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I think Wodenkrait was _very_ generous ascribing points to the sapper by virtue of maybe having some knowledge or tools that could be useful - I know he's trying to reverse his bias towards sapperscepticism, but it was a little extreme... By Wodenkrait's reasoning, all professions could be useful. I'd rather have compared specific named skills/abilities of the sapper in each challenge (and named them...), just as specific spells were mentioned for the magickers.
This is a valid point, and I think you would certainly have to regard the score the Sapper acheived asan extreme high-end estimate, a product of me playing devil's advocate quite strongly. The problem is the Sapper's skills and abilities are only vaguely described (the "general knowledge" section is very much open to interpretation). If we restricted the sapper strictly to digging ditches, building walls, and redirecting water, then his score would probably be about the same as the elementalist.
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I do also take issue with the usefulness score of the magickers, though, because they can only be useful in a couple of challenges before their spells are exhausted so, whilst magickers have broad versatility, they have to be very conservative about where it is applied (i.e., typically when all other non-magical options have been exhausted). Magickers should probably have a cap on the number of points they can score with spells and then have to rely on their native knowledges and abilities to score further points.
Well, maybe. For me this was introducing too many variables into something that's already quite laborious. With the possibility of recouping magic points, carrying a potion of replenishment, and making it through the whole adventure without fatiquing, I didn't care to do the statistical analysis required to produce better numbers
. Perhaps I could just apply a cumulative 10% (number pulled from thin air) penalty to wizards' score per challenge where magic is used.
If we do this with the numbers above and then eliminate any points the Sapper received for vague reasons (essentially, leaving him just with the 2 points for preparing fieldworks or tunnels for the final approach to the Manor) the results are:
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Cheers,
-Kyle