Re: Legends: more questions

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 18:08:43 +0000

lee@torrid.ogo.dec.com :
>I finally got my setup for NIC4 (hero position)...

Good way to start.  Think of this game as a learning experience.
Don't hesitate to experiment.

>It seems to me that typical things you might do on a first turn might include:

Exchange skills and/or spells (eg, if one character has 'ranger' and you
want both to have it), scry or spy possible targets, but most important:
Communicate.  Get in touch with other players in your area.  Attach
messages to your force and/or characters telling other players how to
contact you.  Broadcast a message giving your general starting location
and your phone number.  A hero is virtually helpless on his own; you need
to contact other players to work with.

>  attempt to influence someone (what's the range on an influence attempt,
>     anyway?  same province? same location?)

Same province.  If your hero started with near-maximum influence, you
have a shot at influencing minor characters (not location- or guild-owners)
of your race.  It helps if you're of the same religion, too.  It helps
a *lot* if you can cast a bless spell on yourself to double your influence.
You haven't a chance of influencing characters with prestige higher than
your own.  And if your influence is less than about ten, you haven't a
chance, period.

>Neither of my characters has any food listed as possessions.

Characters don't have to be fed.

>Also, one character has a weapon equipped for
>which they do not have (by the book) the required dex

Next time that character has an 'equip' order, that order will fail
to equip that weapon.  Write the GM a note asking that the weapon
be replaced by an equivalent legal one.

>I know this has been asked before, but what's a decent personal combat value?
>10? 20? 30?

Twenty is decent, thirty is quite good.

>I recall a brief mention of Rangers' mapping ability, but I haven't
>seen any orders that deal with it.

If you give military order 30, the force will give you scouting information,
provided it has soldiers and/or a commanding character.  If the commanding
character is a ranger, you get a map.

>Is party(force) movement limited by the slowest member?

Yes.

>Are factions visible attributes?  (can you tell what faction a person
>belongs to?)

Not by looking.

>What determines whether you can enter a location?   (my guess is that
>  it depends on what the location owner has set with the set force entry
>  conditions order)  How can you tell?  (if you try to enter location
>  you are excluded from, will that start a battle?)

Yes, it's force entry conditions.  If you try to enter and fail,
it'll simply tell you that you failed, and possibly tell you why.

>Are there any typical standing orders for non-location owning positions?

Not that come to mind.

>Do I need to assign battle slots yet? (only 6,7 & 8 are listed)

If you assign to battle slots, the assigned characters will participate
in any combat that arises.  If you don't, they won't fight.  That's
safer, of course.

>Do marketplaces show up in general knowledge reports?

If you view or scry a city, you'll be told about the markets, too.

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Dani Zweig
dani@netcom.com

Aphorism is better than none.

References

Legends: more questions
lee@torrid.ogo.dec.com (wooga wooga wooga)
Mon, 14 Jun 1993 15:30:12 +0000

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Legends: more questions
lee@torrid.ogo.dec.com (wooga wooga wooga)
Mon, 14 Jun 1993 15:30:12 +0000