Duelmasters - Ok, what would you do with this? From: johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 06:01:20 +0000 Oh, I wasn't going to mention this before, but what the heck. Here's a rollup that I got in an undisclosed arena. What would you do with it? 9-6-5-13-15-7-15 And as Tom Kiefer said, I would appreciate it if people would refrain from telling me to DA it. I have my heart set on running this guy. :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-: Here's what I thought: 11-6-5-17-21-7-17 The stats seem to rule out the basher and striker, but everything else seems to be open season. My immediate impression is lunger, due to high will, and decent wit and deftness, but I'll go through the process. A lunger might have: Attack: 19 Init: 14 Decise: 10 Parry: 9 Defense:13 Riposte:10 This is conservative, however. He *could* be higher. Imagine an AdEx and two experts... A slasher: Attack: 17 Init: 14 Decise: 14 Parry: ? Defense:14 Riposte:16 Whoa, nelly! I didn't think about this until I looked at the charts that I have. Is this possible? Dennis, can you confirm what I just did? *FIVE* AdMasters?! Who knows what an aimed blow would look like! A Parry-lunger: Attack: 16 Init: 10 Decise: ? Parry: 13 Defense:13 Riposte:10 How... unspectacular. My immediate thoughts are: Lungers look much better than PL's. Neither looks as good as a Slasher, besides that lungers' better attack. A Parry-Strike: Attack: ? Init: ? Decise: 10 Parry: 11 Defense:? Riposte:10 I don't know, but I don't like what I see. A Parry-Riposte: Attack: 14 Init: 13 Decise: ? Parry: 10 Defense:? Riposte:13 Another unspectacular design... A Waste (even though the con is a bit low): Attack: 16 Init: 14 Decise: 8 Parry: 12 Defense:10 Riposte:8 You can see that the Waste's strength is in attack, init, and parry. However, the skills to be had by the slasher or even the lunger, seem to be much better... So it comes down to the lunger and slasher. My questions: Do you come to a different conclusion, and if so, what? Do Slashers really have a better init, riposte, and decise than a lunger? Which would you choose, the chance at a starting AdEx Attack, or the chance at four AdMasters on skills? My feeling is that the lunger would do better, overall, despite the startling difference in skills bases that my charts indicate (I feel like a fortune teller). They tend to run faster, get the jump more often, have a higher attack, and do better in general. But those skills... What do you all think? And don't hate me... -- John White johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu |===============================================================| | Reasons to go to Caltech: | |000) Food? Sleep? Reading? What? Huh? | |001) I saw a woman. Once. I think. | -- John White johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu |===============================================================| | Reasons to go to Caltech: | Referenced By Up