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[dragonforger17]

Okay so ive seen healers in the games so im assumming that their probaly clerics but what are the classes that can rescurrect the fallen Id like to make a healer maybe. Any ideas on a good healer?

[songofsixpence]

healers and clerics are two different classes, however you need to have a cleric before you can make a healer.

if you're just starting out with it, i would recommend a human healer (for ease of ranking) or an elf healer (for large mana reserves). check out the helpfile for healers in game, or just take a good aligned cleric to 25 or 30 and convert at the healer guild.

oh...and healers are the only people that can ressurect (besides imms that is)

[corpsestomp]

If you are playing a healer, make sure you read the helpfile on them, they have specific rules regarding PK. Also, if you are new, this is the perfect character to go around identifying everything and putting it in a notepad file.

[dragonforger17]

so is healer a class i havent seen it

[corpsestomp]

Yes, healer is a class seperate from cleric. BUT you must convert to a healer from a cleric at level 25.

[Fiere]

To do so, go to your guild and type convert. It took me a while to figure that out, sad to say.

[songofsixpence]

Yes' date=' healer is a class seperate from cleric. BUT you must convert to a healer from a cleric at level 25.[/quote']

or 30. either of those two levels work, but only those two levels. same deal for shamans but that's for evil clerics.

[dragonforger17]

so what are good stats for healers

and maybe a little insight on which skills would be wise to master

[corpsestomp]

Defenses, spells will go up, mostly because you're a high choice for ranking/adventuring. But if you are going to spelltrain, I'd suggest gate, word of recall, sanctuary, heal. Those are the spells you really don't want failing in a PK situation.

[songofsixpence]

the curative spells such as cure poison/blind/disease or esuna aren't bad choices either. although you have better things to cast in combat, the quicker you can remove the ailments affecting you the better. others have varying opinions on this, but i like not failing my concentration 10 times in a row while trying to unplague myself.

i would say weapons and defenses should be mastered, that gives you the best chance of surviving. meditation and trance too, but if you're casting spells they'll be going up with no problems.

[corpsestomp]

I would think weapons would go up enough through ranking to not be a problem, I don't think they get very many (never played one). The cures can take a bit of time, but they are worth it.

[Chromatic]

You only get a choice of three weapons, and not once did I use them when ranking my healer up to pin. I used an exotic weapon the whole time. It got kinda boring for me after I hit pin, so now I'm making a warrior with the goal of becoming a crusader. anyone know if you can pin as a warrior and then become a crusader?

[wolfman]

A crusader can start as either a warrior, berserker or paladin, though it always seemed strange to me that berserkers could do it.

In each case, one skill from your first class carries over to crusader. The skill that you keep is obviously different for each original class.

[Warpnow]

On a healer, here are the following spells its wise to master:

All weapons.

Wands, Staves, Scrolls if you are going to use them, they're a big help.

Shield Block, Parry

Cure Blindness, faerie fire, summon, cure disease, cure poison, locate object, calm, faerie fog, dispel magic, gate, heal, recall, turn undead, curse, resurrection, dispel evil, prayer(always always use before trying to resurrect), esuna, divine retribution.

Those are vital. Others WILL help, such as shield, sanc, ect becuase you'll have more mana if you fail spells less, but aren't VITAL.

[The Lemming]

I always liked a storm Healer. It was just much fun. the ability to be able to wear a shield and a staff is wonderful. You can have a shield and staff because of spirit shield anyway, but it costs a lot of mana, and doesnt last all that long. Having spells mastered takes a while with a storm giant but it is in my oppinion well worth it.

[TheNewGuy]

storm giants have the smallest mana reservs of the healers. they might be less friendly to newer players. don't forget halflings are potent healers to, but for the first healer, go elf or human, I'd say. and listen to warpnow, he knows way much more about healers than you ever want to.

[Fiere]

These help sections should be in the newbie section, by the way.

[dragonforger17]

not really since were generally discussing them.

[Fiere]

I'm just sayin'.

[Deykari]

I will forever push forward the anti-training movement. IMO if you're a new player, spending the time to master a lot of skills and spells isn't going to make much difference; you're going to die. Sure, it will help, but IMO your first characters should be about getting out there and getting some experience with fighting and finding stuff at pinnacle and not wasting time with training. Unless it's things that train very fast, or are an absolute requirement to train. Again, you might curse when spell-x fails and gets you killed but as a new player, could any of you honestly say that mastering spells/skills would have seriously helped you enough to warrant it being worth your time?

You might all disagree with me, but if I were new and I wanted to play a healer, I'd pick the race that sounds most appealing to me personally regardless of what everyone else says sounds cool or not, forget about training (apart from say, defences), and just rank up to pinnacle as fast as I could.

Dey

[Chayesh]

You only get a choice of three weapons' date=' and not once did I use them when ranking my healer up to pin. I used an exotic weapon the whole time. It got kinda boring for me after I hit pin, so now I'm making a warrior with the goal of becoming a crusader. anyone know if you can pin as a warrior and then become a crusader?[/quote']

Healers have 4 weapon choices besides exotic: flail, whip, mace, staff.