Rage
03-18-2008, 03:33 PM
Entering into Age of Conan you can choose to be one of the following classes. Each class has a sub class that you can specialize in.
Classes
The classes that are available to you are determined from which archetype you choose and the race you hail from. Not all races can play all classes, so you have to make a conscious decision on what sort of character you wish to play. This information is given at the start of the game. The classes that are planned for each archetype from level twenty are these:
Soldier
* Guardian
The ancient warrior tradition usually forms the front line of any respectable army. Thet 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 armour, the Guardian focusses on powerful directional attacks that temporarily damage armour and protection, increasing the amount of damage the enemy takes.
Specialties: 1HE, 1HB, Pole Arm, Specialized combo lits for one-hand and pole arm lines, shield, directional damage mods.
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 armour, the Conqueror relies upon their quick wit and reflexes to evade attacks. The standard they proudly carry in to 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.
Specialties: 1HE, 1HB, 2HE, 2HB, Specialized combo lists for dual wielding and two-handed. Can dual-wield any combination of 1HE/1HB, group buffs.
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. Wearing heavy armour 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.
Specialties: 1HE, 1HB, life drains, unholy damage.
Priest
Priest of Mitra
Proud and devout, the priests of Mitra 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 instill in those around them. With powerful healing abilities and knowledge of restorative arts, these priests are able to call upon the power of Mitra to throw back those that would confront them, keeping them from harm.
Specialties: Healer, repulse area of effect ability, 1HE, 1HB.
Scion of Set
Dedication to the god Set, the Scions are often considered fanatics whose dedication to their god reaches devotion that many would confuse for insanity. While well schooled in the healing arts the true power of the Scion of Set comes from their being blessed by the snake god. This grants them with the ability to inflict damaging poisons upon their enemies and call upon the poisonous powers of Set to augment their allies attacks with the venom of the snake god. With the ability to take a lethal snake form the Scion is not a foe to be underestimated. When they are faced with the enemy they prefer to wield their sacrificial and ceremonial daggers.
Specialties: Healer, poison spells, dagger, 1HE, 1HB.
Druid of the Storm
Primal and resourceful, these priests of the shamanic arts are masters of the world around them, at once with nature. Masterfully in touch with the elements themselves, the Druid of the Storm can control and call upon the power of weather to hinder and attack their foes, calling down lightning and creating storms.
Just as they use their knowledge of nature to use the elements, the Druid of the Storm have learned ancient arts that allow them to call upon swarms of bees and hornets to smite their foes. Their understanding of the world around them also means that they have an almost endless knowledge of natural healing remedies that can keep their allies standing in battle.
Specialties: Healer, electrical damage, summons storms and hurricanes, damage over time, 1HE, 1HB, Pole Arm.
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. But unlike the Druidic, they place that faith in those creatures that share the world of man. This type of shaman has a powerful and 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 prowess. While still having good restorative abilities, the Bear Shaman prefers to maul the enemy. The Bear Shaman is also the only priest class that is able to wear medium armour.
Specialties: Healer, group resistance and defensive buffs, 2HB and 2HE.
Rogue
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 a two-handed weapons for maximum impact, almost all 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 learned many tricks the hard way and is also capable of being a devious and deceptive foe that can easily catch their opponent off guard.
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, armour debuffs.
Assassin
The Assassin is a master of all that means death to those who cross their path. As knowledgeable in the dark arts that verge into necromancy as they are in the ways of the blade these masters of pain are experts in ensuring their foes meet a painful and untimely demise! Trained with teachings shrouded in mystery, the assassin utilizes various forms of poisons and ancient arts in order to cause harm to his enemies or aid himself and his allies. Although a crafty and resourceful fighter they prefer to use their subtle arts of death wherever possible to leave their opponents open to the final swift strike of their daggers.
Specialities: 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, and slowing poisons, restorative elixirs.
Ranger
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 torip right through opponents, plunging their bolts into opponents standing or hinding behind them.
Specialities: Volley attacks, sniper attacks, damage-over-time, piercing attacks, knockdown attacks, bow and crossbow, 1HE, 1HB.
Mage
Lich
Of all the mages the Lich is perhaps the most feared by the ordinary travellers. Where the Necromancer animates the dead, the Lich actually embraces and joins the dead. Becoming one with the foul and decaying undead they can channel great power from their sacrifice of parts of their mortal soul and body. By fusing with the bones of the dead, the Lich gains impressive physical strength and resilience. In this form the Lich prefers to wade into battle and club enemies to death, although retains access to their full array of spells.
Specialties: Summons weapons, undead form, 2HB, 2HE.
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 mastery of death to kill his enemies.
Specialties: Cold or Unholy Direct Damage, undead pets, lifetap.
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.
Specialties: Summon weapons, demon form, 2HE, 2HB.
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.
There are four different prestige classes: The Crafter, the Lord, the Commander and the Master. Each of these has extremely valuable advantages that can be used both in solo play and in team play, and each has specific skills and benefits that can make a great difference. The commander can, for instance, expand groups and use special formations during combat, while a lord have certain rights when it comes to building cities and gathering resources. As for the master, he will be able to control a computer-controlled follower that can be of aid in battles. Here are some of the benefits that the prestige classes carry with them:
Lord:
* Has exclusive placement rights in regard to the main keep
* Can build Guard Towers that automatically defend against enemy attacks
* Each Lord in a guild increases the resource extraction of gold nuggets for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Lords.
* Each Lord in a guild increases the experience point bonus for all guild members - up to a max of 20 Lords.
* Has acces to the Architect and Alchemy crafting skills
Commander:
* Adds one additional maximum member to a team, up to a total of 10 (with 4 Commanders)
* Can build Barracks for the Village or Keep that will spawn soldiers to protect the village on attack
* Each Commander in a guild increases the resource extraction of iron ore for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Commanders
* Can draw up special "Tactical Plans" to enable Commander only formations. Massive battle formations, such as large mounted formations or the special
* Raid Attack resistant formations, are available only to the Commander
* Has access to the Weaponsmith crafting skill
Crafter:
* Can build crafting premises, smithies, and other tradeskill facilities in the guild villages
* Each Crafter in a guild increases the resource extraction of wood for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Crafters
* Has access to all forms of crafting
Master:
* Can have one "follower". Being in a guild gives you access to more powerful followers
* Can build stables which upgrade the quality of mounts
* Each Master in a guild will increase the resource extraction of stone for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Masters
* Has access to the Armotsmith crafting skill
Classes
The classes that are available to you are determined from which archetype you choose and the race you hail from. Not all races can play all classes, so you have to make a conscious decision on what sort of character you wish to play. This information is given at the start of the game. The classes that are planned for each archetype from level twenty are these:
Soldier
* Guardian
The ancient warrior tradition usually forms the front line of any respectable army. Thet 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 armour, the Guardian focusses on powerful directional attacks that temporarily damage armour and protection, increasing the amount of damage the enemy takes.
Specialties: 1HE, 1HB, Pole Arm, Specialized combo lits for one-hand and pole arm lines, shield, directional damage mods.
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 armour, the Conqueror relies upon their quick wit and reflexes to evade attacks. The standard they proudly carry in to 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.
Specialties: 1HE, 1HB, 2HE, 2HB, Specialized combo lists for dual wielding and two-handed. Can dual-wield any combination of 1HE/1HB, group buffs.
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. Wearing heavy armour 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.
Specialties: 1HE, 1HB, life drains, unholy damage.
Priest
Priest of Mitra
Proud and devout, the priests of Mitra 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 instill in those around them. With powerful healing abilities and knowledge of restorative arts, these priests are able to call upon the power of Mitra to throw back those that would confront them, keeping them from harm.
Specialties: Healer, repulse area of effect ability, 1HE, 1HB.
Scion of Set
Dedication to the god Set, the Scions are often considered fanatics whose dedication to their god reaches devotion that many would confuse for insanity. While well schooled in the healing arts the true power of the Scion of Set comes from their being blessed by the snake god. This grants them with the ability to inflict damaging poisons upon their enemies and call upon the poisonous powers of Set to augment their allies attacks with the venom of the snake god. With the ability to take a lethal snake form the Scion is not a foe to be underestimated. When they are faced with the enemy they prefer to wield their sacrificial and ceremonial daggers.
Specialties: Healer, poison spells, dagger, 1HE, 1HB.
Druid of the Storm
Primal and resourceful, these priests of the shamanic arts are masters of the world around them, at once with nature. Masterfully in touch with the elements themselves, the Druid of the Storm can control and call upon the power of weather to hinder and attack their foes, calling down lightning and creating storms.
Just as they use their knowledge of nature to use the elements, the Druid of the Storm have learned ancient arts that allow them to call upon swarms of bees and hornets to smite their foes. Their understanding of the world around them also means that they have an almost endless knowledge of natural healing remedies that can keep their allies standing in battle.
Specialties: Healer, electrical damage, summons storms and hurricanes, damage over time, 1HE, 1HB, Pole Arm.
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. But unlike the Druidic, they place that faith in those creatures that share the world of man. This type of shaman has a powerful and 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 prowess. While still having good restorative abilities, the Bear Shaman prefers to maul the enemy. The Bear Shaman is also the only priest class that is able to wear medium armour.
Specialties: Healer, group resistance and defensive buffs, 2HB and 2HE.
Rogue
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 a two-handed weapons for maximum impact, almost all 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 learned many tricks the hard way and is also capable of being a devious and deceptive foe that can easily catch their opponent off guard.
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, armour debuffs.
Assassin
The Assassin is a master of all that means death to those who cross their path. As knowledgeable in the dark arts that verge into necromancy as they are in the ways of the blade these masters of pain are experts in ensuring their foes meet a painful and untimely demise! Trained with teachings shrouded in mystery, the assassin utilizes various forms of poisons and ancient arts in order to cause harm to his enemies or aid himself and his allies. Although a crafty and resourceful fighter they prefer to use their subtle arts of death wherever possible to leave their opponents open to the final swift strike of their daggers.
Specialities: 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, and slowing poisons, restorative elixirs.
Ranger
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 torip right through opponents, plunging their bolts into opponents standing or hinding behind them.
Specialities: Volley attacks, sniper attacks, damage-over-time, piercing attacks, knockdown attacks, bow and crossbow, 1HE, 1HB.
Mage
Lich
Of all the mages the Lich is perhaps the most feared by the ordinary travellers. Where the Necromancer animates the dead, the Lich actually embraces and joins the dead. Becoming one with the foul and decaying undead they can channel great power from their sacrifice of parts of their mortal soul and body. By fusing with the bones of the dead, the Lich gains impressive physical strength and resilience. In this form the Lich prefers to wade into battle and club enemies to death, although retains access to their full array of spells.
Specialties: Summons weapons, undead form, 2HB, 2HE.
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 mastery of death to kill his enemies.
Specialties: Cold or Unholy Direct Damage, undead pets, lifetap.
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.
Specialties: Summon weapons, demon form, 2HE, 2HB.
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.
There are four different prestige classes: The Crafter, the Lord, the Commander and the Master. Each of these has extremely valuable advantages that can be used both in solo play and in team play, and each has specific skills and benefits that can make a great difference. The commander can, for instance, expand groups and use special formations during combat, while a lord have certain rights when it comes to building cities and gathering resources. As for the master, he will be able to control a computer-controlled follower that can be of aid in battles. Here are some of the benefits that the prestige classes carry with them:
Lord:
* Has exclusive placement rights in regard to the main keep
* Can build Guard Towers that automatically defend against enemy attacks
* Each Lord in a guild increases the resource extraction of gold nuggets for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Lords.
* Each Lord in a guild increases the experience point bonus for all guild members - up to a max of 20 Lords.
* Has acces to the Architect and Alchemy crafting skills
Commander:
* Adds one additional maximum member to a team, up to a total of 10 (with 4 Commanders)
* Can build Barracks for the Village or Keep that will spawn soldiers to protect the village on attack
* Each Commander in a guild increases the resource extraction of iron ore for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Commanders
* Can draw up special "Tactical Plans" to enable Commander only formations. Massive battle formations, such as large mounted formations or the special
* Raid Attack resistant formations, are available only to the Commander
* Has access to the Weaponsmith crafting skill
Crafter:
* Can build crafting premises, smithies, and other tradeskill facilities in the guild villages
* Each Crafter in a guild increases the resource extraction of wood for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Crafters
* Has access to all forms of crafting
Master:
* Can have one "follower". Being in a guild gives you access to more powerful followers
* Can build stables which upgrade the quality of mounts
* Each Master in a guild will increase the resource extraction of stone for all guild members - up to a max of 30 Masters
* Has access to the Armotsmith crafting skill