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From: gs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gordon Strong)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: weapon ranks
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Date: Wed, 23-May-84 08:17:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 23 08:17:37 1984
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I think you are a little confused.  From the looks of the weapon
rank columns, I would guess that the first column is the amount
of damage done when the weapon is thrown, and the second column
is the amount of damage done when the weapon is wielded.  It doesn't
make any sense to say that a weapon has a certain number of dice
(e.g. 1D4) "to hit".  Hit probability is probably determined by
such factors as magical enchantment of weapon, character level,
character strength (maybe), and armor class of the monster.  This
is just a guess based on AD&D experience.

Gordon Strong
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