Nomad

Nomad is one of twelve guilds in. Characters begin the game as members of the nomad guild, regardless of race, alignment, or stats.

Hits
When gaining a nomad level, if the new nomad level is a character's single highest guild level and is 30 or below, the character gains 5 hits, plus a random bonus for high constitution. If the new nomad level is a character's single highest guild level and is 31 or above, the character gains 1 hit, with no constitution bonus. If the new nomad level is tied with or lower than any of the character's other guild levels, the character gains no hits.

Spellbook
The nomad spellbook contains two spells.

Strategy
The nomad guild is well suited to beginners exploring the upper dungeon levels, due to having a low experience requirement per level combined with decent hits, attack/defense, thieving, perception, plus Charm of Opening and the ability to use nearly any equipment randomly found. This allows nomads to quickly build up basic fighting and thieving ability to remain self-sufficient when they join a second guild and restart at level 1.

The nomad guild is unsuited to experienced characters, however, as it gives only 1 hit per level after level 30, while every other guild gives 2 hits per level after their respective hits caps. This is a heavy penalty if nomad remains a character's highest leveled guild after level 30. In addition, nomads have no access to the variety of spells offered by the magic-oriented guilds, nor to the backstabbing, critical hit, or multiple swings abilities offered by the combat-oriented guilds. These spells and abilities become more essential to survival in deeper dungeon levels.

Humans, giants, dwarves, ogres and morlochs seeking to maximize hits should level to 28 as warriors, then to 30 as nomads. Warrior is the only guild that grants more hits than nomads. Elves, gnomes, osiris and trolls, who cannot be warriors, can simply level to 30 as nomads to maximize hits. After level 30, characters maximizing hits should level as a wizard, if possible, until level 41.