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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 2236319" data-attributes="member: 3457">The different experience tables make PERFECT sense. A Fighter is a simple profession and learns combat abilities at a much faster rate than a Wizard, whose magic casting abilities are much more complex and require more study and preparation, thusly 2 seperate tables.There wasn't a total lack of skills, they were either way simplified in the form of Secondary Skills (A profession) or in 85 when they introduced Non Weapon Proficiencies, not plentiful enough and then inconsistent with the already established Thieves Skills.The idea that Str and Con worked differently for Warrior based classes also makes a lot of sense to me. Think about it like so, A fighter has a better idea of how to best use his strength and body to maximum effect while a Wizard or Priest are more focused on spiritual or magickal pursuits. The idea that STR and CON were of greater benefit to the warrior I think was overlooked by the majority of people when saying that Fighters were the weakest class. Consider a Fighter with an 18/00 and a 17 Con with the +1 to Thac0 per lvl he gets an AWESOME overall Thac0 and AWESOME hit point bonuses AND his Weapon Specializations granting not only extra attacks but a further +1 to hit. Damn. Now a Wizard with a 18 Str and and 17 Con WON'T outshine that fighter in combat except by magic. It helped to keep the specializaed aspects of the classes intact. Remember that Weapon Spec. and the Percentile Str and Bonus HP were not eligible to multi-classed characters.JasonJason</blockquote>

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