Re: DM: Great Turn! (5-0)

From: Ben 'Critical' Hitz

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 15:16:58 +0000

In article <9402091327.tn19511@aol.com> mysticbob@aol.com writes:
>:johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu writes:
>:>>1.  Harvey the Short-Term-Boost-My-W-L-Record Lunger,
>:13(+1)-7-11-5-17-10-21,
>:Gotcha.  I trained to 14.  His hits this time were
>:
>:  HARVEY charges forward, LONGSPEAR thrusting with murderous power!
>:  CONVICTED THIEF takes a blow to the NECK!

That is a 'critical' longspear hit, without 'bonus' damage

>:  HARVEY strikes with his LONGSPEAR!
>:  CONVICTED THIEF is struck in the LEFT BUTTOCKS!

That is a normal attack

>:These don't seem like exceptional hits.  How does one tell if they are
good,
>:great, etc.?

Basically, longer, more 'exciting' comments.  Some are hard to tell.
There is a given set for each weapon.  Generally, anything like 'strikes',
'lunges', 'bashes', 'slashes' -- and little else, are normal attacks.
"FOO Times a devilish cunning attack, SCIMITAR leaping with deadly force"
is a crit.  But 'FOO slashes an arcing attack with his SCIMITAR', isn't,
really (some folks think it's a 'psudo-critical'-- midway between).

>:>>5.  Mbarl, a 16-15-16-9-11-9-8(+1) BA, is my only warrior that I have
from
>:my
>:>>original five.  As you can probably tell I made him before I knew
anything
>:>>about making roll-ups (so please don't tell me his stats are all
wrong, I
>:>>know :).  He killed his opponent in the first minute.  Now here's the
>:problem
>:>>his opponent was on a team where the other four warriors are all in
the top
>:>>ten.  If they bloodfeud I guess I am screwed.  Although it would save
Mbarl
>:a
>:>>trip to the DA (hopefully) which he will eventually have to make.  Do
you
>:>>think that he will bloodfeud all the way down to Mbarl (2-1-1)?  And
if it
>:>>makes any difference Mbarl was challenged by his opponent.
>:>
>:>This guy has served his purpose: win, kill if possible.  Ditch him now.
He
>:>won't get any better than he is right now.
>:
>:DA him this turn?  Isn't that kinda cowardly?

It's awfully cowardly.  But that's what John would do.  (I can say that,
because he's not in any of my arenas.) John likes to play the 'bad guy'.
You could tell him you 'honorably' await his blood fued or something corny
like that.  You could DA him, if the guy says he's not going to BF, or if
he fueds and wins one.  If _all_ you care about is keeping your W/L record
intact, you probably should DA him.  But you may piss this person off even
more, and you have some decent warriors you probably _don't_ want killed.

>:>John White
>:>johnjohn@unholy1.caltech.edu
>:>The Kings are Stanley Cup bound.  Really!
>:
>:
>:-Shawn
Ben Hitz
PUG
--
"With humor Comrade, always with a bit of Humor"
         From 'The Manchurian Candidate'

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Re: DM: Great Turn! (5-0)
mysticbob@aol.com
Wed, 09 Feb 1994 18:22:03 +0000