Any human character can be a fighting man and all halflings and dwarves are members of the fighter class, unless they opt to be thieves.* Elves are a combination of fighting man and magic-user...^ Fighting men can use any weapon and wear any kind of armor including magic weapons and magic armor. They can not do other kinds of magic, however. As they advance in experience they increase their "hit dice" and are harder to kill. After they reach the fourth level of experience they also increase their ability to get hits on an opponent... - Holmes, pg. 6
^ An elf character may choose to be a magic-user only, not advancing as a fighting man. If they do multi-class, but not as a fighting man/magic-user, they can be thief/m-u, paladin/m-u, or healer/m-u (provided they qualify).
