Re: Advice Wanted (DM)

From: gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler)

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 06:37:45 +0000

In article <CKA7sL.5GH@ucdavis.edu> ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi) writes:
>In article <gunzlerCK9zI7.HG2@netcom.com> gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler) writes:
>>I would *love* to hear a good answer to this.  For instance, does it
>>make any difference when you reach a new description level (Expert, GM),
>>or is it really just the percentages that count?  Or is it really ONLY the
>>"levels" that count?
>
>I used to think that gaining a new level in Attack rating gained you a
>commensurate bonus in your damage rating i.e. bumped you from normal to
>good, good to great etc.  This was before the advent of Master+ classes,
>though, so I don't know what's happened since then.  Other than that,it's
>just straight percentages addedto dice rolls and compared to your oppo-
>nents'.

That sounds like a straight answer, thanks.
So, other than warm fuzzies, it doesn't matter when you get to Master,
just that you've acquired N skills (for a total of X) in that area, right?

>
>>And, especially, what effect do ATTRIBUTES have on all this, beyond
>>contributing to your original skill level (and other obvious original
>>traits like damage done, weigth carried e.t.c.)?
>
>I don't understand the question here.  Do you mean things llike, does
>speed have an effect on who gets the jump independent of decisivness

Yes, exactly.
For instance, I am told WL is used in deciding whether to faint or drop dead.

>skills?  Then the answer is no, it doesn't.  Stats help you out in only
>two ways: by determining your initial skill bases, and in determining
>yor "physical" abilities like learning curve, damage taking, endurance,
>etc/
>
>That's why many parts of DM are counter-intuitive, like speed being a
>worthless stat.

It sure sounds that way, based on the skill charts.
By the way, what effect does "coordination" have, and does that occasionally
make a high speed worthwhile?  Or is a high Deftness, modest speed (so you
don't get "uncoordinated") good enough?

Mitch

References

Advice Wanted (DM)
mysticbob@aol.com
Wed, 26 Jan 1994 18:11:28 +0000
Re: Advice Wanted (DM)
gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler)
Thu, 27 Jan 1994 06:32:30 +0000
Re: Advice Wanted (DM)
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi)
Thu, 27 Jan 1994 09:31:32 +0000

Referenced By

Advice Wanted (DM)
mysticbob@aol.com
Wed, 26 Jan 1994 18:11:28 +0000
Re: Advice Wanted (DM)
gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler)
Thu, 27 Jan 1994 06:32:30 +0000
Re: Advice Wanted (DM)
ez007195@dale.ucdavis.edu (Yeon Choi)
Thu, 27 Jan 1994 09:31:32 +0000