From: khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith Hearn)
Newsgroups: rec.games.pbm
Subject: Re: DM beginner questions
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:22:48 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation, Mountain View

In article <1ie5v7INNjmb@gap.caltech.edu> johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White) writes:
>In article <184792@pyramid.pyramid.com> khearn@pyrps5.eng.pyramid.com (Keith  
>Hearn) writes:
>>   I've heard it mentioned that each fighter will have a favorite
>>weapon. I realize that I have to have each fighter try a variety of
>>weapons to find their favorite, but how will I recognize when they
>>have? Will it be mentioned in the pre-fight descriptions (where it
>>says whether he/she is well suited for the weapon in use), or will
>>something be said during the fight, or is there some other way to
>>know?
>
>I'll post the DM FAQ after this.  It's about time...
>
>You'll be able to tell from the number of "critical attacks," the _really_  
>flashy ones, that a warrior throws.  A warrior with his favorite weapon  
>tends to throw a high percentage of crits.

Ok, thanks. Now I know what to look for.

>>   I'm also curious about the Dark Arena. I know that it's a place to
>>dispose of unwanted fighters, but are there any requirements as to
>>when I can send someone there? Suppose I have a roll-up that really
>>sucks, can I DA it on it's first fight?
>
>YES!  But what's the rollup?  As a matter of fact, what does your team look  
>like?  Seeing any mistakes that you made, or just a general comment on them  
>would be an excellent place to start learning.

Right now I don't have any rollups, but I was just curious about that
for future reference.

>>I have a Parry-Riposte that I
>>made up before I knew anything, and now that I've got the Red Book, I
>>realize that his stats are quite unsuited for a PR, at least according
>>to the info about PRs in the Red Book. Should/can I DA him right away
>>and avoid wasting time and money fighting a warrior who is likely to
>>have little chance of developing into anything of value?
>
>Depends on the stats.  What are they?

ST 19
CN 10
SZ  8 
WT  8
WL 10
SP 19
DF 10

Like I said, I didn't know what I was doing. I think I'll try some
really aggessive lunging with him (10-10-10 L), for a few fights and
see if he can do anything, but I'll prolly end up DAing him before
long, unless someone can convince me that he is worth anything.
I gave him a longsword for his first fight, not realizing that he
didn't have the wit or deftness to use it. Needless to say, he didn't
do well at all. He lasted into the second minute, but never even
managed to take a swing. 

I sent in strategy for his second turn a few days ago. I decided to
try two shortswords. Looking at the weapons charts that just got
posted, I see he doesn't have the wit to use them, either. Oh well.
Next time I'll know better. Looking at the weapons charts, it looks
like the only weapons well suited to a PR that he can use are the
short and long spears. I'll give them a try, I guess. 

Thanks for the help,

  Arlon

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