yeah, in Betrayal at Krondor, my favourite game ever, there were no levels. Stats and skills levelled up through use. ANd it couldn't really be abused either, since it only took like three or four hits to die, restoratives were expensive and only healed like 4 at a time. The more I think about Betrayal at Krondor, the more I realize that they did everything right. Except maybe first person view.