Mercenaries of Astonia (1998)

A massively multiplayer online role playing game. Each player begins their journey as a battle-hardened Templar, a magic-wielding Harakim, or a dabbler of both, a Mercenary. The experience gained as characters solve quests, discover new places, and kill evil monsters, can be applied to raise any of a large number of attributes, skills and spells. Characters gain rank and power, qualifying them for better and more powerful equipment for the new and greater challenges that lie ahead.