Re: DM: Offensive TP???

From: crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)

Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1993 12:50:59 +0000

>
> I always ran my beginning TPs with 2 shields (whether it's SM/ME, ME/ME,
> ME/LG depends on the ST, CN, WL of the TP) versus every style except fellow
> TPs.  Versus other TPs, I'd go with at least a SH for scum battle damage.
> Versus other beginning TPs, I'd go 1-1-1 across the board.  It's always just
> whoever can outlast the other guy (never saw an offensive TP down in the
> lower classes--I may catch some flak from Crip, but his bottom TPs were just
> as slimy as mine :) ).  Versus the other 9 styles I usually went with
> something like 2-4-P or 2-5-P for minutes 1 to 5, and 1-1-P for 6th on.  Armo
> is up to you, but your guys have such low ST...I usually went with ARM/H,
> SM/ME with my 13 strength TPs.  And ALE/L, SH/SM versus other TPs.

Hey, I resemble that remark!

Seriously, it's had to go wrong in the first 5-10 fights by
taking as many shields as your ST/CN will allow, but this 4 ST, 8 CN
warriors really can't caryry diddly.  And his defense won't be that
strong, so he'll have to run with some offense.

My truely offensive TP is a 6-14-10-15-21-4-15 (Hope that adds
up) who went 4-3 in a rookies tourney, then in his first arena fight
picked up his expert in attack.  In his 3 or 4th he picked up his parry
expert.  He goes out with SH/SM ALE/H and 2-3-1 P for the first 2 minutes
(But he has the CN that will let him do that), but in 3 and on I run him
up to 5-2-5, 6-2-6 or 8-5-5 type strategies the rest of the way.  The
only ones who will call you scum are the offensive's who collapse at teh
end of the first.  His 4th fight was a 9 minute win over a WS where the
TP had GINC popularity while the WS DEC'd.  Oh yeah, I think the TP hit
the WS 24 times.

Crip

>
> > They are both either initiates or apprentices for the upcoming tourney;
> > would you send/not send one or both?
>
> I'd have no problem sending the 2nd one to the tourney.  The first one might
> be at lunger/basher death risk (wouldn't want to go against my bashers with
> 17+ ST, mace-wielding, Adex ATT, 10-2-10-B strategy).
>
> Mike Lee
> Retired old DM fart
>
> > Ben Hitz (18,52,53,105)

- Garth Werner                crip@micor.ocunix.on.ca

References

Re: DM: Offensive TP???
leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Tue, 05 Oct 1993 23:53:50 +0000