Our main objective while developing Eschalon: Book I has been to create a world in which these kinds of options are always available to the player. We want the player to be an active participant of the game, and not just feel as though they are following a script from beginning to end, hoping that the random dice rolls are in their favor. The player should strategize how best to overcome a problem using the character they've created rather than just assume that an elite character is all it takes to be successful.