RE:AG tourney, other AG stuff

From: "T. Woods" <twoods@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>

Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

>
> Devote to Wokrob for easy +1 level Magic Resistance for any race...or
> find those Dusty Red scrolls for more easy Magic Resistance levels.
> The bonus on Trip for dwarves is nice, but at the higher levels, Trip 8
> was pretty worthless.  And since it can't go up by itself like Head
> Butt...

I thought I heard that it was POSSIBLE for trip to go up by
itself (just extremely rare).

>
> I agree.  I think the headbutt skill even at level 6 does more damage
> than a level 10 kick or so.

And it Dazes quite nicely too. :)

> As with any skill, you basically have to specialize in that and that
> alone to see some really good results.  Even better would be to base
> your starting design and all of your training towards getting free
> headbutt levels, with using a weapon as a secondary matter.  It can
> be done! :)

Has anyone tried this type of character design?

>
> As for mino stat costs, I really don't want to get into that. :)  I was
> stuck running my mino for 2 years or so and saw it was a hopeless cause.
>

Ya, well I started a half-troll when I started AG.  Ran him for 2
years.  I didn't even know what the multiples for the stats or skills were
(for any of the races) and started him with a low dex and high strength
and stamina.  BIG MISTAKE!!  Especially for a greatsworder. :)  Live and
learn (though it was one of my more expensive mistakes).

>
> Would that I could, but I cannot divulge what the Glowing Topaz scroll
> did for Ripjack.  Only Rip is allowed to tell. :)  I will say that it
> was _very_ beneficial for the bum.  And now he gets his Purple & Gold
> scroll like the slime he is.  Err...hi Ripjack. :)  If it's Weapon
> Resistance, I'm quitting AG!
>

I've never really understood this sort of behavior.  When
somebody has a "secret" I can understand keeping that secret if that will
further benefit the character, i.e., if you know how to reach the Lich
you might not tell someone because you want to be the first to take out
the Lich (or the same with the Demon Princess, Sunstone, ect.)  But with
scrolls are a different subject, especially this one.  It's not like the
Glowing Topaz scroll is going to become a common item.  I don't even know
if it's an item that can be "found" on a regular adventure.  It seems
like it can only be "given out" during special events like the
tournament (and even then it's seems to be a one time deal)..  If by some
miracle someone actually did find one on an adventure (considering how rare
ANY scroll is right now I wouldn't say
this is likely) they're certainly not going to give it up without at
least knowing what it does.  Yes, there probably was a great deal of
effort taken to find out what language was needed to read it, but the
enjoyment of AG would go down considerably if everybody did this sort of
thing.  Nobody would tell about the new creatures they met, new items they
found, paths they may have found, even such basic things as stats and skill
multiples weren't found without some effort (i.e. playing the character
race, getting the skill, ect.).  I guess I'm just a little pissed off at
this sort of thing.  How would it benefit Ripjack by keeping what the
Glowing Topaz scroll did a secret?  He's already read the scroll and
there are no more currently in existence (and probably won't be for a
LONG time).  It's like knowing of a new creature.  It makes the
game more enjoyable to all who play.  Even if you don't meet a Tunneling Mauk
or a Rotting (Rotten?) Knight (or even Azcor) just knowing what they are and
they're out there lends something to the game.  Just knowing that a
creature by the name of Azcor exists isn't interesting, it's WHAT Azcor is
that is interesting.  It's the same with scrolls.  Knowing that one
exists isn't very interesting.  You tell people that there's a new scroll out
 (say "Plaid") and the first thing people will ask is "What does it do?".
Everybody wants to know.  I can't see how keeping something like this
secret is helping Ripjack or will help him, but I know of alot of people
that would be very interested in knowing what the scroll did.  I won't
complain about the (many) people who Ripjack told and who won't tell
because he asked them not too (I now know of at least 3 players who know
what it does and won't tell because Ripjack didn't want them too, and I
really doubt that's all the people other players that know). I will
complain that Ripjack is keeping this a secret, especially since I can't
see how keeping it a secret would benefit Ripjack (except maybe to piss
people off ;-).

>
> Blanka lost a cunning point from the Dull Grey scroll, and possibly
> 2 DPB(but I think that was from the Canaar bug reported in last Barstow
> newsletter).
>
>

HA!  Serves him right for driving up the price of all the Purple
and Earthy Brown scrolls (when they were around that is). :)

Later,

Todd

References

RE:AG tourney, other AG stuff
ryu70@aol.com (Ryu70)
Sun, 18 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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RE:AG tourney, other AG stuff
ryu70@aol.com (Ryu70)
Sun, 18 Jun 1995 00:00:00 +0000