Vampiir and Banshee!

Radix

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http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dark-age-of-camelot-catacombs/552406p1.html?fromint=1

The Vampiir

Hibernia's new character classes draw from the realm of the unliving, beginning with this half-vampire. At their core, these characters are a leather-wearing fighter class that make use of a piercing weapon, specifically the rapier, in its right hand. Vampiirs dual-wield, in a sense, because their left hand is a weapon all its own, used to cast their own form of magic. A Vampiir's magic doesn't draw from a standard power pool like other casters, and is instead fed by the blood of enemies (gained in combat, of course). This character design should be highly familiar to anyone who has read Michael Moorcock's stories of Elric of Melniboné or watched the seminal Vampire Hunter D anime films. Vampiir magic comes in the form of attacks, self buffs, and crowd control. Empty reserves can be gained with an initial ranged attack, but Vampiirs will mostly have to earn their spell energy through melee.

The Banshee

The final character class being introduced in the Catacombs expansion is the wailing banshee of mythological fame. The banshee is a cloth-wearing caster class whose magic is sound-oriented. In practice, these screams take the form of point blank area-of-effect spells. Different screams will yield different results, some of which have not been seen before in other class types. One type of moan, for instance, is a call to befriend, which turns otherwise neutral monsters into realm guards, who will come to the aid of the banshee when faced with invading forces. Another banshee shriek works as a fear spell of sorts, forcing all enemies to move away and out of her eardrum-piercing range. Banshees can also target their screams from a considerable distance for some effects, being able to inflict a form of nearsight on archers from afar if the situation warrants.

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Radix

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Rumour said Gamespot would get exclusive but seems it whent to Gamespy/IGN.

I think classes sound interesting but would need unique play-style to pull off.
Were hoping stealth class to bash mincers with, but appears it wont happen.
 

Hamro

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hib gets 2 lame classes, midgard gets the love....
 

Radix

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When it mentions Vampiir also get a little ranged dmg it makes it more unlikely to be a stealer imo.

Would be too close to Nightshade also. Maybe a group friendly version of nightshade I suppose (without stealth). Starts fragile maybe but goes nuts if kept alive by its group.
(edit: maybe bit like savages?)
 

Twist

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If the principal behind it is like Moorcock's char Elric then they're pussys @ outset but absolutely devastating after "feeding" off enemies enough - guess only time will tell...
 

Nemue

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i think the new hib-classes sound very intresting and fun.
and original considering they dont seem to be copying from already existing classes.
 

Teiten

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the vampiir wore leather and had cc! sounds like some mincer stealther type tbh :>

and i bet they get crappy ws and cant hit anything in melee, so they will be kinda screwed in general :p
 

Ronso

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sounds kool but Hibernia is based on Ireland and we never had a historywith vampires ...banshees yeah but vampires ? ....give a half cow half sheep character tbh ... the moobaa ...nm

ill get my coat
 

Shawr

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Tbh, I think we should get Leprechaun as a character class. :p
 

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