Re: Advice Wanted (DM)

From: aj863@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Garth Werner)

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 05:59:12 +0000

In a previous article, mysticbob@aol.com () says:

>Howdy all!
>
>I got my second turn back and thanks to the DA have three new roll-ups to
>work with.  But before I get to those I have a couple of questions about my
>turn results.
>
>1)  I went with the majority of advice I got and now have a lunger with
>11-5-9-15-17-10-17.  You guys most know something because I ran him with
>leather armor and a longsword going 10-10-6 every round and he won big.  He
>went against a game run Convicted Thief and wounded him on the left hand.
>And then the thief gave up?  What's with this?  Is the thief a wimp?  Was it
>an incredible blow?  Oh, he started out with an expert rating in init and

Others have discussed the weaknesses of Mr. Thief, but an
incedible blow gets an indented comment after the hit location describing
it further, ie It was a devastating blow....  These extra damage attacks
cause the fight to end sooner than it should.  High attack ratings are
said to aid damage doing ability as well.

>attack.  Which leads me to my next question?
>
>2)  What affect does skills and ratings have on the fight?  As I understand

The more of both you have, the better your chance of winning.  An
expert rating is describing a level of acheivement.  Sort of like saying
Brett Hull is a 20 goal scorer, then 30, then 40 etc.  The ratings show
your progressive ability in a particular area of dueling ability.

>it a fighter can learn X amount of skills during a fight and after so many
>skills they get a rating in that skill?  I have the chart that was posted a
>bit ago (Stats to Skills) but I don't quite follow it?

>
>3) What is some basic strategy on attack and protect locations?  I don't see
>much posted about them?  Do they matter?

They can matter if you know what your opponent does.  attacking HE
increases chance of Killing your foe, hitting arms improves chance of
knocking his weapon to the ground, legs may knock him to the ground were
he can't dodge or attack.  Etc.  Protect locations can be used effectively
if you have a scouting report on a foe.  Say Demon Fighter hit Joe Schmo 8
times, 7 of which were to teh Right Arm, then he fought Jane Doe, and hit
Jane 6 times, 5 to the Right Arm, I might challenge Demon fighter and
protect the Arms.

>
>4)  Ok here are my new rolls:
>
>11-13-5-10-10-5-16
>
>
>9-7-11-5-12-10-16
>
>9-9-9-13-14-4-12
>
>For the most part I still don't have any clue on what to do with my roll-ups.
> I've gathered that wit is important, but hopefully guy #2 with wit 5 isn't a
>total lost cause.  And from my limited observation here are two fighters I
>came up with based on the third roll-up
>11-11-9-17-15-9-12 Parry-Striker
>13-12-9-15-19-4-12 Waste
>
	The first design isn't bad, neither is the second, both would do
well, but this is a very good roll-up and I think you could do better.

11-13-5-10-10-5-16 - Now since you have your lunger who seems quite good,
I think this is an excellent character to observe the effects of stat
raises with.  I think even if I got this character for my own, I might go
11-13-5-16-16-6-17 as a parry riposte.  I would train skills for the first
3 or 4 fights (Your odds on facing a more experienced foe are greater
early on).  Go until you get an expert rating.  Then, raise will to 17
then Wit to 17.  You will see first hand the differences, and this first
hand knowledge will be more valuable than others telling you yes do this,
no don't do this.  I recommend statying away from stat raises with your
lunger though.

9-7-11-5-12-10-15.  As others have suggested, a short term lunger.
10-7-11-11-17-10-17 is my suggestion.  Raise strength to 11.  If he learns
skills well (Some 11 wits do) keep him going.  Another idea is to design
to just short of key numbers.  Using this train of thought, design him
9-7-11-10-16-10-20.  Raise his Will to 17 in the first fight (=to 5
skills).  Then raise Will to 21 (7 skills i think), follow up with Wit to
11, and Speed to 11.  These stat raises will give him a quick jump in
skill on the other new warriors, and again, if he learns well after that,
he can still lead a productive career until he becomes DM.  Again, this
will show you how Stat raises affect skills.

9-9-9-13-14-4-12.  Like what others suggested, 11-9-9-17-17-4-17. To a
veteran manager I would recommend a Waste, but the low con will make this
trickier to run.  Instead, I think Parry Lunge is a good option for you.
Stay away from Lungers early on, fight P-Striker, strikers, Wastes P-Rips
instead.  Should do well, and will progress in parrallel to the lunger you
already have.  Very Good warrior methinks.

--
Garth

aj863@freenet.carleton.ca	or  crip@micor.ocunix.on.ca

References

Advice Wanted (DM)
mysticbob@aol.com
Wed, 26 Jan 1994 18:11:28 +0000