Re: Legends: bugs

From: rai@rb.icl.co.uk (Ross Inglis)

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 10:07:13 +0000

Michael Minnotte (minnotte@stat.rice.edu) wrote:
> In article <daniCA8Ayx.FF2@netcom.com> dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig) writes:
> >minnotte@stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte):
> >>Also, in the battle reports we scouted a castle whose defenders all
> >>had defense factors in the 110-119 region!  Is this possible? (No
> >>special statuses, magic armor, etc., just level 10 and below soldiers.)
> >The most likely thing to look at is the fortification bonus and
> >leadership.  A leader with tactics of 20, in a town whose fortifications
> >give +20 DF, now has an effective leadership of 40.  Against a zero-
> >leadership scout, this would have the effect of tripling the
> >defenders' defense factors.  (There are also a few bizarre troop

> In the battle in question, the leader was indeed listed as having
> leadership 32 overall, though in the slot listing she was only
> credited with 8!  (Error, or can anyone explain?)

> But even with tripling, that still leaves a base DF near 40!  I think
> the worst were level 8-10 dwarf knights with plate and shield.  I haven't
> totalled these up exactly, but my mental estimate puts these with DF
> of no greater than about 30.  Could something else (besides leadership
> and fortifications) also add, or could the two multiply instead of adding?

> Thanks,  I'm just very confused.

Judging from the information you supplied I would guess that the location
had a +24 DF add and so a +24 Tactics add (making 32 total). Using these
figures you can calculate DF as follows:

+2       Shield
   +10       Plate
    +3       Dwarf
    +2.5     Level 10
    +2       Knight
   +24       Location
   ----
    43.5     Sub-total
   x 2.6     Multiplier for tactics 32
  ------
    113 DF  final DF

So yes they can quite easily get to gross levels.

Ross

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Re: Legends: bugs
minnotte@stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)
Mon, 19 Jul 1993 19:12:22 +0000