Honestly, and this is of course only my opinion, but DnD really fails at modeling characters not specifically written to be modeled by DnD. Levels, hit points, skill points and all the associated baggage of DnD maps poorly to literary exploits.
Honestly, and this is of course only my opinion, but DnD really fails at modeling characters not specifically written to be modeled by DnD. Levels, hit points, skill points and all the associated baggage of DnD maps poorly to literary exploits.