Re: Advice Wanted (DM)

From: RIPCITY@delphi.com

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 07:13:20 +0000

<mysticbob@aol.com> writes:

>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
>attack.  Which leads me to my next question?

Generally the game run fighters (not counting the dark arena guys) aren't
that good, and many can be taken out easily. You got two experts on the
roll-up? Excellent.

>2)  What affect does skills and ratings have on the fight?  As I understand
>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?

Each fighter has a "base" number of skills in each of the six skill arena.
Err areas. This number is determined by a) the fighter's style b) the
starting numbers and c) a luck factor when the warrior is rolled up.
Thus, by all these, your lunger got experts in Attack and Initiative (two
areas lungers are generally high in) at the start. Each skill your fighter
learns in these areas will make him more effectent in these areas...more
attack skills will lead to more critical hits, more initiative skills means
he won't be so easily riposted, etc. Don't worry about the stats/skills
just yet...go for skills all the way. Stat raises can give you skills, but
can hurt your learning ability if you raise those stats too soon.

>4)  Ok here are my new rolls:
>
>11-13-5-10-10-5-16

11-13-5-15-15-8-17, waste, parry strike or slasher. I'd prefer the waste
of this group, using either a scimitar or a broadsword and offhand shield.

>9-7-11-5-12-10-16
>
>9-9-9-13-14-4-12

9-7-11-11-17-12-17 or 9-7-11-9-17-10-21 for the first one, probably a
dixie lunger either way

11-9-9-17-17-4-17 definately on the second one, excellent as either a
waste, tp (honest), parry-lunge or aimed blow, tho I would not recommend
an aimed blow until you get a number of more turns under your belt.

DON'T ADD CON! DON'T ADD CON! I can't stress this enough. There are times
where adding con is a distinct possiliblity, but neither of these are the
case.

References

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