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[zaimoni]

There's no penalty nor anything from preventing the player to play it - it's just a 'for advanced users only' warning. That should probably be changed in the manual.

Most of the 'for advanced users' warnings are for game mechanics reasons; the graying out is to indicate they're ironman-ish classes. [Try a V dwarf or half-troll mage: theoretical maximum starting intelligence is pathetic.]

Dunadan rogue has no particular game mechanics issues, however; it's just a flavor thing.

[Pete Mack]

Most of the 'for advanced users' warnings are for game mechanics reasons; the graying out is to indicate they're ironman-ish classes. [Try a V dwarf or half-troll mage: theoretical maximum starting intelligence is pathetic.]

Dunadan rogue has no particular game mechanics issues, however; it's just a flavor thing.

Actually, V Dwarf Mage isn't too bad. The extra strength and con, along with good device skill, allows you to go pretty far with rods and wands for offense. i've never tried Half-Troll mage, but there are quite a few on the ladder. As for Rogue, High-Elf Rogue is a relatively easy class. I agree, it is grayed out only for flavor, not for any difficulty.

Of the less popular mage races, there are 13 Half-Troll, 14 Half-Orc 17 Dwarf, 15 Kobold, 30 Half-Elf. and 33 Human. That's not a very big difference in popularity.

(In comparison, there are 237 High-Elf, 45 Elf, and 42 Dunadan mages.)