I know.
But on the same hand, the old old school AD&D guys can make a small profit off this.
Tempting, and yet horrific at the same time.
it would be ok, if you were a sadistic fellow... whadda they call 'em? Grievers? Griefers? anyway, ya works for the bozo, racking up his points without the player learning any skills, and ya inserts some code into his character allowing you to waltz up to him in a tavern one fine evening and drop him like a limp-wristed Brownie with a suckerpunch...