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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5288760" data-attributes="member: 58197">I think Verdande's point is that in 1E/2E, you can declare that your 3rd-level fighter is a bumpkin turnip farmer and that his trident is a pitchfork. You can then proceed to stand right up there in the front lines with Sir Hacksalot. You didn't sacrifice any adventuring effectiveness to "pay" for being a turnip farmer--you didn't have to blow any skill points on Profession (3E), and you didn't have to choose a possibly non-advantageous background (4E).(I do have one minor quibble with Verdande: If your turnip farmer really has nothing more than a pitchfork and ragged clothes, he will be at a serious disadvantage due to lack of armor. But as soon as the turnip farmer happens across a chain hauberk, he can put it on and the disadvantage is erased.)</blockquote>