AG: The Battle Axe (was Longsword)

From: leeme@cnsvax.uwec.edu

Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1993 20:11:26 +0000

In article <266esh$jk2@triton.unm.edu>, dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville) writes:
> your dex was too low?  If not, you probably will not notice a big improvement
> with raising your dex by one.  Each weapon has its own parrying and attack
> modifiers and stat requirements.  The battle axe suffers in parrying somewhat
> due to being slow to catch an incoming weapon.  It performs fairly well,
> though, as far as absorbing damage.  It is almost always a good idea to
> raise stats for a while on new characters.  Stats most directly affect your
> combat capability.

I would have to disagree with Dave on the battle axe's parrying ability.  I've
fought Graykor, a 2000 power level dwarf, many, many times over the past 2
years, and his battle axe parrying ability is no less than Golden's longsword
parrying ability even though Golden has a much higher cunning than Graykor.
I've also fought many other battle axe wielders, mostly dwarves, and they
can outright parry blows 85% or better most of the time (this is assuming they
have good initial designs).  I agree on the battle axe absorbing more damage
on partial parries than some other weapons.

Mike Lee

> David Saville
> Pazuzeus Gravestone, Maug, Lobo

References

Re: AG: The Longsword
dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)
Wed, 01 Sep 1993 06:49:22 +0000
Re: AG: The Longsword
doug@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Thu, 02 Sep 1993 16:21:42 +0000
Re: AG: The Longsword
dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)
Fri, 03 Sep 1993 03:49:37 +0000
AG: The Longsword
jgould@adobe.com (Jim 'Green Machine' Gould)
Tue, 31 Aug 1993 21:06:33 +0000

Referenced By

Re: AG: The Longsword
dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)
Wed, 01 Sep 1993 06:49:22 +0000
Re: AG: The Longsword
doug@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Thu, 02 Sep 1993 16:21:42 +0000
Re: AG: The Longsword
dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)
Fri, 03 Sep 1993 03:49:37 +0000
AG: The Longsword
jgould@adobe.com (Jim 'Green Machine' Gould)
Tue, 31 Aug 1993 21:06:33 +0000