Arena:Classes

The Elder Scrolls Arena has eighteen classes for players to play as. The decision of which class to play as, made during character creation, is permanent and largely defines how the game will be played. The Player's Guide and Codex Scientia categorize classes as Thieves & Thief Subclasses, Warriors & Warrior Subclasses, and Mages & Mage Subclasses.

Enemy humans also seem to follow the eighteen classes. Some classes, such as acrobat, seem very elusive and thus not commonly encountered either while attempting to camp or exploring a wilderness dungeons

Class Tables

This table summarizes the statistics of the various classes for ease of comparison. There are several things to note in reading this chart:

1. The Experience Table column indicates which of the columns in the Experience Thresholds chart below the class utilizes.
2. The Hit Die column indicates the value range used in determining Health for each level up. At first level, all classes begin with 25, plus the random result of the Hit Die, plus a bonus from the Endurance attribute. Every time the Hit Die is used, a random value between 1 and the listed number will be chosen.
3. The Armors a character can wear, rated from worst to best, are: Leather, Chain, and Plate. For this table, the best variety of armor available to a class is listed, and they can generally use all armor qualities below that one. The one exception is the Knight, while able to equip chain and plate armor, may not wear leather armor.
4. The Shields a character can wield, from worst to best, are Buckler, Round, Kite, and Tower. For this table, the best variety of shield available to a class is listed, and they can wield any shield of a lower quality.
5. The Spell Points column indicates the calculation for how many Spell Points are available to a class. You take the multiplier listed times the Intelligence score of the character. If no value is listed, the class does not have any Spell Points and therefore cannot cast spells.
6. The number listed under Critical Strikes is the chance, per level, to inflict a hit that does three times the damage to an enemy. To use the Thief as an example, at level 1, there is a 2% chance to land a Critical Strike. At level 10, that chance has increased to 20%.

Class	Experience Table	Hit Die	Weapons	Best Armor	Best Shield	Thievery Efficiency	Spell Points	Critical Strike Chance Per Level	Starting Weapon
Acrobat	C	d12	Dagger Tanto Shortsword Broadsword Short Bow	Leather	None	50%	0	1%	Shortsword
Archer	D	d16	All	Chain	None	25%	0	3%	Broadsword
Assassin	C	d8	All	Leather	None	40%	0	3%	Shortsword
Barbarian	D	d30	All	Chain	Tower	25%	0	No	Broadsword
Bard	C	d10	Dagger Shortsword Broadsword Mace Saber War Axe Short Bow	Chain	Kite	50%	= INT	1%	Shortsword
Battlemage	E	d10	All	Leather	Round	25%	1.75 x INT	No	Dagger
Burglar	C	d10	Dagger Tanto Shortsword Short Bow	Leather	None	100%	0	1%	Shortsword
Healer	E	d8	Dagger Mace Staff Flail	Chain	Round	25%	2 x INT	No	Dagger
Knight	D	d18	All	Plate	Tower	25%	0	0	Broadsword
Mage	C	d6	Dagger Staff	None	Buckler	25%	2 x INT	No	Dagger
Monk	D	d14	All	None	None	25%	0	1.5%	Broadsword
Nightblade	E	d8	Dagger Shortsword Saber Staff Short Bow	Leather	Buckler	50%	1.5 x INT	1%	Dagger
Ranger	D	d18	All	Plate	Kite	25%	0	No	Broadsword
Rogue	C	d8	All	Chain	Kite	50%	0	1%	Shortsword
Sorcerer	E	d6	All	Chain	None	25%	3 x INT	No	Dagger
Spellsword	E	d12	All	Chain	Kite	25%	1.5xINT	No	Dagger
Thief	A	d14	Dagger Shortsword Broadsword Saber War Axe Short Bow	Leather	Buckler	67%	0	2%	Shortsword
Warrior	B	d20	All	Plate	Tower	25%	0	No	Broadsword

Experience Thresholds

Level	Experience
	A	B	C	D	E
2	800	900	1,000	1,100	1,200
3	1,500	1,687	1,875	2,062	2,250
4	2,812	3,163	3,515	3,866	4,218
5	5,272	5,930	6,590	7,248	7,908
6	9,885	11,118	12,356	13,590	14,827
7	18,534	20,846	23,167	25,481	27,800
8	34,751	39,086	43,438	47,776	52,125
9	65,158	73,286	81,446	89,580	97,734
10	122,171	137,411	152,711	167,962	183,251
11	183,256	206,116	229,066	251,943	274,876
12	274,884	309,174	343,599	377,914	412,314
13	412,326	463,761	515,398	566,871	618,471
14	618,489	695,641	773,097	850,306	927,706
15	927,733	1,043,461	1,159,645	1,275,459	1,391,559
16	1,391,599	1,565,191	1,739,467	1,913,188	2,087,338
17	2,087,398	2,347,786	2,609,200	2,869,782	3,131,007
18	3,131,097	3,521,679	3,913,800	4,304,673	4,696,510
19	4,696,645	5,282,518	5,870,700	6,457,009	7,044,765
20	7,044,967	7,923,777	8,806,050	9,685,513	10,567,147

• Each level up to 10 requires 1.875 * the previous level's experience requirement, rounded down.
• For every level past 10, the total experience needed is the previous level's requirement multiplied by 1.5, rounding down. Resulting in slightly faster leveling on a scale
• To calculate the experience points required beyond Level 10, multiply the experience you needed to level up the last time around by 1.5 and round down. The resulting number is the experience you need to get to the next level. For example, as a Level 10 Thief, you needed 122,171 experience to get to that level. Take 122,171 and multiply it by 1.5, giving you 183,256.5. Rounding that down, you need 183,256 experience to reach Level 11. If you multiply that latter number by 1.5 and round down, you will then determine the experience you need to reach Level 12 (274,884)

• The Experience Tables listed in both the Player's Guide and Codex Scientia are incorrect. Although they use the same multipliers, but the decimal value is maintained when calculating the next level's requirement, rather than rounding after each stage. As such, the experience values needed in game are slightly lower than those listed in those documents.

Thief Classes

Although all thieves and thief subclasses have the ability to pick locks, pick pockets, and steal items, various classes have certain advantages or disadvantages in these areas. The governing statistics for all thief classes are Agility and Intelligence. A high Speed rating is also very desirable. All thief classes begin with a Shortsword.

Enemies of the Thief class have a 10% higher chance to have gold on them.

Thief

Quick, agile, and cunning, thieves use agility and speed to steal for a living. They are useful in combat to surprise the enemy, scout, or try for critical hits. Thieves have a chance per level of experience to score a critical hit when attacking an opponent. A critical hit is defined as triple the damage the weapon normally does. Thieves are the fastest to rise in experience levels. Thieves can pick locks and pockets. This ability increases as the Thief increases in levels.

Advantages

• Fastest experience level gain out of any class in the game
• 2nd best chance for pickpocket and lockpicking success.
• 2nd highest chance for landing critical hits
• Third best weapon availability out of the thief classes.

Disadvantages

• Can only use leather armor

Acrobat

Acrobats are Thieves who have honed their physical skills in agility and balance to such a degree that they are almost supernaturally adept at scaling walls, running, jumping, and tumbling. They retain the ability to score a critical hit. They also have the ability to leap great distances and climb walls more securely and faster than the average Thief. They are, in general, the fastest characters on foot. Further, because of their nimbleness, Acrobats deduct a certain percentage from their opponent's base chance to hit when engaged in combat with them. This makes them difficult foes to hit, and dangerous adversaries.

Advantages

• Quicker than most other thief classes.
• Further jump distance.
• Higher evasion chance.

Disadvantages

• Limited weapon selection.
• Can only use leather armor.
• Can not use shields.

Assassin

Assassins are the dark hand of the night, their skills honed to the killing of others. They are very adept at this, able to find weak points or areas to strike, often felling opponents much more powerful than themselves. Assassins have the greatest chance per level to score a critical hit (triple damage) when attacking.

Advantages

• At first level, Assassins are 1.5 to 3 times more likely to perform a critical hit than any other class; by level 10, about 1 in 3 attacks will be a critical hit.
• Assassins can use any weapon in the game.
• Assassins are one of the deadliest classes in melee combat.

Disadvantages

• Worst thievery skills out of the thief class.
• Poor starting health compared to other melee combat oriented classes.

Bard

A Bard is the proverbial "Jack of all Trades". They are able to perform many tasks, including but not limited to critical strikes, weapons skill, thievery and magic. They are a very versatile class, able to take up slack in almost any situation. Bards receive an amount equal to their Intelligence in spell points. A Bard's critical strike capability is useful when cornered by stronger opponents, though their chance to score is not as great as thieves and the others in this subclass.

Advantages

• Only thief class able to use magic
• Tied with Mage for the fastest leveling spellcaster
• 3rd highest chance to pickpocket and pick locks

Disadvantages

• Lowest spell point capacity of any magic using class
• Lower chance to critically hit in comparison to other thief classes

Burglar

"Burglars are adept at picking locks and infiltrating different areas. They do this better than any other class, honing their skills to be able to find ways into areas thought inaccessible. They are very useful when exploring new dungeons, palaces, or other areas where others may be stopped by locked doors and/or chests. Burglars also receive a chance per level to score a critical strike (triple damage) when attacking an opponent, though they are not as adept at this as Thieves."

Advantages

• Highest pilfery skills out of all classes.

Disadvantages

• Horrible weapon availability
• Can only use leather armor
• Can not use shields
• Lackluster hit dice

Rogue

Rogues are thieves who have also trained in using arms and armor. They have combined the agile and cunning of their brethren with the skill of arms found in Warriors. This makes them formidable and versatile. They are comparable in combat to the Warrior class, but still retain the ability to pick locks and pockets. Rogues have a slight chance per level to critical strike an opponent (triple damage).

Advantages

• Having access to all but the heaviest of armor and shields grants the Rogue a somewhat better degree of physical protection

Disadvantages

• Lower chance for critical hits

Warrior Classes

Warriors and their subclasses are the strong arm of the Empire. They are versatile and useful in most situations, since there is no question that any problem can be solved with a sword. Warriors and their subclasses cannot ever cast spells without the aid of enchanted equipment. The governing statistics for Warriors and their subclasses are Strength and Endurance, although high Agility is also desirable, as without it, Strength and Endurance have little meaning in terms of survival- if one can't hit often enough, the damage bonus is wasted, and if one cannot dodge, his Endurance can only do little at best. All warrior classes begin with a Broadsword.

Warrior

Warriors are the basic stock of the world of Tamriel. They are a versatile character, able to employ their skill at arms in almost any situation. Warriors are one of only three classes able to wear plate armor. This fact is important, for only plate armor is strong enough to be enchanted. Therefore, only Warriors, Knights and Rangers may wear enchanted armor. Warriors are the second fastest to rise in experience , thieves being the fastest. At high levels this, along with the use of magical equipment, puts them in equal standing with Mages and their ilk.

Advantages

• Only class able to use any weapon and armor.
• Augmented with magic items, a Warrior can be one of the most dangerous classes in melee combat, and not too bad with ranged attacks either.
• 2nd best health increase per level up in the game
• 2nd fastest experience gain

Disadvantages

• Attacks cannot critically hit

Archer

Archers are the marksmen of the Empire, adept at using any missile weapon during melee. Archers have a chance of causing a critical strike upon a target per experience level when using any missile weapon (long bow or short bow). A critical strike causes triple the normal damage caused for the weapon used.

The archer is the perfect class for the player with lightning reflexes that uses both hands and feet on the controls. With a higher powered bow like Ebony, or Auriel's Bow, and the detail level turned all the way down, archers can fire about 15 arrows per second. This is the highest hit probability of any character in the game. Added to that, though hardly necessary, is the triple damage that becomes notable up around the 20th level.

One downside is that archers miss out on 7 magical items that plate armor potentially offer, plus the extra protection, an additional -21 to the armor class, that a full set of plate receives. Making matters much worse, archers cannot wear ebony armor that can offer a whopping total of an additional -35 to the protection for a complete set.

Then, to make things more difficult, the archer has to rely entirely on the 8 supplemental items plus artifacts and potions for magical abilities and protections. The rot sets in in the higher levels where nearly all enemies are blasting you with long range spells, hitting nearly as fast as you can fire arrows. You will find yourself being killed almost instantly without magical protections and your only way to prevent this is constantly dosing on potions or using up your magical items limited number of charges, when you can't bring your firepower into play and almost instantly kill your enemy. At the higher levels this boils down to slowly creeping through every dungeon level, and blasting any enemy that appears before you. If they appear behind you and you don't have an appropriate magical protection going, you are probably toast.

Advantages

• The Archer gets the same brutal +3% Critical Strike chance per level with a dagger, a short bow, and a long bow that the Assassin has with melee attacks.
• Archers can wear Chain armor.
• Archers can hit faster than any other character with the right bow and high Speed and Agility.

Disadvantages

• The Archer is a distance combat expert in a game that nearly always places you in close combat melee situations.
• The d16 hit dice are better than the Assassin's, but not quite as good as some of the other Warrior-based classes.
• Archers are not adept thieves, and will likely have to earn their gear the old-fashioned way.
• Archers have no ability to see in the dark, limiting the distance they can make ranged attacks.

Barbarian

Barbarians are Warriors who have learned to fight in order to survive the harsh life of their homeland. Barbarians begin with the most hit points of any character class. Because of their hardy upbringing, barbarians have a natural immunity to poison. barbarians, because of their incredible physique, heal additional health points based upon their endurance.

Advantages

• The barbarian's d30 for Hit Dice lands them among the toughest to kill; they could potentially have more HP than Jagar Tharn himself as early as level 14.
• Immunity to Poison often means less Potions to carry in your bag.
• Their Healing bonus reduces time spent healing wounds, giving them more leeway before failing quests.

Disadvantages

• Cannot equip Plate Armor
• No critical hits

Knight

Knights are the fighters of the noble class. They are well schooled in the ways of chivalry and conduct themselves with honor and dignity. Because of a knight's innate strength of character, he or she is immune to paralyzation, whether they be carried by spells or poison. They also have the ability to repair damaged weapons or armor. This ability is done automatically to any weapons or armor in their inventory. Knights and the other Warrior subclasses do not rise in experience as quickly as a Warrior.

Advantages

• Knights have decent vitality levels.
• Immunity to Paralyze effects keeps a knight going against Spiders and spellcasters whereas others require a Potion or enchantment.
• Being able to automatically repair your gear means you won't have to visit blacksmiths to repair for a fee. In addition, if a knight possesses a renowned Artifact, unless it is the Oghma Infinium, they will not need fear of losing it at a critical moment. Repairs occur at midnight.
• Granting access to Plate Armor, knights can have more enchantments on their gear.

Disadvantages

• Cannot equip Leather Armor, making for a slightly weaker start armor wise (however, there may be no way to obtain Leather Armor before reaching a city where you can purchase something better anyway).
• Cannot critically strike their opponents.
• Cannot cast any magic. This means that knights must use potions where other classes can use a spell (most importantly, the ability to heal), and might have difficulty facing the variety of enemies that are immune to lower class weapons.
• As knights automatically repair equipment, they cannot use the Artifact duplication glitch the same way as other classes do. (but is still possible, as the equipment repairs itself once every day.)

Monk

"Monks use the discipline of their mind to hone their bodies into lethal killing machines. Monks may not wear armor or use shields, but may use any weapon they prefer. Monkshave a chance per level of experience to deliver a critical strike (3x damage) when engaged with an opponent. They do not have this ability with missile weapons. Further, Monks deduct from their opponents base chance to hit for each level of experience they have attained. Because of their mental discipline, Monks can actually reduce the amount of damage they would normally take. If they successfully save versus a spell, it will result in no damage, as opposed to the normal result of taking half damage."

You will have a hard time surviving as a Monk, especially if you cannot make lots of saving throws and bring firepower into play quickly. Like the archer, at the higher levels, you will get annihilated by distance spells without various resistances up, and to make matters more interesting, you will have less hit points to start with, and of course, no armor. Even the goblins and rats hand the monk severe damage in the training dungeon, and it doesn't get much better as you progress. Grab a melee artifact, even Auriel's bow, if you can find it. The loss of the measly triple damage from a melee weapon doesn't mean much when several fireballs are headed your way and you can't even touch your enemies.

Advantages

• Can use all weapons in the game.
• Has a higher chance of getting a critical hit (compared to the Acrobat, Bard, Burglar, Rogue or Nightblade, but less than the Assassin or Thief) but not with a bow.
• Lower chance of being hit per level.
• Will take no spell damage with a successful spell save instead of half damage.

Disadvantages

• They can not wear any armor, and can not cast spells to shield themselves.
• Monks get a d14, resulting in lower health than any other warrior class.

Ranger

Rangers are woodsmen and hunters, adept at tracking, survival, and pathfinding. Rangers, because of their skills at tracking and survival, automatically decrease their traveling time between cities. In addition, Rangers do extra damage equivalent to their level to their opponent.

Advantages

• Rangers, like Warriors, get pretty high hit points.
• Being allowed access to plate armor, Rangers can prove to be a difficult target to hit, potentially going to the mid-late -30's range if everything was maxed out.
• The Ranger gains a bonus to damage equal to their level.
• Rangers have their travel time reduced by 2.34% per level, but only if it is 43 days or more.

Disadvantages

• Rangers cannot cast spells.
• Rangers are slow to level up, which makes their level dependent bonuses less useful.

Mage Classes

Mages and their subclasses use and manipulate the essence of magic. They are, at high levels, some of the most powerful characters available to play, mainly because of the wide variety of spells they can employ. Wizards and their subclasses use Intelligence and Willpower as their governing statistics. They can increase their survivability by using spells to fortify their attributes to maximum. Because of this, it is most important for mages to naturally raise Endurance and Intelligence, for permanent gains in hit points and spell points. They are the only class (with the exception of Bards) that can cast spells. All mage classes begin with a Dagger.

Battlemage

Battlemages are trained and bred to manipulating the essence of magic in battle. They are highly skilled at delivering offensive spells at their targets. They have 1.75 times their Intelligence in spell points. Certain offensive spell effects in the Spellmaker are cheaper for a Battlemage to buy. In combat, a trained Battlemage has few equals.

Advantages

• Can use any weapon and round shields, which also gives them a decent pool of available magical items
• Cause (Disease/Curse/Paralyzation/Poison), Continuous Damage, Damage, Drain Attribute, Elemental Resistance, and Silence spell effects cost less to cast

Disadvantages

• Cure, Fortify Attribute, Heal, and Regenerate spell effects cost more to cast
• Can only use leather armor

Healer

Healers are Mages dedicated to treating injuries and helping those in need. Their powers tend to be powerful in a defensive nature, and weak in an offensive nature. Healers have an increased base healing rate. Certain defensive spell effects in the Spellmaker are cheaper for a Healer to buy. Despite what the manual states, Healers have double their Intelligence in spell points, not times 1.75.

Advantages

• Good spell point multiplier, same as Mage. Only Sorcerer has more spell points.
• Cure, Drain Attribute, Elemental Resistance, Fortify Attribute, Heal, Transfer and Regenerate spell effects cost less to cast This is the only way for a spell with the Transfer Spell Points effect to restore more Spell Points than it costs to cast before high levels.

Disadvantages

• Limited weapon selection
• Damage and Continuous Damage spell effects cost more to cast This can be worked around somewhat by using Transfer effects to damage enemy HP.
• Category E level up rate makes them less able to take advantage of spells with high "per level" scaling.

Mage

Mages are born and bred for manipulating magic. They may however use a limited assortment of weapons. They depend upon spells for defensive and offensive power. Mages have double their Intelligence in spell points.

Advantages

• Mages, along with Bards, level up faster than any other spellcasters. This makes them able to make the most of spells with high "per level" growth, which are already more efficient than spells that don't scale.
• Compared to the Bard, the Mage has twice as many spell points.

Disadvantages

• Along with Sorcerers, have the lowest health of all the classes.
• Can use only two types of weapons, less than any other class.
• Cannot equip any armor, not even leather.

Nightblade

Nightblades are those Mages who have perfected their arts to help in activities involving infiltration, spying, and stealth. They are much like Thieves, creatures of the night, able to use their considerable powers to help them in their nocturnal activities. In combat, Nightblades receive a chance per level of scoring a critical hit (triple damage). Nightblades can pick locks about as well as Rogues. They also receive 1.5 times their Intelligence in starting spell points.

Advantages

• Like the Bard, Nightblades can critical strike, steal items and pick locks reasonably well, and fight with some potent weaponry (including ranged weapons).
• The Nightblade has 50% more Spell Points at its disposal than the Bard, which means that it can cast better spells at lower levels, or cast weaker spells more often.
• Cause (Disease/Curse/Paralyzation/Poison), Designate as Non-Target, Invisibility, Levitate, Lock, and Open spell effects cost less to cast.

Disadvantages

• Nightblades sacrifice some of their fighting ability in exchange for increased spellcasting ability.
• Nightblades are unable to equip chain mail or any shield larger than a buckler.
• The Nightblade levels up much more slowly than Bard and pure Mage. This makes them less able to take advantage of spells with high "per level" scaling.
• Only Sorcerers and Mages have worse hit point gains than a Nightblade.
• Continuous Damage spell effect costs more to cast.

Sorcerer*

Sorcerers are a strange breed of magic users. They are those born with the potential of casting spells, but with no power to generate spell points internally. This does not make them any less powerful; in fact, Sorcerers have the potential to be the most powerful of all the Mage classes. This is because of the unique way in which they manipulate magic. Sorcerers are in essence magical batteries. They absorb spell points from spells that are targeted at them. Sorcerers may absorb up to triple their Intelligence in spell points. If a spell is absorbed, the Sorcerer takes no damage, but instead adds the spell's total power points, divided by the Sorcerer's level, to his/her spell points. These points are permanent until used. If the Sorcerer fails to absorb a directed spell, they take the normal effects, whatever they may be. The chance a Sorcerer will absorb the spell is equal to minimum of 75% and the sum of his Intelligence and Willpower divided by one hundred (min[75/100,(INT+WIL)/100]). Sorcerers do not regenerate spell points and they do not absorb points from their own spells. If a Sorcerer has absorbed spell points to his/her maximum, he/she will be unable to absorb more spells, and will take damage from spells just as any other character. Regardless of these restrictions, they have the ability to cast more powerful spells because when they are fully charged, they have more spell points than any other Mage class. They can therefore cast more powerful spells at lower levels, provided that the spell is in their spellbook.

While the Sorcerer may not absorb their own spells targeting or centered on themselves, they may absorb the effects of a ranged explosion of their own making.

Advantages

• Sorcerers have the unique ability to absorb spells projected at them.
• Sorcerers have a natural spell point multiplier of three. (With INT maxed out, a Sorcerer has at least 300 SP to play with, meaning you can get out high-power custom Shield spells or "God's Fire"-style combat effects at much lower levels than other classes, and much more frequently).
• The Sorcerer can use any weapon, and can wear chain armor.

Disadvantages

• Can only recover spell points with potions if no spellcasting enemies are available
• Tied with Mage for worst hit dice
• Sorcerers will progress at the slowest rate possible in the game. This makes them less able to take advantage of spells with high "per level" scaling.

Spellsword

Spellswords are those few Mages who have found that they have a unique ability to cast spells while in armor or using weapons. They are warrior-mages, dedicating their lives to learning not only the arts of war, but the ethereal ways of power. Spellswords, because of their dedication to learning both arts, receive only 1.5 times their Intelligence in spell points. This is more than made up for by their versatility in combat and their increased starting hit points.

Advantages

• Highest health increase per level up of the mage subclasses.
• Decent balance of spellcasting and melee capabilities.

Disadvantages

• Requires a more broad selection of higher stats to thrive
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• Like other mages, slow to level up after reaching around level 10.

Notes

• Sorcerer is incorrectly spelled 'Sorceror' throughout the game. It is spelled correctly within the Arena Player's Guide and Codex Scientia and only uses the misspelling when using direct quotes from the game. Furthermore on the subject on sorcerers, the Game Director of Arena, Vijay Lakshman, explains the origins of the class: "I'm an avid reader, I think I've read over 2000 fantasy and sci-fi novels to date. One of my favorites is Elric of Melniboné. He had a sword, Stormbringer, which would absorb the life force of his opponents and sometimes his friends. I wanted a class to become the Stormbringer of The Elder Scrolls world, and so I made the Sorcerer this living weapon."
• "Lockpick Effectiveness" is not the "chance of success" when a character attempts to pick a lock; it actually refers to how able a character is, with all other things being equal (such as race, attributes, and level), at picking a lock. For example, a Burglar with 50 AGI, INT and LUC, at Level 10 will be able to pick a lock four times better than a level 10 Knight with the same amount of the aforementioned stats. After a certain point, all classes will be able to pick locks effectively. However, classes with stealthy backgrounds will become proficient at lockpicking much faster than those that do not have stealthy backgrounds.
• There are times you may find the game slowing down, especially during extended play times. This may become a critical issue for archers that depend on the speed which they can fire arrows. Because their best defense is their offense, a lack of consistency in speed may leave them open to attack. Saving often and reloading will sometimes alleviate this problem.
• The max level for E classes (such as Battlemage) is 38. For C classes it is 31. When leveling up from 26 to 27, you will get the remaining levels immediately. Could be around 34 for D and 27-29/30 for A-B classes(source needed for classes A, B and D).
• Battlemages are quite different from later depictions as lightly armored, spellcasting and weapon using fighters, unlike later games where they are able to use heavy armor.

Bugs

• The hit points used in game are incorrect for several classes: Acrobat, Assassin, Burglar, Rogue, and Thief. The spell points used in game are incorrect for Healer. Based on class descriptions, the values found in the manual were the intended values.

• While Healer, Battlemage and Nightblade have increased casting costs for certain types of spells, the increased casting cost is only calculated for custom spells you make. If you purchase premade spells, they are not subject to this penalty and can effectively bypass it if you want to make use of such spells. ^?

References

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.