Curse of the Azure Bonds/Character creation

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Level caps

Curse of the Azure Bonds introduces two new classes, that were missing in Pool of Radiance and Hillsfar: the ranger and the paladin.

It also introduces the dual-class ability, that allows a human character to change class, and later recover the abilities from the original class.

Class: Max. lv.:	Fighter 12	Thief 12	Mage 11	Cleric 10	Ranger 11	Paladin 11
Human	Max	Max	Max	Max	Max	Max
Half-elf	8	Max	8	5	8	-
Elf	7	Max	11 (max)	-	-	-
Dwarf	9	Max	-	-	-	-
Gnome	6	Max	-	-	-	-
Halfling	6	Max	-	-	-	-

Because of level caps, it is convenient to play mostly with human characters.

Example of party:

• Front-line fighters:
  • 1. Human paladin
  • 2. Human ranger
  • 3. Dwarf fighter/thief
• Back-line spellcasters:
  • 4. Elf mage/thief
  • 5. Human cleric
  • 6. Human mage

Import characters from previous games

Because of the level caps, the only character races that are worth importing from Pool of Radiance or Hillsfar are those who can still earn levels.

New characters in Curse of the Azure Bonds start at level 5.
Characters imported from Pool of Radiance or Hillsfar can start at a level between 6 and 8.

New characters in Secret of the Silver Blades start at level 8.
Characters imported from Curse of the Azure Bonds can start at a level between 10 and 12.

New characters in Pools of Darkness start at level 14.
Characters imported from Secret of the Silver Blades start at level 15.

If you import a character from Hillsfar, some extra side-quests will become available.

The only characters that are worth being imported from Pool of Radiance or Hillsfar are:

• Any human;
• A multi-class Dwarf (thief/fighter);
• A multi-class Elf (mage/thief or mage/thief/fighter).

With reference to the above party, this is an example:

• Imported characters:
  • 1. Human cleric (from Pool of Radiance; can become dual-class cleric/fighter)
  • 2. Dwarf fighter/thief (from Pool of Radiance)
  • 3. Elf mage/thief (from Pool of Radiance)
  • 4. Human mage (from Hillsfar; can become dual-class mage/ranger)
• New characters:
  • 5. Human paladin (can become dual-class paladin/mage)
  • 6. Human ranger (can become dual-class ranger/paladin)