03-21-2016, 03:41 PM
1st Ed. AD&D question (or HackMaster v4.)
I was about to ask what happens when a character's ability scores fall below the minimum for a class. Do they lose the class?
i.e. If a Magic User becomes too stupid to be a Magic User (e.g. Int falls below 9), do they cease to be a Magic User? If the Wisdom falls below 9 do they cease to be a Cleric.
I couldn't actually find a rule outside of initial character creation.
Then my attention was drawn to the ability table for Wisdom in HackMaster and they listed chance of spell failure for scores below 9.
And looking at the Intelligence table you don't get any spells below 8 (With three asterisks Gnomes get Cantrips only.)
Looking at the Thief skill Dexterity adjustments it bottoms out at Dex of 7.
So by inference I think I answered my own question. It appears you don't lose being a class, but it sure becomes more difficult. (A Magic User with an Int of 7 and the inability to cast spells wouldn't cease being a Magic User, but it may be better if the Magic User found another line of work.)
What do you think?
I was about to ask what happens when a character's ability scores fall below the minimum for a class. Do they lose the class?
i.e. If a Magic User becomes too stupid to be a Magic User (e.g. Int falls below 9), do they cease to be a Magic User? If the Wisdom falls below 9 do they cease to be a Cleric.
I couldn't actually find a rule outside of initial character creation.
Then my attention was drawn to the ability table for Wisdom in HackMaster and they listed chance of spell failure for scores below 9.
And looking at the Intelligence table you don't get any spells below 8 (With three asterisks Gnomes get Cantrips only.)
Looking at the Thief skill Dexterity adjustments it bottoms out at Dex of 7.
So by inference I think I answered my own question. It appears you don't lose being a class, but it sure becomes more difficult. (A Magic User with an Int of 7 and the inability to cast spells wouldn't cease being a Magic User, but it may be better if the Magic User found another line of work.)
What do you think?
Tracy Johnson
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