Soldier

One of the basic character templates provided by Turbine. It replaced the original Warrior template. Its description is as follows:
:SOLDIERS are the essential shield fighter, hewing hordes of enemies with a large weapon. The Soldier profession contains the Dirty Fighting, Heavy Weapons, Item Enchantment, Melee Defense, Shield, Healing and Missile Weapons skills.
* For the pre-Master of Arms template, see Soldier/Archive
== Innate Attributes ==
Strength 	100
Endurance 	60
Coordination	100
Quickness 	50
Focus 	10
Self 	10
Health 	30
Stamina 	60
Mana 	10
== Innate Skills ==
In addition to the skills listed, all characters start with the trained starting skills, bonus masteries, and bonus augmentation for their heritage listed on Character Races.
All Heritages/Races:
Specialized 	Specialized
Dirty Fighting 	77
Heavy Weapons 	77
Melee Defense 	60
Shield 	110
Trained 	Trained
Arcane Lore 	8
Healing 	42
Missile Weapons	55
== Advancement ==
Turbine's suggestion for advancement is to learn Item Magic.