Re: The Count versus 30 men

From: mnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark__Nielsen)

Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1993 16:23:05 +0000

>For the public, I was playing a character who got in a fight with the
>Count (known as Count Clown to the rest of us, because he was such an
>oaf).  I am the chief "idiot" who challenged Mark on his outrageous
>story; he left out the other things the count supposedly did in the
>course of a couple of days, the sum total of which was too
>unbelievable for even the most Munchkinish AD&D'er to stomach.
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	I didn't call any names. If you want to argue meaninglessly
go ahead.
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>I make the same challenge I did then, Mark:  give me the 30 guys to
>run, you take the count, and let's get a neutral referee.  The count
>will be dead faster than you can think about it.
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Fine, you know John. He is the most honest guy in the world. Ask him.
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>BTW, multi-classed characters are NOT ALLOWED to specialize.  Read
>that again.  The count can't get all those weapons bonuses and have
>any of those spells to cast.  So decide which set of skills you want:
>the fighter skills (including specialization), or the mage's skills.
>You can't have both.
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There again you go talking when you don't know everything.
He was dual classed, 3rd level fighter, 5th level mage.
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>The tactics displayed by a group has nothing to do with their level,
>in the AD&D world.  As another poster suggested, all I have to do is
>have the living guys collect the missile weapons from the count.
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Granted, if they thought about it, granted.
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>I tried to explain this to you in mail before, but it obviously isn't
>getting through.  Your character's actions are *his*
>responsibility (and yours), and no one else's.
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	Your character's actions were *his* responsibilities and not the
Count's. Your telling me that after someone has declared themselves
a noble, and a mere peasant nails him to the wall, that the noble wouldn't
ask for revenge! I played within character. He was taunted, provoked, and
then someone attacked him. As far as a noble is concerned, if such ruffians
attack in this manner, he would try to subue the leader and control them
by beating the leader. I was using no past knowledge of the group. I thought
we were suppose to role-play not using player knowledge. I guess I will
have to use player knowledge in the future to prevent character's from
getting mad each other.
	Obviously we are not going to agree on anything. I am more
interested in the battle tactics rather than anything else. I don't
want to argue over character's, that was 2 months ago. Go ahead and babble
about character's, but if you have interesting battle tactics, I will listen.
	Also, sleep spell is quite nice against some of the opponents.
I don't think I mentioned that. Since they are 1st and 2nd level, they drop
like flies, which is fun becuase it reduces morale.
	More to tactics. How many people would have rope proficiency
in lassoing creatures? These are not cattle herders, but green ruffians.
I don't think I could lasso someone. Also, if the rope is non-magical,
could it be considered a ranged or melee attack? If it was ranged,
which seems more likely, the protection from normal missiles would block it.

References

Re: The Count versus 30 men
sjc@cs.purdue.edu (Steve Chapin)
Sun, 31 Jan 1993 21:01:55 +0000
The Count versus 30 men
Mark__Nielsen <mnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sun, 31 Jan 1993 17:31:19 +0000

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Re: The Count versus 30 men
sjc@cs.purdue.edu (Steve Chapin)
Sun, 31 Jan 1993 21:01:55 +0000
The Count versus 30 men
Mark__Nielsen <mnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sun, 31 Jan 1993 17:31:19 +0000