#secure/daemon/bboard.c
__Owner "MUDLIB"
__Posts ({(["author":"Hades","time":780717529,"subject":"weapon skills","post":"Here are the max sills per level, as posted by Kalos (before the bords got wiped)
COMBAT		WEAPON		DECEPTION		MAGIC
Melee	5	Knif3.5	Locks	.25	Faith	0
Attack	5	Blade	   5	Stealth	.50	Healing	0
Defense	4.5	Blunt (a) 3.5	Murder	.5	Conjure	0
Dbl Wield	5	2 Ha5l	.5	MA	0
		Proje. (a) 3.5	Bargain 3.5 (a) MD	0

(a) = approximately

We have no skills in magic, but can use Mend, Boost, and Missile (missile is useless)

Other abilities include:

Compare: (syntax: compare <item> to <item> )
  This will tell you which of the two items has the better general quality. Note, however, that it cannot account for any magical or special properties it might have.  Compare works on armor or weapons and the chance of success is dependent on your level. Compare costs mp's.

Parry: (syntax: parry)
  Fighters get a bonus when parrying. Parry has a chance of working based somehow on a comparison of combattants skills/level/stats (I am not sure which). Note, however, that parry costs stamina, so if you are fighting alone you may not be helping yourself much since losing stamina will cause your own damage to go down as well.

Aim: (syntax: aim for <limb> on <monster> )

This is not a fighter ability, per se, but sometimes it is useful. I have not found it useful for speeding up fights, since aiming is not always successful and you do less damage whether you hit the targeted limb or not. But, it is sometimes useful when you need to concentrate your damage on one location: such as when a monster does quite a bit less damage with melee that with the weapon they are wielding. Some monsters have \"glass torsoes\" too and can be killed faster if you aim for the torso every round, but these are not the rule. Aim costs stamina.


 * Originally posted by Kalos about 5-6 months ago...hope it's useful to you :)

- Hades
","read":({"neguilum","lynk","levric","yukon","karatekid","fulcrum","dragonstorm","snick","catalyst","lassondra","sluggo","gimli","nightwind","sandman","flee","hades",}),]),(["author":"Hades","time":780717834,"subject":"Weapon skills II","post":"Sorry about the messed up skills post, forgot to shut off the chat lines ;)

Here are the skills:

COMBAT         WEAPON           DECEPTION       MAGIC
Melee     5    Knife (a) 3.5    Locks     .25   None
Attack    5    Blade     5.0    Stealth   .50
Defense  4.5   Blunt     3.5    Murder    .50
Dbl Wield 5    2 Hander  5.0    Stealing  .50
               Proj (a)  3.5    Bargain   3.5 (a)

(a) = approximate

blunt is also approximate (forgot to put (a) after it)

If you discover any errors..feel free to post changes :)

- Hades
","read":({"neguilum","lynk","levric","karatekid","yukon","snick","dragonstorm","catalyst","lassondra","sluggo","sandman","gimli","nightwind","flee","hades",}),]),(["author":"Gimli","time":780947659,"subject":"?new guild?","post":"I was just itching to get some more messages and maybe
some chatter on the fighter line.  I have noticed a great
reduction in the ranks of fighters, and was wondering when
our approved new skills and the new guild for Fighters and
Clerics would be comming up?

Just curious,
Gimli, Fighter Forever!!
","read":({"snick","gimli","karatekid","hades",}),]),})