I totally agree.....I dont remember the starting amount, but I'm a half elf
and put points to raise my Str to 77, 90 Charisma, and the rest is in Dex
and Agility....I dont get hit alot by creatures, albiet when they do hit me
it usually hurts, but getting 1 hit for 5 or so misses really is nice, plus
I use piercing, so I am almost always getting full damage for my level every
stab I get....I have a few different Str+ items, Spiked Collar, Str
earrings, and a few other things and I do ok with it....I dont really think
I would have wanted to change anything yet...
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kuenster (Entex) <
v-ntxck@...>
To: '
eqbards@onelist.com' <
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Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 10:44 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] fighting twinking
>From: "Chris Kuenster (Entex)" <v-ntxck@...>
>
>Unless you get your Str over 100 and get the mythical str bonus I disagree.
>I put all my stats and buffs into Dex and Agil, my feeling is if they cat
>hit ya they cant hurt ya. I almost always hit for near max dmg and any blue
>mob will miss me 9 out of 10 tries either from Dodge or straight misses. My
>high Dex makes my PGT fire off its spell several times per battle so that
>makes me invulnerable the few times I am hit. My Shaman partner buffs me as
>well when we are together bringing Str to 121 Dex and Agil to 151, casts
>quickness and I am a whirlin twirlin Ginsu choppin machine. But just my
base
>stats are weighed toward other things than Str. The only time I miss having
>high Str is when I am loot heavy. Its terrible when you have to leave Fine
>Steel lying on the dungeon floor.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Reedo [mailto:reedo@...]
>Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 7:24 AM
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] fighting twinking
>
>
>From: "Reedo" <reedo@...>
>
>I remember the day that I decided to restart my level 10 Bard Ardon. When
I
>had made him I had put 5 pts into STR and put the rest into dex I think. I
>restarted as Arden the Bard but this time I put all my points into STR. I
>truly think it was worth it. The STR stat is so much more helpful than any
>other stats for the classes that plan on wearing armor. Banded will weigh
>you down but if you end up with Bronze then that will take most of the wgt
>you are allowed.
>
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>> You know what's really sad? I wrestle with the decision to restart
>> my currently "of the 11th Chorus."
>>
>> I didn't pump my strength all the way, I had decided when creating my
>> character to "play the bard" -- which meant being a great singer /
>> instrumentalist and being an extremely charismatic person. So I
>> have 100 Dexterity and 100 Charisma. My strength is only 80. (I do
>> have the basic +2 ring from a jeweler friend, and a purity belt, but
>> I would really like to get some earmufflers!)
>>
>> The first time I donned my banded tunic, I was awed by how good I
>> look in it. Admit it, how many characters get that golden armor look
>> without resorting to bronze? And then when you complete the outfit
>> (I actually hate the headpiece, so I never bought it), you get that
>> golden/blue-boy look.
>>
>> But the damn thing was so heavy that you have to watch what you loot.
>> And I was training my tailoring at the time. Not to mention the
>> inordinate amount of time it takes to loot your own corpse.
>>
>> So, off goes the armor, into two backpacks in the bank, and I started
>> my poaching-in-the-nude era. That's also when I saw my Defense skill
>> finally catch up with my level. That's also when I first met Ness
>> (who probably conned me red, inspected my inventory and found out I
>> wasn't wearing anything ...)
>>
>> Well, anyway, back to the present. I'm level 11 now, and the only
>> monsters I can get exp from are those that do incredible amounts of
>> damage and have bash skills to boot. I come out at half life with
>> blues, and blacks can kill me if I don't kite them around the block a
>> few times while I heal up.
>>
>> One time after getting easily killed by a darkweed, I decided to take
>> the banded out of cold storage. Lo and behold. Darkweed, easy solo.
>> Young Kodiak, can't even hit me enough times before it starts
>> running away. I was a happy poacher with two HQ bear pelts, and four
>> HQ cat pelts. Granted, I was encumbered at 100 lbs, but when I'm
>> fighting, my two songs give just enough strength not to suffer any
>> encumberance penalties.
>>
>> Still, it would be nice to have 100 strength in the first place, just
>> so I can walk to the inn instead of crawling.
>>
>> Pheh. Hopefully I'll find some more strength boosting items soon. I
>> just need to make money now.....
>>
>> Quit on Stormtower? NEVER! Well ... not a second time ...
>>
>> (My original character was Sturmtower, who reached level 4 before I
>> decided that agility doesn't do as much as dexterity. I didn't twink
>> -- there was nothing to twink at that level anyway. But ol'
>> Stormtower _is_ not really the original.)
>>
>> ---
>> Stormtower of the 11th Chorus
>> a very happy new owner of a Dragoon Dirk
>> and subsequently cash poor
>>
>> _____________________________________________________________
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