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- From: jont@harlqn.co.uk (Jon Thackray)
- Subject: Re: Fantasy Games
- In-Reply-To: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com's message of Wed, 20 Jan 93 23:45:06 PST
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- <JONT.93Jan20114907@ml.harlqn.co.uk> <74048@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:40:34 GMT
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- In article <74048@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
-
- Other things to try.. take a party through the game using
- Magic only.. or try using Fighters and no magic..
-
- (And if you're a REAL Dungeon Master "Champion", you'll know why
- those ideals can't be reached... though it's fun to try.. :)
-
- No magic obviously won't work, the Zo Kath Ra spell is irreplacable.
- No fighting I'm not sure about (though if you include hacking through
- doors as fighter skills then you certainly can't do without them). You
- can't complete level 9 without using Ninja skills. Priest skills are
- probably dispensable if you're prepared to sleep a lot.
-
- Just for fun, I recently started a new party, and went through
- the first six levels without using any weapons... it's VERY
- interesting trying to kick Purple Worms to death..!
- My characters were all pretty high level Ninjas by the time they
- got to Level Six... (Had to use magic though.. kicking a Wasp
- to death is no fun, and the "Green Ghost" banshee on Level Four
- can't be touched without magic...)
-
- Ah, but in a minimal real time attempt you simply dodge the banshee.
- Ditto most of the purple worms. Indeed, if you hide in the screamer
- regeneration room after releasing them from the end of level 4 there's
- a good chance they'll all go straight past.
-
- And yes, Chaos Strikes Back can be won with just one reincarnated
- Champion... "Raalf, Bad Dude of Romulus" (a Detroit area "inside
- joke") had some bad moments all alone there now and then, but
- in the end, Balance and Good were restored to the world...
-
- Now, that's interesting. Defeating the initial set of worms must be a
- bit close, or can one hide from them for a while. And can one complete
- the game without needing to fall through the floor at any stage (which
- would be bad news for a low level character)?
-
- Dunno about speed... knowing where you *have* to go, and where
- you can avoid going would help a lot... although that also
- results in much weaker Champions from having less combat
- experience (though if you know enough about the Dungeon to
- avoid places that aren't necessary, you'll probably know enough
- to keep your people alive, even if they're weaker..)
-
- Yes, knowing where to go and what is necessary is the key to rapid
- completion.
-
-
- BobR
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