from a point of view of a player that never played ultima before and enjoy rpg and progression feeling altho i dont have any ideia bout the mechanism of balance applied in ultima , in a superficial observation of my newbie experience in those days , imo mounts would require DEXX to ride so it would take a little longer time for a new player to aquire a horse and great heal would be a higher circle of spell coz those heals are too strong.... not expectin those things to be changed... just sharin my opinion