mark@mrstve.UUCP (Mark Smith) (02/18/86)
Here is a brief example of the results of the VALSPEEK program. This is an
small section of a larger example which can be found in net.games.pbm. Enjoy!
Combat Example for Quest for the ElfSword Rules
Like, ya know, this is an example of how thuh combat works. Like, ya know, this was ya know, like, an actual encounter
between 8 Drow and a Ranger and Magic User. The followin' text was created
from thuh series of "to hits" and "damage" numbers which thuh players provided
me with. Move Silently and Critical Hit rolls were made by me.
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You silently circle in on thuh Drow. Peekin' between thuh dense bushes
you see 8 Drow. They are restin' in thuh dark shade of a awesum tree.
CRACK! Oh, wow!! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Gag me with a pitchfork! The sound of a twig snappin' reverbrates like a rifle shot.
You look behind you and see Milton lookin' quite embarassed. The Drow
are now scrutinizin' thuh surroundin' area when one of them spots Milton,
who was ya know, like, unable to duck out of sight quickly enough.
"Mslakfjsd sdkfkd qooppxsd," mumbles Milton and 5 of thuh 8 drop to the
ground, like, wow, snorin' loudly.
Havin' already had your bow readied, oh, baby, you unlease your first volley of
arrows. MISS...HIT! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Gag me with a pitchfork!
Milton fumbles for his dagger while you notch another arrow. Whiz...
ARRGGG! Oh, wow!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON!! Oh, wow! CRITICAL HIT! Oh, wow!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON!! Gag me with a pitchfork! One drow falls with an arrow protrudin' from
his skull. Yech! Oh, wow!! Oh, wow! Your second arrow goes wild and thuds into a tree.
Too late to notch another arrow...the Drow are upon you! Oh, wow!! Oh, wow!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! Milton
wades into thuh fracus swin'in' his dagger madly. SLASH! Gag me with a SPOOOOON!! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Gag me with a pitchfork! A Drow falls
back with a nasty cut in his right arm.
You draw your sword, fer shure, but thuh Drow get in their attacks. Only one of the
Drow has his weapon readied. That dude swin's......and misses. Another one moves
in to wrestle you to thuh ground, man, but trips over his companion.
You swin' you sword...HIT! Gag me with a SPOOOOON!! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! You graze thuh previously wounded Drow with
a sweepin' blow and he falls to thuh ground, oh, baby, unconscious! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Oh, wow!! Oh, wow!
Milton continues to swin' his dagger and lands another blow, like, woundin' the
same one as before. OUCH! Gag me with a pitchfork!! Oh, wow!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! Milton crumples to thuh ground unconscious; a Drow
standin' over that dude with a awesum branch.
The Drow swin's again and slices you across your thigh! Gag me with a SPOOOOON!! Gag me with a SPOOOOON! 2HP damage. You
return thuh swin' but MISS...
The second Drow moves in wieldin' thuh large branch. That dude swin's wild.....
and HITS HIS COMPANION soundly on thuh skull knockin' that dude out cold. That dude pauses
for a moment, fer shure, dumbfounded by thuh turn of events allowin' you a free attack, like,
but in your excitement, mostly, you drop your weapon. The Drow regains his senses
and swin's thuh branch, like, clippin' you on thuh shoulder. You fall to thuh ground,
dazed. The Drow raises thuh stick high over his head, mostly, ready to finish you off,
but you manage to slip out your dagger and flin' it up at thuh Drow. The
dagger....MISSES...but catches thuh Drow off guard causin' that dude to miss also.
You retrieve your sword and regain your feet before thuh Drow can recover
from thuh wild swin'. You now circle each other, like, waitin' for an openin'.
The Drow lunges and you fall back, oh, baby, but quickly respond with a lightnin'
thrust which pierces thuh Drow's midsection. That dude falls to his knees.
"I will spare you on one condition..." you say.
"I am honored to die in thuh service of my master, like, Lord Vlaad Tolinkov..."
With that he takes out a small vial and consumes its contents before you are
able to stop that dude. In a moment, mostly, he dies. You hurry over to thuh other Drow
who is ya know, like, (or was) unconscious, fer shure, and find a similar bottle, mostly, empty, man, in thuh palm
of his hand.
SUMAMARY: ELDARION suffered 2hp
MILTON was knocked unconscious. No hp loss.
3 DROW were killed
5 DROW were slept.
GOLD TAKEN: 198
EXPERIENCE: 1400
TREASURES: 2 Mitheral Swords, oh, baby, 6 Silver Daggers, like, wow, a piece of paper
5 vials of green liquid.
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Like, ya know, this ends thuh combat...
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May the Quest for the ElfSword be
your ultimate goal in life...
Mark Smith
-|=======- GM "Game Master of a Higher Order"
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