From: eeb1@quads.uchicago.edu (E. Elizabeth Bartley)
Newsgroups: rec.games.moria
Subject: Re: As long as we're taking suggestions...
Date: 5 Jan 93 22:26:28 GMT
Reply-To: eeb1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago

In article <1!t26!=@rpi.edu>
petitc@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (Christopher Jon Petit) writes:

> In response to the guy who thought that it was unfair not to let mages wear
>armor (and Priests only VERY light armor), my response is:

> If you get into hand-to-hand combat against a creature, you're doing something
>seriously wrong.

Excuse me?

Disclaimer: I treat Moria as an intellectual exercise in seeing what's
possible; this is a character made with hefty use of backups, posted
to make a point.



 Name        : Laerula                 Age          :     26   STR : 18/100
 Race        : Half-Elf                Height       :     55   INT : 18/100
 Sex         : Female                  Weight       :    100   WIS : 18/100
 Class       : Mage                    Social Class :     13   DEX : 18/100
 Title       : Wizard (7th)                                    CON : 18/100
                                                               CHR : 18/100

 + To Hit    :     24        Level      :     37    Max Hit Points :    319
 + To Damage :     26        Experience : 1295727    Cur Hit Points :    319
 + To AC     :     73        Gold       : 282043    Max Mana       :    149
   Total AC  :    103                               Cur Mana       :    149

(Miscellaneous Abilities)

 Fighting    : Superb       Stealth     : Excellent    Perception  : Excellent
 Bows/Throw  : Superb       Disarming   : Superb       Searching   : Fair
 Saving Throw: Superb       Magic Device: Superb       Infra-Vision: 20 feet

Character Background
 Your mother was a Green-Elf.  You are the illegitimate but
 acknowledged child of a Serf.  You are a well liked child.
 You have brown eyes, straight black hair, and an average
 complexion.

  [Character's Equipment List]

  a) You are wielding   : a Two-Handed Sword (Espadon) (DF) (3d6) (+12,+12) [+9] (+1 to stealth).
  b) Worn on head       : an Iron Helm [5,+9].
  c) Worn around neck   : an Amulet of Slow Digestion.
  d) Worn on body       : Bar Chain Mail (R) (-2) [18,+10].
  e) Worn on shield arm : a Small Leather Shield (RF) [2,+10].
  f) Worn on hands      : a Set of Leather Gloves of Slaying (+3,+4) [1,+10].
  g) Right ring finger  : a Ring of Speed (+1).
  h) Left  ring finger  : a Ring of Slaying (+2,+4).
  i) Worn on feet       : a Pair of Hard Leather Boots of Stealth [3,+10] (+2).
  j) Worn about body    : a Cloak [1,+10].
  k) Light source is    : a Brass Lantern with 13663 turns of light.
  l) Secondary weapon   : a Heavy Crossbow (+8,+8).


  [General Inventory List]

a) 2 Books of Magic Spells [Beginners-Magik].
b) 3 Books of Magic Spells [Magik I].
c) 3 Books of Magic Spells [Magik II].
d) 4 Books of Magic Spells [The Mages Guide to Power].
e) 13 Mushrooms of Unhealth.
f) a Mushroom of Restoring.
g) 17 Potions of Invulnerability.
h) 2 Potions of Restore Mana.
i) 14 Potions of Healing.
j) 13 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.
k) a Wand of Fire Bolts (52 charges).
l) a Wand of Acid Balls (7 charges).
m) a Wand of Wall Building (7 charges).
n) a Staff of Earthquakes (7 charges).
o) a Staff of *Destruction* (13 charges).
p) a Staff of Mass Polymorph (9 charges).
q) a Staff of Starlight (4 charges).
r) a Staff of Curing (13 charges).
s) a Staff of Detect Invisible (35 charges).
t) a Staff of Dispel Evil (9 charges).
u) a Staff of Slow Monsters (9 charges).
v) 25 Bolts of Slaying (1d5) (+10,+10).

Can you explain what you think this character is doing wrong when
she's in hand-to-hand combat?

     - Beth Bartley

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