Bonuses at level 20, 40 etc

[Mark]

Am I right that Rangers get an extra shot per round at level 20, and again at 40?

Are there any other bonuses like this in the game, for other classes?

[Mondkalb]

Yep, that's right.
Also, warriors get immunity to fear at clevel 30, rogues get +1 stealth every ten levels.

[Pete Mack]

And priests and mages get increased ball spell diameter at CL 26, which is a pretty useless bonus. In the good old days, warriors got an extra blow, too. That really set them apart from Paladins and Rogues for melee, since getting more than five blows now is extremely difficult, except with the lightest weapons (which you mostly don't use in the endgame.) I really miss that feature.

Yep, that's right.
Also, warriors get immunity to fear at clevel 30, rogues get +1 stealth every ten levels.

[Werbaer]

In the good old days, warriors got an extra blow, too.

When was that?

I played various versions from 2.7.9v6 up to 3.0.5. Plus PcAngband 1.4.1, which AFAIK was just a port of Angband 2.6.0. In none of these versions, warriors got an extra blow.
(although some people advocated for it for many years)

[Philip]

It wasn't technically an extra blow. It was just a different blows table that allowed for 6 blows with most weapons, while everyone else was at 5 or fewer. In practice, an extra blow for warriors.

[Sky]

Really? I thought rangers got +1 shot at CL1, and that's it.

[Werbaer]

It wasn't technically an extra blow. It was just a different blows table that allowed for 6 blows with most weapons, while everyone else was at 5 or fewer. In practice, an extra blow for warriors.

6 blows with a very high strength and a decent dexterity for weapons weighting 24 lb or less.
A real extra blow would have made warriors to perfer a heavier weapon over a dagger at early levels.

[Pete Mack]

YES, warriors used to get +1 blow at around DL 30. It made getting 6 blows possible with pretty much any weapon in the game (except deathwreaker and grond.)
This changed when fractional blows were added, circa V3.5.The result is a significant Nerf to the warrior class.

[Derakon]

YES, warriors used to get +1 blow at around DL 30. It made getting 6 blows possible with pretty much any weapon in the game (except deathwreaker and grond.)
This changed when fractional blows were added, circa V3.5.The result is a significant Nerf to the warrior class.

I do not remember this ever having been a thing. Warriors have always had a different blows table, that went up to 6, as opposed to 5 or 4 for mage/priest. They never, to my knowledge, have just gotten a flat +1 blow.

Which isn't to say I'm opposed to such an idea.

[Pete Mack]

I don't have the 3.0.5 source handy, but I'm 99% sure warriors had nominal max blows 5, but with an extra blow added during midgame. It basically made warriors into heavy weapons specialists.

[Nick]

3.0.5 blows table and comments:

/*
 * This table is used to help calculate the number of blows the player can
 * make in a single round of attacks (one player turn) with a normal weapon.
 *
 * This number ranges from a single blow/round for weak players to up to six
 * blows/round for powerful warriors.
 *
 * Note that certain artifacts and ego-items give "bonus" blows/round.
 *
 * First, from the player class, we extract some values:
 *
 *    Warrior --> num = 6; mul = 5; div = MAX(30, weapon_weight);
 *    Mage    --> num = 4; mul = 2; div = MAX(40, weapon_weight);
 *    Priest  --> num = 5; mul = 3; div = MAX(35, weapon_weight);
 *    Rogue   --> num = 5; mul = 3; div = MAX(30, weapon_weight);
 *    Ranger  --> num = 5; mul = 4; div = MAX(35, weapon_weight);
 *    Paladin --> num = 5; mul = 4; div = MAX(30, weapon_weight);
 *
 * To get "P", we look up the relevant "adj_str_blow[]" (see above),
 * multiply it by "mul", and then divide it by "div", rounding down.
 *
 * To get "D", we look up the relevant "adj_dex_blow[]" (see above),
 * note especially column 6 (DEX 18/101) and 11 (DEX 18/150).
 *
 * The player gets "blows_table[P][D]" blows/round, as shown below,
 * up to a maximum of "num" blows/round, plus any "bonus" blows/round.
 */
const byte blows_table[12][12] =
{
	/* P/D */
	/* 0,   1,   2,   3,   4,   5,   6,   7,   8,   9,  10,  11+ */

	/* 0  */
	{  1,   1,   1,   1,   1,   1,   2,   2,   2,   2,   2,   3 },

	/* 1  */
	{  1,   1,   1,   1,   2,   2,   3,   3,   3,   4,   4,   4 },

	/* 2  */
	{  1,   1,   2,   2,   3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5 },

	/* 3  */
	{  1,   2,   2,   3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5 },

	/* 4  */
	{  1,   2,   2,   3,   3,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5,   5 },

	/* 5  */
	{  2,   2,   3,   3,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5,   5,   6 },

	/* 6  */
	{  2,   2,   3,   3,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5,   5,   6 },

	/* 7  */
	{  2,   3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5,   5,   6 },

	/* 8  */
	{  3,   3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5,   6,   6 },

	/* 9  */
	{  3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   5,   6,   6 },

	/* 10 */
	{  3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   5,   6,   6,   6 },

	/* 11+ */
	{  3,   3,   4,   4,   4,   4,   5,   5,   6,   6,   6,   6 },
};

So in fact every class could get 6 blows out of the blows table, but the non-warrior classes were capped.

[Derakon]

Huh, and priests could get 5 blows/round back then.

[kandrc]

Huh, and priests could get 5 blows/round back then.

No. I don't recall how it worked in Frog-knows, but in 2.x, it was 1 blow table with priest and mage limited to 4 blows, warrior allowed 6, and everybody else limited to 5.

[Derakon]

No. I don't recall how it worked in Frog-knows, but in 2.x, it was 1 blow table with priest and mage limited to 4 blows, warrior allowed 6, and everybody else limited to 5.

I'm just looking at the code Nick posted. Specifically this bit:

 *    Warrior --> num = 6; mul = 5; div = MAX(30, weapon_weight);
 *    Mage    --> num = 4; mul = 2; div = MAX(40, weapon_weight);
 *    Priest  --> num = 5; mul = 3; div = MAX(35, weapon_weight);
 *    Rogue   --> num = 5; mul = 3; div = MAX(30, weapon_weight);
 *    Ranger  --> num = 5; mul = 4; div = MAX(35, weapon_weight);
 *    Paladin --> num = 5; mul = 4; div = MAX(30, weapon_weight);

It's entirely possible that the cap on Priests has fluctuated over the years, so my "back then" should only refer to 3.0.5. Sorry for the confusion.

[PowerWyrm]

Huh, and priests could get 5 blows/round back then.

No, priests were capped at 4 (in class.txt). There's just a typo in the comment.