DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/24/2020 Duedate: 05/07/2020
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 555
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
POSITION IS EMPTY
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY POSITION IS EMPTY
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
CLEANING VIXEN
BASH BROS DISHES (1764) FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
(93-10316) [3-1-1,27] (93-10346) [1-1-0,22]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FINAL FRONTIER (1784) 52
2. FAMOUS PETS (1765) 39 BANE'S CHILDREN (235)
3. BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 29 Unchartered Team
4. FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 19
5. MERCENARIES (1766) 14 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 8 2 1 80.0 1/ 1*BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 9 6 1
2/ 2*MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 5 4 0 55.6 2/ 3*FOX FORCE FIVE (1770) 8 2 1
3/ 3*BASH BROS DISHES (1764) 11 9 1 55.0 3/ 2*FAMOUS PETS (1765) 6 9 0
4/ 4*FAMOUS PETS (1765) 9 11 0 45.0 4/ 4*MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788) 5 4 0
5/ 0*FINAL FRONTIER (1784) 2 3 1 40.0 5/ 0*FINAL FRONTIER (1784) 2 3 1
6/ 0*MERCENARIES (1766) 1 4 0 20.0 6/ 0*MERCENARIES (1766) 1 4 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
NOBLISH ISLE GRADUATION FINAL EXAM
25 True/False Questions
90% = Passing Grade
Special Assist = All answers Are FALSE
1. D2 is all work and no play or fun.
2. You may bloodfeud only once.
3. The WF (war flail aka whiffle) is probably the best weapon available.
4. Scum warriors are not allowed.
5. A warrior's hit points are only determined by CON.
6. One must challenge warriors by name only on the strategy sheet.
7. D2 is only for those under age 30.
8. A warrior must be a designed godling to enter into tournaments.
9. All warriors are born with the same amount of stats and skills.
10. One cannot use a weapon unsuited to the warrior's style.
11. A manager may have only one team in D2.
12. Parry riposte (rippers), parry lungers (plungers) and parry strikers (pikers) are
the easiest styles to run.
13. Endurance plays no factor in D2.
14. Assur and The Consortium rep are allied.
15. There are four skill and eight stat types.
16. When a warrior dies, your team is reduced by one.
17. One secret strategy works best for each style of warrior.
18. All Face-To-Face Tournaments are held near the fancy office headquarters in Tempe,
AZ.
19. The arena Duelmaster may challenge any other warrior in the arena.
20. Female warriors are better fighters than male or neutral warriors.
21. A warrior must wear armor.
22. In general old-time managers in the game dislike each other and never communicate.
23. There are no luck factors in the game.
24. The RSI Customer Service people are mean and uncaring people.
25. It is impossible for a warrior to have an expert on its initial design roll.
NOTE: Certain of these questions are discussed thoroughly in Noblish Island
Newsletters. So tune in!
-- Brought to you by Whisperer of Famous Pets (A Consortium representative)
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Weapons Suitability per Style
Aimed Blows
Well Suited Weapons: Dagger, Epee, Fist, Longsword, Longspear, Quarterstaff, Scimitar,
Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Broadsword, Hatchet
Bashers
Well Suited Weapons: Great Axe, Greatsword, Halbard, Large Shield, Mace, Medium
Shield, Maul, Morning Star, Quarterstaff, War Flail, War Hammer
Marginally Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Fist, Small Shield
Lungers
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Halbard, Scimitar
Parry Lungers
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Scimitar, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Broadsword, Quarterstaff
Parry Ripostes
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Scimitar, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: none
Parry Strikes
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Greatsword, Longsword,
Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Shortsword, Small Shield, Shortspear, War
Hammer
Marginally Suited Weapons: Great Axe, Hatchet, Large Shield, Longspear, Mace, Medium
Shield
Slashers
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Great Axe, Hatchet, Longsword,
Scimitar, Shortsword
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Greatsword, Small Shield, Shortspear, War Flail
Strikers
Well Suited Weapons: Everything but Large Shield, Medium Shield
Marginally Suited Weapons: Large Shield, Medium Shield
Total Parries
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Greatsword, Large Shield,
Longsword, Longspear, Medium Shield, Quarterstaff, Scimitar,
Shortsword, Small Shield
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Great Axe, Shortspear, War Hammer
Walls of Steel
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Great Axe, Greatsword, Morning Star,
Quarterstaff, Scimitar, War Flail
Marginally Suited Weapons: none
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Assur's Weapon Requirement Chart (without the inaccuracies)
Over the years, many people have published weapon charts. Most of them have had
mistakes. This is the correct weapon chart and you should discard all others.
STR SIZ WIT DFT STR SIZ WIT DFT
Battle Axe 15 3 7 9 Maul 15 9 5 7
Broadsword 11 3 9 7 Morning Star 13 3 9 11
Dagger 3 3 7 7 Quarterstaff 11 9 11 11
Epee 7 3 15 15 Scimitar 9 3 11 11
Great Axe 13 3 9 11 Shortsword 5 3 11 3
Greatsword 15 9 9 11 Shortspear 9 3 5 7
Hatchet 7 3 5 7 War Flail 11 3 5 5
Halberd 17 9 9 11 War Hammer 13 3 5 7
Longsword 11 3 13 11 Large Shield 13 7 3 7
Longspear 11 9 5 9 Medium Shield 9 3 3 5
Mace 13 3 3 5 Small Shield 5 3 3 5
** Battle Axe requires 9 size if you are carrying an off hand weapon
Off Hand
No Wit Requirement
Strength Requirement same as for Main Hand
No Size Requirement
Off Hand Deftness Requirements
For this section, you look at the weapons you want to use in your main hand (MH) and
off hand (OH). From the chart above find their deftness requirements. Use these
values in the chart below (MH on the left, OH on the top) and the result is the
deftness to use them together.
Examples: Suppose your scum wants to use ME in your main hand and LG in your off
hand. Cross referencing, 5 on the left, 7 on the top, you'll see that the required
deftness to use them together is 9.
MH\OH 3 5 7 9 11 15
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3 | 4 6 8 10 12 16
5 | 5 7 9 11 13 17
7 | 6 8 10 12 14 18
9 | 7 9 11 13 15 19
11 | 8 10 12 14 16 20
15 | 10 12 14 16 18 22
Caveats: In finding the values for this chart, there have been inconsistencies. The
chart shows the value that we believe will always be well suited. Some warriors seem
to be able to use weapons in both hands with lower deftness than the chart shows. So
far, I have not seen evidence for a warrior requiring more than the value shown. Note
that some values make little sense. (While you can use an EP with an off hand SH
together with 10 deftness, you would still lack 5 points of deftness to use the Epee.)
SPY REPORT
Hail NOBLISH ISLAND! Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed
for your deeds. And let's see, THEBE fought EMBEZZLING SCRIBE and gained 15 points
and contributed to FINAL FRONTIER's 2-3-1. MR HYDE has lost to SHAMU, falling 7
points, while helping make MACABRE MARAUDERS a 2-2-0 turn. Can someone confirm a
rumor for me? I hear the top team makes their losing fighters do dishes at The Warty
Toad until they win. Maybe?
The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more
could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. I also notice that the FAMOUS PETS
stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on NOBLISH ISLAND, what are you
afraid of? And guess who avoided FAMOUS PETS stable the most? Believe it or not, it
was BASH BROS DISHES. Anyone surprised? The most challenged warrior this turn was
BASH BROS DISHES' warrior CRACKED. More fighters challenged him than challenged the
Duelmaster!
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to
be true. A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or
hide when the fight is over. Consider well.
I like this place, NOBLISH ISLAND, the taverns have old wine, and young serving
girls. Who could ask for more? It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet
again, keep your swords sharp and your hammers heavy. Until the sun next rises and
my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BROKEN 10318 4 0 0 27 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CLEANING 10316 3 1 1 27 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
CRACKED 10317 2 2 0 27 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
FERAL 10350 2 0 0 27 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
FENNEC 10351 1 1 0 25 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KITSUNE 10347 2 0 1 23 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
KUMIKO 10348 2 0 0 22 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
VIXEN 10346 1 1 0 22 FOX FORCE FIVE (1770)
SHAMU 10321 3 1 0 21 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
MR. ED 10325 2 2 0 19 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
THE RAVEN 10452 2 0 0 17 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
PUNXSATAWNY PHIL 10323 3 1 0 15 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
THEBE 10429 1 0 0 15 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
DISCONTINUED 10320 2 2 0 14 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
VENUS 10426 0 1 0 11 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
PLUTO 10427 0 1 0 11 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
RED DAWN 10328 1 0 0 10 MERCENARIES (1766)
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 10447 0 2 0 9 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SATURN 10428 0 1 0 9 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
GRIM REAVER 10448 1 1 0 8 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
JUPITER 10458 1 0 1 6 FINAL FRONTIER (1784)
SWEENEY TODD 10449 1 1 0 4 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
MR HYDE 10451 1 1 0 4 MACABRE MARAUDERS (1788)
UNMATCHED 10319 0 4 0 4 BASH BROS DISHES (1764)
LASSIE 10324 0 4 0 4 FAMOUS PETS (1765)
RICHARDS 10327 0 1 0 1 MERCENARIES (1766)
PERCY 10330 0 1 0 1 MERCENARIES (1766)
BRUTUS 10326 0 1 0 1 MERCENARIES (1766)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
THOMASINA 10322 1 1 0 FAMOUS PETS 1765 CLEANING 10316 553
DR JEKYLL 10450 0 1 0 MACABRE MARAUDE 1788 KITSUNE 10347 554
BLADES 10329 0 1 0 MERCENARIES 1766 JUPITER 10458 555
PERSONAL ADS
An opher?! Oh, my. Will I be fired? -- Whisperer
Welcome to Macabre and Fox Force. Glad to have you here. -- Whisperer
But, but, but, Boss, they spracked us! -- Lassi, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, and Punxsatawny
Phil
OK, Assur. That round was yours. (sigh) -- Whisperer
Rikki started at The Mailer with a mediocre 2-3 tournament Rookie record. His "story"
will probably be posted in the near future. -- Whisperer
Lassie -- Sit. Stay. Beg. Roll over... Good girl. -- Vixen
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi -- Well fought. Had I known I'd be facing a mongoose, I wouldn't have
started the fight using my cobra-style. -- Kumiko
Grim Reaver -- Sorry. You're gonna have one helluva headache tomorrow. -- Feral
Macabre Marauders -- Condolences on the loss of the good doctor. Pity that it looks
like it'll have to be a closed casket funeral, I've never seen someone have their face
ripped off before. Kitsune stoically awaits your honorable bid for vengeance. --
Paradox, mgr Fox Force Five
Broken -- Hands off, pal! Haven't you learned any manners? -- Fennec
Whisperer -- Last turn spoke loud and clear -- Assur
Paradox -- Welcome back! -- Assur
Macabre Marauders -- Welcome! -- Assur
So this is how Noblish Island works... Consortium and Assur are here to make your
entry a bit more gentle (This game has been around for a long time and the most
established managers have 30+ years of experience). Once you leave here, you'll find
that competition can be very fierce. Fortunately, the fiercest competition is in
tourneys (which is great fun, but when you're learning/relearning, not quite as much).
Our goal is help become ready for that transition. We are happy to answer questions
or create new spotlights to answer questions as best we are able. -- Assur
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SHAMU devastated MR HYDE in a 2 minute gruesome mismatched Challenge fight.
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI was subdued by KUMIKO in a exciting 2 minute Challenge melee.
KITSUNE savagely defeated LASSIE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody duel.
VIXEN was luckily beaten by MR. ED in a 4 minute veteran vs. amateur upset fight.
FERAL overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
FENNEC devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
UNMATCHED was overcome by GRIM REAVER in a 2 minute beginner's melee.
DISCONTINUED vanquished RICHARDS in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
BROKEN vanquished BRUTUS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PUNXSATAWNY PHIL overpowered PERCY in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
THE RAVEN overpowered VENUS in a 2 minute bloody one-sided match.
SWEENEY TODD was handily defeated by CRACKED in a exciting 1 minute one-sided contest.
CLEANING devastated PLUTO in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
SATURN was handily defeated by RED DAWN in a 2 minute uneven fight.
THEBE luckily beat EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute beginner's struggle.
BLADES was put to death by JUPITER in a 2 minute amateur's bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 5 - 0 72 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 - 1 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 AIMED BLOW 9 - 5 - 0 64 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 6 - 1 63 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 18 - 1 51 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 17 - 0 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 555 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 5 3 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CLEANING 10316. The most popular warrior this turn
was VIXEN 10346. The ten other most popular fighters were RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 10447,
KITSUNE 10347, GRIM REAVER 10448, SHAMU 10321, KUMIKO 10348, THE RAVEN 10452, CRACKED
10317, FERAL 10350, FENNEC 10351, and UNMATCHED 10319.
The least popular fighter this week was JUPITER 10458. The other ten least popular
fighters were BLADES 10329, SATURN 10428, PLUTO 10427, PERCY 10330, BRUTUS 10326,
RICHARDS 10327, LASSIE 10324, MR HYDE 10451, RED DAWN 10328, and SWEENEY TODD 10449.
MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXIX
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI 10447 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 FAMOUS PETS