RE: [Adonthell-devel] Battle System

[Green, Aaron]

> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Mike Avery wrote:
> 
> > Right, and your point is taken.  If a mature elf mage character can destroy 
> > a
> > mature dwarf fighter because magic and melee are not balanced, many people
> > wouldn't bother to play the dwarf fighter.
> 
> Don't forget the standard magic resistance skills, which would play a part
> here.  The superior agility of an Elf would reduce physical damage a bit,
> while the same woule be true of the stubborn resistance to magical attacks
> of a Dwarf.  We'd have to play around a bit to level everything off for
> all character types, but that's the basics at least.
> 
The tradeoff could easily be that the fighter could level easier and faster.  
Meaning the average fighter could be 30th level, when the average mage could
        be 20.  This would even things out some.