Minstrel

Minstrel
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Information
Type:	Stealther
Profession:	The Academy
Races:	Briton Highlander Saracen
Class Stats
Primary:	Charisma
Secondary:	Dexterity
Tertiary:	Strength

Keepers of Song, the Minstrels of the realm of Albion provide many helpful services to their realm-mates. They are capable of many tasks, including crowd control, direct damage, increased run speeds, and much more. They find themselves in the position of being good at many things, but gods at nothing. Holding these valuable skills proves great worth in the fight against monsters and enemies in other realms.

The Minstrel's run speeds makes them and their group-mates very hard to catch in the frontier. As a defensive mechanism, groups will seek out Minstrels in hopes of having this ability to outrun the enemy and to travel to their destinations much quicker than most. That's just one of several reasons that groups would seek out a Minstrel.

Minstrels have many offensive and defensive abilities, though they rely heavily on their songs to stay alive. They must play instruments when performing musical pieces, unlike their Skald counterparts in Midgard. Minstrels derive from the rogue classes of Albion. They have many similarities to the Infiltrator class in that they have the ability to stealth and sneak around their enemies whenever they are in danger. Though they have these similarities, they are not nearly as strong as the Infiltrator when it comes to hiding.

Attributes

Starting Race Attributes
Available Races	Charisma Primary	Dexterity Secondary	Quickness Tertiary	Con	Str	Pie	Emp	Int
Highlander	60	50	50	70	70	60	60	60
Briton	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
Saracen	60	80	60	50	50	60	60	60

Abilities

Armor: Cloth, Leather, Studded, Chain
Weaponry: Staves, Slashing, Thrusting
Shield: Small
Miscellaneous: Sprint, Evade I (1), Evade II (15), Tireless (15),
Miscellaneous:(based on stealth spec) Distraction (5), Danger Sense (8), Safe Fall I (10), Safe Fall II (20), Safe Fall III (30), Safe Fall IV (40), Safe Fall V (50), Climb Walls (25)

Specialization

Weapon Specializations

• Slash
• Thrust

Skills

• Stealth

Spells

• Instruments
  

Common specializations

Grouping Specializations

1. 50 Instruments, 44 Slash/Thrust (no Stealth and thus no Climb Walls)
2. 50 Instruments, 34 Slash/Thrust, 25 Stealth (for Climb Walls)

Solo Specializations

1. 50 Instruments, 29 Slash/Thrust, 33 Stealth (Most common Stealth spec)
2. 50 Instruments, 44 Slash/Thrust (Common spec for visible solo with pet)
3. 50 Instruments, 34 Slash/Thrust, 25 Stealth (For Climb walls mostly, but can Stealth reasonably well)

Realm Abilities

Useful Realm Abilities

• Ignore Pain
• Mastery of Focus
• Mastery of Pain
• Wild Minion
• Wild Power
• Purge
• Speed of Sound

Neutral Realm Abilities

• Augmented Acuity
• Augmented Constitution
• Toughness
• Avoidance of Magic
• Ameliorating Melodies
• Mastery of Magery

Useless Realm Abilities

• Augmented Dexterity
• Augmented Quickness
• Augmented Strength
• Ethereal Bond
• Lifter
• Long Wind
• Veil Recovery
• First Aid
• Mastery of Concentration
• Mystic Crystal Lore
• Raging Power
• Second Wind
• The Empty Mind

Realm Rank 5 Ability - Calming Notes

Insta-cast spell that mesmerizes all enemies within 750 radius for 20 seconds. (Reuse timer 5 minutes.) This recently upgraded ability has become a powerful tool in the Minstrels arsenal.

Master Level Paths

Warlord
Sojourner

Useful Artifacts

Weapon

• Crocodile's Tooth Dagger (Slash,Thrust)

• Battler (Slash)

• Golden Spear (Thrust)

• Malice's Axe (Slash)

• Traitor's Dagger (Slash, Thrust)

Armor

Chest

• Eirene's Hauberk (Melee Version)

• Guard of Valor (Melee Version)

Arms

• Arms of the Winds

• Foppish Sleeves

Head

• Crown of Zahur (Caster Version)

• The Winged Helm

Legs

• Alvaru's Leggings

• Wings Dive

Hands

• Maddening Scalars (Melee Version)

Feet

• Enyalio's Boots

Jewelry

Belts

• Belt of Oglidarsh

• Belt of the Sun

• Orion's Belt

Bracers

• Band of Stars
• Ceremonial Bracers
• Night's Shroud Bracelet
• Snatcher

Cloaks

• Harpy's Feather Cloak
• Shade's of Mist

Gems

• Atlantis Tablet

• Dream Sphere

• Eerie Darkness Stone

• Flask

• Gem of Lost Memories

Necklaces

• Goddess' Necklace
• Phoebus' Harp Necklace

Rings

• Crocodile's Tear Ring

• Ring of Dances

• Ring of Unyielding Will

• Scorpion's Tail Ring

Other Useful Items

Weapons
Jewelry
Mythirian