Toadmaster
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That’s true of all the human classes in B/X. You can be anything regardless of ability scores, you just get XP penalties if your Prime Requisite is below 9.
I like that approach far more that "you can't". It also deals with the issue of a PC losing their "status" if a stat is reduced, like a Ranger is just going to forget how to ranger if their Con gets zapped. Harder to advance because with their reduced health it is harder to do ranger stuff efficiently makes far more sense.
I was primarily an AD&D player so am often impressed / appalled at the differences between it and B/X. Between the two there is a decent game there, which is why "OSR" games are growing on me in a way that lets play older D&D just doesn't.