Re: effectiveness of different types of aid

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:14:40 -0500

> I have a similar impression, but I haven't played
> enough times to tell how much is the randomness factor
> and how much depends on the aid I offer. For example,
> when the Odayla cultists want help on their heroquest,
> normally I either sacrifice or loan them a treasure.
> When I have sacrificed on loaned them Blacktail, they
> have partially succeeded (gotten an agreement not to
> disrupt hunting so much), the one time that I loaned
> them the dragonewt statue they had a total success. I
> don't know if it was the superior usefulness of the
> treasure I loaned, or random luck. Unfortunately I
> don't play enough to gather sufficient datapoints on
> my own to determine this quickly--which is why I ask
> questions like this of the list.
>
> --Bryan

I have this mental image of the Odayla Heroquester beating Gargath over the head with the big silver statute. Take that! And That! Leave those elk alone if you don't want more of the same!

Jeff

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