Re: DM: Alliance War

From: cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1993 13:18:39 +0000

In article <1993Aug16.050442.19416@rdii.com> jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith) writes:
>This brings up a question I have been meaning to ask.  When the starting
>skills for a character are determined, is there a fixed method used to
>determine those skills, or is there an element of random chance involved.
>In other words, if you and I happened to get identical roll-ups and
>also happened to set them up identically, would the starting skills be
>the same or different?

Skills are based on your stats and a "luck factor" which is about
+- 4 skills in each area which is sort of normally distributed.

Size also affects stuff as does being ambidextrous.

>>Oh, and I would choose will over wit every time for a dixie, especially
>>a LU.
>
>Based on the limited experience I've had so far, I'd have to agree, but I
>have also found that very low wit characters are pretty pathetic too.  I think
>it is important to avoid having WT, WL or DF below 7, but given my druthers,
>I'll take a higher WL anyday.

I have never run a dixie with wit less than 7 - my two high speed dixie
lu's both had 7 but never had wild attacks or anything like that.  The
nice thing about dixie lu's is that the lunger base ratings compensate
for the lack of skills a 7 wit character gets plus there is a much
better chance that a LU would be suited to very high, very high (or
high, high etc.) than a striker or slasher who would probably get
something like High, low etc.

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References

Re: DM: Alliance War
jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith)
Sun, 15 Aug 1993 01:27:16 +0000
Re: DM: Alliance War
cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)
Sun, 15 Aug 1993 03:53:55 +0000
Re: DM: Alliance War
jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith)
Mon, 16 Aug 1993 05:04:42 +0000

Referenced By

Re: DM: Alliance War
jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith)
Sun, 15 Aug 1993 01:27:16 +0000
Re: DM: Alliance War
cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)
Sun, 15 Aug 1993 03:53:55 +0000
Re: DM: Alliance War
jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith)
Mon, 16 Aug 1993 05:04:42 +0000