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Why do Master Dancer get melee/range defense at master? Same thing with master musicians.

At Master, Musicians get range and melee defense, any idea why? Also same with Master Dancers.

If I had to guess, because it was easy to code and is so stupid it's funny.

Of course, since I plan to advance in unarmed so I can beat the hell out of people with a slitherhorn, it's also useful. Kinda. Not really.

Doh. There's your answer: advancing to master in that kinda precludes getting too high up a combat profession. If I was already a master musician, that gives me +7 melee/range defence at novice brawler while as it is I have to wait until unarmed 4 to get a +2 melee. That bonus is pathetic for its level, but if you decide to spend the rest of your points in combat it DOES give you an edge at the early levels.

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Once you reach master there really isn't much choice but to take a combat character, or at least one that tends to get out more. That +7 is pathetic for a master elite, but if you were just starting brawler or marksman it's a decent bonus at those levels. Since, when fighting, the ability to play music/dance is useless, the massive investment of points has SOME benefit.

Or it could be an extra line of code to make a quick joke.

Dancers and musicians generally have to be very agile in their craft, especially dancers. Thus, a +7 to defense isn't that surprising, because they'd be able to move a bit more quickly and with better reflexes due to their training.

both the melee and ranged defense have been included for the AFK-ers.

To make sure they can withstand the rotten tomatoes thrown at them and the incoming chair swung at them for being AFK.

As I see it, one reason alone. Bar Fights!