Re: Quest: suggestions for startup please

From: Brian Carpenter <btc2@cornell.edu>

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 18:41:51 +0000

>Well.....The suggestion so far has been good....but.....
>If your going to have the elven mage at the front......
>he'll get the veritable sh*t beaten out of him or her.....
>
>As far as I can work it out.....the first 2 or 3 in a party will
>be the ones to get any direct confrontation......
>and thus get dealt the first rounds damage......
>
>Now...I could be wrong...but.....I think there is a little note in
>the KJC Quest handbook (the UK originators) about the fact that
>the first few in the party head up your first rank for combat.....
>
>I think its in the bit about moving numbers.....after the initial set-up!

Quoth the ABM Quest manual:
In battle, your fighters are at the front, you're* thieves are in the
middle and your mages are at the rear.  The positioning of your priests
depends upon your alignment.

*Typo is theirs, not mine.

ABM Quest (can't speak for the rest) doesn't ever let you reassign
character numbers, and from what I can tell, if you get someone killed,
that spot becomes 'open' until you recruit into it.  So, if you want the
EM as party leader in position #1, go for it.

And as a query - how many of you have a female in the lead position?  I
love it when the first order I ever issued gets the reply:
X 17 Yvonne Theralon -- New party member 1 is a human fighter named
Yvonne Theralon.  Yvonne Theralon has a well developed body.

Who says computer moderated games don't have a sense of humor?

References

Quest: suggestions for startup please
gam@panix.com (Badger)
Sun, 12 Dec 1993 05:32:05 +0000