Re: Legends Combat

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1993 23:21:41 +0000

Theodore Wadsworth <tw1t+@andrew.cmu.edu>:
>How does CF affect AF and DF.  I think that the AF calculation is a
>straight forward multiplication of CF*(1+bonuses) but I seem to remember
>that DF is affected by CF and I can't find the reference.  Help!

You're right about AF.  The connection between CF and DF is indirect:
Increasing *Personal Combat* boosts both CF and DF.

>If you capture a monster can you use it in combat?  Is it treated like a
>character or a soldier (e.g. could I put two wyverns in a slot and a
>character leading them?)

If you free a captured monster, you can assign it to a battle slot,
just as you would any other character.  There are a number of caveats:

* If your party is inside a location or ruin, the monster will be
  freed to that force, and not to yours.

* In NIC, monsters that don't belong to you will desert, sooner or later.

* Once you've freed the prisoner, you can no longer transfer it from
  force to force, which could prove a pain in the neck.  And if it
  dies, you have to use the Bury Character command, which requires
  the presence of one of your characters, not the Execute Captive command.

* If you place a freed prisoner in command of a force and you conquer
  a location, the location will belong to the commander, not to you.

That said, a monster with a SA of 500 or so can sometimes come in
quite handy in a battle slot.

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References

Legends Combat
Theodore Wadsworth <tw1t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Tue, 08 Jun 1993 19:52:08 +0000