Re: Well, I got my roll ups in the mail!

From: cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)

Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 20:17:20 +0000

In article <1ttes7$c7g@calvin.usc.edu> robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins) writes:
>mcgeorbr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
>
>>I enjoyed giving it!  Good luck!  (What arena are you going in?)
>
>Wouldn't answering this question give a hell of a lot of free information
>to whoever was in his arena since they would know all of his base stats
>and have a good idea of what his characters look like (if Mitch chose to
>take your advice and apply it)?

It is hard to target a warrior's weakness knowing only his stats.  Maybe
con or strength which give clues to damage and weapon selection but beyond
that I can't see much use in knowing stats.  A low speed striker may be
inherently slow but if the favorite learn is decise then you are in for a
surprise.  If a manager wants to keep their design secret is usually
either to keep their design *concept* a secret or to prevent you
from knowing which of the warriors are high skill/low hit point
types in order to prevent down challenges.

As more and more info is becoming available, most warriors of a given
style look alike (within reason).  More important is knowing what skill
levels your opponent has and how they use it in specific matchups.
I mean, how are you going to tailor your strategy knowing that your
opponent is a waste with 15 wit, 17 will and 13 deftness?  Will it be
different if he were 13 wit and 21 will?

>Also, would it be giving away too much information by putting
>descriptions into the name which could divulge the style?  For

Don't think your style is going to stay a secret for too long,
especially after 5 fights.  Style lists are the currency of DM info
exchange (other than the Net of course).  Besides, you never know if
the other manager is trying to trick you.  How about naming a basher
Lunge-O-Matic?

Chris
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References

Re: Well, I got my roll ups in the mail!
robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins)
Tue, 25 May 1993 15:44:07 +0000
Well, I got my roll ups in the mail!
gunzler@netcom.com (Mitch Gunzler)
Tue, 25 May 1993 08:53:26 +0000
Re: Well, I got my roll ups in the mail!
mcgeorbr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Tue, 25 May 1993 10:01:13 +0000