Re: Leg: startup ?

From: robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins)

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 01:04:05 +0000

dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick) writes:

>In article <1rjnr1$ieh@calvin.usc.edu> robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins) writes:

>>   So, 24 points went to PC, 40 to a skill between 1-10, and 16 into
>>   characteristics.  My sidekick has ranger and knight.  I'll learn
>>   both of them with my main to maximize survivability in the early
>>   game.  When I switch over to influencing, I'll probably drop
>>   knight and pick up stealth.

>No priest?  They can come in handy - maybe a sidekick priest would be
>nice to have. You might take serious damage taking these lairs.  Well,
>you could always start with empathic self cure...  I guess that you
>plan on teaching your B your arcane and battle/duel spells?

Specifically...

Human Barbarian

ST 12 + 8 = 20
DX  9 + 7 = 16
CO 12 + 0 = 12
BY  9 + 1 = 10
PC          25
Tactics	     0
Influence    0

Priestly Vows 31 (skill 10, as I indicated above), Religion 1

Human Barbarian
ST	12
DX	 9
CO	12
BY	 9
PC	 0
Tactics  0
Inf	 0

Priestly Vows 5 of religion 2, Ranger, Knight

>Dream on dude!  Unless your startup area is MUCH easier than mine
>(NIC2), you won't find many lairs/villages that you can "beat up" on.
>The only lair on my starting map was a "child of chaos mature dragon".  The
>weakest village had 40 soldiers, about half of them troll barbarians.

Early on.. summon minor divinityu of rel 1 to clobber things.  When the
secondary reaches Priest 15, the two divinities go together and are
able to blow away tough locations.

I'm in a game with my roomie (overlord/hero).  We are romping and stomping
in that one.  So I don't need to go into a game paired up with allies
again.  I want to see how far one can get alone...

Rob

PS - I wouldn't suggest this strategy in NIC 4.  At best, you will have
a 50/50 shot of getting the aforementioned deities in the game.  I
chose the two religions I did because the preferred races are
both available to one starting position and they are not
particularly attractive religions.  My guess is that most people are
going to go after the Shanah, Dead, and Sarn.  I'm looking
to avoid collisions with deity summonings, so I chose a primary
religion which pretty much only a skinhead or someone interested
in communion would want.  I might be wrong, but I doubt that many
skinheads would be playing Legends...  :)

References

Leg: startup ?
jghiloni@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (james craig ghiloni)
Mon, 26 Apr 1993 16:42:20 +0000
Re: Leg: startup ?
dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Mon, 26 Apr 1993 18:50:58 +0000
Re: Leg: startup ?
robertw@calvin.usc.edu (Robert Watkins)
Tue, 27 Apr 1993 16:43:13 +0000
Re: Leg: startup ?
dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick)
Tue, 27 Apr 1993 22:31:51 +0000