Re: DM: Lousy Roll-Up

From: ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi)

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 00:35:37 +0000

In article <9403211254.tn192732@aol.com> mysticbob@aol.com writes:
>Howdy!
>
>What should I do with this?
>
>19-5-17-5-10-5-9

Ick.  You might try 21-5-17-5-16-5-15 LU.  That would probably win
for a while, especially since he'll to great to tremendous damage,
and have a reasonable endurance, attack, and init base.

Train WL to 19, then DF to the Dark Arena.

>My W-L is getting substandard without the DA's.  So I would like to make this
>a winner at least for a bit and then DA.

Generally, taking DA'able roll-ups and running them isn't a good way to
help the W/L % any.  This type of power character *might* go 7-1-3, or
he might go 0-5 before being DA'd.  Plus, he takes up valuable time you
could be developing a real long-term winner.

But this roll-up is probably the right type to run as a power
character.  High ST/SZ/WL/DF LU's usually do well, and with that
low CN and high WL, if he loses he'll probably die.

Challenge small finesse styles and watch the fur fly!

>How about 21-5-17-11-15-6-9

With power characters, always try to maximize strengths rather than
minimize weaknesses.  It's almost never a good idea to add to WT
rather than DF or WL with a short-timer.  Is an 11 WT really any
better than a 5?  Neither is going to get you skills fast enough to
catch the 17/21 WT's in the long-run, and the 11 takes away your
opportunity to max WL/DF.

Even if I didn't use my set-up, I still wouldn't put any points
into WT.

Trump
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu

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References

DM: Lousy Roll-Up
mysticbob@aol.com
Mon, 21 Mar 1994 17:56:07 +0000