Re: Duelmasters: Various Comments and Questions

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

Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 23:44:00 +0000

In article <1992Sep25.202758.14137@samba.oit.unc.edu>
George.Harris@bbs.oit.unc.edu (George Harris) writes:
>Well, just got a turn report back.  I'd tried to send a waste out with
>a scimitar, but thanx to my questionable penmanship (which has already
>butchered two of my warriors' names) she went out with a shortsword.
Arrgh!
>The strange thing is, she won, and learned 4 skills (!!) to boot.

More info!  More info!  What style did she fight, and what was the fight
like?

>Also, generally what kind of armor would you run a lunger in?  I've
>been thinking of experimenting with sending them out there back-ass naked
>except for a brain-bucket, but I thought I'd see if anyone else thought I'd
>be insane to do that.

Depends on who you're fighting.  I generally don't send in my lungers with
armor on.  If you don't carry as much as you can, you generally get some
kind of bonus on decise, init, defense, endurance burn...., that kind of
thing.  Since Lungers should be going for the jump, or going for the dodge
and init-steal, you should do everything you can to see that this happens.
As a result, I tend toward None with a steel cap or at most, ALE-L.  No
armor with a Full helm is silly.....

>Well, I just DA'ed a TP of mine after one fight.  I think there is a
>factor called luck, and his was all bad. I sent him in with a 17 WT, and he
>comes back with no wit comments, none!

Ahhh, but you're assuming that wit comments are a function of how much wit
your warrior has, which isn't true.  It's seemingly random.

>Then I send him into a fight.  He
>fails to parry a single blow, and then learns...nothing.Not a single skill,
>and him with a 17 WT.  I geuss not even great stats gaurantee a good
warrior.

But you didn't tell us his stats, did you?  A 17 wit does not alone, a good
warrior make.  There are NO parry skills in wit, so if he has a low df,
will, and/or strength, in that order, his initial parry will be heinously
low.  What _are_ his stats?

>	Anyway, now I have a nice new roll-up to play with, and I thought
>I'd see what you all thought.  He's definitely a dixie, but what flavor?
>
>	9-9-13-4-12-15-8
>
>	I was thinking 10-9-13-5-17-17-13, make him an offensive type like
>a striker, and train his ST up first fight.  Whaddaya think?

I think 15 speed is plenty.  My most successful dixies have been power
lungers, and they don't need a whole lot more speed than you might think.  I
would go 15-9-13-4-12-15-11 lunger or striker.  Remember, you're trying to
do a lot of damage as well as just hit.  21 speed striker might be
interesting to see as well: 15-9-13-4-12-21-10.  That's pretty tempting as
well.

BTW, why are you adding to wit?  You're not going to keep this guy, are you?
He won't be significantly better with a 5 wit instead of a 4...

Of course, I'd just DA, and hope for something long-term, but that's just
me!!!

References

Duelmasters: Various Comments and Questions
George.Harris@bbs.oit.unc.edu (George Harris)
Fri, 25 Sep 1992 20:27:58 +0000

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Duelmasters: Various Comments and Questions
George.Harris@bbs.oit.unc.edu (George Harris)
Fri, 25 Sep 1992 20:27:58 +0000