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Message ID: 4385
Date: Mon Jul 26 22:46:57 BST 1999
Author: John Buenavides
Subject: RE: Magical Gloves?
>>Have you ever tried hand to hand combat?Yes. I've actually reached HtoH(10) at my current level 11 ... still
>>Go into a newbie zone andYeah. Unfortunately, that won't improve my HtoH skill since the
>>pick a fight with an orc pawn or a gnoll pup. They cant hurt you
>>because of your ac and your hp rebuilds faster than they can damage
>>you. But you will be punching them for 1 point of damage.
>>Now you should be getting into groups where they are attackingTrue. But as long as I'm just doing 100% songs, I might as well turn
>>monsters that are so much higher than you that your normal weps
>>are having trouble damaging them. Your role in that case will be
>>equiping an instrument and playing songs. So magic gloves and hand
>>to hand combat with monsters that you can barley hit with a Dirk or
>>Combine are not gonna do any good.
>>Even lower level monsters thatYes ... I've mentioned that.
>>your regular weps can hit will be hitting you and your party
>>pretty hard.
>>If you are in the melee, you will be at risk ofActually, since you're not the main source of damage -- and I guess I
>>getting stunned and not having your songs be used all of the time.
>>And you will get beat up for no gain.
>>p.s. I could be wrong - I have only had 2 or 3 partys and monsterhave
>>combos where I was able to do this stand off support role. but I
>>done the h2h combat thing and it was pitiful!Try it out! Get a three or four player party and gang up on blacks.