The reason, of course, was obvious: It was the god's (Read: Larian's) fault that they turned out so ugly. If they had been given the option of a sorcerer class, Ethel would have been a kind and benevolent witch. And my wizard would have been a sorcerer easily talking the Illithids, Goblins and Druids into making peace and giving him all their valuables.
This may seem like odd question ... but since i allready had my fair share of badly distribued statistic ...
(deleted 3 characters, since i did them wrong :D)
What exactly was stoping you in creating huge-charismatic Wizzard? O_o
Also, the last thing this world need is bard. -_-
But i dont see any monks around here!