Re: DM: The Height of Mediocrity

From: crip@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Garth Werner)

Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 18:40:28 +0000

> Fellow netters,
>
> I received this roll-up a while back, and I've decided to send it in.
> Those of you who know me can probably tell what arena it's in, but I'd
> appreciate it if you wouldn't let the cat out of the bag. :)

I thought you had drop out and weren't running anywhere.

>
> What would you do with this:
>
> St 9 Cn 6 Sz 9 Wt 9 Wl 16 Sp 12 Df 9
>
> Yes, pathetic, isn't it?  Not enough WT to be long-term, not enough DF
> to be good with a blade.  His main strengths are low CN and low SZ.  An
> offensive, but not a good one.

My choice would be to go 9-6-9-15-17-13-15 as a slasher.  Geez,
here I am prophisizing slashers, where the hell did David go!

>
> Here's what I did:
>
>             LU
> ST  9 + 2 = 11
> CN  6 + 0 =  6
> SZ  9 + 0 =  9
> WT  9 + 4 = 13
> WL 16 + 5 = 21
> SP 12 + 1 = 13
> DF  9 + 2 = 11

This is pretty good, but if you insist on lunger, I still like
the 15 wit and scatch the DFt.  I know the skills chart says otherwise,
but all my better ADM lungers have 9 Dft, so I go with sentimental
reasons.

>
> ST:  11 gives use of every lunging weapon (save the halbard :).  I considered
> 	it important, given his other weaknesses, that he be well-suited to
> 	his weapons.  Combined with WT/DF, he can use everything except
> 	the epee.

Agreed.  A 9/9 STR/SIZ combo just isn't enough for a lunger.

> CN:   6 Never add points.
> SZ:   9 Perfect.  Gives every lunging weapon without wasting points, and
> 	gives fair defensive bonuses
> WT:  13 I would prefer to have 17 (especially with that WL), but can't
> 	reach it.  15 is a waste, so I kept it at 13 and jacked the ST. I
> 	suppose ST 9 WT 15 has it's advantages, but not enough.  Besides, this
> 	guy's a regular AD wonder - even if he reaches AD, he'll suck there.

What do you havae against 15 wit.  It's far from being a waste.
It'll let this guy pick up his skills quicker, thus be able to perform
better at the Regular level of the game.

> WL:  21 Gotta have *one* strength.  21 Helps with endurance, aggressiveness,
> 	attack, and defense.  It may also help with Init, I'm not sure.
> 	I've had a lot of success with WT 9 WL 21 dixies, so maybe a higher
> 	WT will only *add* to that success.  So I'm dreaming, humor me...
> SP:  13 Helps out with Init, Riposte, and Defense.   It may help get the
> 	jump occasionally, but it's highly unlikely.  I like high SP when I
> 	can get it, so here it's not too bad.  I would prefer SP 11 DF 13,
> 	but RSI refuses to allow even me to subtract points.
> DF:  11 13 would be better, but 11 gets the most in the way of skill bonuses
> 	(short of 21, that is).  Gives the LO, my favorite lunging weapon.
> 	Not spectacular, but workable.

Agreed  its nothing to write home about, but it will win fights,
and more than 50%, so nothing to really complain about

References

DM: The Height of Mediocrity
itlm013@dale.ucdavis.edu (Donnie Trump)
Tue, 09 Feb 1993 20:03:07 +0000

Referenced By

DM: The Height of Mediocrity
itlm013@dale.ucdavis.edu (Donnie Trump)
Tue, 09 Feb 1993 20:03:07 +0000