Inhabitants of Erebu may follow various adventuring professions or classes. Different
racial characteristics and attributes give characters the edge in aptitudes such as fighting,
subterfuge, or harnessing supernatural forces. Some classes are only available to reincarnated characters.
Berserk warriors who spurn magic for melee combat, barbarians are basically big,
dumb gargantuans with a lot of offensive power. They are unable to wear anything that has magic
on it or instilled in it. They also do not have any spells because of their lack of magical
guidance.
In battle, barbarians love the havoc created by wielding axes or flails and
can excel equally when using either. All barbarians begin with the sword, dodge, second attack,
berserk and butcher skills. The barbarian default skill set contains the following:
Bash: The ability to bash opponents
Disarm: The skill to disarm opponents in battle
Nosebite: Biting off your victims’ noses blinds them with pain
Parry: The chance of parrying an opponent’s attack
Powerslam: The ability to pick up and slam down your opponents
Rescue: A skill that lets you rescue friends in trouble
Second attack: The chance of attacking twice in a row
Third attack: The chance of attacking three times at once
Fourth attack: The chance of attacking four times at once
Shield block: The ability to block blows with your shield
Warcry: Inspires courage and increases damage but lowers defense
Pious souls bolstered by faith, and users of healing magics, clerics are the most
defensively orientated of all the classes. Most of their spells focus on healing or defending
their comrades, with their few combat spells being far less powerful than those of mages.
However, clerics are the best class by far at healing magic, and they possess an impressive array
of protective apells as well as fair combat prowess.
All clerics begin with skill in the mace. They must purchase other weapon or
shield skills, many at a very dear cost. The default selection for clerics is as follows:
Skills
Flail: Proficiency with the flail (the proverbial ball and chain)
Shield block: The ability to block blows with your shield
Spear: The proper use of spears and staves
Spell groups
Attack: A selection of offensive magics
Benedictions: Powerful magics that grant the blessings of the gods
Creation: The making of physical objects, such as food and water
Curative: Spells that cure the sick and feeble of their ailments
Detection: Informational magics, such as detect magic and identify
Healing: Spells for treating wounds from scratches to death blows
Maladictions: An assortment of curses
Protective: Defensive magics, including the powerful sanctuary spell
Transportation: Spells for getting from here to there
Weather: Spells for conjuring and mastering the elements
Elementalists are specialized mages who channel the forces of nature to wield
their powerful magics.
Unlike other classes, elementalists have no default to choose upon creation.
Instead, most choose to concentrate on one of the three schools of mastery: fire, ice or
lightning. Choosing more then one is of course an option but will require more effort to train.
Elementalists have long favored the whip as their weapon of choice, symbolizing
both their mastery over their art and their difference from their fellow mages. But they can also
use staves with a decent amount of skill. Elementalists also begin with proficiency in lore.
Fire mastery: fire breath, fireball, firebolt, flamestrike, inferno,
match burn, pyroclasm, torch
Enterons are dangerous individuals who combine thieving with magic. They thus have
training in both arcane and stealth skills. They are adequate in combat and because of their
cross, they give up a little bit of both classes.
All enterons start out with the dagger, sneak and steal skills. These allow them
to stab, move silently and take what does not belong to them. The default skills and spells for
enterons are as follows:
Skills
Backstab: Inflicts extra damage upon an unwary victim
Dodge: The chance to evade an attack
Hide: The skill of stealth
Mace: The ability to use maces
Sword: The ability to use swords
Second attack: The chance to land a second attack
Third attack: The chance to land a third attack
Spell groups
Combat: Spells that do damage to the enemy
Protective: Shielding spells that protect you from damage
Transportation: Spells to transport you to other places
Masters of the magical arts, but frail in battle, mages specialize in casting
spells, offensive ones in particular. Mages have the highest-powered magic of any class and are
the only classes able to use the draconian and enchanting spell groups. They are also very
skilled at the use of magical items, though their combat skills are the weakest of any class.
All mages begin with skill in the dagger. They must purchase any other weapon
skills at a very high rate. The default skill selection for mages is as follows:
Skills
Lore: Identify the purpose of magical items
Spell groups
Beguiling: Spells that control the mind
Combat: Spells that do damage to the enemy
Detection: Informational magics, such as detect magic and identify
Enhancement: Spells that maximize physical potential, such as haste
Illusion: Magics for concealing and deceiving
Maladictions: A selection of curses fit for any witch
Protective: Defensive magics ranging from armor to stone skin
Transporation: Spells for getting from here to there
Weather: Spells for conjuring and mastering the elements
Dark priests who wield power over life and death, necromancers use very powerful
dark magic. While they lack the ability to use all weapons except staves, they make up for it
through the power of their spells.
Necromancers can phase out of this dimension for a split
second—long enough to avoid many attacks. They are also adept in summoning and creating
beings from dead body parts. Their default skill and spell selections include the following:
Skills
Dagger: The ability to use knives and short blades
Meditation: This skill lets the necromancer regain mana (spellcasting power) faster
Spell groups
Combat: Spells that do damage to the enemy
Evil: Spells to drain energy, raise the dead and construct golems
Illusion: Magics for concealing and deceiving
Maladictions: A selection of curses and other baneful spells
Protective: Defensive magics ranging from armor to stone skin
Transporation: Spells for getting from here to there
Cunning, agile rogues with a love for money, thieves are a marginal class. They do
few things better than any other class, but they have the widest range of skills available.
Thieves are specialists at subterfuge and covert actions, being capable of entering areas
undetected where more powerful adventurers would fear to tread. They are better fighters than
clerics but lack the wide weapon selection of warriors.
Thieves prefer the easily concealed and quickly wielded dagger in combat, often
specializing in knives and small blades. All thieves thus begin with the dagger combat skill; they are
proficient in stealing as well. They must purchase any other weapon skills unless they choose the
default selection. This skill package includes:
Backstab: The art of hitting your opponent by surprise
Blackjack: The ability to render your victim unconscious
Disarm: Used to deprive your opponent of his weapon
Dodge: The best way to take a punch is not to be there
Hide: The art of remaining undetected in a room
Mace: The use of maces and other blunt weapons
Peek: Used to look into a person’s belongings
Pick lock: A useful skill for breaking and entering
Second attack: With training, the skilled thief can hit twice as fast
Sneak: With this skill, a thief can walk into a room undetected
Sword: Swordplay and fencing
Trip: A good way to introduce an opponent to the floor
As typical, militant fighters, warriors live for combat and the thrill of battle.
They are the best fighters of all the classes, but they lack the subtle skills of thieves and the
magical talents of mages and clerics. Warriors are best for those who don’t mind taking the
direct approach—even when another method might be more appropriate.
Being a martial class, warriors excel when fighting with the sword and other large
blades. Warriors thus begin with skill in the sword and gain a second attack in combat. They may
purchase other weapon skills cheaply or gain them in the default skill package, which includes
the following:
Bash: A forceful body rush designed to flatten your foes
Disarm: Used to deprive your opponent of her weapon
Enhanced damage: This skill multiplies your damage in battle
Parry: The art of parrying with weapons
Rescue: Allows you to take the blows aimed for a companion
Shield block: The art of parrying with a shield
Third attack: Allows the skilled warrior to land three blows at once
Weaponsmaster: This group provides knowledge of all weapon types
This class is only available to reincarnated characters.
Antipaladins are the realm’s dark knights who live to stir up chaos and
anarchy. They dwell in the darkness and hate anything holy. Skilled as fighters, they are also
adept in the ways of magic. They love to spill the blood of the innocent without remorse. Some
consider them dark crusaders for Lucifer himself. They begin skilled in the mace, sword and
second attack. Their default skills and spells include the following:
Skills
Bash: A forceful body rush designed to flatten your foes
Blade thirst: Creates a poisonous weapon with blood and orichalcum
Deathcoil: This unholy ritual unleashes dark fury on its victims
Disarm: Used to deprive your opponent of his weapon
Dodge: The best way to take a punch is not to be there
Meditation: This skill lets the antipaladin regain mana faster
Parry: The art of parrying with weapons
Shield block: The art of parrying with a shield
Third attack: Allows the skilled warrior to land three blows at once
Spell groups
Attack: A selection of offensive magics
Curative: Spells that cure the sick and feeble of their ailments
Evil: Spells to drain energy, raise the dead and construct golems
Maladictions: A selection of curses and other baneful spells
Transporation: Spells for getting from here to there
This class is only available to reincarnated characters.
An elite group, assassins are masters of the killing arts. They
take little pleasure in much of anything save for hunting and gold. Quick, quiet and deadly,
most assassins are members of an underground organization of contract killers. What they lack
in brute force, they replace with stealth. While related to the thief class, assassins are more
specialized. They begin skilled in dagger, stealing and locating objects. Their default skill
package includes the following:
Assassinate: An assault deadlier than the thief’s backstab
Disarm: Used to deprive your opponent of her weapon
Dodge: The best way to take a punch is not to be there
Hide: The art of remaining undetected in a room
Mace: The use of maces and other blunt weapons
Peek: Used to look into a person’s belongings
Pick lock: A useful skill for breaking and entering
Second attack: With training, the skilled thief can hit twice as fast
Sneak: With this skill, a thief can walk into a room undetected
Strangle: Renders victims unconscious like the thief’s blackjack
Sword: Swordplay and fencing
Trip: A good way to introduce an opponent to the floor
This class is only available to reincarnated characters.
Pious knights who serve the cause of justice, paladins are holy warriors who get
special abilities from their divine faith. They follow a strict philosophy, including oaths to
their cause and fealty to protect the righteous. Clad in shining armor, swords gleaming in the
morning sun, paladins are the quintessence of gallantry, the champion of the powerless and the
personification of courage. They begin skilled in the mace, sword and second attack. Their
default skills and spells include the following:
Skills
Disarm: Used to deprive your opponents of their weapons
Frenzy: A righteous fury increases attack skill but decreases defense
Rescue: Allows you to take the blows aimed for a companion
Shield block: The art of parrying with a shield
Third attack: Allows the skilled warrior to land three blows at once
Weaponsmaster: This group provides knowledge of all weapon types
Spell groups
Attack: A selection of offensive magics
Benedictions: Powerful magics that grant the blessings of the gods
Curative: Spells that cure the sick and feeble of their ailments
Healing: Spells for treating wounds from scratches to death blows
Transportation: Spells for getting from here to there
