Re: Olympia - Stealth Skill

From: rsocia@alberti.cray.com (Rick Socia)

Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1992 13:09:09 +0000

In article <1992Jul8.063443.28585@beaver.cs.washington.edu>, hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul7.164819.21587@walter.cray.com> rsocia@alberti.cray.com (Rick Socia) writes:
|> >IMHO - it (stealth) should apply to an individual, not a whole stack.
|>
|> Actually, I disagree - a stack leader should be able to hide his troops,
|> although not nearly as well as he can himself.  Hiding a group of men for a
|> period of time within a province isn't a matter of sneaking through the
|> shadows.  Finding a nice, safe location, posting a guard to watch for
|> and misdirect the odd tourist, getting food and supplies on the sly, and
|> covering tracks (or moving across rock in order not to leave tracks) are
|> all important things that an informed stack leader could do to hide his
|> men.

This is a good point Scott.  I would like to amend my view to agree with yours.
A stack leaders stealth should have a limited affect on the whole stack.  However
remember, you can be the slyest dude in the world, but if you have Dumbo the
elephant with you, you may be invisible, but Dumbo will not.

How about the stack leaders stealth enhancing the stacks stealth?

Rick Socia

References

Olympia - Stealth Skill
rsocia@alberti.cray.com (Rick Socia)
Tue, 07 Jul 1992 16:48:19 +0000
Re: Olympia - Stealth Skill
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Wed, 08 Jul 1992 06:34:43 +0000

Referenced By

Olympia - Stealth Skill
rsocia@alberti.cray.com (Rick Socia)
Tue, 07 Jul 1992 16:48:19 +0000
Re: Olympia - Stealth Skill
hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)
Wed, 08 Jul 1992 06:34:43 +0000