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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Systems you use </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Katrina McClelan <<A HREF="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</A>></LI>
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On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, J C Lawrence wrote:
> The thing I explicitly don't like about this, and which was a major
> guide line in my own system, is that there is a finite chance that
> that above master may be able to inflict 110 units of damage in a
> single blow, but is it quite impossible for the novice to ever do
> that.
>
This is true. Wether or not this is desired is up to the individual. I
wasn't saying this was the ideal system. Just that it was a plausible
one.
[snip]
> This was part of my implicit balancing to ensure that high level
> characters are never safe from low-level.
>
And there is a school of thought, that I probably side with, that would
agree with you. The system is probably better suited in terms of a
Civilization type game where "master" and "novice" are more in terms of
technology level. (no, your caveman with a club did not just kill that
naval destroyer). It all really depends on the desired level of heroics:
real world where Dirk the Dauntless can be killed by a 10 year old with a
sword by a fluke strike, or total fantasy where Dirk the Daunting can
survive insane amounts of opposition to rescue the damsel in distress.
There are arguments for both.
-Kat
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MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00431" HREF="msg00431.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Systems you use</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 17:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00458" HREF="msg00458.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Systems you use</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00462" HREF="msg00462.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Systems you use</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00475" HREF="msg00475.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Systems you use</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 21:22 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00468" HREF="msg00468.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Systems you use</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#the486,bradley.edu">kitkat#the486,bradley.edu</a>, Thu 23 Apr 1998, 22:31 GMT
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 22 Apr 1998, 19:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00715" HREF="msg00715.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: (fwd) SERVER: Re: New Code Base in VB Started</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00325" HREF="msg00325.html">[MUD-Dev] (fwd) Mudlib Design</A></strong>,
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