In a message dated 1/20/99 10:51:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jrevesz@... writes:

<< Place yourself in the situation of a battle.  Better yet, you are 
 walking the streets of your town with a few friends.  A rough looking 
 street gang stops and surrounds all of you.  How do you feel?  Do 
 you have any confidence?
 
 Now, change the situation:  Your friends are not with you.  You have 
 been warned not to walk those streets alone.  You are surrounded 
 by that gang and have little hope of getting out of that place alive.  
 How do you feel?
 
 Solo Battle represents the spiritual and mental state of a 
 LightRaider who is fighting alone.  So, it is needed.
 
 Joe R
  >>

	Actualy I'm a martial artist. So it does not bother me. HOWEVER, I do
understand where you are coming from. But the Light raider is more then your
example. This is a HERO. A WARRIOR of GOD. A trained fighter. Would not hat be
taken into acount? When I was in the sixth grade I was samll and
timid....thefore I was picked on. By my 9th grade year I had become the Hulk.
I grew in size and I had learned how to fight. Therfore. When someone tried to
pick on me....they had more on their hands then they reilzed. Its the same
with DR.
	A Light Raider is me in the 9th grade.  Trained. More confident. Plus God
said he would always be with us. Thefore to show a Character that actualy
loses a bit of edge in combat kinda...........dosen't show that does it? Also
The SB is kinda inconsitent. After all.  It may lower some skills. And yet
actually raise other skills you bad in. (Ie...SB is 8, sword is 9, Hand-2-Hand
is 6, and spear is 4) If your fighting by yourself some skills go up....and
others go down. Because of this "roller coster effect", I don't think its
plosible to say that is how God is with us.

                   Your Thoughts Joe.

                              Shaun