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

From: khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)

Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 16:20:50 +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)?

Depends on who is in his arena. IF they are willing to work with him,
  then it's not likely to hurt. My preference would be to work with
  anyone from the net in my arena and share info. I've got plenty of
  folks there that I can fight against, it'd be nice to have an ally.

>Also, would it be giving away too much information by putting
>descriptions into the name which could divulge the style?  For
>ionstance, in Veastian, #43 there was a guy with the names
>Dark Blade, Dark Steel, Dark Aimed, Dark Flash, and Dark Launche.
>Dark Steel happened to be the top warrior of his style and was
>indeed a Wall of Steel fighter.  Wouldn't giving away what your
>style is be too much of an advantage to other people?  Historically,
>I've used the name "Muluth the Slash" on a number of occasions, mainly
>as an assassin or enforcer type character.  Would I be 'toopid to
>make him a slasher or parry slasher?

Yeah, I avoid names that give clues to style. One of the key things in
  DM is figuring out who is what style in your arena so that you can
  make good challenges. Keep style info as well hidden as possible from
  your opponents.

On the other hand, naming a basher 'Muluth the Slash' might have
  interesting effects. Might be interesting to see some waste or
  ripper challenge, expecting a slasher and find a basher instead. :)

BTW, there's no such thing as a parry slasher.

Arlon

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(408) 428-7304 or (510) 263-2701       / in the last tourney.

References

Re: Well, I got my roll ups in the mail!
mcgeorbr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Tue, 25 May 1993 10:01:13 +0000
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