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Subject: Re: NPC's that tick me off

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The blue-haired half-breed

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Date Posted: 01:00:58 11/15/02 Fri
In reply to: Orin 's message, "NPC's that tick me off" on 17:02:03 10/30/02 Wed

>Now I proceeded to school him on the use of weapons
>when he fled, now I chased him around attacking him,
>hoping to get some eq to sell.

Sounds to me like the bandit got sick of you looking to twink him for his equipment and decided it was time to teach the teacher a lesson.

I doubt it was one of the staff looking to nail you for it, as if I recall there are some random rolls involved each time an NPC spawns. What that means is each of them spawns with a random stat and skill roll, so one bandit might be a complete wuss, and the next one of the same type might be a super hero. Take into account that NPCs gain skill the longer they live and don't suffer the set-backs of the anti-powergaming code, and you've a perfectly legitimate reason why that NPC turn around and whooped it up on you.

You might have gained 1% to your offence and defense skills for that fight, where as the NPC might have gained 5-10% due to the fact it kept missing and being hit. Keep that in mind, sensi, before you look to go giving those bandits their next lesson.

Heres a piece of tired wisdom:
Live by the sword, die by the sword - there is always someone better.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: NPC's that tick me off	Elwar	08:46:36 11/15/02 Fri
Re: NPC's that tick me off -- The blue-haired half-breed, 15:19:50 11/15/02 Fri Re: NPC's that tick me off -- Elwar, 10:25:29 11/17/02 Sun