At
level five, in the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, players become an
archetype between a Priest, Soldier,
Rogue or Mage. At level 20,though, things get a little more
specialized as players become their final class - the one they'll be
playing until the end of days. Ten Ton Hammer takes a look at
these classes and breaks 'em down to their brutally basic elements.
Mages -
href="#priests">Priests - Rogues
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style="font-weight: bold;">Demonologist
style="font-weight: normal;">Mage Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Who
dares to bargain with demons for power? Why, a
demonologist dares!
They use demons for their spells, and can even summon them as an
assistant in battle
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Demonologist" title="Demonologist"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/demonologist.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I'll trade you a
Pikachu for a Firestorm spell."
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Herald of Xotli" title="Herald of Xotli"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/heraldofxotli.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I can't feel my
tongue. Let me borrow yours."
style="font-weight: bold;">Herald
of Xotli
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Mage Archetype
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;"> style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">
style="font-weight: normal;">The demonologist deluxe
edition. These mages have sacrificed everything to become a
host
of the real demonic powers and can transform into a demon.
They
prefer to sink their teeth into their enemies flesh over casting
spells, but they can do both.
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style="font-weight: bold;">Necromancer
Mage
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Master
of unholy magic, the Necromancer brings the dead back to life, and uses
them for his or her own treachery. They also get their kicks
from
corrupting the living.
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Necromancer" title="Necromancer"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/necromancer.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I've got a bone
to pick with you."
cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Bear Shaman" title="Bear Shaman"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/bearshaman.jpg"
vspace="10">
style="font-weight: bold;">Bear
Shaman
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: bold;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Priest Archetype
A
bears fan, as the name would indicate style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">; style="font-weight: normal;">these
shamans have a kinship with bear-kind and call upon them for many
abilities. They maintain their restorative abilities, as all priests
should, but they prefer to lay the smack down on their enemies over
healing. They are the only priest class that can wear medium
armor.
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style="font-weight: bold;">Priest
of Mitra
Priest
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Powerful
healers. A little religious. They can use a repulse
area of
affect ability and both a one-handed edged weapon as well as a
one-handed blunt.
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Priest of Mitra" title="Priest of Mitra"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/priestofmitra.jpg"
vspace="10">
"This article was
missing a gratuitous boob shot. Until now."
cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Druid" title="Druid"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/scionofset.jpg"
vspace="10">
"Move over,
Maybelline"
style="font-weight: bold;">Tempest of
Set
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Priest Archetype
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;"> style="font-weight: normal;">
style="font-weight: normal;">Little is known of the Tempest of Set at the time of this writing. What we DO know is that this class was the result of a merge between the Druid of the Storm and the Scion of Set. Safe bet they can heal though!
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style="font-weight: bold;">Assassin
style="font-style: italic;">Rogue Archetype
Lean, mean, and none-too-clean of a fighter.
They're sneaky, and sleek-y. They can use their daggers to
either poison their enemies or drain their souls for special unholy
attacks.
More
info on the Assassin
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Assassin" title="Assassin"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/assassin.jpg"
hspace="0" vspace="10">
cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Barbarian" title="Barbarian"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/barbarian.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I crush you.
You crush me. We're a freakin family."
style="font-weight: bold;">Barbarian
style="font-style: italic;">Rogue Archetype
Big,
strong, and agile; Barbarians are a little like Dolf Lundgren
if
he was a ballerina. That is, if ballerinas laid waste to all
the
dancing fairies on stage with one fell swoop. They use
crushing
and edged weapons to annihilate their foes with special area
of
effect abilities.
style="font-weight: normal;"> href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/16498">More info on
the Barbarian
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style="font-weight: bold;">Ranger
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Rogue Archetype
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;"> style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">
style="font-weight: normal;">Masters
of the ranged attack, rangers prefer their prey at a distance.
They'll shoot 'em up, and rip 'em apart. They have
sniper
attacks, damage over time, knockdown abilites, and volley attacks.
![]()
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/ranger.jpg"
title="Ranger" alt="Ranger"
style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
vspace="10">
"William Tell is
mah beyotch."
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Conqueror" title="Conqueror"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/conqueror.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I've got a
standard. Want to meet it?"
style="font-weight: bold;">Conqueror
Soldier
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">The
Conqueror brings glory and gut to the party as they spill those of
their enemies. They are a warrior able to wield one-handed
and
two-handed blunt and edged weapons. They bring their
standards
into battle to increase the party's damage, but they can also use the
standard as one helluva special attack.
More
info on the Conqueror
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style="font-weight: bold;">Dark
Templar
style="font-style: italic;">Soldier Archetype
The Dark Templar can use one-hand blunt or edged
weapons to combat their foes. They can also use dark magics
to
heal their party. They're kind of like an oreo cookie; all
the
chocolatey goodness of a fighter, and with a creamy yummy center of
healing abilities - double stuffed!
More
info on the Dark Templar
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Dark Templar" title="Dark Templar"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/darktemplar.jpg"
vspace="10">
"You can't handle
the truth!"
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style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
alt="Guardian" title="Guardian"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/guardian.jpg"
vspace="10">
"So we need to
kill the
minotaur king, cross the river of fire, slay 50 trolls, walk through
the hall of bloody blades, defeat the dragon, and then eat a BK
quadruple stacker?... Sure. I'll do it."
style="font-weight: bold;">Guardian
Soldier
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Guardians
don the heaviest armors and can be seen using either a shield and
one-handed weapon or a polearm. They stand out at the
forefront
of any battle and empower their group with strength of will and
determination. Throw a guardian at an enemy if you want to
avoid
taking damage.
More
info on the Guardian
level five, in the Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, players become an
archetype between a Priest, Soldier,
Rogue or Mage. At level 20,though, things get a little more
specialized as players become their final class - the one they'll be
playing until the end of days. Ten Ton Hammer takes a look at
these classes and breaks 'em down to their brutally basic elements.
Mages -
href="#priests">Priests - Rogues
- Soldiers
Mages
style="font-weight: normal;">Mage Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Who
dares to bargain with demons for power? Why, a
demonologist dares!
They use demons for their spells, and can even summon them as an
assistant in battle
alt="Demonologist" title="Demonologist"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/demonologist.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I'll trade you a
Pikachu for a Firestorm spell."
alt="Herald of Xotli" title="Herald of Xotli"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/heraldofxotli.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I can't feel my
tongue. Let me borrow yours."
of Xotli
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Mage Archetype
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;"> style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">
style="font-weight: normal;">The demonologist deluxe
edition. These mages have sacrificed everything to become a
host
of the real demonic powers and can transform into a demon.
They
prefer to sink their teeth into their enemies flesh over casting
spells, but they can do both.
Mage
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Master
of unholy magic, the Necromancer brings the dead back to life, and uses
them for his or her own treachery. They also get their kicks
from
corrupting the living.
alt="Necromancer" title="Necromancer"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/necromancer.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I've got a bone
to pick with you."
Priests
alt="Bear Shaman" title="Bear Shaman"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/bearshaman.jpg"
vspace="10">
style="font-style: italic;">"I bearly know you, but let me
show you around the maul."
show you around the maul."
Shaman
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: bold;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Priest Archetype
A
bears fan, as the name would indicate style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">; style="font-weight: normal;">these
shamans have a kinship with bear-kind and call upon them for many
abilities. They maintain their restorative abilities, as all priests
should, but they prefer to lay the smack down on their enemies over
healing. They are the only priest class that can wear medium
armor.
of Mitra
Priest
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Powerful
healers. A little religious. They can use a repulse
area of
affect ability and both a one-handed edged weapon as well as a
one-handed blunt.
alt="Priest of Mitra" title="Priest of Mitra"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/priestofmitra.jpg"
vspace="10">
"This article was
missing a gratuitous boob shot. Until now."
alt="Druid" title="Druid"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/scionofset.jpg"
vspace="10">
"Move over,
Maybelline"
Set
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Priest Archetype
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;"> style="font-weight: normal;">
style="font-weight: normal;">Little is known of the Tempest of Set at the time of this writing. What we DO know is that this class was the result of a merge between the Druid of the Storm and the Scion of Set. Safe bet they can heal though!
Rogues
style="font-style: italic;">Rogue Archetype
Lean, mean, and none-too-clean of a fighter.
They're sneaky, and sleek-y. They can use their daggers to
either poison their enemies or drain their souls for special unholy
attacks.
More
info on the Assassin
alt="Assassin" title="Assassin"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/assassin.jpg"
hspace="0" vspace="10">
style="font-style: italic;">"Get your back off my dagger."
alt="Barbarian" title="Barbarian"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/barbarian.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I crush you.
You crush me. We're a freakin family."
style="font-style: italic;">Rogue Archetype
Big,
strong, and agile; Barbarians are a little like Dolf Lundgren
if
he was a ballerina. That is, if ballerinas laid waste to all
the
dancing fairies on stage with one fell swoop. They use
crushing
and edged weapons to annihilate their foes with special area
of
effect abilities.
style="font-weight: normal;"> href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/16498">More info on
the Barbarian
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">Rogue Archetype
style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;"> style="font-style: italic;"> style="font-weight: normal;">
style="font-weight: normal;">Masters
of the ranged attack, rangers prefer their prey at a distance.
They'll shoot 'em up, and rip 'em apart. They have
sniper
attacks, damage over time, knockdown abilites, and volley attacks.
title="Ranger" alt="Ranger"
style="border: 5px solid ; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); width: 150px; height: 150px;"
vspace="10">
"William Tell is
mah beyotch."
Soldiers
alt="Conqueror" title="Conqueror"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/conqueror.jpg"
vspace="10">
"I've got a
standard. Want to meet it?"
Soldier
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">The
Conqueror brings glory and gut to the party as they spill those of
their enemies. They are a warrior able to wield one-handed
and
two-handed blunt and edged weapons. They bring their
standards
into battle to increase the party's damage, but they can also use the
standard as one helluva special attack.
More
info on the Conqueror
Templar
style="font-style: italic;">Soldier Archetype
The Dark Templar can use one-hand blunt or edged
weapons to combat their foes. They can also use dark magics
to
heal their party. They're kind of like an oreo cookie; all
the
chocolatey goodness of a fighter, and with a creamy yummy center of
healing abilities - double stuffed!
More
info on the Dark Templar
alt="Dark Templar" title="Dark Templar"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/darktemplar.jpg"
vspace="10">
"You can't handle
the truth!"
alt="Guardian" title="Guardian"
src="http://images.tentonhammer.com/aoc/classes/guardian.jpg"
vspace="10">
"So we need to
kill the
minotaur king, cross the river of fire, slay 50 trolls, walk through
the hall of bloody blades, defeat the dragon, and then eat a BK
quadruple stacker?... Sure. I'll do it."
Soldier
Archetype
style="font-weight: normal;">Guardians
don the heaviest armors and can be seen using either a shield and
one-handed weapon or a polearm. They stand out at the
forefront
of any battle and empower their group with strength of will and
determination. Throw a guardian at an enemy if you want to
avoid
taking damage.
More
info on the Guardian
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