Aimed Blows!!!

From: esuh@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Edward Suh)

Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1993 01:10:23 +0000

Hello again everyone.  All you DM players out there, I'd
like to open a forum on Aimed Blows if anyone is interested.  I
myself am sick of making lungers, parry-lungers, parry-strikes,
parry-ripostes, wall of steels, total parries, bashers, strikers,
and slashers.  I've decided that I now need to learn to fight the
Aimed Blow:)  So, with your help, we can all be a little more
knowledgeable about this unique style.  What i like most about Aimed
Blows is that everyone thinks they stink.  Not to mention, few
people know how to design or run a quality Aim.  Just look at how
many Aimed Blows are in Advanced Duelmasters or Primus.  Necron-99
is an example of how good Aimed Blows can be as is Mahatma Gumby and
Rake and Tawny.  Besides, they're so much more fun to fight than all
the other styles because they have a personality all their own.
What other style can stand motionless letting an attack opportunity
go by?  What other style can get the jump on a striker and stand
motionless instead of attacking? an of course, What other style can
throw crits with their FEET!!!  I think i'm developing an obsession
for aimed blows just because no-one else seems to care about them.
Besides, they can use the Halberd!!! Who cares if they don't have
the strength!!! one hit and the other guy is invariably toast!!!
I've run a few good aims in my time, for example...
   Sylune-11-10-5-17-17-7-17-starting attack
   Kylie-3-7-14-17-15-7-21-starting great damage:)
   Danni Wolfe-3-10-9-17-17-9-17-little damage, poor endurance. will
never win...EVER...
But they are still fun to run:)(especially Kylie)
anyways, i've noticed that Aimed Blows NEVER learn initiative skills
unless it is their favorite learn.  Of the 70+ skills on those three
aimed Blows listed above, not a single initiative skill was
learned.  Aimed Blows have low init, low decise, relatively low
parry, horrible riposte, but they do have great attack, and usually
pretty darn good defense.  They last about 7 minutes at 4-5-4 with
poor endurance and they throw lots of crits...with anything.  Of
course they fight better with their favorites, but they still throw
crits with other weapons.  I think i'll try running all my aims with
a halberd because one hit will take down most people and if it
doesn't, the second hit will-assuming it hits the same place as
aimed blows are supposed to do.  Anyways, what do you all think of
aimed blows? how do you run them?  I usually try 10-5-7 in the first
and 2-7-3 dodge in desperation. any suggestions?  Oh one more
thing...aimed blows definitely reduce damage taken from blows as
they get older. i have an aimed blow that takes normal with a 12 con
and a mere 9 will.  she took three hits to the lower body in the
first minute against venemous concubine and never went desperate.
maybe a fluke, but i've seen other fights too. it seems like a
definite possibility. Anyways, i'll be looking forward to feedback
from all of you soon...
                              E.

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esuh@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Edward Suh)
Mon, 07 Jun 1993 00:44:02 +0000