Re: DM: More Mayhem

From: johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John Carlos White)

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:36:18 +0000

khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn) writes:

>Remember that 19-10-8-8-10-19-10 PR I mentioned before? Well, I
>  decided to give him a little more time before I DA'd him, and he did
>  quite well. He's the one I have to thank for that '1' in the Kills
>  column for me this week. He's now 2-1-1. I know he can't keep this
>  up for long, but I think I'll wait until he starts losing before I
>  DA him.

Gaaaaaaaa!  NO!  DA now!  You should've DA'd last turn if that's your
ultimate goal.  As it happened, you got luckier than I've EVER gotten
in a matchup, killing a warrior that probably should've killed you!
Thank your lucky stars and cut your losses!

I remember fondly a warrior that I ran for 3 fights in the arena, called
The Kill. He was something like 15-3-13-4-21-10-21 or somesuch.

He won his first fight, almost killing his opponent.  On his second fight,
he bloodily impaled his opponent. 2-0-1.  I then DA'd him.  He surved his
purpose, and I disposed of him.  You don't seem to have a good reason to
run this PR, so I wouldn't!

>As for that rollup. I went with 9-10-7-17-21-9-11 PL. Here are a
>  couple of excerpts from her overview:

>  is VERY INTELLIGENT
>      uses an unusual fighting style, deadly to slower, less active foes
>      has learned the finer points of parrying
>      has turned avoiding blows into an art form
>      conserves her endurance well

I don't know who knows what this means, but what it doesn't necessarily
mean that your Pl parries, dodges, or concerves endurance well!

And what it doesn't mean is that you'll beat slow, inactive foes!

>  has GOOD ENDURANCE

This is very cool, though.  I would go for the 11 strength and con,
then go skills all the way.

>It also says that she may fight with the rookies at the next
>  tournament. From what I've seen here, the rookies are full of scum.
>  She, however, due to her unusual fighting style, seems to be idealy
>  suited to fighting against scum. Am I mistaken here, or might she
>  actually do well in the rookies tournament?

You're mistaken, though you can still fight in the rookies.

That is, as long as he doesn't fight in the regular arena before the
tourney.  If he does, you'll fight in the Novices, which isn't as bad.

John

References

DM: More Mayhem
khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)
Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:21:35 +0000