From: gharris@jade.tufts.edu (George W. Harris)
Newsgroups: rec.games.pbm
Subject: Re: call for duelmasters help
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:45:51 GMT
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
Originator: gharris@jade.tufts.edu

In article <1992Oct15.155009.25461@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> eisen@fermat.cs.jhu.edu (Hal Joshua Eisen) writes:
>Hello.  I'm new to duelmasters, and I just got my first set of roll-ups.

	Welcome to the game.

>I hereby invite all duelmasters players here to comment on what I'm thinking
>about doing with the following raw material:
>
>8-9-10-10-10-12-11 becomes
>8-9-10-15-15-15-12 PS
>This guy seems pretty average, with a slight bent for speed and decisiveness,
>so I thought to give him a good WT so he might learn some stuff over time.

	He does have a good speed, but he doesn't need any more.  Adding points
to an already decent speed is usually a bad idea.  I'd put them in DF instead;
everybody need DF.  I'd go 8-9-10-15-15-12-15.  I don't know what style I'd
make him, though.  Others will respond.

>5-17-11-9-9-10-9 becomes
>5-17-11-9-15-15-12 LU
>Since this guy had such a high CN, I thought he'd do well with an active
>style.  Is this true?  Is a 5 ST too low for a warrior who fights with the
>LU style?

	I'd say he's too weak to make a really good lunger.  That is a really
high CN, though, so you should probably go for a style that really needs it.
I'm not sure, but he might make a decent TP, say 5-17-11-15-15-10-11.  Again,
you don't need to add so much to SP; getting it up to 13 should be plenty
for just about any style.  

>
>6-7-15-8-13-12-9 becomes
>12-13-15-8-15-12-9 BA
>This is my only guy with a relatively big SZ, so I thought I'd try a style
>which could dish out some big damage.  Unfortunately, his ST was low, so I
>figured I'd sink 6 points into it - is this a good plan?

	I think he could be a good basher, but you don't need to put all those
points into CN.  A better arrangement might be 12-7-15-8-17-12-13 BA.  You 
will get better performance putting those points into WL and DF than CN.  I'd
train his ST the first fight.

>
>11-12-5-11-12-5-14 becomes
>11-13-5-15-15-11-14 TP
>I figured since this guy was so small, he would never hurt anything he hit,
>so I thought to try a long-term scum strategy with him.  The short intro
>that comes with the roll-ups implied that SP is important in parrying, which
>is why I put 6 points there.  I could have gone for a 17 WT and a 13 WL
>instead - would this be better?

	I think 15-15 on WT-WL is better than 17-13, but you don't need to
put points into SP if you're going to scum the guy (stand there and wait for
the other guy to wear out).  I'd leave the SP where it is and up DF some more.
Say 11-12-5-17-17-5-17 TP.  Actually, this might be better with some other 
style, like maybe a Wall of Steel.

>
>8-5-9-13-8-17-10 becomes
>8-5-9-17-13-17-15 AB
>I had a lot of trouble deciding what to do with this guy.  He's got WT and
>SP, but which style needs those the most?  With a CN of 5 he can't take an
>active style, as he'd tire too quickly, I assume.  I thought that with
>some brains and some quickness, he'd be able to "surgically strike" to
>good effect.  Has anyone tried this with any success?

	I'll abstain from this one...

>As I was doing these guys, I noticed it was much easier (no kidding!) to
>get 15's than 17's, and in some cases I decided to go for the 15's instead
>of the 17's so that I could use the 2 points elsewhere.  are 17's so
>good that they should always be pursued, even to the detriment of other
>stats?  also, they ask me if I want to be in a particular arena.  is
>there a good arena for newbies?  Thanks for any help!

It depends on the stat...with WL or WT or DF, the difference between a 15 and
17 is significant, but much less so for the others.  Also, it's usually a 
waste (I think) to put just a point or two into CN or SP, but hey, what do
I know?  I've just been playing for 4 months.

>		hal (soon to be manager of the Rainbow Rogues in arena ???)
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