>the combat system will take care of itself.  I don't know of another game
>that offers an assortment of easy to learn skills that will "obviously"
>improve your character(s) THAT DON"T ACTUALLY DO YOU A BIT OF GOOD!

*sigh* I'm a new player,when I read the rules I sent my orders to
start studying those skills since it sounded really cool to have the
"fantasy" heroes genre.I feel the perfect game would be something in
the line of Games Workshop's battles (MUCH more detailed,of
course,since the system has its flaws...erm loads,of them too,but
that's another subject) where a Hero really IS a hero and has some
importance on the outcome of the battle.If you could add to this the
strategic (NP's is a clever way to make the choice between both,I
should add :) ) game,where players don't care much about individual
units and more about legions of troops,you could have the ideal
system,with players from both "aspects" of the game cooperating to
achieve common goals.

>So was I at fault for not carefully pondering every sentence of the rules
>before I started playing?  Technically, yes.  My point is that almost
>every new player will make the same mistakes, and that's why so many
>people are still using those skills.

Hmm,maybe new players are led towards thinking that way by themselves?
Every good RPlayer has a fertile imagination and is always looking for
the perfect game :) Me? I'll stick around and explore,maybe I'll find
it :)

>Rob

-AJRendas

References

Re: oly combat simple fix
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: oly combat simple fix
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: oly combat simple fix
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Fri, 06 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Olympia - Time for G2?
Rob Rodgers <rrodgers@unex.ucla.edu>
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0000
oly combat simple fix
Mark Hendrickson <eahg128@arcturus.oac.uci.edu>
Thu, 05 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000