Re: DM Rollups - request advice

From: itlm013@dale.ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman)

Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1993 00:22:03 +0000

In article <DRESNICK.93Feb3223241@alfredo.mit.edu> dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I just got three new rollups.  Two are mediocre, but one may be the
>best I've had yet (haven't had too many!)
>
> 5 10 18 7 15 9  6
>11 11 18 7 15 9 11 LU

LU
ST  5 + 3 =  8
CN 10 + 0 = 10
SZ 18 + 0 = 18
WT  7 + 0 =  7
WL 15 + 6 = 21
SP  9 + 0 =  9
DF  6 + 5 = 11

Effective as a bloodfeuder, and probably able to take out a lot of early
scum.  At the very least, he'll be a bane to any finesse style that runs
into him.  Train ST to 9 the first fight, then it's your pick of ST, DF,
or CN. Personally, I don't think he'll last long enough to worry about
maxing out on stat trains.

>7 10 11 8 9 15 10
>13 11 11 8 13 15 11 SL

SL
ST  7 + 4 = 11
CN 10 + 0 = 10
SZ 11 + 0 = 11
WT  8 + 1 =  9
WL  9 + 0 =  9
SP 15 + 6 = 21
DF 10 + 3 = 13

Death on wheels, man.  This guy is perfect for taking out any offensive,
because he's going to be faster than anyone!  Deft enough to hit, and
(in combination with his style) hard hitting enough to take out almost
anyone.  A sure dixie winner, unless the TP's find out about this guy.

>These guys are dogmeat.  However, I'd like suggestions of how to make
>them as strong as possible to go all out for a kill in a bloodfued.
>Some brand new lunger killed my basher.  This lunger is REALLY pretty
>smart, learning 4 skills in our bout.  Anyone have any idea if either
>of these guys could kill him with any possible design?  What is the
>best strategy/weapon to try for the kill?  The Lunger has only fought
>1 bout, so shouldn't be entirely beyond me.  I could also sick my scum
>on him (2-0-0, 22 recognition), but that wouldn't kill the guy...

I'd think that either of these guys could beat him, but the SZ 18 lunger
easily has the best chance of killing him. I'd give the LU two chances to
kill him, then send the slasher after him (for some reason, slashers tend
to do very well against lungers).  I'd say that you'd win 3 out of the
4 bloodfeuds, with the chances of a kill being high.

By the way, just because this lunger learned 4 skills in one fight, don't
think that the necessarily has to be all that smart. He could have a 13
WT (I've seen 5 skills in one fight, with a 13 WT) and just have been
lucky.

>Finally, the maybe good guy:
>
>13 5 7 17 12 3 13
>13 8 7 17 17 3 17  PL
>13 6 7 21 17 3 15  ???

WS
ST 13 + 0 = 13
CN  5 + 1 =  6
SZ  7 + 0 =  7
WT 17 + 4 = 21
WL 12 + 5 = 17
SP  3 + 0 =  3
DF 13 + 4 = 17

>He looks like he has got real potential, but as what?  He has low CN,
>and REALLY low speed - I can't fix these.  People have said WS and TP
>are pretty good with low speed, but with low CN?  I don't think so.

Actually, low CN only enhances the chances of this guy being awesome, be-
cause it frees up points elsewhere.  Normally, this is only of theoretical
value, because it most often ends up adding points to SZ or SP, but in this
case you've hit a virtual skills bonanza!  I'd go with the WS, because they're
fairly easy to run, do well against a wide range of styles, and start out
with good bonuses all around.

Awesome character!

Trump
dfcleary@ucdavis.edu

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DM Rollups - request advice
dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick)
Thu, 04 Feb 1993 03:32:42 +0000