Beastlord

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1 Introduction
2 Epics
3 Races
4 Combat Skills
5 External Links

[edit] Introduction

The Beastlord is a hybrid class; a cross between the Monk and the Shaman, mixing them with great spells and deadly melee abilities. They are primarily a DPS class and their spells add to their killing power or enable them to buff and heal themselves and others. Until higher levels, however, a Beastlord's highest damage output is through their pet. Each race has a different type of pet; Barbarians get white wolves, Iksar get scaled wolves, Ogres get bears, Trolls have alligators, and Vah Shir get tigers. When the Beastlord acquires the Dual Wield skill, their DPS increases significantly, and it jumps again at level 71 when the Beastlord gains the Double Attack skill or when the Beastlord purchases the correct AAs to begin to Double Attack. However, Beastlords are not the best source of DPS or the best casters, they are simply a mix of the two.

[edit] Epics

[edit] Races

Any race that can be a Shaman may be a Beastlord except Frogloks. All races get 20 bonus points when creating the Beastlord.

Race	Base Stats							Pros	Cons
Race	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA	Pros	Cons
Barbarian	103	105	87	70	80	60	60	Great newbie area Slam ability, useful for interrupting spells	No night vision. Wear a man-skirt.
Iksar	70	80	95	85	90	75	60	A small AC bonus. A regeneration bonus equal to that of Trolls. Night vision. Recieve a bonus to fire resistance. Swimming skill starts at 100.	Hated in every city but Cabilis, Shar Vahl and Crescent Reach.
Ogre	130	132	75	70	77	60	42	Can not be stunned from the front. Night vision	Large size often makes shrink necessary.
Troll	108	119	88	75	70	52	45	Increased innate regeneration. Night vision.	Large size often makes shrink necessary.
Vah Shir	90	85	95	70	80	65	70	Innate safe fall Innate sneak Night vision.	Eat more than other races

[edit] Combat Skills

The Beastlord is primarily built for melee combat. They are able to use the 1H Blunt, 2H Blunt, Piercing, and Hand to Hand skills for weapons. Their only choice for ranged combat is Throwing and personally, I wouldn't suggest wasting your money and time on raising the Throwing skill as a Beastlord can pull using spells and Throwing weapons provide very little or no damage at all. I chose to raise all these combat skills except Throwing, and once you reach the higher levels keeping them capped is usually easy.

Non-weapon combat skills include Offense, Defense, Block (acquired at level ??), Dual Wield (acquired at level 17), and Double Attack (acquired at level 71).