Character development has been completely overhauled - the new system is a bit more complex. You still receive 10 learning points per level. Strength and dexterity can be bolstered up to 200 points now; the weapon skills shouldn´t be increased over 100, however, because they represent the probability for a critical hit. Teachers ask for 1-5 learning points per new skill point, the higher your skill the more expensive.

An important addition are stone plates with inscriptions written in the 'language of the constructors' (transl.). Once you learn this language the stone plates can be used to increase skills. You can find dozens of them, so learning the language is definitely worth it. Many other skill or stat related things have been tweaked. An incomplete list includes: item sets with accumulated boni, weapons with a bonus / malus system, decreased effects of permanent potions, more alchemy options, less expensive hunting skills and a comeback of acrobatics.

Two magic items are remarkable. Pretty early in the game you receive a will-o´-wisp amulet. This ghost light is sort of a pet. It can be trained to search for things like gold, keys, potions, etc. The other item is a bit more spectacular. At a certain point in the storyline you receive Beliar´s Claw, a powerful sword. Mages can pray at a Beliar shrine and exchange it for increasingly more devastating necromancer spells. The other classes can improve the sword in a trade-off for a permanent loss of 2.5 hit points per character level.​