sooo what class u all goin :P
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old.Tohtori
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The servers are gonna be full of everything, so i wouldn't base any decicions on that.
I haven't checked ANYTHING of this game, even if i have it on pre-order etc etc
So, i'll see when i get there.
I haven't checked ANYTHING of this game, even if i have it on pre-order etc etc
So, i'll see when i get there.
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To help people with decisions on classes i'll post this: (MASSIVE post incoming)
The Soldier Classes
Conqueror
The standard bearer of the battlefield, the Conqueror leads the charge into battle. Their courage and bravery acts as a rallying call for their allies and instills fear and dread into their enemies.
Wearing heavy armor, the Conqueror relies upon their quick wits and reflexes to evade their enemies attacks. The standard they proudly carry into battle provides a boost to the Conqueror team, typically increasing damage. In times of need, the Conqueror is able to take the standard and plant it into the ground in a devastating attack.
Superbly trained in the combat arts these adaptable warriors are equally at home dual wielding weapons or using more powerful but slower two-handed weapons.
Archetype: Soldier
Permitted races: Aquilonian, Cimmerian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, two-handed blunts, one-handed edged, two-handed edged, crossbows, thrown weapons, and dual wielding.
Armor: Heavy armor, medium armor, and light armor.
Races Available
* Aquilonian
* Cimmerian
Specialties
* 1HE, 1HB, 2HE, 2HB
* Specialized combo lists for dual wielding and two-handed
* Can dual-wield any combination of 1HE/1HB
* Group spells and auras
Feat Trees
* Soldier (general)
* Carnage
* Brute
Auras
- Furious Inspiration.
For the Conqueror, as this buff increases, he starts to get a proc that triggers a team heal, which in turn increases in power the higher his Furious Inspiration is. If let go to its highest level, his Furious Inspiration not only has a chance of proccing team heals with each attack, but also has a small chance to proc a team rezz each attack. This means that if you ignore a Conqueror they start to become REALLY troublesome. *smiles*
Conquerors have two main groups of Auras, Offensive and Recovery/Defensive, and may have one from each group running at once. Though there are no health regeneration auras, the Recovery/Defensive group has Auras to regenerate Mana and Stamina. The Offensive type Auras are based around adding DPS to the entire team in various ways.
Stances
Conqueror has access to the Frenzy and Defensive, though are not bound to either one.
The Conqueror is the heart and soul of any party in Hyboria. Conquerors fill two roles, first, as an impressive fighter on the front lines soaking up the damage and dishing out damage of their own, and second, as an inspirational presence that makes the party prevail where it would normally falter. All foes that get within the conqueror's reach fall before their weapons, and all friends that stand nearby find themselves heartened, ready and eager to carry on the fight. A party without a conqueror may be mighty indeed, but a party with a conqueror becomes a band of heroes with almost legendary abilities.
To protect themselves from the dangerous world outside, conquerors have access to everything from the flimsiest of cloth armor to the stoutest heavy armor, but do not gain access to shields. Conquerors tend to be a bit more offensively-minded as a class, preferring to either dual-wield two one-handed weapons or to use a single large weapon to smite their foes. Unlike the barbarian—which focuses on putting out as much damage as possible in a short amount of time—conquerors are a bit more conservative. Their combat training focuses primarily on effects that help the group as a whole, though they remain fierce and deadly opponents in a one on one fight.
Conquerors wielding two-handed weapons make for tremendous fighters in their own right, and there's always the matter of that huge sword they're carrying, but they also gain a number of combos making them even harder to defeat. Some lower their foes' ability to inflict damage, while the powerful Dancing Steel combos make it easier for the conqueror to dodge and, if the timing is right, they can counterattack instantly when attacked with a melee weapon. Conquerors also learn to unleash multiple hits via their ferocious Furious Strikes, starting with a Hail of Furious Strikes and ending with a Barrage of Furious Strikes from the strongest conquerers. They also learn to knock their foes aside with Concussive attacks, making an opening for the advance, or knocking away a troublesome foe. Conquerors can also sound a Heroic Call, inspiring all of their fellows to strike harder at the enemies troubling them.
Those who opt for two weapons rather than one are no less vicious. Dual-wielding conquerors have twice the weaponry, but they also have several unique combos of their own. A Rallying Strike, and its stronger variations, lowers the amount of damage the group takes should an attack slip their their guard. These conquerors also gain abilities that hurt their opponents over time, be it one opponent—via Hewing, Hacking, Flaying, Carving, or Rending them) or be it whoever happens to be unfortunate enough to step into range of their Rhythm of War combo. Dual-wielding conquerors can also make it harder for their opponents to block and resist damage, Breaching their defenses and leaving them open to more deadly strikes.
The conqueror isn't just a deadly fighter, however. Rather than a magician's spells, the conqueror has beneficial auras that surround them, and all friends within range of these auras benefit. Conqueror auras can be either purely offensive—contributing to the damage and destruction sowed by their associates—or augmentative, providing a multitude of various benefits that keep the party fighting and make them fight better. Conquerors can have a single combative aura and a single augmentative aura running simultaneously.
Their Campaign Season aura increases the overall damage of the conqueror's fellows, while the Fire Weave aura grants bonus fire damage to all melee and ranged attacks of the caster's team, while occasionally inflicting instant fire damage on their targets. Other elemental auras include the Hoarfrost aura, which adds a chilling effect to any of their melee or ranged attacks, while the Tempest aura channels the power of the storms into the party members, damaging all foes who come near.
Augmentative auras include Triumph, which improves the attacking abilities of the party, as well as Sanctuary, which increases their resistance to magical damage should any rogue magicians be foolish enough to attack. The Inspiration aura is especially critical, replenishing the stamina of the group at an increased rate, while Focus does the same for magic users and their mana. Rally, the ultimate in this series of Auras, does slightly less stamina and mana regeneration, but does both at the same time, for when all members of the party require one last push for a particularly troublesome foe.
While an inspiring leader and a benefit to their team, the conqueror is also a ferocious fighter in their own right that's not to be trifled with, especially as conquerors are usually surrounded by several of their biggest and meanest friends.
Other links for Conqueror information:
Age of Conan Class Interview #3: The Conqueror | Ten Ton Hammer
Guardian
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This ancient warrior tradition usually forms the front line of any respectable army. They protect and serve their comrades in arms through strength of will and determination, holding off blows and foes that would strike down a lesser mortal.
While adept with wielding a shield in combat, they are also uniquely trained in the use of pole arms that can surprise their enemies with the swiftness and effectiveness of their attacks.
Encased in the heaviest armor, the Guardian focuses on powerful directional attacks that temporarily damage armor and protection, increasing the amount of damage the enemy takes.
Archetype: Soldier
Permitted Races: Aquilonian, Cimmerian
Weapons: One-handed edged, one-handed blunts, polearms, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Full plate, heavy armor, medium armor, light armor, and shield
Specialties
* 1HE, 1HB, Pole arm
* Specialized combo lists for on-hand and polearm lines
* Shield
* Directional damage mods
Feat Trees
* Soldier (general)
* Juggernaut
* Tempest
Clad in heavy armor that would break the backs of lesser creatures, the guardian strides Hyboria, a walking fortress of steel, iron, and leather, wielding mighty polearms or one-handed weapons and great shields. Where others would waver or fall, knocked back by a skillful foe, the heavy plate armor of the guardian insure such hits fall aside like so many pebbles. The guardian stands tall and resolute in the face of foes, secure in the finest of armor and wielding the most deadly weapons.
Guardians are not just hulking figures in heavy armor, however. While Guardians have access to a full range of armor, from simple cloth to imposing suits of full plate armor, no fortress is complete without a way to strike back at its attackers, and guardians have an array of combat abilities that focus on their strength: letting their opponents wear themselves down trying to penetrate impenetrable steel, then striking with all the fury of a raging wind. Members of this class can choose one-handed weapons of the blunt or edged variety and pair it up with a shield, or they can forsake the shield entirely and take up one of the many polearms Hyboria's weaponsmiths offer.
As with the barbarians, one-handed weapons are used mainly for one-on-one battles and individual feats of strength, while polearms are perfect for sweeping attacks when charging into massive groupes of enemies. Guardians aren't limited to melee weapons alone, however, as they can also use thrown weapons. Higher-level guardians also gain the ability to use the deadly crossbow, for those who dare to try and attack at range. The guardian is another class that eschews spells, preferring to entrust their safety and that of their charges to solid things like steel and leather, rather than to the etheral whims of strange and terrible powers.
Guardians may be a defensively-minded class, but like all in Hyboria, those who don't learn to fight soon perish at the hands of those who do know how to fight. Guardians who choose one-handed weapons study the human body, learning how to damage it in precise ways. They learn to Exploit their opponent's vulnerabilities, as well as to Create Vulnerabilities, which leaves their foe open to devastating attacks. It begins with the lower limbs, but they soon learn to slip a blade into an opponent's chest, or bring a mace crashing down upon their head.
Their training also teaches them to exploit their greatest strength. Enemies facing the guardian frequently hurl themselves forward, flailing away at uncaring steel until exhaustion sets in. The cunning guardian learns to exploit this with a line of combos that focus on destroying their opponents stamina and inflicting wounds that leave them gasping for breath. A simple exhausting swipe might take their breath away, while an Excruciating Slash leaves their opponents unable to fight, begging for mercy, and frequently finding none. This particular style of guardian also learns how to cripple their opponent's defenses, wearing them down and inflicting Grueling Injuries, which, in turn, makes it easy for the guardian to finish them off.
There are those who forsake the path of the shield and instead focus on the spear or glaive, or one of the other fine polearms for sale in Hyboria's market. Polearm users focus mainly on wearing down groups of enemies. The backbone for this particular style of guardian is their own Multihit line, which begins with a simple Sweep of their weapon and evolves into a Flashing Arc, with Weaving Rush and Turbulent Wind combos coming as they grow stronger, ensuring a flurry of fatal blows fall on their foes. Polearm-using guardians may not carry the tremendous shield of their class kinsmen, but they make up for it with a Quickened Guard or Calculating Defense, as well as other combos that increase their ability to evade damage and defend against oncoming attacks.
The most feared ability, though, is a line of skills that knock their opponents aside, using broad, sweeping strokes that slam their foes back, taking down entire swaths of enemies with a single move. It begins simply, with a combo called Lifting Strike, but with enough toil and training, it becomes an Astouding Strike, allowing the guardian to mow down foes like a reaper in a field of grain. This flavor of guardian also relies on wearing down their opponent's ability to fight, and those facing off with this kind of guardian may survive the fusillade of incoming attacks, but fatigue settles in as their blows clatter harmlessly off the guardian's armor, and the guardian gains combos to exploit this, allowing them to Burnout their opponent's muscles and will to fight.
Indeed, like a cliff on the edge of a raging sea, the guardian stands resolute, never faltering or wavering, against Hyboria's endless supply of enemies.
Other links about Guardian:
Age of Conan Class Interview #2: The Guardian | Ten Ton Hammer
Dark Templar
The Dark Templar is one who, while excellently versed in the art of war, has also fallen foul of the lure of ancient dark magics. They are able to draw on these abilities to augment the team with powerful auras and are able to transfer life to their team.
The Dark Templar suffers for these abilities as the dark pacts made to sustain their power means the Dark Templar is susceptible to soul corruption effects more than most other classes. The Dark Templar cannot spellweave as he has no offensive spells. All of a Dark Templar's offense is made from his combo moves.
Wearing heavy armor and carrying a shield and blade, the Dark Templar drains the life from enemies while attacking. The Dark Templar is the only class not in the priest class that has healing spells.
Archetype: Soldier
Permitted races: Aquilonian, Cimmerian
Weapons: One-handed edged, one-handed blunts, crossbows, and thrown weapons.
Armor: Heavy armor, medium armor, light armor, and shields
The Dark Templars Spells
- Blood Pact - Converts all damage dealt by the Dark Templar into health.
- Drain Life - Converts some damage dealt by the Dark Templar into health. 25
- Martyrdom - Heals all party members while damaging the Dark Templar.
- Pestilential Body - Summons a poisonous gas that damages enemies in the vicinity, but will also restrict the Dark Templar’s movement as the poison slowly deteriorates the body.
Primary Abilities
* One-handed Edged weapons
* One-handed Blunt weapons
* Shields
* Life draining
* Unholy damage
Feat Trees
* Soldier (general)
* Depravity
* Desecration
Additional Abilities
* Crossbows (at level 50)
Frenzy
When in Frenzy mode, the Dark Templar gains an additional 150% more damage, Frenzy also gives increased Life Draining effects as well plus additional bonuses.
However, damage dealt to you is also increased by approximately 3xTimes normal.
Timing is Crucial!
Available Races
* Aquilonian
* Cimmerian
In the harsh reality of Hyborian life, many people turn to higher powers – the Gods – for guidance and understanding. Some turn to Mitra seeking hope and support, while others turn to Crom for savage inspiration. Some even turn to Set in order to tap into the powers he provides, but the Dark Templar will go as far as to trade his very humanity to any dark being who will offer him a piece of the corrupted power that they possess.
By going into a pact with such a dark being – be that an evil god, a wrathful demon or any other source of twisted power – the Dark Templar is able to draw upon immense strength and vitality. This power, however, certainly comes at a price as it binds the Dark Templar into painful worship demanded by the dark entity in return for their approval.
In essence, the Dark Templar is an evil fighter. By drawing upon these powers rooted in death and darkness, they are able to stand at the forefront of battles and take punishment that may have crippled a fighter of more ordinary skill. You see, whereas other members of the soldier class usually believes more in the importance of tactical fighting styles and the mastery of weapons in order to survive a fight, the Dark Templar has no qualms about tapping into dark, supernatural powers in order to secure victory for him and his team.
Taking punishment is a big part of the Dark Templar’s job and mastering light, medium and heavy armor is crucial to his success. By being able to equip some of the most protective armor available, he is able to fulfill his role as one of the members of the group most likely to be put in the front where the enemy’s damage can be directed at him.
Of course, having traded his very humanity to the forces of evil, his greatest asset will not be man-made equipment but rather the dark powers he can call upon. At level twenty-five he will gain access to the 'Drain Life' ability that will turn some of the damage he deals to his enemy’s into health for himself. The much higher-level 'Blood Pact' will intensify this ability, converting all damage the Dark Templar deals into valuable health that he needs to stay alive as he stands on the forefront of the battle, taking all the punishment.
All these powers do, however, come at a high cost. Tapping into the abilities possessed by the dark beings that dwell far beyond the plane of mere mortals, is something that the Dark Templar will also struggle with notably. For the source of this immense power will demand a tribute for the effort they put into supporting him -- a pact is a pact after all!
As such, many of the Dark Templar’s abilities will have detrimental effects that can harm him. 'Pestilential Body' gained at level forty, for instance, will trigger a poison that will drain the life out of enemies around him, but it will also restrict the Dark Templar’s movement as poisonous gases and toxic sludge slowly takes over his body. Other powers will outright damage him and possibly kill him as he calls upon them!
Most probably inspired by the nature of the dark forces of this world (and beyond), the Dark Templar is also quite a sadist. Whenever members of his own group – his own companions – suffer in combat, the Dark Templar will himself gain power. When others are inflicted with pain, he will receive bonuses to his abilities making him more potent!
Still, the Dark Templar is a good adventuring partner to have for any group traveling the expanses of Hyboria and who faces the challenges this dangerous world provides. If you can manage to look past his dubious ways, having a member on the team with affinity for the dark side can be a valuable thing. For instance, the Dark Templar’s 'Martyrdom' ability will actually heal his companions while also damaging himself.
As those Hyborians who can suffer the pain and commit to a pact with darkness will see, the Dark Templar is, in short, a more than capable fighter. Being able to master combination moves for many edged, blunt and thrown weapons – and even crossbows – he proves himself as a fighter that can use the more earthly tools of death and at the same time having the ability to call upon the evil forces beyond Hyboria and use their destructive powers as well!
Other links about Dark Templars:
Age of Conan Class Interview #1: The Dark Templar | Ten Ton Hammer
The Soldier Classes
Conqueror
The standard bearer of the battlefield, the Conqueror leads the charge into battle. Their courage and bravery acts as a rallying call for their allies and instills fear and dread into their enemies.
Wearing heavy armor, the Conqueror relies upon their quick wits and reflexes to evade their enemies attacks. The standard they proudly carry into battle provides a boost to the Conqueror team, typically increasing damage. In times of need, the Conqueror is able to take the standard and plant it into the ground in a devastating attack.
Superbly trained in the combat arts these adaptable warriors are equally at home dual wielding weapons or using more powerful but slower two-handed weapons.
Archetype: Soldier
Permitted races: Aquilonian, Cimmerian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, two-handed blunts, one-handed edged, two-handed edged, crossbows, thrown weapons, and dual wielding.
Armor: Heavy armor, medium armor, and light armor.
Races Available
* Aquilonian
* Cimmerian
Specialties
* 1HE, 1HB, 2HE, 2HB
* Specialized combo lists for dual wielding and two-handed
* Can dual-wield any combination of 1HE/1HB
* Group spells and auras
Feat Trees
* Soldier (general)
* Carnage
* Brute
Auras
- Furious Inspiration.
For the Conqueror, as this buff increases, he starts to get a proc that triggers a team heal, which in turn increases in power the higher his Furious Inspiration is. If let go to its highest level, his Furious Inspiration not only has a chance of proccing team heals with each attack, but also has a small chance to proc a team rezz each attack. This means that if you ignore a Conqueror they start to become REALLY troublesome. *smiles*
Conquerors have two main groups of Auras, Offensive and Recovery/Defensive, and may have one from each group running at once. Though there are no health regeneration auras, the Recovery/Defensive group has Auras to regenerate Mana and Stamina. The Offensive type Auras are based around adding DPS to the entire team in various ways.
Stances
Conqueror has access to the Frenzy and Defensive, though are not bound to either one.
The Conqueror is the heart and soul of any party in Hyboria. Conquerors fill two roles, first, as an impressive fighter on the front lines soaking up the damage and dishing out damage of their own, and second, as an inspirational presence that makes the party prevail where it would normally falter. All foes that get within the conqueror's reach fall before their weapons, and all friends that stand nearby find themselves heartened, ready and eager to carry on the fight. A party without a conqueror may be mighty indeed, but a party with a conqueror becomes a band of heroes with almost legendary abilities.
To protect themselves from the dangerous world outside, conquerors have access to everything from the flimsiest of cloth armor to the stoutest heavy armor, but do not gain access to shields. Conquerors tend to be a bit more offensively-minded as a class, preferring to either dual-wield two one-handed weapons or to use a single large weapon to smite their foes. Unlike the barbarian—which focuses on putting out as much damage as possible in a short amount of time—conquerors are a bit more conservative. Their combat training focuses primarily on effects that help the group as a whole, though they remain fierce and deadly opponents in a one on one fight.
Conquerors wielding two-handed weapons make for tremendous fighters in their own right, and there's always the matter of that huge sword they're carrying, but they also gain a number of combos making them even harder to defeat. Some lower their foes' ability to inflict damage, while the powerful Dancing Steel combos make it easier for the conqueror to dodge and, if the timing is right, they can counterattack instantly when attacked with a melee weapon. Conquerors also learn to unleash multiple hits via their ferocious Furious Strikes, starting with a Hail of Furious Strikes and ending with a Barrage of Furious Strikes from the strongest conquerers. They also learn to knock their foes aside with Concussive attacks, making an opening for the advance, or knocking away a troublesome foe. Conquerors can also sound a Heroic Call, inspiring all of their fellows to strike harder at the enemies troubling them.
Those who opt for two weapons rather than one are no less vicious. Dual-wielding conquerors have twice the weaponry, but they also have several unique combos of their own. A Rallying Strike, and its stronger variations, lowers the amount of damage the group takes should an attack slip their their guard. These conquerors also gain abilities that hurt their opponents over time, be it one opponent—via Hewing, Hacking, Flaying, Carving, or Rending them) or be it whoever happens to be unfortunate enough to step into range of their Rhythm of War combo. Dual-wielding conquerors can also make it harder for their opponents to block and resist damage, Breaching their defenses and leaving them open to more deadly strikes.
The conqueror isn't just a deadly fighter, however. Rather than a magician's spells, the conqueror has beneficial auras that surround them, and all friends within range of these auras benefit. Conqueror auras can be either purely offensive—contributing to the damage and destruction sowed by their associates—or augmentative, providing a multitude of various benefits that keep the party fighting and make them fight better. Conquerors can have a single combative aura and a single augmentative aura running simultaneously.
Their Campaign Season aura increases the overall damage of the conqueror's fellows, while the Fire Weave aura grants bonus fire damage to all melee and ranged attacks of the caster's team, while occasionally inflicting instant fire damage on their targets. Other elemental auras include the Hoarfrost aura, which adds a chilling effect to any of their melee or ranged attacks, while the Tempest aura channels the power of the storms into the party members, damaging all foes who come near.
Augmentative auras include Triumph, which improves the attacking abilities of the party, as well as Sanctuary, which increases their resistance to magical damage should any rogue magicians be foolish enough to attack. The Inspiration aura is especially critical, replenishing the stamina of the group at an increased rate, while Focus does the same for magic users and their mana. Rally, the ultimate in this series of Auras, does slightly less stamina and mana regeneration, but does both at the same time, for when all members of the party require one last push for a particularly troublesome foe.
While an inspiring leader and a benefit to their team, the conqueror is also a ferocious fighter in their own right that's not to be trifled with, especially as conquerors are usually surrounded by several of their biggest and meanest friends.
Other links for Conqueror information:
Age of Conan Class Interview #3: The Conqueror | Ten Ton Hammer
Guardian
.
This ancient warrior tradition usually forms the front line of any respectable army. They protect and serve their comrades in arms through strength of will and determination, holding off blows and foes that would strike down a lesser mortal.
While adept with wielding a shield in combat, they are also uniquely trained in the use of pole arms that can surprise their enemies with the swiftness and effectiveness of their attacks.
Encased in the heaviest armor, the Guardian focuses on powerful directional attacks that temporarily damage armor and protection, increasing the amount of damage the enemy takes.
Archetype: Soldier
Permitted Races: Aquilonian, Cimmerian
Weapons: One-handed edged, one-handed blunts, polearms, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Full plate, heavy armor, medium armor, light armor, and shield
Specialties
* 1HE, 1HB, Pole arm
* Specialized combo lists for on-hand and polearm lines
* Shield
* Directional damage mods
Feat Trees
* Soldier (general)
* Juggernaut
* Tempest
Clad in heavy armor that would break the backs of lesser creatures, the guardian strides Hyboria, a walking fortress of steel, iron, and leather, wielding mighty polearms or one-handed weapons and great shields. Where others would waver or fall, knocked back by a skillful foe, the heavy plate armor of the guardian insure such hits fall aside like so many pebbles. The guardian stands tall and resolute in the face of foes, secure in the finest of armor and wielding the most deadly weapons.
Guardians are not just hulking figures in heavy armor, however. While Guardians have access to a full range of armor, from simple cloth to imposing suits of full plate armor, no fortress is complete without a way to strike back at its attackers, and guardians have an array of combat abilities that focus on their strength: letting their opponents wear themselves down trying to penetrate impenetrable steel, then striking with all the fury of a raging wind. Members of this class can choose one-handed weapons of the blunt or edged variety and pair it up with a shield, or they can forsake the shield entirely and take up one of the many polearms Hyboria's weaponsmiths offer.
As with the barbarians, one-handed weapons are used mainly for one-on-one battles and individual feats of strength, while polearms are perfect for sweeping attacks when charging into massive groupes of enemies. Guardians aren't limited to melee weapons alone, however, as they can also use thrown weapons. Higher-level guardians also gain the ability to use the deadly crossbow, for those who dare to try and attack at range. The guardian is another class that eschews spells, preferring to entrust their safety and that of their charges to solid things like steel and leather, rather than to the etheral whims of strange and terrible powers.
Guardians may be a defensively-minded class, but like all in Hyboria, those who don't learn to fight soon perish at the hands of those who do know how to fight. Guardians who choose one-handed weapons study the human body, learning how to damage it in precise ways. They learn to Exploit their opponent's vulnerabilities, as well as to Create Vulnerabilities, which leaves their foe open to devastating attacks. It begins with the lower limbs, but they soon learn to slip a blade into an opponent's chest, or bring a mace crashing down upon their head.
Their training also teaches them to exploit their greatest strength. Enemies facing the guardian frequently hurl themselves forward, flailing away at uncaring steel until exhaustion sets in. The cunning guardian learns to exploit this with a line of combos that focus on destroying their opponents stamina and inflicting wounds that leave them gasping for breath. A simple exhausting swipe might take their breath away, while an Excruciating Slash leaves their opponents unable to fight, begging for mercy, and frequently finding none. This particular style of guardian also learns how to cripple their opponent's defenses, wearing them down and inflicting Grueling Injuries, which, in turn, makes it easy for the guardian to finish them off.
There are those who forsake the path of the shield and instead focus on the spear or glaive, or one of the other fine polearms for sale in Hyboria's market. Polearm users focus mainly on wearing down groups of enemies. The backbone for this particular style of guardian is their own Multihit line, which begins with a simple Sweep of their weapon and evolves into a Flashing Arc, with Weaving Rush and Turbulent Wind combos coming as they grow stronger, ensuring a flurry of fatal blows fall on their foes. Polearm-using guardians may not carry the tremendous shield of their class kinsmen, but they make up for it with a Quickened Guard or Calculating Defense, as well as other combos that increase their ability to evade damage and defend against oncoming attacks.
The most feared ability, though, is a line of skills that knock their opponents aside, using broad, sweeping strokes that slam their foes back, taking down entire swaths of enemies with a single move. It begins simply, with a combo called Lifting Strike, but with enough toil and training, it becomes an Astouding Strike, allowing the guardian to mow down foes like a reaper in a field of grain. This flavor of guardian also relies on wearing down their opponent's ability to fight, and those facing off with this kind of guardian may survive the fusillade of incoming attacks, but fatigue settles in as their blows clatter harmlessly off the guardian's armor, and the guardian gains combos to exploit this, allowing them to Burnout their opponent's muscles and will to fight.
Indeed, like a cliff on the edge of a raging sea, the guardian stands resolute, never faltering or wavering, against Hyboria's endless supply of enemies.
Other links about Guardian:
Age of Conan Class Interview #2: The Guardian | Ten Ton Hammer
Dark Templar
The Dark Templar is one who, while excellently versed in the art of war, has also fallen foul of the lure of ancient dark magics. They are able to draw on these abilities to augment the team with powerful auras and are able to transfer life to their team.
The Dark Templar suffers for these abilities as the dark pacts made to sustain their power means the Dark Templar is susceptible to soul corruption effects more than most other classes. The Dark Templar cannot spellweave as he has no offensive spells. All of a Dark Templar's offense is made from his combo moves.
Wearing heavy armor and carrying a shield and blade, the Dark Templar drains the life from enemies while attacking. The Dark Templar is the only class not in the priest class that has healing spells.
Archetype: Soldier
Permitted races: Aquilonian, Cimmerian
Weapons: One-handed edged, one-handed blunts, crossbows, and thrown weapons.
Armor: Heavy armor, medium armor, light armor, and shields
The Dark Templars Spells
- Blood Pact - Converts all damage dealt by the Dark Templar into health.
- Drain Life - Converts some damage dealt by the Dark Templar into health. 25
- Martyrdom - Heals all party members while damaging the Dark Templar.
- Pestilential Body - Summons a poisonous gas that damages enemies in the vicinity, but will also restrict the Dark Templar’s movement as the poison slowly deteriorates the body.
Primary Abilities
* One-handed Edged weapons
* One-handed Blunt weapons
* Shields
* Life draining
* Unholy damage
Feat Trees
* Soldier (general)
* Depravity
* Desecration
Additional Abilities
* Crossbows (at level 50)
Frenzy
When in Frenzy mode, the Dark Templar gains an additional 150% more damage, Frenzy also gives increased Life Draining effects as well plus additional bonuses.
However, damage dealt to you is also increased by approximately 3xTimes normal.
Timing is Crucial!
Available Races
* Aquilonian
* Cimmerian
In the harsh reality of Hyborian life, many people turn to higher powers – the Gods – for guidance and understanding. Some turn to Mitra seeking hope and support, while others turn to Crom for savage inspiration. Some even turn to Set in order to tap into the powers he provides, but the Dark Templar will go as far as to trade his very humanity to any dark being who will offer him a piece of the corrupted power that they possess.
By going into a pact with such a dark being – be that an evil god, a wrathful demon or any other source of twisted power – the Dark Templar is able to draw upon immense strength and vitality. This power, however, certainly comes at a price as it binds the Dark Templar into painful worship demanded by the dark entity in return for their approval.
In essence, the Dark Templar is an evil fighter. By drawing upon these powers rooted in death and darkness, they are able to stand at the forefront of battles and take punishment that may have crippled a fighter of more ordinary skill. You see, whereas other members of the soldier class usually believes more in the importance of tactical fighting styles and the mastery of weapons in order to survive a fight, the Dark Templar has no qualms about tapping into dark, supernatural powers in order to secure victory for him and his team.
Taking punishment is a big part of the Dark Templar’s job and mastering light, medium and heavy armor is crucial to his success. By being able to equip some of the most protective armor available, he is able to fulfill his role as one of the members of the group most likely to be put in the front where the enemy’s damage can be directed at him.
Of course, having traded his very humanity to the forces of evil, his greatest asset will not be man-made equipment but rather the dark powers he can call upon. At level twenty-five he will gain access to the 'Drain Life' ability that will turn some of the damage he deals to his enemy’s into health for himself. The much higher-level 'Blood Pact' will intensify this ability, converting all damage the Dark Templar deals into valuable health that he needs to stay alive as he stands on the forefront of the battle, taking all the punishment.
All these powers do, however, come at a high cost. Tapping into the abilities possessed by the dark beings that dwell far beyond the plane of mere mortals, is something that the Dark Templar will also struggle with notably. For the source of this immense power will demand a tribute for the effort they put into supporting him -- a pact is a pact after all!
As such, many of the Dark Templar’s abilities will have detrimental effects that can harm him. 'Pestilential Body' gained at level forty, for instance, will trigger a poison that will drain the life out of enemies around him, but it will also restrict the Dark Templar’s movement as poisonous gases and toxic sludge slowly takes over his body. Other powers will outright damage him and possibly kill him as he calls upon them!
Most probably inspired by the nature of the dark forces of this world (and beyond), the Dark Templar is also quite a sadist. Whenever members of his own group – his own companions – suffer in combat, the Dark Templar will himself gain power. When others are inflicted with pain, he will receive bonuses to his abilities making him more potent!
Still, the Dark Templar is a good adventuring partner to have for any group traveling the expanses of Hyboria and who faces the challenges this dangerous world provides. If you can manage to look past his dubious ways, having a member on the team with affinity for the dark side can be a valuable thing. For instance, the Dark Templar’s 'Martyrdom' ability will actually heal his companions while also damaging himself.
As those Hyborians who can suffer the pain and commit to a pact with darkness will see, the Dark Templar is, in short, a more than capable fighter. Being able to master combination moves for many edged, blunt and thrown weapons – and even crossbows – he proves himself as a fighter that can use the more earthly tools of death and at the same time having the ability to call upon the evil forces beyond Hyboria and use their destructive powers as well!
Other links about Dark Templars:
Age of Conan Class Interview #1: The Dark Templar | Ten Ton Hammer
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The Priest Classes
Priest of Mitra
Proud and devout, the Priests of Mitra (PoM) ensure that the teachings of their god is protected and passed on to their followers. Their faith allows them to draw on great determination and belief that they cannot help but instil in those around them.
The Priest of Mitra is likely to be the primary healer in any group they join. With a great repertoire of healing spells, this class is the purest healer of the Priest archetype in Age of Conan. The Priest of Mitra has several different AoE healing spells, both cone heals and spells that heal all team members around the priest.
The Priest of Mitra isn't a very competent melee fighter, preferring to smite their enemies with spells from a distance. Even though the priest is able to use shields, their soft armor makes them vulnerable to melee fighters. However, the priest can learn the Repulse spell which throws away enemies in the vicinity of the priest.
The priest also has some buffs; for example, the spell Divine Vigor increases the maximum health of team members around the priest.
Archetype: Priest
Permitted races: Aquilonian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, one-handed edged, daggers, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, and shields
The Priest of Mitra's spells
Blessing of Life - Places a moderate healing effect on the caster's team. 26
Cleanse - Removes hostile buffs of the caster.
Condemn - Condemn is a Priest of Mitra spell that stuns the target.
Divine Justice - Divine Justice is a Priest of Mitra Hostile spell.
Divine Vigor - Increases the maximum health of the caster's party.
Eye of Judgement - Eye of Judgement is a Priest of Mitra spell that causes enemies to flee in terror.
Radiance - Radiance is a mass healing spell which heals all allies in the vicinity of the Priest.
Rebuke - Direct Holy damage spell.
Repudiate - An Area of Effect crowd control spell that hinders enemies movement.
Repulse - AoE knockback on all targets surrounding the caster dealing a fair amount of damage.
Resurrection - Brings a single target back to life. 30 250
Shroud of Purity - Provides a good healing effect on allied players in a cone-shaped area-of-effect in front of the caster, while giving the priest receives a more moderate healing effect.
Smite - Deals direct Holy damage against a target.
Soul of Mitra - Ignites the priest in holy fire, dealing damage to enemies around the caster and rendering them almost immune to physical damage while the effect lasts.
Specialities
* Healing
* Repulse Area-of-Effect spells
* One-handed Edged weapons
* One-handed Blunt weapons
Available Races
* Aquilonian
* Cimmerian
Devoting their lives to the service of their deity, the Priests of Mitra are able to draw upon immense power and wisdom. While some dedicate their lives to quiet studies and worship to Mitra, others head into the wilds of Hyboria to seek out challenges and overcome them by employing the powers and protection their deity bestow upon them.
In Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the Priest of Mitra is the primary healer in any group they might join. They can mean the difference between life and death, and if the latter happens they can still bend the very rules of mortality and bring their teammates back from the land of the dead.
Far from just being the one who put bandages on your wounds, the Priest of Mitra is also an able damage dealer – especially due to their potent nuke spells. But though they do master melee combat, their skills are considerably more limited in that regard.
The Priest of Mitra proves to be a versatile class, dabbling with anything from healing to damage dealing to crowd control and buffing. Their focus naturally lies in the arts of healing, where they have an extensive toolset to draw from as they progress in level and dive deeper into Mitra's powers.
Cone healing is perhaps the Priest of Mitra’s most interesting method of healing. In Age of Conan the player can fire off a cone healing spell, such as the Shroud of Purity, that places a moderate healing effect on the caster as well as placing a powerful healing effect on all friendly targets within the cone-shaped area extruding from the player. It’s certainly powerful, but it can also be quite challenging to perform correctly for an unskilled Priest of Mitra.
Of course, the Priest of Mitra also has access to team healing spells such as the Radiance spell that heals all allies around the priest. The team heals may provide lesser effect than the cone heals; but then again, they require no targeting and will affect all teammates in a wide radius around the caster. But – less effort, less gain!
When it comes to resurrecting fallen teammates, this is an ability the player obtain as early as the tenth level when he is still nothing but a simple Priest working himself through the archetype levels to become a Priest of Mitra. As he progresses in life he will gain more potent resurrection abilities that will result in greater and greater reduction of the death penalty.
On the damage side of things, the Priest of Mitra has a few tricks up his sleeve. One of the fancier things is probably the Repulse spell that will knock enemies around the caster back and send them flying through the air while dealing a fair amount of damage to them. Then you have more target specific spells, such as the Smite and Rebuke.
In extreme times of desperation, the Priest of Mitra may turn to his deity for the ultimate support. Through the Soul of Mitra spell, the Priest will ignite in holy fire, inflicting damage to anyone in his general vicinity. It will even render him almost completely immune to physical damage! It comes at a cost, though, as the Priest himself is unable to take any action while filled with the power of Mitra.
Giving strength to his teammates and improving their odds is also paramount to the Priest of Mitra. Divine Vigor will for instance increase the maximum health of the entire group, but as with many of the Priest’s buffs, the effect is propagated from him so any teammate standing too far away from him would not get the benefits of the buff.
The Priest of Mitra is slightly disadvantaged when it comes to melee fighting, even though he masters several weapons such as one-handed edged and blunt, daggers, crossbows and thrown weapons. His lack of advanced weapon combos and mastership of only cloth and light armor (though he can wield a shield) makes him a softer target.
It is therefore important for the Priest of Mitra to keep his enemies at a distance whenever possible. By using the power of Mitra he is able to affect the minds of others around him, becoming very able at crowd control. As an example, the Eye of Judgment spell will cause enemies to flee in terror, while the Condemn spell will effectively stun enemy targets.
One of his crowd control spells, Repudiate which is gained at level seventy, will hinder enemies’ movement in an area of effect. Undead monsters and even polymorphed Lich players will suffer a secondary fear effect in addition to having their movement hindered.
Speaking of player-versus-player combat, the crowd control spells are available there as well, though targets develop immunity to those spells for a period of time to avoid being, for instance, constantly stunned.
The life of a Priest of Mitra is one of devotion to his deity. Years of study into ancient manuscripts and finding ways of channeling his deity’s powers have given control of spells that can damage the bodies of his enemies and even alter their minds. But it is the Priest’s skill in healing that sets him apart, and responsibility for the lives of others can be a heavy burden to bear.
Tempest of Set
These priests wield the awesome destructive might of Set, the snake god of Stygia.
This elder god, ancient when man was young, rewards his most faithful disciplies with mighty powers; lightning strikes that can tear the tops from mountains or lay waste to entire regions.
These followers of Set are renowned for the obliteration and ruin that follows in their wake, but like other priests, they have the power to heal en masse and restore life. As well as a variety of martial weapons, light armor, and shields, they can also wield magical talismans in the form of ancient tomes or the hearts of slain monsters.
Archetype: Priest
Permitted Races: Stygian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, one-handed edged, polearms, daggers, bows, crossbows, and thrown weapons.
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, and shields.
Tempest of Set is a combination between Druid of the Storm, and Scion of Set, here is the *ASSUMED* list of their skills and feats.
Information about the mix here:
Age of Conan: Class List Down to Twelve, Prestige Classes Possibly Dissipated, Officially Rated "M" by ESRB | Ten Ton Hammer
Spells and Combos
* Eye of the Storm
Calls forth a great hurricane down upon the Druid themselves that acts as a natural shield, a wall of wind that greatly improves defense against ranged attacks. Increases all electrical magic spell damage and raidus of effect of lightning based spells. Enemies attacking the caster have a chance of being knocked back while the druids themselves become immune to most knock-back effects. The negative effect of the spell to the caster is an extreme difficulty to move. This is gained at level 80.
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Scion of Set Spells
- Blessing of Life: Removes hostile buffs of the caster.
- Devour Essence: Restores partial mana pool used with a successful Venom Strike. 55
- Improved Devour Essence : Restores partial mana pool used with a successful Venom Strike.
- Set's Writhing Hate: Improves Venom Strike's poison damage. 70
- Shroud of Snakes : Poisons all near enemies around caster given them a DOT and drains life to caster in form of a HoT. May be spell tree with increasing effect with level gain.
-Venom Strike : Primary direct poison damage spell.
Bear Shaman
Like the Druid of the Storm, the Bear Shaman foregoes belief in any particular deity and instead places their faith in the power of nature. Unlike the Druidic shaman however they place that faith in those creatures that share the world of man.
This type of shaman has a powerful mystical kinship with bears and is able to call upon and be infused with the strength of a bear, and even become a bear themselves, providing great melee powers.
While still having good restorative abilities, the Bear Shaman prefers to rend and maul the enemy. The Bear Shaman is also the only priest class that is able to wear medium armor.
The Bear Shaman becomes much better at healing as you melee, you get stacking buffs that make your healing more powerfull, these are things the players just have to learn in time.
Archetype: Priest
Permitted races: Cimmerian
Weapons: Two-handed blunts, bows, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, and medium armor
Specialties:
* Healer
* Group resistance
* Defensive buffs
* 2HB
* 2HE
Bear Shaman will not actually take the physical form of a bear during gameplay. Instead, they channel spirits into various manifestations and aspects of the wilderness. These elements are harnessed in-game via three different types of buffs, "Spirit Totems," "Claw Totems," and "Manifestations." Of these three lines, one may only have a single of each running at any given time, with a handful of choices at the Bear Shaman's disposal.
For instance, when selecting a Claw Totem, the Bear Shaman could choose between the following types:
"Claws of Stone", which grants a chance of increasing the defenses of the Bear Shaman.
"Claws of Corruption", which causes melee attacks to inflict additional poison and unholy damage whilst also cursing the target, causing others hitting that target to inflict additional damage as well.
"Reaper Claws", increases melee damage whilst also having a chance to proc a bleeding wound on the target which can stack up to 3 times.
"Claws of Life", which grants melee attacks by the Bear Shaman and his allies a chance to slightly heal their wounds.
The bear shaman is like a tribe like sort of class, and most of its combinations are based/focused around 2 hand BLUNT weapons.
The bear Shaman will have the DPS ability compared to that of a Conqueror, somewhere between Conqueror and the Rogue classes.
Since ages long passed, certain gifted individuals – often referred to as wise men or wise women – have held a special, unbreakable bond with the spirits of nature. Within many of the primitive societies found among the hill tribes of Cimmeria, these men and women are held in particularly high regard due to their ability to call upon the powers these spirits possess. For these and many other Cimmerians – a people whose lives are greatly influenced by the creatures of nature that surrounds them – anyone who can tap into these powers are considered to be of great importance and wisdom.
Those of them who decide to leave their tribes and head into the world of great adventure, often call themselves Bear Shamans. With their ability to perform ancient rites and call upon the spirits of the bear, the Bear Shamans are a valued addition to any group of adventurers who wishes to tackle the challenges of Hyborian reality.
The Bear Shaman has received the more physical aspect of nature – while the Druid of the Storm will conjure up lightning and storms, the Bear Shaman focuses his power and energies towards himself, aligning himself through shamanistic rites with the spirit of the bear.
The Bear Shaman represents two sides of nature – Tranquility and Fury. The tranquil side of the Bear Shaman allows him to utilize powerful magic to heal himself and his friends. Tapping into the power of the wind, the Bear Shaman may heal both himself and his teammates by utilizing the very forces of nature itself. The Renewal spell gained at level twenty is one of many healing spells the Bear Shaman will have access to. His ability to resurrect friends who fell in the midst of a bloody battle becomes available to him at around level thirty, but the spell will become more and more potent as the Bear Shaman grows in power – allowing him to further diminish the detrimental effects of death.
In Age of Conan there is also something called “cone healing” which is basically a feature where the caster can heal everyone in front of within a certain distance. The first of these spells is Blood Flow received at level twenty-five. Instead of having to target specific members of your party or casting an area of effect spell, the Bear Shaman must face those he wish to heal. Far from being an observer in battles, the Bear Shaman will also have to heal himself to remedy the injuries sustained through fighting. As such, the “Blood Flow” spell will also heal the caster – although with lesser effect.
One of the furious sides of the Bear Shaman allows him to use various weapons in order to engage in melee combat. Known to be more than able fighters, the Bear Shaman will learn to master several tools of death – such as two-handed blunt weapons, two-handed edged weapons and even bows at later levels. Through practice they gain access to various melee combos that will allow them to perform violent, damage-dealing maneuvers with their weapon.
Calling upon the spirits of the bear, the Bear Shaman can boost both himself and those who travels with him. As the great transparent shape of the bear rises up behind him to transfuse the powers over to the caster, the Spirit of the Bear spell will increase the caster’s health. Caving into his furious nature, the Bear Shaman will gain access to the powerful Lycanthropic Bite spell at level eighty, a spell that will take a percentage of the melee damage the Bear Shaman does with both normal and combo moves and convert it into healing. The Grizzled Hide spell will increase the defense rating of all teammates, but only if they remember to stay close to the bear shaman. Moving too far away from him and the effects will disappear. This will urge teammates to stay close.
Pulling out a ferocious power from deep within his own spirit, the Bear Shaman can also cast so-called manifestations. Enfeebling Manifestation gained around level fifty will, for instance, continuously pulse a curse from the caster that will debuff all nearby foes.
Bear Shamans can also curse their enemies. Using Blessed Claws which becomes available at level seventy, two bears will rush past the caster and put a curse on the target that will not only increase the health regeneration of the caster, but will also heal anyone who attacks the caster’s target – thus making life extremely difficult for the enemy! The Bear Shaman’s ability to heal, buff and even engage in vicious close combat (not to mention ranged combat) makes this class an excellent choice for anyone who wants to explore many of the different aspects of Age of Conan at once – from melee to magic.
Age of Conan Class Interview #7: The Bear Shaman | Ten Ton Hammer
Age of Conan: Exclusive Bear Shaman Images | Ten Ton Hammer
Priest of Mitra
Proud and devout, the Priests of Mitra (PoM) ensure that the teachings of their god is protected and passed on to their followers. Their faith allows them to draw on great determination and belief that they cannot help but instil in those around them.
The Priest of Mitra is likely to be the primary healer in any group they join. With a great repertoire of healing spells, this class is the purest healer of the Priest archetype in Age of Conan. The Priest of Mitra has several different AoE healing spells, both cone heals and spells that heal all team members around the priest.
The Priest of Mitra isn't a very competent melee fighter, preferring to smite their enemies with spells from a distance. Even though the priest is able to use shields, their soft armor makes them vulnerable to melee fighters. However, the priest can learn the Repulse spell which throws away enemies in the vicinity of the priest.
The priest also has some buffs; for example, the spell Divine Vigor increases the maximum health of team members around the priest.
Archetype: Priest
Permitted races: Aquilonian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, one-handed edged, daggers, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, and shields
The Priest of Mitra's spells
Blessing of Life - Places a moderate healing effect on the caster's team. 26
Cleanse - Removes hostile buffs of the caster.
Condemn - Condemn is a Priest of Mitra spell that stuns the target.
Divine Justice - Divine Justice is a Priest of Mitra Hostile spell.
Divine Vigor - Increases the maximum health of the caster's party.
Eye of Judgement - Eye of Judgement is a Priest of Mitra spell that causes enemies to flee in terror.
Radiance - Radiance is a mass healing spell which heals all allies in the vicinity of the Priest.
Rebuke - Direct Holy damage spell.
Repudiate - An Area of Effect crowd control spell that hinders enemies movement.
Repulse - AoE knockback on all targets surrounding the caster dealing a fair amount of damage.
Resurrection - Brings a single target back to life. 30 250
Shroud of Purity - Provides a good healing effect on allied players in a cone-shaped area-of-effect in front of the caster, while giving the priest receives a more moderate healing effect.
Smite - Deals direct Holy damage against a target.
Soul of Mitra - Ignites the priest in holy fire, dealing damage to enemies around the caster and rendering them almost immune to physical damage while the effect lasts.
Specialities
* Healing
* Repulse Area-of-Effect spells
* One-handed Edged weapons
* One-handed Blunt weapons
Available Races
* Aquilonian
* Cimmerian
Devoting their lives to the service of their deity, the Priests of Mitra are able to draw upon immense power and wisdom. While some dedicate their lives to quiet studies and worship to Mitra, others head into the wilds of Hyboria to seek out challenges and overcome them by employing the powers and protection their deity bestow upon them.
In Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the Priest of Mitra is the primary healer in any group they might join. They can mean the difference between life and death, and if the latter happens they can still bend the very rules of mortality and bring their teammates back from the land of the dead.
Far from just being the one who put bandages on your wounds, the Priest of Mitra is also an able damage dealer – especially due to their potent nuke spells. But though they do master melee combat, their skills are considerably more limited in that regard.
The Priest of Mitra proves to be a versatile class, dabbling with anything from healing to damage dealing to crowd control and buffing. Their focus naturally lies in the arts of healing, where they have an extensive toolset to draw from as they progress in level and dive deeper into Mitra's powers.
Cone healing is perhaps the Priest of Mitra’s most interesting method of healing. In Age of Conan the player can fire off a cone healing spell, such as the Shroud of Purity, that places a moderate healing effect on the caster as well as placing a powerful healing effect on all friendly targets within the cone-shaped area extruding from the player. It’s certainly powerful, but it can also be quite challenging to perform correctly for an unskilled Priest of Mitra.
Of course, the Priest of Mitra also has access to team healing spells such as the Radiance spell that heals all allies around the priest. The team heals may provide lesser effect than the cone heals; but then again, they require no targeting and will affect all teammates in a wide radius around the caster. But – less effort, less gain!
When it comes to resurrecting fallen teammates, this is an ability the player obtain as early as the tenth level when he is still nothing but a simple Priest working himself through the archetype levels to become a Priest of Mitra. As he progresses in life he will gain more potent resurrection abilities that will result in greater and greater reduction of the death penalty.
On the damage side of things, the Priest of Mitra has a few tricks up his sleeve. One of the fancier things is probably the Repulse spell that will knock enemies around the caster back and send them flying through the air while dealing a fair amount of damage to them. Then you have more target specific spells, such as the Smite and Rebuke.
In extreme times of desperation, the Priest of Mitra may turn to his deity for the ultimate support. Through the Soul of Mitra spell, the Priest will ignite in holy fire, inflicting damage to anyone in his general vicinity. It will even render him almost completely immune to physical damage! It comes at a cost, though, as the Priest himself is unable to take any action while filled with the power of Mitra.
Giving strength to his teammates and improving their odds is also paramount to the Priest of Mitra. Divine Vigor will for instance increase the maximum health of the entire group, but as with many of the Priest’s buffs, the effect is propagated from him so any teammate standing too far away from him would not get the benefits of the buff.
The Priest of Mitra is slightly disadvantaged when it comes to melee fighting, even though he masters several weapons such as one-handed edged and blunt, daggers, crossbows and thrown weapons. His lack of advanced weapon combos and mastership of only cloth and light armor (though he can wield a shield) makes him a softer target.
It is therefore important for the Priest of Mitra to keep his enemies at a distance whenever possible. By using the power of Mitra he is able to affect the minds of others around him, becoming very able at crowd control. As an example, the Eye of Judgment spell will cause enemies to flee in terror, while the Condemn spell will effectively stun enemy targets.
One of his crowd control spells, Repudiate which is gained at level seventy, will hinder enemies’ movement in an area of effect. Undead monsters and even polymorphed Lich players will suffer a secondary fear effect in addition to having their movement hindered.
Speaking of player-versus-player combat, the crowd control spells are available there as well, though targets develop immunity to those spells for a period of time to avoid being, for instance, constantly stunned.
The life of a Priest of Mitra is one of devotion to his deity. Years of study into ancient manuscripts and finding ways of channeling his deity’s powers have given control of spells that can damage the bodies of his enemies and even alter their minds. But it is the Priest’s skill in healing that sets him apart, and responsibility for the lives of others can be a heavy burden to bear.
Tempest of Set
These priests wield the awesome destructive might of Set, the snake god of Stygia.
This elder god, ancient when man was young, rewards his most faithful disciplies with mighty powers; lightning strikes that can tear the tops from mountains or lay waste to entire regions.
These followers of Set are renowned for the obliteration and ruin that follows in their wake, but like other priests, they have the power to heal en masse and restore life. As well as a variety of martial weapons, light armor, and shields, they can also wield magical talismans in the form of ancient tomes or the hearts of slain monsters.
Archetype: Priest
Permitted Races: Stygian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, one-handed edged, polearms, daggers, bows, crossbows, and thrown weapons.
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, and shields.
Tempest of Set is a combination between Druid of the Storm, and Scion of Set, here is the *ASSUMED* list of their skills and feats.
Information about the mix here:
Age of Conan: Class List Down to Twelve, Prestige Classes Possibly Dissipated, Officially Rated "M" by ESRB | Ten Ton Hammer
Spells and Combos
* Eye of the Storm
Calls forth a great hurricane down upon the Druid themselves that acts as a natural shield, a wall of wind that greatly improves defense against ranged attacks. Increases all electrical magic spell damage and raidus of effect of lightning based spells. Enemies attacking the caster have a chance of being knocked back while the druids themselves become immune to most knock-back effects. The negative effect of the spell to the caster is an extreme difficulty to move. This is gained at level 80.
AND
Scion of Set Spells
- Blessing of Life: Removes hostile buffs of the caster.
- Devour Essence: Restores partial mana pool used with a successful Venom Strike. 55
- Improved Devour Essence : Restores partial mana pool used with a successful Venom Strike.
- Set's Writhing Hate: Improves Venom Strike's poison damage. 70
- Shroud of Snakes : Poisons all near enemies around caster given them a DOT and drains life to caster in form of a HoT. May be spell tree with increasing effect with level gain.
-Venom Strike : Primary direct poison damage spell.
Bear Shaman
Like the Druid of the Storm, the Bear Shaman foregoes belief in any particular deity and instead places their faith in the power of nature. Unlike the Druidic shaman however they place that faith in those creatures that share the world of man.
This type of shaman has a powerful mystical kinship with bears and is able to call upon and be infused with the strength of a bear, and even become a bear themselves, providing great melee powers.
While still having good restorative abilities, the Bear Shaman prefers to rend and maul the enemy. The Bear Shaman is also the only priest class that is able to wear medium armor.
The Bear Shaman becomes much better at healing as you melee, you get stacking buffs that make your healing more powerfull, these are things the players just have to learn in time.
Archetype: Priest
Permitted races: Cimmerian
Weapons: Two-handed blunts, bows, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, and medium armor
Specialties:
* Healer
* Group resistance
* Defensive buffs
* 2HB
* 2HE
Bear Shaman will not actually take the physical form of a bear during gameplay. Instead, they channel spirits into various manifestations and aspects of the wilderness. These elements are harnessed in-game via three different types of buffs, "Spirit Totems," "Claw Totems," and "Manifestations." Of these three lines, one may only have a single of each running at any given time, with a handful of choices at the Bear Shaman's disposal.
For instance, when selecting a Claw Totem, the Bear Shaman could choose between the following types:
"Claws of Stone", which grants a chance of increasing the defenses of the Bear Shaman.
"Claws of Corruption", which causes melee attacks to inflict additional poison and unholy damage whilst also cursing the target, causing others hitting that target to inflict additional damage as well.
"Reaper Claws", increases melee damage whilst also having a chance to proc a bleeding wound on the target which can stack up to 3 times.
"Claws of Life", which grants melee attacks by the Bear Shaman and his allies a chance to slightly heal their wounds.
The bear shaman is like a tribe like sort of class, and most of its combinations are based/focused around 2 hand BLUNT weapons.
The bear Shaman will have the DPS ability compared to that of a Conqueror, somewhere between Conqueror and the Rogue classes.
Since ages long passed, certain gifted individuals – often referred to as wise men or wise women – have held a special, unbreakable bond with the spirits of nature. Within many of the primitive societies found among the hill tribes of Cimmeria, these men and women are held in particularly high regard due to their ability to call upon the powers these spirits possess. For these and many other Cimmerians – a people whose lives are greatly influenced by the creatures of nature that surrounds them – anyone who can tap into these powers are considered to be of great importance and wisdom.
Those of them who decide to leave their tribes and head into the world of great adventure, often call themselves Bear Shamans. With their ability to perform ancient rites and call upon the spirits of the bear, the Bear Shamans are a valued addition to any group of adventurers who wishes to tackle the challenges of Hyborian reality.
The Bear Shaman has received the more physical aspect of nature – while the Druid of the Storm will conjure up lightning and storms, the Bear Shaman focuses his power and energies towards himself, aligning himself through shamanistic rites with the spirit of the bear.
The Bear Shaman represents two sides of nature – Tranquility and Fury. The tranquil side of the Bear Shaman allows him to utilize powerful magic to heal himself and his friends. Tapping into the power of the wind, the Bear Shaman may heal both himself and his teammates by utilizing the very forces of nature itself. The Renewal spell gained at level twenty is one of many healing spells the Bear Shaman will have access to. His ability to resurrect friends who fell in the midst of a bloody battle becomes available to him at around level thirty, but the spell will become more and more potent as the Bear Shaman grows in power – allowing him to further diminish the detrimental effects of death.
In Age of Conan there is also something called “cone healing” which is basically a feature where the caster can heal everyone in front of within a certain distance. The first of these spells is Blood Flow received at level twenty-five. Instead of having to target specific members of your party or casting an area of effect spell, the Bear Shaman must face those he wish to heal. Far from being an observer in battles, the Bear Shaman will also have to heal himself to remedy the injuries sustained through fighting. As such, the “Blood Flow” spell will also heal the caster – although with lesser effect.
One of the furious sides of the Bear Shaman allows him to use various weapons in order to engage in melee combat. Known to be more than able fighters, the Bear Shaman will learn to master several tools of death – such as two-handed blunt weapons, two-handed edged weapons and even bows at later levels. Through practice they gain access to various melee combos that will allow them to perform violent, damage-dealing maneuvers with their weapon.
Calling upon the spirits of the bear, the Bear Shaman can boost both himself and those who travels with him. As the great transparent shape of the bear rises up behind him to transfuse the powers over to the caster, the Spirit of the Bear spell will increase the caster’s health. Caving into his furious nature, the Bear Shaman will gain access to the powerful Lycanthropic Bite spell at level eighty, a spell that will take a percentage of the melee damage the Bear Shaman does with both normal and combo moves and convert it into healing. The Grizzled Hide spell will increase the defense rating of all teammates, but only if they remember to stay close to the bear shaman. Moving too far away from him and the effects will disappear. This will urge teammates to stay close.
Pulling out a ferocious power from deep within his own spirit, the Bear Shaman can also cast so-called manifestations. Enfeebling Manifestation gained around level fifty will, for instance, continuously pulse a curse from the caster that will debuff all nearby foes.
Bear Shamans can also curse their enemies. Using Blessed Claws which becomes available at level seventy, two bears will rush past the caster and put a curse on the target that will not only increase the health regeneration of the caster, but will also heal anyone who attacks the caster’s target – thus making life extremely difficult for the enemy! The Bear Shaman’s ability to heal, buff and even engage in vicious close combat (not to mention ranged combat) makes this class an excellent choice for anyone who wants to explore many of the different aspects of Age of Conan at once – from melee to magic.
Age of Conan Class Interview #7: The Bear Shaman | Ten Ton Hammer
Age of Conan: Exclusive Bear Shaman Images | Ten Ton Hammer
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Rogue Classes
Barbarian
The Barbarian is a muscular combatant, focusing on a combination of pure strength and panther-like agility to overcome their enemies. Specializing in using two-handed weapons for maximum impact, many of the Barbarian's attacks are area-of-effect. Having a mastery of sweeping and wild swings, the Barbarian relishes the opportunity to crush as many opponents as possible in a single blow.
They also have guile that most of their foes do not credit them with, well versed in dirty street fighting and bar brawls the Barbarian has learnt many tricks the hard way and is also capable of being a devious and deceptive foe that can easily catch their opponent off guard.
Archetype: Rogue
Permitted Races: Cimmerian, Aquilonian
Weapons: One-handed edged, one-handed blunts, two-handed edged, two-handed blunts, bows, thrown weapons, and dual wielding.
Armor: Cloth armor and light armor
Specialties:
• 1HE, 1HB, 2HE, 2HB
• Has specialized combo lists for dual wielding and two-handed.
• Can dual-wield any combination of 1HE/1HB
• Damage debuff
• Snare
• Blind
• Damage-over-time
• Berserking
• Armor debuffs.
Feat Trees
• Berserker
• Reaver
Some make bargains with dark things from damned corners of the world in pursuit of power. Some commune with nature, conjuring the powers of lightning and storms. Some see a problem and reach for the biggest weapon they can find. In the world of Hyboria, this is the Barbarian.
Masters of melee combat, barbarians aren't known for their subtlety. Their survival in the dangerous world of Hyboria relies on their abilities with a diverse array of weapons. Barbarians wield everything from the usual axes and clubs—two at a time, as no true barbarian cowers behind a shield—to mighty two-handed blades that Crom himself might struggle to lift. Barbarians with a little more guile about them may also learn the ways of the bow, or have a few throwing weapons tucked here and there for when things get dicey (or when someone makes the mistake of running, as running away from a barbarian is the surest way to die tired).
Magic doesn't enter into the vocabulary of these fierce fighters. Magic, to a barbarian, is seeing what happens when you hit someone really hard, and when they disappear in a red spray, that's magic. The barbarian's skills focus entirely on damage, and doing a lot of it to their enemies with all manner of sharp and blunt objects. The barbarian also favors light, or even cloth, armor, figuring there's no sense shuffling around in lots of heavy metal when you could be burying an axe in the other guy's face.
Barbarians that choose to dual wield gain abilities that focus on putting together a lot of hits, up to ten in a combo. In their Multihit line, a simple barrage of Reckless Blows grows with the warrior. The enterprising and persistent barbarian can learn to unleash a Flurry of Steel, and that flurry becomes an Avalanche of Steel as they grow more powerful. The most powerful dual-wielding barbarians unleash Chaos Incarnate, wrecking their foes with a blur of blows, ruining all that come near. Provoking a barbarian with a weapon in each hand is foolish enough, but they also gain the ability to go berserk, and what begins as a Savage Rage grows into a Destructive Rage that makes the already formidable barbarian nigh-unstoppable.
Those that continue to follow the dual-wielding path also gain the ability to Wreck their opponents' armor at Level 24, with outright Ruining of their finery coming later on, the better to rip and tear the tender flesh beneath. Higher-level barbarians do even more damage with nasty wounds that bleed over time, and with a lot of training and experience, level 32's simple Jagged Cut becomes a Whirlwind Cut, with the most powerful members of the profession wielding the mighty combo move known as “Bloodletter.”
There is another tack, however, best summarized as “speak softly and carry a big stick, or possibly an entire tree.” This style of barbarian favors one big weapon as opposed to two smaller ones, and specializes in hitting a wide area around them, the better to clear out the teeming sea of oncoming foes so common in Hyboria.
As early as level 20, these barbarians gain access to a stun combo. Stunning Punch, Stunning Clout, and, later, Stunning Strike set up the two-handers' hard hitting damage combos. Much like the barbarian, these combos aren't subtle, with delightful names like Butcher, Mangle, Slaughter, and for the most powerful and discriminating of barbarians, Annihilate. At level 24, they gain the ability to slam their opponents back and out of the way. From the basic Power Bash to the powerful Mighty Clobber, barbarians in need of a breather—or barbarians who like to watch their enemies flail backward helplessly—will be well-satisfied.
Even dodging won't work on the experienced barbarian, as the higher levels grant them combos that ruin their opponent's ability to evade damage. A Distracting Blow can be hard enough to deal with in a melee, but the Staggering Blow leaves opponents stumbling, easy prey for the cunning barbarian and his mighty arsenal of weapons.
The barbarian, in other words, is a specialist in melee combat that enjoys two major pastimes: killing people and breaking things in a variety of fun and creative ways.
Other links about Barbarians: Age of Conan Class Interview #5: The Barbarian | Ten Ton Hammer
Ranger
The Ranger is a merge of the Ranger and the Waylayer classes, which was merged to provide a unique and wide array of arsenal, combinations and abilities.
The ranger is also a class who has the ability to play in FPS mode while using ranged, though it is not the only way they can engage in ranged combat.
The Ranger is a ranged specialist, preferring to stay out of melee combat and dispatch his foes from afar. Relying on accuracy and precision, Rangers are less concerned with mobility and more with self-preservation and using their skills to keep their enemies at a distance.
Masters with either bow or crossbow, they can provide essential ranged cover for their allies, be it through blanketing areas in arrows or sniping vulnerable targets that may be cowering behind the front lines or use power of their mighty crossbows to rip right through opponents, plunging their bolts into opponents standing or hiding behind them.
All Rangers have both special attacks and combos with both bow and crossbow, which are equally favoured by every ranger.
Rangers have a track ability, allowing them to track players or prey in the surrounding area. They also have access to traps.
Rangers have something called a hide-attack. They can go into hiding, waiting for an enemy to show up. If they shoot somebody while hidden, their shot has a chance of putting the enemy in a mezzed state, basically knocking out the enemy so they're unable to move or fight back for an amount of time.
Rangers also have different stances, each providing an advantage for different uses. For instance, the sniper-stance will increase the range of the rangers attacks, while the volley-stance will increase the area of effect damage the ranger does. Since crossbows can pierce through enemies, hitting a player or creature behind the enemy, there's a piercing-stance for rangers using crossbows.
Rangers will suffer some penalties if using ranged weapons in melee ranged, although he will have some melee combinations and crowd control specials to deal with these kinds of situations.
In Melee combat, rangers will use primarily one hand swords, and the occasional dagger/shield in their offhand by choice.
There is *NO* damage reduction on distance shots, though there is a range limit on all shots fired.
Also, rangers gain bonuses for keeping the higher ground.
Archetype: Rogue
Permitted Races: Cimmerian, Stygian, Aquilonian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, one-handed edged, daggers, bows, crossbows, and dual-wield
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, medium armor, and shields
Specialties
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• Volley attacks
• Sniper attacks
• Damage-over-time
• Piercing attacks
• Knockdown attacks
• Bow and crossbow
• 1HE and 1HB
• Shield
• Mounted range combat
• Ranged combos
Ranger also has 4 abilities:
- Hide Attack.
- Piercing Stance.
- Sniper Stance.
- Volley Stance.
Other links about Rangers:
Age of Conan Class Interview #6: The Ranger | Ten Ton Hammer
Assasin
Assassins are the most lethal killers in Hyboria. Those aspiring to the top of this profession face the most deadly regime of training, discipline, and study, but the ones that survive are executioners supreme.
No other class can deliver blows as deadly as an assassin. Their arsenal of lethal combos is complimented by their ability to slip past enemies unseen.
Assassins can dual wield daggers with lightning speed and can modify their attacks against specific targets, such as unholy attacks against heavily armored foes, or poison attacks versus mana users. Few can stand against an assassin in combat.
Archetype: Rogue
Permitted Races: Aquilonian, Stygian
Weapons: Daggers, crossbows, and dual-wielding
Armor: Cloth armor and silk armor
Specialties:
• Dual-wielding daggers
• Option of using either bonus poison damage or bonus unholy damage
• Draining soul essences to use with special attacks
• Damage-over-time
• Damaging disorienting
• Slowing poisons
• Restorative elixirs.
Major Skills:
• Pickpocket
• Bandaging
• Climbing
• Trap Disarm
• Lockpicking
• Hiding
• Perception
More info on assassin here:
Age of Conan Class Interview #4: The Assassin | Ten Ton Hammer
Barbarian
The Barbarian is a muscular combatant, focusing on a combination of pure strength and panther-like agility to overcome their enemies. Specializing in using two-handed weapons for maximum impact, many of the Barbarian's attacks are area-of-effect. Having a mastery of sweeping and wild swings, the Barbarian relishes the opportunity to crush as many opponents as possible in a single blow.
They also have guile that most of their foes do not credit them with, well versed in dirty street fighting and bar brawls the Barbarian has learnt many tricks the hard way and is also capable of being a devious and deceptive foe that can easily catch their opponent off guard.
Archetype: Rogue
Permitted Races: Cimmerian, Aquilonian
Weapons: One-handed edged, one-handed blunts, two-handed edged, two-handed blunts, bows, thrown weapons, and dual wielding.
Armor: Cloth armor and light armor
Specialties:
• 1HE, 1HB, 2HE, 2HB
• Has specialized combo lists for dual wielding and two-handed.
• Can dual-wield any combination of 1HE/1HB
• Damage debuff
• Snare
• Blind
• Damage-over-time
• Berserking
• Armor debuffs.
Feat Trees
• Berserker
• Reaver
Some make bargains with dark things from damned corners of the world in pursuit of power. Some commune with nature, conjuring the powers of lightning and storms. Some see a problem and reach for the biggest weapon they can find. In the world of Hyboria, this is the Barbarian.
Masters of melee combat, barbarians aren't known for their subtlety. Their survival in the dangerous world of Hyboria relies on their abilities with a diverse array of weapons. Barbarians wield everything from the usual axes and clubs—two at a time, as no true barbarian cowers behind a shield—to mighty two-handed blades that Crom himself might struggle to lift. Barbarians with a little more guile about them may also learn the ways of the bow, or have a few throwing weapons tucked here and there for when things get dicey (or when someone makes the mistake of running, as running away from a barbarian is the surest way to die tired).
Magic doesn't enter into the vocabulary of these fierce fighters. Magic, to a barbarian, is seeing what happens when you hit someone really hard, and when they disappear in a red spray, that's magic. The barbarian's skills focus entirely on damage, and doing a lot of it to their enemies with all manner of sharp and blunt objects. The barbarian also favors light, or even cloth, armor, figuring there's no sense shuffling around in lots of heavy metal when you could be burying an axe in the other guy's face.
Barbarians that choose to dual wield gain abilities that focus on putting together a lot of hits, up to ten in a combo. In their Multihit line, a simple barrage of Reckless Blows grows with the warrior. The enterprising and persistent barbarian can learn to unleash a Flurry of Steel, and that flurry becomes an Avalanche of Steel as they grow more powerful. The most powerful dual-wielding barbarians unleash Chaos Incarnate, wrecking their foes with a blur of blows, ruining all that come near. Provoking a barbarian with a weapon in each hand is foolish enough, but they also gain the ability to go berserk, and what begins as a Savage Rage grows into a Destructive Rage that makes the already formidable barbarian nigh-unstoppable.
Those that continue to follow the dual-wielding path also gain the ability to Wreck their opponents' armor at Level 24, with outright Ruining of their finery coming later on, the better to rip and tear the tender flesh beneath. Higher-level barbarians do even more damage with nasty wounds that bleed over time, and with a lot of training and experience, level 32's simple Jagged Cut becomes a Whirlwind Cut, with the most powerful members of the profession wielding the mighty combo move known as “Bloodletter.”
There is another tack, however, best summarized as “speak softly and carry a big stick, or possibly an entire tree.” This style of barbarian favors one big weapon as opposed to two smaller ones, and specializes in hitting a wide area around them, the better to clear out the teeming sea of oncoming foes so common in Hyboria.
As early as level 20, these barbarians gain access to a stun combo. Stunning Punch, Stunning Clout, and, later, Stunning Strike set up the two-handers' hard hitting damage combos. Much like the barbarian, these combos aren't subtle, with delightful names like Butcher, Mangle, Slaughter, and for the most powerful and discriminating of barbarians, Annihilate. At level 24, they gain the ability to slam their opponents back and out of the way. From the basic Power Bash to the powerful Mighty Clobber, barbarians in need of a breather—or barbarians who like to watch their enemies flail backward helplessly—will be well-satisfied.
Even dodging won't work on the experienced barbarian, as the higher levels grant them combos that ruin their opponent's ability to evade damage. A Distracting Blow can be hard enough to deal with in a melee, but the Staggering Blow leaves opponents stumbling, easy prey for the cunning barbarian and his mighty arsenal of weapons.
The barbarian, in other words, is a specialist in melee combat that enjoys two major pastimes: killing people and breaking things in a variety of fun and creative ways.
Other links about Barbarians: Age of Conan Class Interview #5: The Barbarian | Ten Ton Hammer
Ranger
The Ranger is a merge of the Ranger and the Waylayer classes, which was merged to provide a unique and wide array of arsenal, combinations and abilities.
The ranger is also a class who has the ability to play in FPS mode while using ranged, though it is not the only way they can engage in ranged combat.
The Ranger is a ranged specialist, preferring to stay out of melee combat and dispatch his foes from afar. Relying on accuracy and precision, Rangers are less concerned with mobility and more with self-preservation and using their skills to keep their enemies at a distance.
Masters with either bow or crossbow, they can provide essential ranged cover for their allies, be it through blanketing areas in arrows or sniping vulnerable targets that may be cowering behind the front lines or use power of their mighty crossbows to rip right through opponents, plunging their bolts into opponents standing or hiding behind them.
All Rangers have both special attacks and combos with both bow and crossbow, which are equally favoured by every ranger.
Rangers have a track ability, allowing them to track players or prey in the surrounding area. They also have access to traps.
Rangers have something called a hide-attack. They can go into hiding, waiting for an enemy to show up. If they shoot somebody while hidden, their shot has a chance of putting the enemy in a mezzed state, basically knocking out the enemy so they're unable to move or fight back for an amount of time.
Rangers also have different stances, each providing an advantage for different uses. For instance, the sniper-stance will increase the range of the rangers attacks, while the volley-stance will increase the area of effect damage the ranger does. Since crossbows can pierce through enemies, hitting a player or creature behind the enemy, there's a piercing-stance for rangers using crossbows.
Rangers will suffer some penalties if using ranged weapons in melee ranged, although he will have some melee combinations and crowd control specials to deal with these kinds of situations.
In Melee combat, rangers will use primarily one hand swords, and the occasional dagger/shield in their offhand by choice.
There is *NO* damage reduction on distance shots, though there is a range limit on all shots fired.
Also, rangers gain bonuses for keeping the higher ground.
Archetype: Rogue
Permitted Races: Cimmerian, Stygian, Aquilonian
Weapons: One-handed blunts, one-handed edged, daggers, bows, crossbows, and dual-wield
Armor: Cloth armor, light armor, medium armor, and shields
Specialties
________________________________________
• Volley attacks
• Sniper attacks
• Damage-over-time
• Piercing attacks
• Knockdown attacks
• Bow and crossbow
• 1HE and 1HB
• Shield
• Mounted range combat
• Ranged combos
Ranger also has 4 abilities:
- Hide Attack.
- Piercing Stance.
- Sniper Stance.
- Volley Stance.
Other links about Rangers:
Age of Conan Class Interview #6: The Ranger | Ten Ton Hammer
Assasin
Assassins are the most lethal killers in Hyboria. Those aspiring to the top of this profession face the most deadly regime of training, discipline, and study, but the ones that survive are executioners supreme.
No other class can deliver blows as deadly as an assassin. Their arsenal of lethal combos is complimented by their ability to slip past enemies unseen.
Assassins can dual wield daggers with lightning speed and can modify their attacks against specific targets, such as unholy attacks against heavily armored foes, or poison attacks versus mana users. Few can stand against an assassin in combat.
Archetype: Rogue
Permitted Races: Aquilonian, Stygian
Weapons: Daggers, crossbows, and dual-wielding
Armor: Cloth armor and silk armor
Specialties:
• Dual-wielding daggers
• Option of using either bonus poison damage or bonus unholy damage
• Draining soul essences to use with special attacks
• Damage-over-time
• Damaging disorienting
• Slowing poisons
• Restorative elixirs.
Major Skills:
• Pickpocket
• Bandaging
• Climbing
• Trap Disarm
• Lockpicking
• Hiding
• Perception
More info on assassin here:
Age of Conan Class Interview #4: The Assassin | Ten Ton Hammer
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The Mage Classes
Herald Of Xotli
Some demonologists are either too weak minded or venture too far down the path of demonology to remain untainted.
The Heralds are those that bargained with the demon god Xotli and paid the ultimate price, becoming a host to true demonic powers. In battle, the Herald transforms into a demon, preferring to melee opponents and feel the enemy's flesh tear rather than rely on spells, although they retain a fearsome arsenal of spells to call upon as needed.
Archetype: Mage
Permitted races: Stygian
Weapons: Two-handed edged, crossbows, daggers, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth and silk armor
The Herald of Xotli will also be able to customise certain things about his Xotli form, in a patch post-launch.
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Originally Posted by Athelan
"It was designed so different parts of the model/texture could be swapped out to make it unique. This feature will be coming in post launch however."
Specialties
• Summon weapons
• Demon form ( 20 second Xotli form, which is a powerfull buff on a relatively short cooldown).
• 2HE
• 2HB
The Herald of Xotli’s spells.
- Arcane Abatement (Rank 1) Increases the resist rating of the caster's team. 175
- Contract of Protection (Rank 1) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage that can be absorbed before the protection fails. 270
- Contract of Protection (Rank 2) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage that can be absorbed before the protection fails. 395
- Demonic Emblem (Rank 1) Increases the defense rating of the caster. 85
- Desecrating Benediction (Rank 1) The Herald becomes infused with the demonic essence of Xotli increasing attack rating, health, magical fire damage and fire magic rating. 195
- Desecrating Benediction (Rank 2) The Herald becomes infused with the demonic essence of Xotli increasing attack rating, health, magical fire damage and fire magic rating. 335
- Savage Blessing (Rank 1) Increases the attack rating of the caster's team. 150
- Hex of Molten Steel
Infused with demonic power your attacks makes your enemies take extra slashing and fire damage. 75
- Cleave
You swing your weapon with great force hitting the two foes in front of you. 75
- Hungering Flame
Sets your enemies on fire burning them alive. 75
- Hellfire Breath
Instant fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster. 25
- Inferno Curse
Curses enemies in the Heralds near vicinity so that they take increased damage from fire based attacks. 40
- Hellflare
Blasts enemies around the Herald with an intense searing wall of heat, lowering their damage output and causing them to take more damage from physical attacks. 55
- Dread Visage
Fear.
Some of those who meddle in the demonic arts are either too weak-minded or venture too far down the path of demonology to remain untainted for long. The Heralds are those who with an insatiable lust for power regardless of the cost have bargained with the demon god Xotli and paid the ultimate price.
They become a host to true demonic forces, allowing their very flesh and blood to be twisted and shaped to the purposes of their master.
The arcane and twisted pacts that have allowed the Herald to call upon the power of Xotli mean that they are powerful and dreaded foes in combat. Whereas other priests or students of the demonic arts can call upon the servants or blessing of their respective deities the Herald actually transforms themselves into a walking incarnation of Xotli’s wrath.
In battle, the Herald transforms into a demon, preferring to melee opponents and feel the enemy's flesh tear rather than rely on spells, although they retain a powerful arsenal of spells to call upon as needed. With their frenzied appearance and blood soaked muscles rippling with demonic strength the Herald becomes one of the most fearsome sights on the battlefield.
While many of the Herald’s abilities concentrate on strengthening themselves and their allies they can also call upon the primordial forces of fire and brimstone, hewn from the demonic depths, to smite their foes.
‘Hellfire Breath’, that the Herald can cast from level 25 onwards, deals instant fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster. Likewise from 55 onwards, their ‘Hellflare’ spell blasts the enemies around the caster with an intense searing wall of heat, lowering their damage output and causing them to take more damage from physical attacks.
When combined with spells like their ‘Inferno Curse’ these attacks can be even more lethal. 'Inferno Curse' is available from level 40 onwards and allows the Herald to curse enemies in his near vicinity so that they take increased damage from fire based attacks.
So while the demonic flames might be their specialty the Herald is usually in the thick of the action and uses spells like ‘The Exultation of Xotli’, which is available from level 45 onwards, to increase their melee damage for a short period of time but with a period of reduced damage for a short while afterwards.
At higher levels the Herald gets access to the ability to not just strike fear in their opponents but can actually force them to run away in terror through their ‘Dread Visage’ ability. So the Herald is not only a fearsome foe at close quarters on the battlefield but their demonic powers can actually instill dread and make even the most hardened of opponents flee from them in stark fear.
Demonologist
The Demonologist bargains with demons for power, binding them to his will.
While able to use certain magic without the aid of demonic powers, the Demonologist is not as studied as other mages, having a need to make blood pacts to reach full potential.
Still, the Demonologist is powerful enough to bring demons to this realm and bind them to service.
Specialties:
• Fire or Electrical Direct Damage
• Demon pet
• Short duration buff to increase casting abilities
The Demonologist Spells.
Archetype: Mage
Permitted races: Stygian
Weapons: Daggers, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth and silk armor
- Demonic Servitude: Bound Demon
- Summons and binds a demon to the caster's will. While present, this demon will also increase the maximum life of the caster's team.
- Demonic Servitude: Enslaved Demon
- Summons and binds a demon to the caster's will. While present, this demon will also increase the in and out of combat regeneration rate of the caster's team.
- Break Fault
Breaks Sacrifice and Blood Sacrifice early although at a heavy mana cost.
- Dark Bargain (Rank 1) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage than can be absorbed before the protection fails.
- Dark Bargain (Rank 2) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage than can be absorbed before the protection fails.
- Diabolic Insight (Rank 1) Increases the electrical magic rating of the caster. This spell cannot be used with Infernal Knowledge.
- Feedback (Rank 1) While active, Shockstrike will additionally curse the target to take more damage from electrical attacks. Attacks against the cursed target have a change of buffing the attacker to trigger electrical damage should they be attacked. This spell can not be run with Living Flame.
- Hellish Blessing (Rank 1) Increases attack rating of the casters team.
Infernal Knowledge (Rank 1) Increases the fire magic rating of the caster. This spell cannot be used with Diabolic Insight.
- Living Flame (Rank 1) While active, Flamestrike will additionally curse the target to take more damage from fire attacks. Attacks against that cursed target have a chance of buffing the attacker with bonus fire damage. This spell cannot run with Feedback.
- Mark of Dagon (Rank 1) Increases the defense rating of the caster.
- Molten Shield (Rank 1) Provides a damage shield to the caster, dealing damage to any melee attacker.
- Mystic Suppression (Rank 1) Increases the resist rating of the caster's team.
- Sacrifice (Rank 1) Greatly increases fire and electrical magic damage, but constantly drains health over time.
- Sacrifice (Rank 2) Greatly increases fire and electrical magic damage, but constantly drains health over time.
- Supplication (Rank 1) Attacks against the caster have a chance to increase the caster's magic damage. This effect stacks multiple times.
- Supplication (Rank 2) Attacks against the caster have a chance to increase the caster's magic damage. This effect stacks multiple times.
- Firebolt
Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 20 9
- Firestorm (Rank 1) Inflicts instant fire damage to enemies in the area of effect. 35 2
- Flameburst (Rank 1) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 24
- Flameburst (Rank 2) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 44
- Flamestrike (Rank 1) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. 20 29
- Flamestrike (Rank 2) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. 59
- Rot Flesh
- Deals unholy damage over time. The amount of damage inflicted increases each tick. 31
- Shock (Rank 1)
Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 33
- Shock (Rank 2)
Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 44
- Shockblast (Rank 1) Inflicts instant electrical damage to enemies in the area of effect. 35 240
- Shockstrike (Rank 1) Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. 20 45
- Shockstrike (Rank 2) Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. 69
- Storm Chain (Rank 1) Roots the target enemy in place and inflicts electrical damage over time.
Of all the mages the Demonologist may be the most power hungry and twisted amongst them. Such is their pure thirst for absolute power that they are willing to trade their very souls to whichever demonic power is currently seeking to extend their influence into the affairs of man.
Through demonic pacts and sacrifices they tread a fine line between the mortal world and the depths of the demonic realms, drawing forth the power of their immortal masters at the price of the corrupting influence of that power.
The Demonologist is not as studied as other mages, and while they might have some rudimentary knowledge of the magical arts it is their ability to wield and command these ancient and sinister arts that allow them to strike down their opponents on the battlefield.
The Demonologist has two main areas of expertise, firstly in the command of demonic minions and then also a variety of fire and electrical based direct damage spells.
The demons are of course the most trusted weapon in their arsenal, with the Demonologist having the power to control and command demons summoned from the pits of the ancient, long forgotten worlds below the world. With their 'Demonic Servitude' ability allowing them to bind a demon to their will, the Demonologist can command these minions to do their bidding and bring agony and despair to their foes.
Dripping with the eternal blood of their victims and a twisted visage that can inspire dread in even the most battle hardened of warriors, the demons are a fearsome sight on any battlefield.
The demon alone though is not what makes the Demonologist a powerful and dangerous foe. They have the ability to smite their enemies with devastating fire and electrical attacks, channelling the searing heat and magical energy of the demonic realm into potent and potentially lethal attacks.
'Flamestrike' and 'Shockstrike' are amongst the first spells the Demonologist learns to wield and these are supplemented from level 35 with the likes of the 'Firestorm' and 'Shockblast' spells.
The Demonologist can also bargain with their demonic masters to sacrifice their own health in return for yet more powerful damage through their 'Sacrifice' and 'Blood Sacrifice' spells
As with the other mage classes the Demonologist also has access to powerful abilities as the highest levels that can greatly improve the performance of their other spells and abilities. For the Demonologist this comes in the form of their 'Archfiend's Pact' spell, which while active means that Flamestrike, Shockstrike, Firestorm and Shockblast have no cool down times and the caster gains very high mana regeneration. With their Magic damage greatly increased and stacking with both 'Sacrifice' and 'Blood Sacrifice' the cost of this powerful spell is not to be taken lightly. The Demonologist pays for such a wanton display of their power with a heavy amount of damage to their own health over the course of the spell and a very high Soul Corruption penalty.
So the Demonologist treads a fine line between eternal damnation and the power that can be bestowed upon them by their demonic masters, with their constant thirst for power comes the risk of insanity and worse, but while they retain mastery of their borrowed powers they are a powerful foe. With demonic minions to do their bidding, and such power at their disposal, the Demonologist is truly a mage to be feared.
Necromancer
Evil and twisted Necromancers bring the cursed and dead back from beyond the mortal realm to do their bidding.
The master of unholy magic, the Necromancer animates the dead and corrupts the living. Looking down on the Demonologist for needing to strike bargains for power, the Necromancer needs no such crutch, relying on his own master of death of kill his enemies.
Archetype: Mage
Permitted races: Stygian
Weapons: Daggers, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth and silk armor
Specialties
• Cold or Unholy Direct Damage
• Undead pets
• Lifetap
- They also have the ability to transform into a powerfull lich, since Lich and Necromancer was merged together.
• Pet Summoning - 8 Pet Points available by Level 75
The Necromancer's pet summoning is based on a point system. The Necromancer can accrue up to 8 "pet points" by level 75, which can be alloted to summoning pets of different levels of power; for instance, a high-level necromancer character can use all eight points to summon eight medium-sized scorpions as pets, or the character can summon two magic-wielding spirits that cost four points each. Different pets will have different functions; the scorpions are straightforward combat drones, for instance, that leap into the melee, while the robed spirits summoned bolts of lighting to hurl at their enemies from a distance.
The Necromancer Spells.
- Blasphemous Ruin Deals unholy damage to multiple enemies.
- Bone Ward Increases the Necromancers defenses
- Flesh to Worms Deals painful and disturbing unholy damage to targets
- Freeze Reduces movement ability to the target.
- Gangrenous Touch Deals unholy damage over time. An extra effect on top of Blasphemous Ruin and Pestilential Blast when Loathsome Teachings is active
- Gelid Bones A deathly cold spell to damage targets
- Glacial Storm Deals cold damage to multiple enemies.
- Ice Strike Deals deathly cold spell to targets
- Life Leech Restores health to the Necromancer while draining health from the target.
- Pestilential Blast Deals painful and disturbing unholy damage to targets
- Runed Flesh Enables the Necromancer's team to absorb some damage
- Summon Deathless Acolytes Raises the fallen from the ground to do the Summoner's foul bidding.
- Summon Twisted Cadavers Summons a series of Twisted Cadavers to do the Summoner's foul bidding.
Evil and twisted Necromancers bring the cursed and the dead back from beyond the mortal realm to do their bidding. Looking down on the likes of the Demonologist for their reliance on bargaining for power, the Necromancer requires no such crutch, relying instead on his own mastery of death to dispose of his enemies.
The true power of the Necromancer is two fold, with a mastery of unholy magic, the Necromancer animates the dead and corrupts the living, while this is complimented by their ability to marshal the freezing winds of death itself and deal devastatingly cold attacks on those who would cross their path. Thus the icy touch of death is instilled in everything the Necromancer does and they have a wide variety of spells and foul magics to call upon.
Spells like ‘Flesh to Worms’ and ‘Pestilential Blast’ deal painful and disturbing unholy damage to their targets while ‘Gelid Bones’ and ‘Ice Strike’ use deathly cold to deal their damage. The stench of death itself provides the Necromancer with this tainted arsenal and their ability to manipulate it to their benefit is unsurpassed.
Not content with simply smiting their foes the Necromancer can also use their dark arts to boost their allies. Spells like ‘Runed Flesh’ allow the Necromancer's team to absorb some damage, while ‘Bone Ward’ increases the Necromancers defences.
Lastly, but by no means least, the Necromancer can also command the dead themselves. Tearing the corpses of the fallen from the ground and animating them to their own evil intentions the Necromancer can summon forth a series of twisted cadavers to do their foul bidding.
With the ability to summon expendable foot soldiers called Undead Minions, through to raising magically adept Deathless Acolytes, the Necromancer can ensure that these rotting and malicious puppets of flesh are at hand to deal with any enemies that get too close.
Like much of the magic in Age of Conan the abilities of this mage are greatly enhanced by their later abilities, for example the pinnacle of their powers - Loathsome Teachings, that is available only at level 80, provides a boost to their ‘Ice Strike’ and ‘Glacial Storm’ spells while active, triggering an additional Freeze effect. Likewise their ‘Pestilential Blast’ and ‘Blasphemous Ruin’ spells benefit from an additional ‘Gangrenous Touch’ effect. It also benefits the amount of health returned when their Lifeleech spell is cast and any attacks against the Necromancer while it is active have a chance of applying a healing effect on the caster. At the same time the ability grants additional cold and unholy damage to the caster's team.
Their mastery over death itself means that Necromancers are amongst the most feared practitioners of magic you are likely to meet on the battlefield. Their icy grasp and command of undead mean that they are a threat taken lightly at your own risk!
Herald Of Xotli
Some demonologists are either too weak minded or venture too far down the path of demonology to remain untainted.
The Heralds are those that bargained with the demon god Xotli and paid the ultimate price, becoming a host to true demonic powers. In battle, the Herald transforms into a demon, preferring to melee opponents and feel the enemy's flesh tear rather than rely on spells, although they retain a fearsome arsenal of spells to call upon as needed.
Archetype: Mage
Permitted races: Stygian
Weapons: Two-handed edged, crossbows, daggers, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth and silk armor
The Herald of Xotli will also be able to customise certain things about his Xotli form, in a patch post-launch.
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Originally Posted by Athelan
"It was designed so different parts of the model/texture could be swapped out to make it unique. This feature will be coming in post launch however."
Specialties
• Summon weapons
• Demon form ( 20 second Xotli form, which is a powerfull buff on a relatively short cooldown).
• 2HE
• 2HB
The Herald of Xotli’s spells.
- Arcane Abatement (Rank 1) Increases the resist rating of the caster's team. 175
- Contract of Protection (Rank 1) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage that can be absorbed before the protection fails. 270
- Contract of Protection (Rank 2) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage that can be absorbed before the protection fails. 395
- Demonic Emblem (Rank 1) Increases the defense rating of the caster. 85
- Desecrating Benediction (Rank 1) The Herald becomes infused with the demonic essence of Xotli increasing attack rating, health, magical fire damage and fire magic rating. 195
- Desecrating Benediction (Rank 2) The Herald becomes infused with the demonic essence of Xotli increasing attack rating, health, magical fire damage and fire magic rating. 335
- Savage Blessing (Rank 1) Increases the attack rating of the caster's team. 150
- Hex of Molten Steel
Infused with demonic power your attacks makes your enemies take extra slashing and fire damage. 75
- Cleave
You swing your weapon with great force hitting the two foes in front of you. 75
- Hungering Flame
Sets your enemies on fire burning them alive. 75
- Hellfire Breath
Instant fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster. 25
- Inferno Curse
Curses enemies in the Heralds near vicinity so that they take increased damage from fire based attacks. 40
- Hellflare
Blasts enemies around the Herald with an intense searing wall of heat, lowering their damage output and causing them to take more damage from physical attacks. 55
- Dread Visage
Fear.
Some of those who meddle in the demonic arts are either too weak-minded or venture too far down the path of demonology to remain untainted for long. The Heralds are those who with an insatiable lust for power regardless of the cost have bargained with the demon god Xotli and paid the ultimate price.
They become a host to true demonic forces, allowing their very flesh and blood to be twisted and shaped to the purposes of their master.
The arcane and twisted pacts that have allowed the Herald to call upon the power of Xotli mean that they are powerful and dreaded foes in combat. Whereas other priests or students of the demonic arts can call upon the servants or blessing of their respective deities the Herald actually transforms themselves into a walking incarnation of Xotli’s wrath.
In battle, the Herald transforms into a demon, preferring to melee opponents and feel the enemy's flesh tear rather than rely on spells, although they retain a powerful arsenal of spells to call upon as needed. With their frenzied appearance and blood soaked muscles rippling with demonic strength the Herald becomes one of the most fearsome sights on the battlefield.
While many of the Herald’s abilities concentrate on strengthening themselves and their allies they can also call upon the primordial forces of fire and brimstone, hewn from the demonic depths, to smite their foes.
‘Hellfire Breath’, that the Herald can cast from level 25 onwards, deals instant fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster. Likewise from 55 onwards, their ‘Hellflare’ spell blasts the enemies around the caster with an intense searing wall of heat, lowering their damage output and causing them to take more damage from physical attacks.
When combined with spells like their ‘Inferno Curse’ these attacks can be even more lethal. 'Inferno Curse' is available from level 40 onwards and allows the Herald to curse enemies in his near vicinity so that they take increased damage from fire based attacks.
So while the demonic flames might be their specialty the Herald is usually in the thick of the action and uses spells like ‘The Exultation of Xotli’, which is available from level 45 onwards, to increase their melee damage for a short period of time but with a period of reduced damage for a short while afterwards.
At higher levels the Herald gets access to the ability to not just strike fear in their opponents but can actually force them to run away in terror through their ‘Dread Visage’ ability. So the Herald is not only a fearsome foe at close quarters on the battlefield but their demonic powers can actually instill dread and make even the most hardened of opponents flee from them in stark fear.
Demonologist
The Demonologist bargains with demons for power, binding them to his will.
While able to use certain magic without the aid of demonic powers, the Demonologist is not as studied as other mages, having a need to make blood pacts to reach full potential.
Still, the Demonologist is powerful enough to bring demons to this realm and bind them to service.
Specialties:
• Fire or Electrical Direct Damage
• Demon pet
• Short duration buff to increase casting abilities
The Demonologist Spells.
Archetype: Mage
Permitted races: Stygian
Weapons: Daggers, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth and silk armor
- Demonic Servitude: Bound Demon
- Summons and binds a demon to the caster's will. While present, this demon will also increase the maximum life of the caster's team.
- Demonic Servitude: Enslaved Demon
- Summons and binds a demon to the caster's will. While present, this demon will also increase the in and out of combat regeneration rate of the caster's team.
- Break Fault
Breaks Sacrifice and Blood Sacrifice early although at a heavy mana cost.
- Dark Bargain (Rank 1) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage than can be absorbed before the protection fails.
- Dark Bargain (Rank 2) Protects the caster's team against damage, absorbing the first few points of damage from each hit. There is a maximum amount of damage than can be absorbed before the protection fails.
- Diabolic Insight (Rank 1) Increases the electrical magic rating of the caster. This spell cannot be used with Infernal Knowledge.
- Feedback (Rank 1) While active, Shockstrike will additionally curse the target to take more damage from electrical attacks. Attacks against the cursed target have a change of buffing the attacker to trigger electrical damage should they be attacked. This spell can not be run with Living Flame.
- Hellish Blessing (Rank 1) Increases attack rating of the casters team.
Infernal Knowledge (Rank 1) Increases the fire magic rating of the caster. This spell cannot be used with Diabolic Insight.
- Living Flame (Rank 1) While active, Flamestrike will additionally curse the target to take more damage from fire attacks. Attacks against that cursed target have a chance of buffing the attacker with bonus fire damage. This spell cannot run with Feedback.
- Mark of Dagon (Rank 1) Increases the defense rating of the caster.
- Molten Shield (Rank 1) Provides a damage shield to the caster, dealing damage to any melee attacker.
- Mystic Suppression (Rank 1) Increases the resist rating of the caster's team.
- Sacrifice (Rank 1) Greatly increases fire and electrical magic damage, but constantly drains health over time.
- Sacrifice (Rank 2) Greatly increases fire and electrical magic damage, but constantly drains health over time.
- Supplication (Rank 1) Attacks against the caster have a chance to increase the caster's magic damage. This effect stacks multiple times.
- Supplication (Rank 2) Attacks against the caster have a chance to increase the caster's magic damage. This effect stacks multiple times.
- Firebolt
Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 20 9
- Firestorm (Rank 1) Inflicts instant fire damage to enemies in the area of effect. 35 2
- Flameburst (Rank 1) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 24
- Flameburst (Rank 2) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 44
- Flamestrike (Rank 1) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. 20 29
- Flamestrike (Rank 2) Inflicts instant fire damage on the target. 59
- Rot Flesh
- Deals unholy damage over time. The amount of damage inflicted increases each tick. 31
- Shock (Rank 1)
Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 33
- Shock (Rank 2)
Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. This is a fast casting spell. 44
- Shockblast (Rank 1) Inflicts instant electrical damage to enemies in the area of effect. 35 240
- Shockstrike (Rank 1) Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. 20 45
- Shockstrike (Rank 2) Inflicts instant electrical damage on the target. 69
- Storm Chain (Rank 1) Roots the target enemy in place and inflicts electrical damage over time.
Of all the mages the Demonologist may be the most power hungry and twisted amongst them. Such is their pure thirst for absolute power that they are willing to trade their very souls to whichever demonic power is currently seeking to extend their influence into the affairs of man.
Through demonic pacts and sacrifices they tread a fine line between the mortal world and the depths of the demonic realms, drawing forth the power of their immortal masters at the price of the corrupting influence of that power.
The Demonologist is not as studied as other mages, and while they might have some rudimentary knowledge of the magical arts it is their ability to wield and command these ancient and sinister arts that allow them to strike down their opponents on the battlefield.
The Demonologist has two main areas of expertise, firstly in the command of demonic minions and then also a variety of fire and electrical based direct damage spells.
The demons are of course the most trusted weapon in their arsenal, with the Demonologist having the power to control and command demons summoned from the pits of the ancient, long forgotten worlds below the world. With their 'Demonic Servitude' ability allowing them to bind a demon to their will, the Demonologist can command these minions to do their bidding and bring agony and despair to their foes.
Dripping with the eternal blood of their victims and a twisted visage that can inspire dread in even the most battle hardened of warriors, the demons are a fearsome sight on any battlefield.
The demon alone though is not what makes the Demonologist a powerful and dangerous foe. They have the ability to smite their enemies with devastating fire and electrical attacks, channelling the searing heat and magical energy of the demonic realm into potent and potentially lethal attacks.
'Flamestrike' and 'Shockstrike' are amongst the first spells the Demonologist learns to wield and these are supplemented from level 35 with the likes of the 'Firestorm' and 'Shockblast' spells.
The Demonologist can also bargain with their demonic masters to sacrifice their own health in return for yet more powerful damage through their 'Sacrifice' and 'Blood Sacrifice' spells
As with the other mage classes the Demonologist also has access to powerful abilities as the highest levels that can greatly improve the performance of their other spells and abilities. For the Demonologist this comes in the form of their 'Archfiend's Pact' spell, which while active means that Flamestrike, Shockstrike, Firestorm and Shockblast have no cool down times and the caster gains very high mana regeneration. With their Magic damage greatly increased and stacking with both 'Sacrifice' and 'Blood Sacrifice' the cost of this powerful spell is not to be taken lightly. The Demonologist pays for such a wanton display of their power with a heavy amount of damage to their own health over the course of the spell and a very high Soul Corruption penalty.
So the Demonologist treads a fine line between eternal damnation and the power that can be bestowed upon them by their demonic masters, with their constant thirst for power comes the risk of insanity and worse, but while they retain mastery of their borrowed powers they are a powerful foe. With demonic minions to do their bidding, and such power at their disposal, the Demonologist is truly a mage to be feared.
Necromancer
Evil and twisted Necromancers bring the cursed and dead back from beyond the mortal realm to do their bidding.
The master of unholy magic, the Necromancer animates the dead and corrupts the living. Looking down on the Demonologist for needing to strike bargains for power, the Necromancer needs no such crutch, relying on his own master of death of kill his enemies.
Archetype: Mage
Permitted races: Stygian
Weapons: Daggers, crossbows, and thrown weapons
Armor: Cloth and silk armor
Specialties
• Cold or Unholy Direct Damage
• Undead pets
• Lifetap
- They also have the ability to transform into a powerfull lich, since Lich and Necromancer was merged together.
• Pet Summoning - 8 Pet Points available by Level 75
The Necromancer's pet summoning is based on a point system. The Necromancer can accrue up to 8 "pet points" by level 75, which can be alloted to summoning pets of different levels of power; for instance, a high-level necromancer character can use all eight points to summon eight medium-sized scorpions as pets, or the character can summon two magic-wielding spirits that cost four points each. Different pets will have different functions; the scorpions are straightforward combat drones, for instance, that leap into the melee, while the robed spirits summoned bolts of lighting to hurl at their enemies from a distance.
The Necromancer Spells.
- Blasphemous Ruin Deals unholy damage to multiple enemies.
- Bone Ward Increases the Necromancers defenses
- Flesh to Worms Deals painful and disturbing unholy damage to targets
- Freeze Reduces movement ability to the target.
- Gangrenous Touch Deals unholy damage over time. An extra effect on top of Blasphemous Ruin and Pestilential Blast when Loathsome Teachings is active
- Gelid Bones A deathly cold spell to damage targets
- Glacial Storm Deals cold damage to multiple enemies.
- Ice Strike Deals deathly cold spell to targets
- Life Leech Restores health to the Necromancer while draining health from the target.
- Pestilential Blast Deals painful and disturbing unholy damage to targets
- Runed Flesh Enables the Necromancer's team to absorb some damage
- Summon Deathless Acolytes Raises the fallen from the ground to do the Summoner's foul bidding.
- Summon Twisted Cadavers Summons a series of Twisted Cadavers to do the Summoner's foul bidding.
Evil and twisted Necromancers bring the cursed and the dead back from beyond the mortal realm to do their bidding. Looking down on the likes of the Demonologist for their reliance on bargaining for power, the Necromancer requires no such crutch, relying instead on his own mastery of death to dispose of his enemies.
The true power of the Necromancer is two fold, with a mastery of unholy magic, the Necromancer animates the dead and corrupts the living, while this is complimented by their ability to marshal the freezing winds of death itself and deal devastatingly cold attacks on those who would cross their path. Thus the icy touch of death is instilled in everything the Necromancer does and they have a wide variety of spells and foul magics to call upon.
Spells like ‘Flesh to Worms’ and ‘Pestilential Blast’ deal painful and disturbing unholy damage to their targets while ‘Gelid Bones’ and ‘Ice Strike’ use deathly cold to deal their damage. The stench of death itself provides the Necromancer with this tainted arsenal and their ability to manipulate it to their benefit is unsurpassed.
Not content with simply smiting their foes the Necromancer can also use their dark arts to boost their allies. Spells like ‘Runed Flesh’ allow the Necromancer's team to absorb some damage, while ‘Bone Ward’ increases the Necromancers defences.
Lastly, but by no means least, the Necromancer can also command the dead themselves. Tearing the corpses of the fallen from the ground and animating them to their own evil intentions the Necromancer can summon forth a series of twisted cadavers to do their foul bidding.
With the ability to summon expendable foot soldiers called Undead Minions, through to raising magically adept Deathless Acolytes, the Necromancer can ensure that these rotting and malicious puppets of flesh are at hand to deal with any enemies that get too close.
Like much of the magic in Age of Conan the abilities of this mage are greatly enhanced by their later abilities, for example the pinnacle of their powers - Loathsome Teachings, that is available only at level 80, provides a boost to their ‘Ice Strike’ and ‘Glacial Storm’ spells while active, triggering an additional Freeze effect. Likewise their ‘Pestilential Blast’ and ‘Blasphemous Ruin’ spells benefit from an additional ‘Gangrenous Touch’ effect. It also benefits the amount of health returned when their Lifeleech spell is cast and any attacks against the Necromancer while it is active have a chance of applying a healing effect on the caster. At the same time the ability grants additional cold and unholy damage to the caster's team.
Their mastery over death itself means that Necromancers are amongst the most feared practitioners of magic you are likely to meet on the battlefield. Their icy grasp and command of undead mean that they are a threat taken lightly at your own risk!
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Well...i don't want to ruin my experience and suprises, but since i saw one word, one BIG word in BloodOmens post...i gotta go for a "shooty" class(as i thought i would).
Cross...bow...*drool*
Cross...bow...*drool*
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Bet it was the 8 pet scorpions that won it for ya eh!?
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Actually im not to fond of pets, never liked 'em at DAOC and never suited my playstyle (im an oaf when it comes to micro'ing and multistasking)
It was more the "Lifeleech" "ColdTouch" "Freezing Storms" and "Lich Morph" which lured my into the class.
If i can download the big new beta client im gonna try the class.
Even so, Barbarian is sooooooooo appealing by Crom!
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Bear Shaman
Good choice.
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Interesting that there's no "charm pet" class.
One would assume rangers have companions, but, seems pets are the necro/mage side of things.
This might change things, as i do love me pets.
And 8 scorpions, i just can't resist i fear...birthsign scorpii also.
But, crossbow still is soooooo drool worthy that...
WArrior/assassin/etc don't appeal that much, only would be dark templar, but, that's just 'cause it has dark in it
In a nutshell, i like power..as in...(fantastic 4 mode) "I've always liked power(cut sentence short)..." and i like to command stuff. Also like ranged.
I know i know! Demonologist here i go, especially since they get a crossbow too
One would assume rangers have companions, but, seems pets are the necro/mage side of things.
This might change things, as i do love me pets.
And 8 scorpions, i just can't resist i fear...birthsign scorpii also.
But, crossbow still is soooooo drool worthy that...
WArrior/assassin/etc don't appeal that much, only would be dark templar, but, that's just 'cause it has dark in it
In a nutshell, i like power..as in...(fantastic 4 mode) "I've always liked power(cut sentence short)..." and i like to command stuff. Also like ranged.
I know i know! Demonologist here i go, especially since they get a crossbow too
Haven't really decided yet. I will wait till game's in full swing perhaps.
I usually play two chars when trying out the game (a caster type and a melee fighter) and then decide on one being my main.
So the choice goes to Necromancer and Dark Templar. Barbarian seems nice class but I need to know more about their 'performance'.
I usually play two chars when trying out the game (a caster type and a melee fighter) and then decide on one being my main.
So the choice goes to Necromancer and Dark Templar. Barbarian seems nice class but I need to know more about their 'performance'.
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Main will be a CC PoM
Alt will be either a ranger/assassin/barbarian, probably an assassin/ranger since archers / stealthers are generally quite fun to solo with.
Alt will be either a ranger/assassin/barbarian, probably an assassin/ranger since archers / stealthers are generally quite fun to solo with.
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assassin stealthy mcstabber with daggers, has poisons/unholy procs and shit yo
barbarian - 2h dps class w/ various other stuff
ranger - has bows, shoots other stuff in the head
dark templar - proc based aoe tank w/ drains and shit
gaurdian - he am tank grarrhhrhrhhrrhrh
conquerer - has buffs and shit and also tanks
demonologist - pet class, blahblah magic dps blahblah
herald of xotli - melee/magic hybrid thingy can use 2hs
necromancer - dead pets and stuff does what it says on the tin
bear shaman - healer/melee type
priest of mitra - healer/nuker
teampest of set - healer/nuker
assassin stealthy mcstabber with daggers, has poisons/unholy procs and shit yo
barbarian - 2h dps class w/ various other stuff
ranger - has bows, shoots other stuff in the head
dark templar - proc based aoe tank w/ drains and shit
gaurdian - he am tank grarrhhrhrhhrrhrh
conquerer - has buffs and shit and also tanks
demonologist - pet class, blahblah magic dps blahblah
herald of xotli - melee/magic hybrid thingy can use 2hs
necromancer - dead pets and stuff does what it says on the tin
bear shaman - healer/melee type
priest of mitra - healer/nuker
teampest of set - healer/nuker