User Guide

Appendix B: Character Professions
Once you have selected your character’s race, he or she enters a profession. There are
14 different professions in Wizardry, each with its own abilities and skills. To the side
of each profession portrait, you’ll see the profession’s initial skill selection. These are
the skills you will be able to choose from when you’re allocating your character’s skill
bonus points. Some skills your character may already have - straight out of training.
These skills are italicized.
Consider the items your characters can use when creating your party. Fighters,
Valkyries and Lords are the only generic fighting professions which enable them to use
most weapons and armors including heavy chain and plate mail. Most of the other
professions are restricted to medium and light armors and a limited weaponry, or for
the Samurai and Ninja, specialized armor and weaponry.
Fighter
SPELLBOOKS: None
SKILL SELECTION
Weaponry: Wand & Dagger, Sword, Axe, Mace &
Flail, Pole & Staff, Throw, Sling, Bow, Shield
Physical: Scout
Academia: Artifacts, Mythology, Scribe
The general warrior class is one of the most time-honored professions in fantasy role-
playing. Fighters generally have high hit points, and relish their role as shock-troops.
They may specialize in a wide array of weaponry skills, and often use these talents to
dispose of monsters who stand in the way of adventure. Fighters mainly concentrate
on these combat skills, honing them to a deadly point.
Mage
SPELLBOOKS: Mage
SKILL SELECTION
Weaponry: Wand & Dagger, Pole & Staff, Throw,
Sling, Bow
Physical: Scout, Oratory
Academia: Artifacts, Mythology, Scribe, Thaumaturgy
The creators of the powerful Mage spells continue, to this day, to devote a life’s work
to their study. Because they practice only Mage spells and seek no other interests,
Mages learn them quicker than any other profession in Wizardry. They have poor hit
points and are very limited in the armor and weapons they can use. However, their
powerful spellcasting makes them ideal for any party.
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