Re: (TFT) Death Test 1, take 4: SURVIVED!

["gem6868" <gem6868@verizon.net>]

ok, so I made it through with all four 26 pt characters.  Despite the fact 
that none of the encountered opposition rolled a critical hit, I still had 
two characters go to <3 hits, and one was at 1 hit but was lucky enough to 
get some potion.  We took the Southern route of Several rooms.  Oddly, the 
monster that was easiest and died fastest was the Giant.

I have finally printed my copy of Wizard.  I don't see any spells that heal 
hit points anymore.  Closest is "Aid" and it is temporary.  Are healing 
potions the only way to heal hits in TFT?  Or is there a "cleric" added 
later somewhere?  I haven't downloaded my Advanced Melee / Wizard yet, nor 
In The Labyrinth.

I've found that the main issue with surviving DT1 is healing Hits.  There 
are at least 6-7 rooms to get through, and only two Healing potions I've 
found thus far.  The only way I can think to make survival > 1/4 trips is to 
raise the DX of my two archers and give them Chain Mail.  Leather left them 
too vulnerable.  Or I have to stop rolling '6s' for goblin 1-1 bows.  :)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joey Beutel
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:17 PM
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Re: (TFT) Death Test 1, take 2

Oh, have a wizard! Nobody mentioned that yet? Its a big help... even
though the wizard won't last (he can survive, but won't be effective
after only a few uses), he can easily make the difference between
success and failure for the team as a whole.

Alternatively have a coupla characters with a bit higher point
totals.... currently your team is about equivalent to only one room of
enemies, so its not likely that you'll last through many rooms.
On Oct 2, 2011, at 2:11 PM, gem6868 wrote:

> OK, so on to things that really matter.
>
> Went through DT 2 last night.  Took four characters all at 26  points. 
> Two
> with longbows and two tanks with 4 and 5 hit armor, and 2d6  weapons. 
> skipped
> the spiders (couldnbt hurt anyone anyway) and went to the bears.   While
> successfully beating them up with knockdowns, etc, one managed to  get in 
> a
> b4b roll and then proceeded to roll a b10b, for net 20 damage,  that
> killed one fellow (almost twice over).  Bad luck.  Next room we took  on 
> four
> fighters and even with three managed to knock them out with just a  few 
> hits
> apiece.  There was a healing potion so the worst fellow with 6 hits  was 
> down
> to only 2.  We then took on 4 goblins.  Have to admit, I thought  even 
> with
> just three characters, webd do just fine.  After one round, two  were at 
> 1
> hit left, having taken 8 out of 9.  Despite this, their high DX  allowed 
> them
> to pretty much always hit, and they also rolled fabulously well.   Despite 
> the
> 1-1 dagger and my three characters having 5, 4 and 2 hit armor,  things 
> went
> south very fast.  First one outmaneuvered my btankb and got on his 
> flank
> (now DX15 to hit), he then rolls a b3b and a b6b for damage.   That 
> was
> net 15 b5, killed the tank.  The last two characters fought on,  finally
> dispatching the two with only one hit (who continued to hit every  time 
> despite
> the b3 DX mod).  Then the two left focused their attacks on Tank 2, 
> finally
> both hit and killed him.  The lone archer finished them off.
>
> Three rooms, one character dead in each room.  Ibm beginning to  think I
> wonbt make it through without a wizard to perform some healing.
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