AG: First Turn & Combat Magic

From: kirby@pyramid.unr.edu (Stephen Kirby)

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1993 01:27:58 +0000

First in response to a posting about magic Daze, Vertigo, and
Heal cost 15EP's to raise from trained to lvl 1.

I've just recieved my first turn from Barstow. My character's name is
Det and is ranked 4(?) from the bottom in power.

I went 50% this turn at 4 wins for 8 matches. Two matches I had the other
character severley wounded, and they either healed or regenerated. :(

My biggest question is on why I NEVER cast a spell during the entire turn.
In one fight my opponent, an elf, cast 6 spells. 2 Daze, 2 Vertigo, and 2
Heal. My settings were:
                         Daze 9/9
                         Vertigo 1/9
                         Heal 4/5
Desperate
                         Daze 9/5
                         Heal 9/7

Despite this maybe I was lucky ... I earned a damage bonus (good right?)

Any other suggestions for a first turn guy?

Is better to INITALLY do attributes or to pick up a few cheap skills like
distraction?

Do skills improve with use? i.e. will my Daze become level 1 if I use it
enough?

If it helps here's what I've got:

Str 11
Dex 7
Stam 11
Cun 12

20EP's 7KP's

Ambidextrous
Avg. height, avg. weight

Initial elf skills (magic, move quiet)

club lvl-1

I was planning on raising Dex, Str, and Stam this turn. (Making Str and
Stam above average and getting my Dex closer to average)

Oh, Det ID# 875

Thanks,
Steve

p.s. when are the turns run? I want to make sure I get my turn in on time
since it took 5 days for the mail to arrive here.