Re: Duelmasters: Deftness or Wit or Will?

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

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1992 04:22:29 +0000

In article <9317.9204031304@spirit.mcs.dund.ac.uk>
mward@maths-and-cs.dundee.ac.uk (Martin Ward) writes:
>>Dennis (Trump) Cleary writes:
>
>>Here's a question for you: which do you prefer?  WT or DF?  Recently,
>>I had the following roll-up:
>
>>11-14-5-13-12-10-5
>
>>So, even though I consider myself a "Deftness man" I opted for the WT.
>>Does anyone disagree with me?  Does anybody agree?  I'm feeling like this
>>may have been a very bad decision, but in the end I went with the
>>following roll-up:
>
>>11-14-5-17-17-11-9 Total Parry
>
>>Does it look good to anyone else?
>
>Yes, it does.  The best that I would do with future roll-ups that
>had a high Constitution (eg. 13 or more), a mid-to-high Speed, and a
>low Deftness (eg. could not get it above the magical 11) is to make
>it a Total Parry.  I like it.  It can work.

Hold on!  I agree with Dennis's choice, but I don't think that that's the
general rule to design TP's!  You want a _low_ speed and _high_ deftness as
an optimum!  I do agree that this might be the best that he could do...

>>Another roll-up looked like this: 12-10-8-12-10-9-9
>
>>12-10-8-17-13-9-15 Parry-Strike (controversial due to the low WL, but what
>>could I do?)
>
>Ah-hah, this is the P-S you said one of my own new guys looked like.
>I like your design.  Everything is above 9, except Size, so you
>should have a good overview.  You made the best possible warrior
>to suit your tastes.  Nothing wrong with that.  Just run him and
>see how he works.  For me, every warrior is experimental.
>(Also, it seems your case here is, "what is more important *Will* or
>Deftness?"  So, you being a "Deftness Man", in certain
>cases you want to know if it is "right" to put more points into
>Deftness, rather than Wit or Will.)
>
>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?

17 is one of those "magic" numbers which gets you lots of skills from the
start.  This is true for wit, will, and deftness.  A warrior that starts 17
wit/will should generally be a shoe-in for ADM.  With a 17, you can train to
25 without _too_ much of a problem.  Lots of benefis.  Also, consider the
fact that wit, will, and deftness are the three main source of skills.  When
your start high in two+ areas, you're not doing bad...

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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