Re: Studying an opponent and Omega Strikes

On Mar 8, 9:12 pm, Erol K. Bayburt <Ero...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 8 Mar 2007 06:39:57 -0800, "Will in New Haven"
>
> <bill.re...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >I like real-world tactics or tactics that can at least allow my WSoD
> >to survive. Saving your best attack for last, much like using your own
> >frail body to find out if the fight is too tough, would make me feel
> >like I was playing a person with a death-wish.
>
> Mileage varies widely on what sup****ts or attacks a WSoD.

When you ask for people to give their opinions, you get their
opinions. Since I have been playing, running and designing "gets
harder to hit," as opposed to "gets more Hit Points" for twenty years,
I figured I'd give mine. Of COURSE, mileage varies but one of the
reasons people I play with seem to like ghth better than gmhp is that
it is easier to visualize what the character is doing.

Given your stated preferences, I think you should stick with "gets
more hit points." It's not like this is a wrong approach. There are no
wrong approaches. However, your desire for disconnect with real-world
tactics and seeming (because it isn't really) simulationist approaches
would seem to fit it better.

Will in New Haven

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Simply
> playing an adventurer makes me feel like I'm playing a person with a
> death-wish, and being in a strange romanticized world where saving my
> best attack for last or using my own body to find out if the fight is
> too tough are *not* crazy-stupid ideas actually help against this
> feeling.
>
> It's like being a famous wizard in a game set in the real-world
> northern suburbs of Chicago vs being a famous wizard in the fantasy
> city-state of Robono. I find that the second is easier on my WSoD
> precisely *because* Robono is a fantasy city where spells and magic
> items are available for purchase. Now I know that it's a hard hit
> against some people's WSoD for spells and magic to be available for
> purchase with mere silver, but... mileage varies.  
>
> --
> Erol K. Bayburt
> Ero...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]