Re: DM: Tourney Results

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

Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 00:28:34 +0000

In article <12724.9205191459@spirit.mcs.dund.ac.uk>
mward@maths-and-cs.dundee.ac.uk (Martin Ward) writes:
> Atomic Punk, the top PR, and ranked in the top 11 last turn,
> had a 3-1 record, and died in the infirmary.  Piss me off.

Was this your low will PR?  Sorry to hear about it, but where did you think
he was going?  Without at least a 15 will, reaching 20+ in Primus will be
VERY difficult, if not impossible.

> Friendly Giant, my Size 19 Striker, went 6-3, learning 9
> skills.  Spectacular fights, and did very well with a
> Short Spear.  He has 9 Attack skills, but no Expert, as his
> Deftness is 7.  Oh well, not bad.

What?  Not bad?  Your Striker is starting out with less than 11 attack
skills, that means he won't be able to reach higher than ... Master without
stat trains.  Ugh!  If this is the Doc Legrand Striker, I'll make TP's!

> Mischeivous Imp, my TP, went 0-2 and then 3-3 in the Fool's
> Tourney.  Not very good, but learned some skills.

I've seen that name SO many times.  At least three times in my arena alone!
Where does it come from?

> Now, for my replacement roll-up.  Again, I got one that is
> hard to decide what to do with.
>
> 	Roll-up   10-13-9-13-8-5-12
>
> 	First try:10-13-9-17-9-9-17
>
> What style?  Well, I was thinking of AB, SL, or PR.  I've
> tried a low Will Slasher (reported in my last post) and had
> a very good overview.  I've also got an AB and PR with almost
> the same stats, and both have good overviews. However, I
> am tempted to go with the PR to replace my Atomic Punk, plus
> he   will have better starting stats.

I would make this a PR due to the low will and relatively high speed.
Of course, I generally don't keep this type of warrior...

> 	Second try:10-17-9-17-9-5-17  AB

Huh?  AB's need all the starting skills they can get!  Why add  the points
to CON, of all things!  If you want a sponge, make a TP.

> I have a 17 Con AB that is doing well in Illis, so I thought of
> another such AB for Xochithlan.

> 	Third try: 10-13-9-17-13-5-17 AB

> The third design would result in a normal type of AB.

That's right, the normal, every day, try to maximize my long-term potential
despite my 13 will, AB! :-) I would make this guy, if you're going to make
anything with this rollup.  No matter what Vlad says, I still think that
getting as high a will as possible will aid an AB in the long run.  13 is
minimal, and 9 is still iffy as far as I'm concerned.  And that goes for
your PR too!  That's why I try not to make this kind of warrior...

> Anyway, I have my mind set on the PR 10-13-9-17-9-9-17.
> Not as much Will as I'd like (Will and Con switched would be
> great), but I like the PR style and I need one for my team to
> replace the one I lost.

Sorry to hear it!  I think there are better warriors to be had... :-)

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References

DM: Tourney Results
mward@maths-and-cs.dundee.ac.uk (Martin Ward)
Tue, 19 May 1992 14:59:34 +0000