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From: halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE)
Newsgroups: net.games.rogue
Subject: Re: selective weapon enchantment
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 09:27:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 09:27:11 1984
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Interesting article, but a wrong assumption renders it useless.
The first number in the enchantment (i.e. x in +x,+y) is not
an adjustment to the x in xdy, but an increase in the dexterity
attribute, i.e. how likely you are to hit.  Several months ago
there was an analysis about which number was better to increase.
The conclusion was that it depends.  (It was somewhat complicated.)
Anyway, if the premise of the article were correct, a -1,+100000 pike
would be useless, since it would be 0d100001, or no hits.  Also,
the manner the second number is applied is incorrect.  A 0,+1 weapon
hits with the normal attribute, but when it connects, it does an extra
point of damage in addition to the rolled amount.  Thus a +5,+5 pike
will do from 6 to 17 damage if it hits, and it is much more likely to
hit, but that is only a little better than a 0,+1 two hander.