Re: Legends: Strangers in my Adventurers-group

From: griffith@graft.Berkeley.EDU (Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith)

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 21:01:55 +0000

In article <GDKEB43M@math.fu-berlin.de> jungb@urz.unibas.ch  (Bernhard Jung) writes:
>Help please,
>
>my report showed me that an unknown masked character has entered my force.
>Could this be strange for me?
>
>What could he want and what can I do against him?

If that character is numbered 999 or less, then it is *bad*.  It means that
another player's character has deliberately targetted your force for some
reason, and there's a good chance that that character has been designed to
be a covert character - Thief/Stealth or Assassin/Stealth.  Even if that
character is numbered higher, it's probably a bad thing, but a low-number
character is especially bad.

Since that character appeared without doing anything nasty to you, he may
very well be harmless.  But until the character's owner gets in touch with
you, you have to assume the worst.

You *must* do the following:

1) Process your next turn ASAP.  Do *not* delay for any reason.

2) In the first character action phase, issue Escape orders for all
	   of your characters once.  If any of your characters have been
	   kidnapped by this guy, they will probably escape back into your
	   force.  If they aren't, then this won't cost you a character action.

You *should* do the following:

1) If you have any covert characters, assassinate or kidnap the
	   character.  If you can do this, and if you have any bards, then
	   curse the character before assassinating him.  If you don't have
	   any, but you can summon imps, you can try summoning an imp and
	   having the imp grab the character.

2) If you have any arcanists with ego attack, blow all of your mana
	   whacking the guy.

3) Transfer all of your characters and possessions into a different
	   force.  Assign the mystery character to combat 3 of your old force.
	   Move your new force about its business, away from your old force.
	   Move your old force to the nearest nasty monster lair or major
	   city and attack the location with your old force.  Monster lairs
	   are probably best, especially dragons or other monsters with large
	   special attacks.  Someone suggested having your new force attack
	   your old force.  I don't think this will work.  I believe you can
	   never attack a force that you already own.

4) Cast Read Character on the character.  Back this up with a view
	   character force order.

Jim

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References

Legends: Strangers in my Adventurers-group
jungb@urz.unibas.ch (Bernhard Jung)
Fri, 18 Jun 1993 19:27:51 +0000

Referenced By

Legends: Strangers in my Adventurers-group
jungb@urz.unibas.ch (Bernhard Jung)
Fri, 18 Jun 1993 19:27:51 +0000