Re: DM: Roll-up suggestions

From: mcgeorbr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1993 14:09:08 +0000

In article <20b5sqINNcgr@uwm.edu>, dray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Ray Giese) writes:
> Okay, I've decided to try DM, after having gone through the free turns
> at Gen Con two years in a row, so I have no real experience with the
> game.  Icould use some advice on the following:

Did you offend someone from RSI at GenCon?  This *could* be the worst set of
rollups that I've ever seen.  I don't send anything to the Dark Arena, but,
man, it would sure be tempting here.  I also don't run dixies (characters
designed to win a few early fights then go to the dark arena), but dixies would
make sense with at least two of these rollups.

> 12-12-14- 6-10-13- 3

13-12-14-11-13-14-7  Striker; run him 10-10-7-D(ecisiveness) with a mace.
Terrible character, but could hold his head above water.

>  9-15- 8- 9-11-13- 5

9-15-8-15-17-13-7  Ugh...Striker or maybe a lunger?  Use a shortspear (is 7 dft
ok? grumble...)  run 10-10-7-D.  Again, the ST would probably do decently, the
lunger would probably stink up the arena.

>  8- 9-19- 5- 5-13-11

Double ugh...9-9-19-11-11-14-11  For a change of pace, how about a striker?
Let's be weird and run him 10-10-7-D.  Try scimitar.  You know, this could be a
slasher, but some people don't like huge slashers.

>  4-14-11-14- 8- 7-12

OK, this is nicer.  5-14-11-17-13-7-17  I think I would try a parry-lunger or a
parry-riposte; today I like the PL a little more.  Wear ALE & L, use a
shortsword and dagger, try him at 10-10-7-L(unge) to see if he likes it.  If he
doesn't, try Erich's 7-7-7 or even something like 3-3-3-P(arry).

>  3- 4-16-10-15- 8-14

Workable.   5-4-16-15-21-8-15 Lunger; try 10-10-7-D with a shortsword.

Sorry for all of the offensives, I prefer the defensive styles but you can't
really do that with sizes 14, 16, and 19 or a dft 5 on the rollup.

Good luck!
>
>  Thanks,

>
>  P.S. I thought I saw here a while ago a chart of stats for each
>       weapon to be coordinated.  Does anyone here still have that,
>       and would they be kind enough to e-mail it?
>
> --
> Dan Giese
>
Bruce McGeorge
Mane Man
9 of 10 Dentists recommend the arenas I'm in.

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DM: Roll-up suggestions
dray@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Daniel Ray Giese)
Thu, 24 Jun 1993 03:09:14 +0000