Character classes

Each class (profession) has its own quirks and restrictions.

• Restrictions: limits on alignment, ethos, race and sex. Only evil characters may become necromancers; only good lawful ones may become paladins. Race restrictions trump class ones -- good female elves can still become witches, but witches must be female and warlocks must be male. See the per-race help for the list of available classes.

• Stats: how the maximum stats of this class's members differ from the standard 20, with racial bonuses factored in. Read help stats to learn how this works.

• Extra experience: how many experience points are added on top of the base 1000 per level.

• Item-level bonus: +3 to armor means representatives of this class can wear level-10 armor starting at level 7. Likewise, +3 to weapon allows wielding a level-40 sword by level 37. NOTE: this only applies to items of item type "armor" and "weapon".

In English +Exp Notes MELEE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Warrior warrior 0 varied weapons, many attacks, fencing Ranger ranger 200 forest tracker and archer, camouflage, ambushes Samurai samurai 500 unmatched master of the sword "AGILE" -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thief thief 0 theft, blackjack, backstabs Ninja ninja 300 hand-to-hand master, strangler, assassin HYBRID --------------------------------------------------------------------- Paladin paladin 400 good, holy warrior, foe of evil Anti-paladin anti-paladin 300 evil, dark warrior-mage, foe of light Vampire vampire 300 evil, bloodthirsty terror on the wings of night CASTER --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleric cleric 0 healing and protective prayers Witch witch 200 female, charm and combat magic Warlock warlock 300 male, combat magic Druid druid 300 neutral, beasts, totems, game Necromancer necromancer 300 evil, armies of undead, curses and death

Melee classes deal more damage in close combat but cast worse spells. Conversely, caster and hybrid classes have a higher spell level but land fewer attack hits. On average, warriors have a slight edge against the agile classes, the agile classes against casters, casters against warriors, and hybrids -- as the dice decide.

For details on each class follow the links, or type ? class, e.g. ? samurai.