Choose the path of a warrior, and you will be able to equip and use all manner of swords, battle-axes, war hammers, and chakrams - though you’ll leave the magical mumbo-jumbo up to the Conjurer and Wizard classes. An enchanted weapon is the closest a Warrior gets to magic but that’s OK, because magic is for sissies."
Origin has given away some really great classic titles and continues that tradition with Nox, a Westwood developed RPG. When I think Westwood I think Command & Conquer and the Dune games. That said, Westwood did develop many different kinds of games and Nox was one of it's later releases.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

You gotta give Origin credit for giving away old stuff like this. I would have never played Nox, or even remembered it existed, if not for t his.
I still may never play it, but I have that option now!
I believe that may be part of the thinking there. The goodwill built of handing things over for free is higher than people potentially not playing the game.