Re: Duelmasters: Deftness or Wit or Will?

From: ccs012@fella.ucdavis.edu (Riff-Raff)

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1992 01:50:27 +0000

In article <9317.9204031304@spirit.mcs.dund.ac.uk> mward@maths-and-cs.dundee.ac.uk (Martin Ward) writes:
>
>Now, what is the big deal about having a 17 Wit and Will?  Is this
>the "new" Duelmasters thinking, that *only* a 17 Wit and Will will
>insure a great warrior, one capable of going to ADM?  Is everyone
>resigned to saying, "Oh well, my new guy only has 17 Wit and 13 Will,
>so I'll run him for a while, but he'll never get to ADM."
>
>What's the "new" thinking people?

No real new thinking involved.  You can make it to AD, of course, with
any WT.  Vlad Taltos had a character who started with a 6 WT make it,
although it had been trained to 9.  My first character was an 11 WT
14 WL lunger (long ago) who made it with AEX Init and EXP Attack.  Now,
I've got characters who've started with the ratings.  I wish I knew
then what I know now! :)

The big thing about WT 17 WL 17 is that, after you max out, it's
fairly easy to train it quickly to WT 25 WL 25.  Training WT from 21
to 25 nets you 25 skills (5 in everything but Parry), and training
WL from 21 to 25 nets you 30 skills (5 in everything).

Those 55 skills are very good to have, and often mean the difference
between an Advanced Master and a Grand Master, or, more to the point,
a viable Primus character and a guy you'd might as well retire. :)

At least, that's how I see it.

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References

Duelmasters: Deftness or Wit or Will?
mward@maths-and-cs.dundee.ac.uk (Martin Ward)
Fri, 03 Apr 1992 13:04:21 +0000