Older Professions

Some of the professions from before the Age of Enlightenment are no longer counted among the eight Major Professions, as first catalogued in Ultima IV. Some still exist today, but have changed significantly from their Sosarian incarnations.

One major difference amongst the spell-casting professions was the classification of their spells into two categories: Sorcery and Prayers. For more information, see Sosarian Magic.

The full list of available professions (and which installments they appeared in) at the end of the Age of Darkness is as follows:

Character Class Triangle
The following diagram shows the playable characters in Ultima 3 according to their main attributes.

Pictures are taken from the NES version.

Because Will and Magic powers are merged starting from Ultima 4, the diagram below allows a direct comparison of the Character Classes.



A comparison of this Character Class Triangle with the one from Ultima 4 leads to the following table: