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All these skills works with staves, so clerics of Majere lost two items (mace and shield) and got one item (staff). Maybe make some staves one-handed?
When other clerics change their weapon, they still have parry and shield block.
But when majecleric remove his staff - he has only parry.
Kinda unfair...

PS: update help file about majeclerics, their empowers :)

One more thing to Critic's topic: Shield can give not bad stats to his owner.
And I try to understand what power Majere got which may be comparable with Crown of Archons?


Anyway, i'm sure something stands behind it. Seems Swipe and Strike are really effective skills.

Items: We are looking at making another item for these clerics, but first we are testing how balanced they are with these skills.

Blocks: Flowing block is designed to compensate for shield block and more. Every new skill does something special.

Weapons: There's no need to change from a staff - normal clerics don't change from maces, what's the problem?

Help files for new skills have been uploaded, we're dealing with the rest ;)

Crown of Archons: The new skills have lots of extra affects which can be dealt. If you try out strike and swipe, and brace (which our wonderful coders ripped the mud apart to build!), then the effectiveness in combat is there.


The reasoning for all this is, as the previous topic stated that YOU guys wanted, was to change them from being mishaclers with divine presence and less healing skills. We decided to change them into clerics who were able to keep the peace, and who had special skills due to their mastery of mental skills and training in martial arts.

Feel free to ask any more questions :)

I think it's okay with new skills - surely, one item (staff) can grant less affects than two (mace+shield) but new skills are just as unique as they can blind, cripple and disarm - no other cleric can do it.

I don't speak about shield block<->flowing block
I speak about disarming and affects.
To strip parry and shild block from other clerics you should release them from their weapon and shield.
To strip all block from majeclerics you need only release them from staff.
And yes, shield itself grants with some health, saves, other nice affects.

To strip all blocks from druid, you need only release him from his staff. Have you seen any druid whining about it?

Barkskin is another blocker that does not depend on weapon

Yeah... quite ineffective and working only in forest.
Anyways, clerics of Majere aren't supposed to be protected from each and every situation and kick each and every class with closed eyes.

yes, barkskin doesn't depend on staff

well, we'll see, do these new abilities are so good as we think...

does blindding ability depend on saves? or just chance?

does nerve depend on something?

PS: also update info on site about majeclerics  8)

Aye, done