Re: Legends-Silver Lute Revisited

From: aiko@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (aiko gieskens)

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1993 14:18:01 +0000

jozborne@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (John Osborne) writes:
: Stats are indeed a waste of points.  Only take them if you feel like
: roleplaying or
: DEX for thieves, assasains and spies
: STR for weaker races so they can wear decent armour and carry stuff
As stated before, both can be very worthwhile if you depend on other
chars for additional skills. Never put anything on a low level with a
main character, except maybe an arcane art because you get the spells
which go with it (E-type still get's 10 spells with arcane art on 1)
Also don't forget that STR plays a factor with thieving.

: CON not!

for the moment I must agree, although I suspect there might be uses for
it in specific areas. One I can think of is with the Spell Rite of the
illusionist  (Ancient Arcana) in COA, with which you can swap points of
CON fro points of illusionist skill.

: BTY only if you main is an influencer of an "ugly race" and whose
: influence targets generally have higher BTY.

Not only if you have an ugly race. Opposite race and a difference of
about 10 points in beauty (with you being the more beautiful), can give
you a 20-30% bonus on your influence attempt.

: All setups are balanced fairly evenly if they are played right.
: However right now I believe the best setup is a merc position, with the D
: with max influence and 21 arcane (Druid with the bless spell) and a
: B-level general.

That is, if you play as an individual. When you play with a group, which
isn't uncommon in Legends, whole different setups might turn out to be
advantageous. For example our Merc had his army led by a Hero General,
with tactics 20 at the start. This is something that will make your
B-level general virtually useless (not 100% useless) and the points can
certainly be used much better.

: The best word of advice is to get out there and do things!  Sitting
: around and practising skills in and of itself is useless.  It means your
: character isn't where they should be yet.  Of course you will be doing
: this quite alot in the beginning but this can't be helped.  All that
: really matters to the Legends Power Gamer is:
: Lots of pop
: Lots of characters (preferably good ones)
: A big army

Summarizing this, you could say that all that really matters is lots of
everything and in good quality. ;)
And eh, you left out lot's of information, which is one of the most
vital commodities in Legends.

Again, you're right from the individual perspective, but when gaming in
groups, this is true as seen over the whole group, but these thing might
not be needed for every single individual position. As a matter of fact,
the most powerful gamers in our area, are players with mostly
Hero-positions, with Merc and overlord backup from other players.
They tend to have the best statuses and items.

Don't get me wrong, what you're saying certainly isn't wrong, but there
are more ways to go than just one. Itr depends on the perspective your
playingfrom.

Aiko Gieskens

References

Legends-Silver Lute Revisited
jozborne@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (John Osborne)
Tue, 02 Mar 1993 02:58:34 +0000