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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</A> (Alex Oren)</LI>
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On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:17:21 PST8PDT, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
} I used to run an AD&D adventure at conventions which illustrated, in my
} mind and several others, the exact failings of most online RPGs,
} computer RPGs, and the vast majority of DMs. I'll lay out the general
} structure of this adventure as background, but refrain from war stories
} and specific instances.
<snip character generation and monster description>
} The way the game ran was somewhat complex. Two hotel rooms were used,
} generally separated by a good distance and often on separate floors. I
} was in one room with the party. My co-DM was in the other room, equipped
} with one of a pair of walkie-talkies. I had the other.
I suspect the separation was to prevent cheating by the DM?
<snip>
} The problem we were pointing out was that kobolds, weak as they are,
} have an intelligence rating of 'average' in the Monster Manual. They
} don't charge headlong into combat. They have actual tactics. They
} operate as a group. And they're fiendishly efficient at guarding their
} homes.
I rutinely used organized groups of "weaker" monsters (<= 2HD) of average
intelligence to remind my players of their place in (the bottom of) the food
chain.
Made for much more interesting games.
} Has anyone managed to implement something resembling tactical intellect
} in MUD mobs? I've been thinking about this sort of halfheartedly,
} lately, and considering that this sort of thing isn't often seen. There
} are several very simple tactical maneuvers which appear at first blush
} to be rather easy to implement -- selection of targets, for example. In
} most D&D style games, the creatures should concentrate on removing
} single targets rather than spreading attacks: a wounded creature hits
} just as hard as a healthy one, but a dead one doesn't hit at all. In
} systems where spellcasting can be easily disrupted, such disruption
} should attract at least one creature's efforts. Different methods would
} fit different creatures, such as some who would target the weakest
} creatures first to thin the numbers rapidly and then retreat, while
} others might attack the strongest creatures first in order to simplify
} the extermination of the entire group.
Poison. Traps. Ranged weapons. Diversions. Stealing/damaging equipment.
Combined fighter/spellcaster groups.
--
Have fun,
Alex.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00863" HREF="msg00863.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New topic: AI and NPCs</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Sat 30 Aug 1997, 21:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00818" HREF="msg00818.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] New topic: AI and NPCs</A></strong>,
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