Re: AG Beg. Help (long...)

From: pat3n@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Patrick A. Truman)

Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 19:25:52 +0000

Steve Kirby writes:
>creation of a new character. A few questions ...
>
>Could someone give more info on the importance of each stat, based on
>personal experience. One question ... does cost to improve stats go
>up as the stats go up? What kind of break points, etc.

I'm running two characters in Antar.  The character with the higher
cunning score (16) seems to learn about 3 skills per turn in the battles
the other character (13) only learns about 2...  Of course, I've only
been playing for three turns... I've earned weapon bonuses and
dodge/retreat bonuses, but I've yet to get a damage bonus.  This may
be because both my characters have pretty low strengths (11 and 13).

A 13 stamina goes a lot further than a 10...

Cost to improve stats increases for each raise... 4...8...12...
Humans start with 4s in each stat, but some races start with 8... this
can get very expensive...

Personally, I think that the importance of the stats is:

Cunning > Stamina = Dexterity > Strength

BUT... depending on the race you choose you may want to start the more
expensive stats high and then raise the lower ones as you go.  Someone
out there must have the stat raise chart which was posted a month or
so ago... can you repost?

>Does using magic such as daze and vertigo negatively effect honor and
>alignment? How severly do they effect fatigue?

I don't know.  Tripping and kicking doesn't seem to change anything...

>Are elves really that hard to adventure with? I'm favoring them right now.
>Suggestions on other races? I remember hearing good about dwarves and
>bad about minotaurs.

I've fought elves.  One or two good hits and they're done for.  But
spells are nice.  If you must do an elf I'd go for a high dex.  High
cunning is nice too, as things learned in the battles are free in
terms of experience points.  And don't mix your spells, chose one or
two and raise them rather than being level one in everything-- low
level spells aren't too effective.

>Suggestions on starting guild ... I don't really care, but if there is
>good reason to go one place ...

Well, I've got two in Antar.  Anyone else?

>Impressions on ambidextrous?

Costs too much-- you need those points for your stats.

>Is it ever better to study than to do combat? It seem like combat is a
>better proposition 99% of the time.

Combat is better, but you risk fighting someone really powerful and
getting killed.

>Just how easily are EP's and KP's earned? As in how many of each could
>I expect to earn per turn when I'm just starting out?

In the lowest bracket one earns 1-6 ep/fight, more for winning, more
for longer fights, more for fighting tougher opponents.  I'd say my
average has been about 24 per turn.  I also think that as you progress
up in the brackets the amount goes up.  Can anyone verify this?

Good luck, hope this helps.

pat
pat3n@virginia.edu

References

AG Beg. Help
kirby@pyramid.unr.edu (Stephen Kirby)
Wed, 19 May 1993 07:28:27 +0000

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AG Beg. Help
kirby@pyramid.unr.edu (Stephen Kirby)
Wed, 19 May 1993 07:28:27 +0000