Guide to Cleric Affinities

By Gossamer

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Editor's note: The addition of
Affinities gives Clerics a way to differentiate themselves from one
another. The player choses a path, which is akin to the worship of a
particular god, and does a brief quest. The result is a specialization
that helps the Cleric perform better in certain situations. Until we
get some submissions with pretty pictures, you can read text-only
accounts of the quests to obtain an affinity style="font-style: italic;"
href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=111">in our
Cleric forum. Most of the quests
are fairly easy fetch quests.

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Cleric Affinities

1. href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=678#I">Death
2. href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=678#II">Peace
3. href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=678#III">Preservation
4. href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=678#IV">Purification
5. href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=678#V">War

Affinity to Death (Harbinger)

Stance: Deathbringer Mien

• +30% spiritual damage
• +10% spell critical chance
• -20% energy cost
• -90% healing power

Abilities

• Death Kiss: Deals 1710-1802 damage
• Gloom: Reduces target's accuracy by 20% for 60 seconds
• Gravemaster's Aegis: Shield that heals up to 375 damage per
  attack received, duration 3000 HP
• Necrosis I: Deals 1347-1735 damage over 48 seconds
• Soul Schism I: Causes target to be 35% more susceptible to
  critical hits
• Spectral Anchor I: Slows movement by 60% and deals 809-854
  damage over 30 seconds
• Terror I: Adds Fear to target for 12 seconds
• Wraith Touch I-III: Adds chance to drain life in an amount that
  scales with version of the spell

Affinity to Peace (Peacemaker)

Stance: None known



Abilities

• Absolution: Calms all opponents within 10m of you, reducing hate
• Blessing of Tranquility I: Causes your ally's attacks to
  generate 30% less hatred
• Durance: Roots yours target for 60 seconds
• Edict of Peace I-IV: Pacifies your target and reduces the damage
  you receive by 150
• Ethereality: Invisibility for 10 minutes
• Penitence: Eliminates target's hatred of others and reduces
  aggro range
• Power of Peace I-V: Reduces your opponent's hatred of you by
  375-399 on every hit
• Truce: All enemies will forget your previous actions

Affinity to Preservation (Guardian)

Stance: Aspect of the Guardian

• +15% block chance
• +15% spell damage absorption
• Immune to stun

Abilities

• Balance: Splits the group's total HP evenly between the group
  members
• Boon of the Shieldmaiden: Grants a +5% block bonus and heals for
  375 on each attack taken for the next 12 seconds
• Divine Aura: Summons a divine barrier granting complete
  invulnerability but preventing you from activating other abilities
• Holy Command: Stuns target for 6 seconds, can only stun each
  target once every 60 seconds
• Nimbus of Warding: Shields your ally from 2 incoming spells or
  for up to 5 minutes
• Protection I: Heals defensive target and diverts the next 3 to 5
  attacks aimed at the defensive target to the Cleric
  
• Shield of the Divine: Places a shield on your ally that absorbs
  50% of all incoming damage for 20 seconds, can only affect the target
  once
  every 5 minutes

Affinity to Purification (Lightbringer)

Stance: None known



Abilities

• Blood of Purity: Grants the Cleric immunity to poisons
• Gift of Wholeness: Removes all poisons from the target
• Holy Word: Deals 4294-4624 damage (undead only)
  
• Pure Aura: Damages all undead targets who attack you for 56-65
  damage
• Fires of Vol Anari: Reduces target's mitigation by 15%, lowers
  resistance to criticals by 10%, and deals1431-1508 damage (undead only)
• Rebuke of Vol Anari: 400% weapon damage plus 197-224 (finisher)
  (undead only)
• Maul of Vol Anari: 400% weapon damage plus 249-266 (finisher)
  (undead only)
• Fury of Vol Anari: 400% weapon damage plus 440-467 (finisher)
  (undead only)

Affinity to War (Warcaller)

Stance: Aspect of the Destroyer

• +30% melee damage
• +10% melee accuracy
• +15% block chance
• -75% healing power

Abilities

• Avatar of Ghalnn: +20% melee damage, +10% critical chance,
  immune to knockback and stun
• Blood Hammer I-V: 400% weapon damage + damage based on version
  of the spell (finisher)
• Hammer of Carnage I-IV: 400% weapon damage + scaling damage
  based on version of the spell (finisher triggered by Blood Hammer)
• Speed of Ghalnn: All melee attacks are performed twice, duration
  10 minutes
  
• Truncheon of Ghalnn I-III: 400% weapon damage + scaling damage
  based on
  version of the spell (finisher triggered by Hammer of Carnage)

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