Re: NIC MAR Ratings

From: drhj@v1.astro.cf.ac.uk (Dean Johnson)

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 21:38:17 +0000

In article E3A@netcom.com, griffith@netcom.com (James Griffith) writes:
> tcline@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Terry Cline) writes:
>
> >	Another fun note, someone is hitting me with 'Ego Attack".
> >Atleast thats what I assume with the printouts saying I keep getting
> >sharp head pains, feeling unnaturally hot, and other messages on my
> >printout.  The other character involved moved and those reports stopped,
> >so thats what I *assume* is going on.  So now a question, if there any
> >way to track down the twerp doing this?  He's burning spell points at a
> >good pace if its a PC location, if it's a NPC I don't know what I did to
> >tick off anyone that high up, this early.  (It's NIC 4 and I'd prefer to
> >leave the location out of this incase the SOB reads this!)  Two can play
> >this game if I can find out who it is.......  Atleast I seem to have
> >someone/thing interested in me already, I must be doing something right.
> >Now to cast shell of protection on me and let him/her burn those spell
> >points up jabbing at me.
>
> You're probably *not* being ego attacked.  The message you see, whether it's
> the "stabbing pain", the "black out", the "vision clouds", or something
> similar, is a standard message which can probably be translated into
> "someone attempted to cast a spell on you which failed to overcome your MR".
> The most likely action was that someone tried to scry you.  This kind of
> thing tends to happen if you enter a major city where other PC's are hanging
> out, if you've recently gotten into a tussle with someone, or if you're
> about to get into a tussle with someone.  Generally speaking, it's *not*
> a good sign, but it might not be the threat that *I* make it out to be -
> I tend to be somewhat paranoid.

I accidently (got the spell id wrong) tried to put EGO ATTACK in as a duel
spell and thus ego attack myself for 1pt.  This did not exceed my MAR in
anyway but I got a message reporting a tickling sensation.

I later ego attacked myself for real to finish me off in preaparation for
being vamped.  I then got a message of blinding pain or something like
that.  It is thus possible that this character is being EGO attacked.  Are
you taking any wounds?

>
> As for MR, well, it depends.  The Overlord in Realm has a MR of 100 or so.
> My PC in Realm 5 had a MR of 20 or so by the time I stopped playing.  MR
> varies, because it's completely dependent on what items the character has
> and what status (ignoring shells, which are transient).
>
> 				Jim
>

I agree.  I have a couple of characters near 30 MAR.  This depends on items
and STATUS.  Some of the higher level statuses can give a large MAR boost.

Dean

References

Re: NIC MAR Ratings
griffith@netcom.com (James Griffith)
Tue, 18 Jan 1994 09:28:46 +0000

Referenced By

Re: NIC MAR Ratings
griffith@netcom.com (James Griffith)
Tue, 18 Jan 1994 09:28:46 +0000