Re: Legends - combat vs monsters

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 00:04:58 +0000

dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick):
>I'm about to hit a rather nasty dragon who is my first monster.

Your *first* monster?!  If this is early in the game, you're
committing suicide.  (Among things, dragons run to high invulnerability
ratings, high DF, and high CF, which is a nice combination.)

>He is set to raid any force with more than 20 soldiers.  Does this
>mean that I'll have to fight him twice (once when he raids me, and
>again which I conquer his lair)?  I really want to avoid this - the
>first battle will be easy, as I'll have 5 single soldiers in my front
>slots to absorb his (large) special attack and also his battle spell.
>However if I have to fight him a second time he will do his special
>attack and magic on real slots before he runs away, causing
>significant damage (SA1350, spell = firestorm at unknown level).

Yes, you get to fight him twice.  The simplest solution is to
not attack the lair when you reach his province.  That way you'll
fight just one battle -- and fight it in the open, instead of
in confined territory, which helps that turn.  Then, on your next
turn, you can assign five more soldiers to the front slots and
attack the wounded dragon's lair.  (If both turns are in the same
phase, you needn't even worry about its healing over production.)

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References

Legends - combat vs monsters
dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick)
Sun, 27 Jun 1993 19:14:12 +0000