Re: DM: Tournament Strategy

From: ewalents@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Erich Walentschak)

Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1993 07:06:41 +0000

I use a 10 KD more out of habit i think now.  Ive had a lot of Kill wars with
friends of mine in the game, although the biggest one was with someone form
when I used to play back in the 80's.  (Many of you have probably heard of Jeff
Morgan, btw anyone know how to reach him now?)  Anyways, Ive heard rumors that
theres an attack bonus when OE=KD but I havent been able to prove it.  Ive also
heard thers a damage bonus with a higher KD, once again, no proof.  But yes, I
have also heard that the higher KD lowers decise, init, rip, and def.  Still
nothing definate on this either though.  I think it depends on the warrior for
me still.  For example, I have a 6-1 ST with a 155 Dec but still no rating in
attack or init  :(.  Id like to run her with a 20KD if the attack and damage
bonuses were true since I couldnt care less about a decise penalty.  I even run
her in at least ACM now since its not going to affect her that much.  On the
other hand, I have an 8-2 SL with a 125 init and a 120 attack but only a 90
decise who needs all the defense and decise he can get so i usually run him at
a 7 KD.  This is all also a moot point for me since were talking tourneys and I
HATE to run with a high KD in tourneys for 2 reasons.  1:  I know what it feels
like to lose guys in tourneys and I really hate to do it.  Dont know why it
feels different in the regular arena than there, but it just does.  2:  Cuz I
have a crazy theory that the higher your KD is, the better chance you yourself
have of dying.  Maybe its the fact that in RSIs book it says 'those who live by
the sword tend to die by the sword' or something.  Maybe its the fact that some
bored friends and I went back once and tried to figure some kill/death ratios
for teams over long periods of time and they were pretty equal (i.e. more
kills = more deaths)  I dunno.  Just another half cracked theory.  Feel free to
rebutt and attack at will.

Erich
The Wizard

References

DM: Tournament Strategy
jas@rdii.com (Jim Smith)
Thu, 01 Apr 1993 00:40:04 +0000