Blackguard

Background

This order of archers was created by a young man named Edward. He organized a group of bowmen to defeat a “terror of Abominations” that arose from the Black Mire. They took on that tainted blight, and many horrible risks, in order to protect others. The Blackguard were among Arthur’s earliest followers, before the rebirth of magic in the world. Adopting the color black, these archers became the scourge of all enemies of the Realm.

Realm

Arturians

Motto

To rain Black Death from above.

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Careful Elegance
Bow abilities have their preparation and recovery times greatly increased, based on the encumbrance of the user’s armor.
Unconcealed Aggression
Draw actions cause the user’s concealment to be greatly reduced.

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Optimal Preparation
Bow abilities gain bonus damage based on their preparation time.
Soldier’s Vigilance
After not using a bow ability for a long period of time, the user’s first bow ability used grants a physical buff to them that reduces the Stamina cost of subsequent bow abilities for a brief duration.

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Adept Shot (Aim)
Fires a precise shot, which deals bonus damage and significantly increases armor penetration.
Following Shot (Aim)
Usable after a shot which strikes and penetrates the armor of a target. Fires an efficient shot that gains a bonus to projectile speed and armor penetration, with low stamina cost and preparation time.
Flight Arrow (Ammunition)
An arrow which is fired with a high arc and travels over an extended distance.
Black Arrow (Ammunition)
An exceptional arrow that deals high bonus damage to living targets based on the total amount of health they are missing.
Precision Sight (Modal)
Increases ability preparation and recovery times, while prominently displaying damage states on enemy characters.

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Cursed Call
Calls out the user’s target, inflicting a physical debuff that reduces the target’s damage mitigation from physical sources, negates their camouflage, and highlights their position, for a moderate duration.

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The Black Death
Forsakes the rest of the arrows in the user’s active quiver in order to immediately fire a shot at the user’s target with power based on the number of arrows discarded.

Forest Stalker

Background

These archers are renowned for using very powerful weapons that have a shorter range than the weapons of many of the Forest Stalkers’ counterparts. However, within their own forests their camouflage abilities are the most powerful in all the Realms. They are adept at using poison on their arrows, as well as at calling on the forest to aid them in delaying groups of invaders. One of their abilities is the power to call on trees to create arrows for them.

Realm

Arturians

Motto

None will live that defile our home.

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Metal Aversion
Equipping items crafted with metal materials reduces the user’s concealment, as well as damage with bow abilities, for each item equipped.
Symbiotic Flora
Death effects deal extra damage to the user, and also inflict a death debuff which causes blood loss when using plant-based life abilities.

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Subtle Implantation
Dealing damage to a living target applies a scalable life debuff to the target based on the amount of damage. This debuff increases the power of the next plant-based life ability affecting the target. Additional applications of damage increase the power of the debuff, up to a maximum amount.
Renewable Resources
Periodically replenishes a number of “basic” arrows in the user’s quiver from a nearby tree, while within a forest controlled by the Tuatha Dé Danann.

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Rapid Fire (Modal)
Greatly reduces preparation and recovery times on bow abilities, but increases their stamina costs and reduces their damage slightly.
Entangling Creeper (Load)
Seeds this arrow with a plant that buries itself in the ground when it lands. It then latches onto nearby enemies, reducing their movement speed the further they move until expiration, or until the plant is destroyed.
Fungal Burst (Load)
Seeds this arrow with a plant that buries itself in the ground when it lands. If the plant isn’t destroyed, it will burst after a short duration, releasing a cloud of spores. Any enemy within the cloud will suffer life damage, and have a life debuff applied to them that reduces their vision and increases the stamina costs of their abilities for a moderate duration.
Gargantuan Tendril (Load)
Seeds this arrow with a plant that buries itself in the ground when it lands. The plant quickly grows into a massive vine that lasts for a long duration. The vine lashes out and knocks back enemies that come into contact with it, dealing crushing damage and also applying a physical debuff that reduces the disruption health of their abilities for a moderate duration.

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Spore Cloud
Emits a vaporous wave of spores in front of the user. The cloud applies a life debuff to enemies it affects that greatly reduces their vision and suppresses their ability to block or deflect incoming attacks.

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Rampant Overgrowth
When the user dies, vines erupt from their body to greatly increase the size and power of their other nearby plants. Vines from Rampant Overgrowth also lash out at nearby enemies, applying a poison debuff that deals poison damage over time.

Winter’s Shadow

Background

An adept archer, at home in the snow. A true Shadow can shoot while on skis or on foot, and they prefer yew-wood for their bows. They learn the importance of camouflage early in their training, and whole companies of Shadows have been known to sit silently in the snow for days at a time. A Shadow’s unique mastery of shields and other weapons makes them stand out from other archers. The bows of the Winter’s Shadows may not shoot the furthest, but their battle, survival, and skirmisher skills are impressive; especially for an archer.

Realm

Arturians

Motto

Sight true, shoot straight, and drink over the corpse.

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Lust for Glory
Bow abilities have their power reduced based on the distance they travel to their target.
Reckless Frenzy
Armor class provided by wearing heavy armor is significantly reduced, and encumbrance from heavy armor is increased.

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Master Skirmisher
Movement penalties from using bow abilities are greatly reduced, and stance changes between weapons require reduced activation time.
Frost Bourne
Grants a high concealment bonus while in snow-covered terrain, and reduces the power of negative environmental effects from weather.

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Ambush Shot (Aim)
Usable while camouflaged. Fires a powerful shot, which deals high damage and causes panic if striking the target from behind.
Furious Reload (Load)
Quickly loads an arrow with reduced preparation time, based on the damage of the user’s previous shot, within a brief duration.
Impetuous Draw (Draw)
Draws a loaded bow with low preparation and recovery time, but with a penalty to power the longer the draw is held.
Raging Bash (Style)
Uses a shield to slam a hostile target, knocking them back and applying a physical debuff that reduces movement speed and increases ability preparation time for a brief duration.
Heavy War Arrow (Ammunition)
A moderate range projectile that inflicts high damage and causes very high disruption damage if the target’s armor is penetrated.

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Shield of Ullr
If using a shield, calls on Ullr to create a spectral wall of shields around the user. This wall intercepts blockable attacks against the user and their group members within range for a brief period of time, or until destroyed.

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Winter’s Fury
Causes a snowstorm to descend from the skies, dealing frost damage over time to nearby enemies. Enemies who remain in the storm for more than a brief duration are affected by a frost debuff that reduces their movement speed for a duration based on their time within the storm. Group members within the storm gain a frost buff that increases their movement speed for a duration based on their time within the storm.

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