T'orite vs. Warrior: SUNDAY, SUNDAY SUNDAY

[Benjamin Austin <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>]

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Jevan Furmanski wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 Flightgod5@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > If anyone was thinking that being a priest of tor would make them a lean
> > mean killing machine, then I would say "read the manual."
> > 
> > Always_  it is more effective to just be a warrion than to be a priest of
> > tor.  With 4 groups at base 600, I would rather have one at 300 or 360.  I
> > think some people were concerned with roleplaying, and not power-gaming.
> > 
> > < Not necessarily.  A Priest of T'or will beat a warrior of equal or sometimes
> > greater rating in single combat due to some of the heinous drills like mayhem,
> > avoidance, and disarm.
> 
> So, if they are equal ratings, the warrior has more DP wince he has to
> spend less to be a killer.
> 
> The priest has to make his drill check in order to even pull anything off
> that round.  the % chance for a mayhem is about 40, and I wouldn't take
> those.  Then, what are the chances of anything better than x3?  The
> warrior is guaranteed three attacks basically.  
> 
> Same story with avoidance...  just another % change for the combat. 
> 
> The warrior will win hands down, unless the priest gets lucky and a
> sucessful mayhem gives an instant crit.
> 
> Jevan

This is wrong on so many levels I can't address them all in the hour I 
have before I go to sleep.  The exception that I could see to this is 
that if the warrior were an archer and was using a Geliean bow before the 
ranges were knocked down.

BJ