Re: call for duelmasters help

From: ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 13:59:43 +0000

In article <18582@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, itlm013@judy.ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman) writes:
>In article <900667c.21.720139890@ace.acadiau.ca> 900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (GERALD RICHARD CAMERON) writes:
>>In article <18537@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> itlm013@fella.ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman) writes:
>>>In article <00962831.716BD800@abby.chem.ucla.edu> ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
>>writes:
>
>1)  RSI has admitted that the luck factor exists.

What is the DIRECT quote here.  Did RSI say "The luck factor exists.", or "Each
warrior has a luck factor attached to all of their rolls, whick ranges from
-15 to +15, which is formally equivalent to +- 3 skills."  I will discontinue
my argument if the latter is true.

>
> With the same stats, characters can get wildly different
>skill bases.  How do you explain that?

I'm not trying to take this out of context, but my mailer/newsrdr chokes if I
dont't write more than I include.
While it is (painfully) obvious that characters with the same stats have (often
wildly) different skill bases, this could easily be accounted for by one or
more random rolls at the time of character generation.  These numbers would
never be stored, just used once to generate the warrior, and then thrown away.
I don't think there is any reason to inculde such an arbitrary bias DURING a
fight, which is what a unique, stored luck factor would do. You want the bias
to get different warriors, but not to interfere with their fighting.

Ben Hitz
hitz@cuhhca.hhmi.columbia.edu

References

Re: call for duelmasters help
900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (GERALD RICHARD CAMERON)
Mon, 26 Oct 1992 22:51:31 +0000
Re: call for duelmasters help
itlm013@judy.ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman)
Wed, 28 Oct 1992 16:57:08 +0000
Re: call for duelmasters help
ben@abby.chem.ucla.edu
Fri, 23 Oct 1992 11:58:52 +0000
Re: call for duelmasters help
itlm013@fella.ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman)
Mon, 26 Oct 1992 18:57:28 +0000