CLASSES, RACES, AND RANKS
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CLASSES: Your class determines not only your strategy in battle, but also your division in the clan and your job in battle. While there are many other potential classes, choose from below the one closest to your own strategy.
Fighter Division: Fighters are the most basic class and strategic build. They are designed to deal a great deal of damage, with a secondary defensive strategy. Fighters are the only class that can play an important role while still being balanced. There are several sub-categories of fighters in the BlackShore Vanguard Clan.
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Templar: The templar is a dark knight focusing strictly on attack. They carry more attack and evasion than any other class. When they get hit, they take large amounts of damage due to their lowered defense; however, they get hit less often and focus on quick kills. Templars don't mind dieing, and are often the primary weapon for charging enemy ranks and destroying healers or other important targets.
Favored Attributes: Attack Power, Speed.
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Centurion: The Centurion is a heavily armored, defensive class.
Focusing primarily as a "tanking" character, the Centurion is geared for survival and lasting in battle. They often block attacks and outlast enemies through sheer defense, and can also strike back with moderate physical attacks.
Favored Attributes: Defense, Attack
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Anti-Paladin: The Anti-Paladin is a powerful hybrid class that focuses on defending itself with the dark arts, and debuffing enemies. Anti-Paladins have lower basic abilities than Centurions, but are able to match them in combat after applying their spells.
Favored Attributes: Attack, Magic
Archer Division The archer division of the BlackShore Vanguard avoids direct confrontations, instead focusing on powerful ranged attacks.
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Shadow Archer: The most appropriate archer class for the BlackShore Vanguard, the Shadow Archer focuses on hitting enemies at range above all else. Though some may carry magical defense buffs, they Shadow Archer prefers to avoid combat and simply stay at range. They may also carry powers to help them avoid enemies if necessary.
Favored Attribute: Long Range Attacks
Secondary attributes: Speed or Buffs
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Apocalypse Soldier:The more balanced Soldier class also focuses on long ranged weaponry, but is still able to defend itself when necessary. Prepared to face the apocalypse, these soldiers are capable of survival on their own against terrible odds.
Favored Attribute: Long Range Attacks
Secondary attributes: Defense
Occult Division For the purpose of the MMO, all Occult Division members use similar builds. The Favored attribute is L-range magic, with potential secondaries in speed, defense, or attack. Though a defense/attack mage is closer to a dark paladin than an actual magical character. For the sake of the roster, your origin and source of power must be specified.
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Warlock: Warlocks are arrogant, powerful masters of the arts. Unlike other schools of magic, warlocks use their own power and life force to command the elements.
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Demonologist: Demonologists perform sacrifices and summonings to borrow power from demons and dark spirits. They posses little power themselves.
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Magitechnologist: One of the most neutral allowable classes, magitechnologists use the power of their own creations and technology to augment themselves and create elemental attacks.
Dark Brotherhood Powerful, deadly, and stealthy, the Dark Brotherhood is the responsible for the worst of the BlackShore Vanguard's dirtywork. All Dark Brotherhood members posses extremely high stealth and speed, and focus on secret tasks.
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Assassin: The murders of the Dark Brotherhood. Their only purpose is to kill, and they enjoy it. Unlike other stealth units, they often carry expensive high-rage attacks that will quickly wipe out a target.
Favored Attribute: Speed, Attack
Secondary Attribute: Status Effects or Additional Damage skills
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Rogue: The fighter of the dark brotherhood. Rogues are capable of dealing damage while avoiding attacks. Unlike templars, they have inconsistent, stealthy, and unpredictable attacks, and are even harder to hit. An inconsistent unit with little defense, yet still has a wide range of uses.
Favored Attribute: Speed
Secondary Attribute: L-Range or S-Range attacks or Magic
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Spy: The reconnaissance unit of the Dark Brotherhood. Designed to quickly maneuver, infiltrate enemy ranks, and stealthily eliminate targets.
Favored Attributes: Speed, Dodge.
Secondary Attributes: Debuffs, Fast Attacks
RACES: Your race is who you are. It really has no effect on your standing in the guild; it's just interesting to see what our members most closely identify with.
HumanHumans are the most common race on the planet, despite their tremendous shortcomings. Humans have a technological and evolutionary aptitude, and are considerably careless with their lives despite their own mortality. Humans greatest shortcoming is their frailty, as they are quite easy to injure or destroy. Despite this, they can be very aggressive and dangerous due to their disrespect for the universe around them. Humans pursue their own desires above all else, and are willing to sacrifice themselves before facing defeat.
Cyborg Cyborgs are a forced human evolution to exceed their natural abilities. Cyborgs have enhanced the human body in nearly every way, but create new vulnerabilities as well. They require regular mechanical maintenance and can be severely injured if alterations are made by hackers or specialized weaons to their computerized systems. Cyborgs have the same advantages as humans, yet are less psychologically sound and are known to become dangerous due to their reduced direct contact with reality, as they often filter out pain or other senses which have proved necessary to human psychological health.
Undead The undead are a temporary life form, and must be supported by magic or science in order to exist. Their greatest strength is their lack of vital organs. Any part of an undead may be removed or replaced, as long as the body remains mostly intact. Undeads have even been known to retain motor control of severed limbs, essentially reproducing asexually as they can simply split apart and till have control of both halves. Depending on the power source of the undead, they may be vulnerable to decay and have difficulty moving as the fluid drains from their bodies.
Tiefling Tieflings are the offspring of humans; enhanced not by science or magic, but by the blood of demons. They often lack the faith and moral laws common to humanity, and seek their own path without a place to belong. They often dislike themselves or their own kind due to their divided origin, and have less sense of purpose than humans. Despite their demonic blood, they lack sufficient willpower or faith to follow any occult class; instead, they are best suited for stealth and assassination; however, as with any race, exceptions exist that have the potential for any class.
Demon: Demons are a divine species known to commonly interact with and assist humans. They have no chaotic or good alignments, instead, they simply oppress humanity for their own entertainment. They only assist humans when the consequences to humanity outweigh the benefits; for this reason, demons often partner with cults or sects that wish to harm other humans. As immortals, demons are more powerful than the other races and have great potential for any independent class.
Other: Are you something else and still wish to join the BlackShore Vanguard? An orc? A half man half bear half pig? An androiddemonloliconrobotmachine? You're still welcome to apply, but races of good alignment or with strong morals are unlikely to be allowed in.
RANKS:
Recruit: This is you, if you're reading this for the fist time. Welcome to the BlackShore Vanguard. Think you have what it takes? Well you don't. At least not yet. It's time for you to learn, build, and become more powerful, to further our conquest and slaughter anyone who isn't among us.
Fanatic Fanatics are loyal
servants members of the BlackShore Vanguard. They are the warriors, magicians, and assassins who form our ranks and support our cause.
Tyrant: Tyrants are commanders of divisions and those who have proved themselves in battle. Until the MMO is released, these positions will be assigned based on contribution and character (or more importantly, lack thereof).
Sacrifice: Sacrifices are members who place all faith in themselves, yet fail to contribute to our cause. They may be powerful or weak, rich or poor. Anyone who falls out of alignment, becoming true chaotic, will be assigned this ranking for any period of time. It is assigned alongside your current ranking; you will not loose your title but you will not be able to progress.
Other: These may be assigned, granted, or approved if you desire one, though you must first prove yourself.
