Cleric

## Available Races

Dark Myr

Dwarf

Elf

 Human

**Cleric** is a class available to the Dark Myr, Dwarf and Human races. The Cleric's primary group role is Healer, making it their priority to keep their allies alive. Their speciality within that role being damage prevention and mitigation.  They are also capable of casting potent beneficial spells that boost the maximum health and armor class of their allies. Though primarily a healer, Clerics are capable in melee combat and, like Paladins, they are steadfast opponents of the undead.

## Description

To his core, the Cleric is focused on healing himself and his allies, and in this role he has no equal. But the Cleric can also dramatically enhance the defenses of his allies through the use of powerful signets, potent writs and ethereal armors. Though few in number, Clerics can perform feats of stunning ability once empowered with a measure of their Celestial’s influence. Indeed, for this very reason, certain elder Clerics are mistakenly revered as true Celestials! Because of the Cleric's searing devotion to the Celestial path, they have evolved the means to turn the Undead and other malignant beings.

Clerics have mastered the restorative arts of their Order, allowing them to use a myriad of potent healing abilities. But the Cleric can also dramatically enhance the defenses of their allies through the use of powerful signets, writs and ethereal armors. Imbued with Celestial power, Clerics can perform feats of stunning ability. Indeed, for this very reason certain master Clerics have been mistakenly revered as true Celestials! Because of the Cleric's affinity to Celestial light, they have evolved the means to turn Undeath and other cursed beings.

## Gameplay Information

### Group Role

The Cleric's official role is  **Healer** . Classes in the healer role focus on restoring the HP of their party members. Within an ideal group set-up, this healing is focused on the party's Tank. Each healer performs their healing differently, with the Clerics's specialty being damage prevention and mitigation. This can be seen with  Reckon's Shield and as a component on  Celestial Dawn, one of their primary healing spells. The Cleric's support spells are also focused on increasing the survivability of their allies, increasing maximum HP with  Inspire and AC with  Gift: Ethereal Cloth Armor.

Clerics are the sturdiest of the healers, capable of wearing the second higest tier of armor and shields. Additionally, they are able melee combatants with higher weapon skill caps than their contemporaries.  Positioning themselves in the frontline enables Clerics to easier deploy directional abilities or PBAoEs.  Melee Clerics can slot  Favor of the Order for mana free self-healing to sustain themselves and  Determined Strike to deal divine damage.

Like Paladins, Clerics are steadfast opponents of the undead. Many of their spells have additional effects vs undead targets ( Abominate) and they also have spells dedicated to destroying undeath wherever its found, such as  Ward Undeath

### Combat Resource

Mana

Celestial Power/Celestial Bond
Clerics gain Celestial Power as a percentage of the effective healing they perform on themselves and their allies. Also, certain abilities increase a Cleric's Celestial Power by a certain amount when used. Other abilities have a Celestial Power cost in order to be performed. When a Cleric has accumulated enough Celestial Power, a Celestial Bond forms. While this Celestial Bond is active, the Celestial Power cost of abilities is reduced by X%.
**Note** As of April, 2022 Pre-Alpha, the Cleric's Celestial Power component is turned off as it was not meeting expectations. This may lead to changes to how Celestial Power functions, but there is currently no further info.

### Weapons & Techniques

The only weapon class that Clerics can equip is Blunt and they can use both one-handed and two-handed varieties.

Clerics have a “higher skill cap” than their fellow healers which lets them more effectively use their weapon in melee combat and enables them to learn more Techniques.

### Race

Clerics can choose between four different races: Dark Myr, Dwarf, Elf and Human.

## Player Guides

* For an in-depth look at the Cleric, please see the Cleric Guide.

## FAQ / Q&A

How will Celestial Aegis actually work? Will we see massive trains from NPCs not being able to path to the player and being forced to find a different, NPC-filled way around the barrier?
Chris
When NPCs encounter the Celestial Aegis barrier, they will be limited in how far away they can look for a path around. If they can’t find one within that range, they will try to break through the barrier. The barrier will have a certain amount of HP - therefore, it will either dissipate when the NPCs break through or when the barrier’s duration ends, whichever comes first.
Question
How is the summoning and usage of Celestial Tomes going to work? Do I have to have it equipped in my weapon/shield slot to work?
Chris
Clerics will be able to summon tomes in the early game. They will go into your general inventory and you can equip them from there. But once that falls off *[once Clerics no longer gain new summon tome spells]*, you will begin finding more powerful, rare tomes out in the world. Yes, you do have to have them equipped. They are a secondary/off-hand item, so they'll fit in the same slot that a shield would. | Question
Are Clerics melee or ranged healers?
Chris

## Trivia

* During the June 9th, 2022 “Monk Combat Updates and Gameplay” stream it was announced that, as part of updates to the class-race matrix, Elves would now be able to pick the Cleric class.

## Gallery

 Archival Art

* Image of the Cleric class page following the website update in 2020. [Click for Larger Preview]
* Image of the Cleric class page following the class reveal in July, 2018 (Archival Purposes Only) [Click for Larger Preview]

 Concept Art

* Older Concept art of a male Human Cleric *[Pre-Alpha]*

## References

1. ↑ Cleric healing speciality (2022)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cleric frontline & weapon skill
3. ↑ Official Website
4. ↑ 2019 Newsletter (Archived. Retrieved 4/22)
5. ↑ Cleric Burning Question 2 (Retrieved 6/22)

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