[larsdangly]

The original rules provided a path for rapid progression through the Job rolls. I don't know whether it was intentional or a 'bug', but once you had one high stat you could take on a very risky job with little danger of death and then you would have a pretty good chance of going up one stat point every few months of game time. I don't know about other groups, but this is the only way I've seen someone get their stats up above 50. It sounds like a 'cheat', but it should also be noted that NPCs in the old edition often had really high stat totals, so I feel like the implied grade inflation on PC advancement was intended and necessary.