RE: defense

[Steve Ames <steve@ns1.cioe.com>]

> Okay, Steve, you have to admit that you pretty much
> asked for this response.  Don't worry, I'll be gentle.  ;-)

Uh oh...

> Assuming the appropriate stats are, in fact, at 16 (nice die rolling
> to begin with, here), our 'mid-rate' archer would need to be rate
> 21, have only 8 or so DP and nothing else (he's a real socialite).
> Okay, I'll accept that as 'mid-rate', but if he were fleshed out as
> a real character that could survive more than one hit, I'd have to
> place him a bit above the 'mid-rate' level.

Hrm. I'll grant that the term 'mid-rate' is subjective here. I'd call
someone of rate 40 mid-rate. High rate characters (and there are a good
number out there) are rate 90 and above currently.

In my last game three of the adventurers were over 100 and three
others also qualified as "high-rate" or very close... then a few
low-raters.

> Well, Pop, that's a fine way to prove your point.  Just because
> the argument can be made is no reason to just simply 'let it ride'.

Not trying to prove a point. Someone made the statements that raising
your missile DV wasn't very realistic and that it altered game
balance a lot. I was refuting these statements, not trying to make one
of my own.

> I could make all sorts of arguments for and against the existence
> of various features within AQ; that doesn't mean that they should
> all of a sudden appear or disappear.  And besides, if missiles are
> such a small portion of the game, why argue _for_ being able to
> defend against them with a melee weapon?  And finally, if you
> don't really care, why waste anyone's time arguing about it?

Again... I was not arguing for it, just against blanket statements
against it.

> Actually, why _are_ we wasting anyone's time arguing about it?
> It is clear that we are more or less in agreement with regard to
> the existence of the defense sub-skill itself.  Why don't we just
> make the whole question of whether it should apply to MDV a
> part of the write-up we vote on?  Here, I'll help out whoever is
> going to actually be writing this up (this is worded as if the split
> dice proposal were, in fact, voted in):

Greg said much the same thing (ie whoever writes it up, make sure that
missile defense is a seperate option).

						-Steve