Re: Olympia combat

From: skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)

Date: Fri, 15 May 1992 20:45:03 +0000

rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace) writes:
> Yes: loyalty and IMPRESS are primarily related to the combat system.
> Also, my objection to maintenance costs was in the context of trying to
> maintain combat units, and wanting this to be reasonably simple. Guilds
> and teaching I think are unnecessary complexity, but I don't have any
> active objection to them like I do to the others.

Ho ho, I see!  You will tolerate other systems being in Olympia,
so long as they have absolutely no affect on combat.  Very amusing.

It really sounds like Duelmasters is the game for you.  You don't
have to feed your men, they'll happily risk their lives each day
for no pay, and you don't have to worry about pesky magicians
making it rain before the Big Fight.  And your whole turn report
is one big combat description!

But seriously:  I think you're taking a rather narrow view of
the Olympian world.  Sure, it's okay to specialize in an area.
You want to be a ruffian who kills people, fine.  But you gotta
feed your men.  Other people can bribe them away from you.
Pesky magicians might cast nasty spells on you.

These are the challenges you have to live with.  You want to
kill all my players, you have to live in their world.  :-)
Most of them aren't interested in playing raw combat roles;
there's enough of that in other pbm's.

--
Rich Skrenta

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Re: Olympia combat
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Fri, 15 May 1992 19:38:01 +0000

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Re: Olympia combat
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Fri, 15 May 1992 19:38:01 +0000