Slashers: Who needs 'Em? (DM)

From: 900667C@admin.acadiau.ca

Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1991 20:03:59 +0000

Since I've only been playing for about a year and a half and have
only been in a fast arena since the summer FTF, I haven't gotten anyone to
ADM yet.  However, that should change in a couple of months when one of my
warriors in 52 hits twenty fights.  That warrior happens to be a slasher.
	Now, this slasher happens to be quite successful (as the fact that
she ought to get her inveite in twenty fights shows).  Her current record is
15-3-1, and she went 6-3 at the FTF Adepts.  The weird thing is, her stats
are utterly pud-like!  When I designed her, she was meant to be a "Dixie
slasher who would last about five fights, and then get DAed.  The funny
thing was, after her second fight, where she faced a massive experience
mismatch against a pretty good WS, she just kept winning.  Two of her three
losses (against a much more experienced SL and a ST of similar experience)
have been avenged, so basically, she has only one regular arena loss
outstanding.  This finally brings me to my subject.
	This kind of success for slashers is virtually unheard of as far as
I am aware of.  My slasher's record is a combination of luck, good matchups,
picking up experts at just the right times, and some timely experimenting on
my part.  As such, I think I could probably run a well designed slasher to
at least a repectable record given half the luck this one had, but I haven't
done so because I never see a design that screams slasher to me.  For the
recored, here are the stat ranges I would reccomend for slashers.

ST:11-15   SL weapons tend to be on the heavy side, and
                           damage helps against defensives.
		CN:7-13    SL also need to be able to take a hit or two so
                           that they don't crumple from a lucky riposte.
		SZ:3-13    Small SL use the points to better effect
                           elsewhere, but the big fellas get better damage
                           and init.
		WT:15-21   I've seen succes by SL who started with 10 and 12
                           WT from other managers.
		WL:17-21   Doesn't help init., but it does help everything
                           else that's important to these guys, including
                           endurance.
		SP:11-15   Help Dec. and Def., one is important early on,
                           the other later in their career.
		DF:13-17   Maybe the most important.  Mine doesn't cut the
                           mustard here, but it helps attack big time, as
                           well as Def. and I think Init.

As you can see, the mins add up to about 75, which doesn't give you
much leeway.  also, these sats could also make a good LU, ST, or even BA,
not to mention an AB from hell.  So, finally, I ask, when and why do you
make a slasher?
	Take 'er easy.

Demon,
							Gerald Cameron