V9: Warrior

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Warrior
Description		Warriors are consummate fighters who use their martial skills and superior equipment to forge a powerful presence on the field.
Playstyle		Damage, Durable, Equipment Focus, Frontline, Melee, Shield User
Class Identifier		Purple Sash
Weapons		Dagger, Short, Long, Flail, Great, Reach, Pike, Javelin
Shields		Any
Armor		May wear up to 6pts Physical Armor in each hit location. May gain 🌶️Low Armor Compensation as indicated below. - 21-30pts = No compensation - 11-20pts = +1 use of Shake It Off - 0-10pts = +2 uses of Shake It Off
Garb Bonus		Choice of Garb Bonus Curio. +1 use if Superior Garb Bonus.

Level 1 You always get these abilities when you play this class.	ROW A	⬗Scavenge (Unlimited) ⬗Shake It Off 1/Life ♻10
Levels 2-6 For each level beyond 1, pick a row you have not already chosen and gain the abilities within. If that row has multiple options, pick one of those options and gain everything from that option.	ROW B	⬗Harden (Self) 1/Life
	ROW C	Taunt 🖤 2/Life ♻10
	ROW D	⬗Safeguard 🖤 2/Life ♻20	OR	⬗Undying Will 3/Refresh ♻60	OR	⬗Taunting Strike 2/Life ♻20
	ROW E	Reforge 🖤 1/Life ♻20	OR	⬗Temper Armor (Self) 3/Refresh ♻30	OR	⬗Runic Armor (Self) 3/Refresh ♻30
	ROW F	⬗Ancestral Shield (Self) 3/Refresh	OR	⬗Ancestral Armor (Self) 3/Refresh	OR	⬗Ancestral Weapon (Self) 3/Refresh ♻60
Archetypes If you are level 3 or above, you MAY choose to take an archetype. If you do, you cannot make more than one pick from outside that archetype’s column. Rows A, B, and C are part of all 3 columns.		🖤 Ironheart Whenever you use Scavenge, you may declare and restore one 🖤 ability instead of the normal effect. Cannot use Reach, Pikes, or Javelin weapons.		Juggernaut Whenever you use Scavenge, you may declare and restore one use of Shake It Off, if picked, instead of the normal effect. Shake It Off becomes ♻20 instead of ♻10.		Blademaster Taunting Strike, if chosen, is replaced by Blade Mastery 2/Life ♻20 Whenever you use Scavenge, you may declare and restore one use of Blade Mastery instead of the normal effect. Cannot use shields.

⬗ = Does not require Free Hand

♻ = Rest Time

✅ = Included with Archetype

🎺👻🛡️etc. = Archetype-relevant

🌶️ = Experimental Rule

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Pre-Constructed Builds

Below are a few -pre-constructed builds for this class. Use these to quickly get into the game or to help new players ease their way into the intricacies of class customization.

Trying Out V9 Warrior			Scavenge: Incant "Scavenge" within 30s of killing an enemy. Mend a broken shield, weapon, or point of armor. Shake It Off: Incant "I shall overcome" while under an enemy effect. After 10s, you're released from any number of effects. You can use this no matter what, unless you're dead or cursed. Harden: Incant "This <shield/weapon> shall endure any blow" x3 to make either your shield or weapons indestructible (Except Phase/Sphere of Annihilation) Taunt: Incant "I command thy attention" x3 to Taunt the target for 30s. Undying Will: Incant "My will to live is undying" immediately after dying to revive yourself, become Insubstantial and Stopped for 10s, and become Severed. Reforge: Incant "I return this item to its former glory" x5 to mend a broken or damaged weapon or shield, restore one point of armor to each hit location, or fully repair one hit location. Ancestral Armor: Incant "May this armor protect from all forms of harm" x3. Your armor is immune to Armor Breaking and Armor Destroying. You’re immune to Engulfing effects that strike your armor in a location that still has armor points. If that strike would do damage (like a Lightning Bolt or Destruction Arrow) you still take basic damage.
Identifier	Purple sash
Weapons	Dagger, Short, Long, Flail, Great, Reach, Pike, Javelins
Shields	Any
Armor	6pts Physical Armor
Level 1	⬗ Scavenge (Unlimited) ⬗ Shake It Off 1/Life ♻10
Level 2	⬗ Harden (Self) 1/Life
Level 3	Taunt 2/Life ♻10
Level 4	⬗ Undying Will 3/Refresh ♻60
Level 5	Reforge 1/Life ♻20
Level 6	⬗ Ancestral Armor (Self) 3/Refresh

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List of Class-Specific Abilities

Ancestral Armor
Simple Summary	Ancestral Armor: Incant "May this armor protect from all forms of harm" x3. Your armor is immune to Armor Breaking and Armor Destroying. You’re immune to Engulfing effects that strike your armor in a location that still has armor points. If that strike would do damage (like a Lightning Bolt or Destruction Arrow) you still take basic damage.
Available to	Warrior
Type	Enchantment
Range	Self
Incantation	"May this armor protect from all forms of harm" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer's armor is immune to Armor Breaking and Armor Destroying. Bearer is immune to engulfing effects that strike their armor in a hit location with at least 1 armor point remaining.
Reminder	The armor will still receive basic damage from these strikes.
V8 Transition Note:	No armor points are lost from Entangle and Iceball since they don't deal any damage normally.

Ancestral Shield
Simple Summary	Ancestral Shield: Incant "This shield shall neither bend nor break" x3 to make your shield immune to destruction and you immune to any engulfing effects that strike it. (Except Sphere of Annihilation)
Available to	Warrior
Type	Enchantment
Range	Self
Incantation	"This shield shall neither bend nor break" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer's wielded shield is immune to destruction. Bearer is immune to engulfing effects that strike their wielded shield.

Ancestral Weapon
Simple Summary	Ancestral Weapon: Incant "This weapon shall neither bend nor break" x3 to make your weapon immune to destruction and you immune to any engulfing effects that strike it. (Except Phase/Sphere of Annihilation)
Available to	Warrior
Type	Enchantment
Range	Self
Incantation	"This weapon shall neither bend nor break" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer's wielded weapons are immune to destruction. Bearer is immune to engulfing effects that strike their wielded weapons.

Blade Mastery
Simple Summary	Blade Mastery: You can use all Power Strike abilities (Curse, Suppression, Taunting, and Shove Strike) using a shared pool of uses, instead of tracking them individually.
Available to	Warrior
Type	Trait
Effects	Trait Effect: Bearer may cast any Power Strike ability using a shared pool of uses, instead of tracking them individually. They may cast these abilities in any combination or order. For example, a player with a Blade Mastery 2/Life, may cast Curse Strike and then Suppression Strike; or two Shove Strikes; etc.
Reminder	The Power Strike abilities are: Curse Strike, Suppressing Strike, Shove Strike, and Taunting Strike.

Harden
Simple Summary	Harden: Incant "This <shield/weapon> shall endure any blow" x3 to make either your shield or weapons indestructible (Except Phase/Sphere of Annihilation)
Available to	Healer, Warrior
Type	Enchantment
Range	Self - Warrior 5ft (Other) - Healer
Incantation	"This <shield/weapon> shall endure any blow" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Choose one at time of cast: Bearer's carried shield is immune to destruction. Bearer's carried weapons are immune to destruction.
Other Details	When declaring this enchantment, the bearer must declare which equipment is affected.

Reforge
Simple Summary	Reforge: Incant "I return this item to its former glory" x5 to mend a broken or damaged weapon or shield, restore one point of armor to each hit location, or fully repair one hit location.
Available to	Druid, Warrior
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	5ft (Any)
Incantation	"I return this item to its former glory" x5
Effects	Immediate Effect: Choose one at the time of cast: A single weapon or shield carried by the caster is restored. Target restore 1 point of armor to each hit location. Target restores all points of armor to a single hit location. Must declare which hit location.
Other Details	Caster may hold the item to be affected without taking up a free hand.
V8 Transition Note:	Reforge targets the player, not the item being restored.

Runic Armor
Simple Summary	Runic Armor: Incant "This armor shall not be overcome" x3 to make the bearer immune to any engulfing effects which strike their armor in a hit location with points remaining.
Available to	Healer, Warrior
Type	Enchantment
Range	Self - Warrior 5ft (Other) - Healer
Incantation	"This armor shall not be overcome" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer is immune to engulfing effects that strike their armor in a hit location with at least 1 armor point remaining.
Reminder	The armor will still takes damage as normal.
V8 Transition Note:	No armor points are lost from Entangle and Iceball since they don't deal any damage normally.

Safeguard
Simple Summary	Safeguard: Incant "Hide in the shadows and I shall protect thee" to make the target Insubstantial and Stopped. They can Incant "I return to the physical world" x2 to end the effect.
Available to	Druid, Healer, Paladin, Scout, Warrior, Curios
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	5ft (Other)
Incantation	"Hide in the shadows and I shall protect thee"
Effects	Status Effect: Target becomes Insubstantial and Stopped. Target can end this effect at any time by declaring "I return to the physical world" x2.
Reminder	Non-offensive abilities can be rejected by the recipient if they do not wish to take on the effects.

Scavenge
Simple Summary	Scavenge: Incant "Scavenge" within 30s of killing an enemy. Mend a broken shield, weapon, or point of armor.
Available to	Warrior
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"Scavenge"
Prerequisites	Can only be used within 30s of killing an enemy.
Effects	Immediate Effect: Choose one at time of cast: Restore a weapon, shield, or other item carried by the caster. Restore 1 point of armor to a single hit location. Caster must declare which hit location.
Reminder	This can only be used once per triggering moment.

Shake It Off
Simple Summary	Shake It Off: Incant "I shall overcome" while under an enemy effect. After 10s, you're released from any number of effects. You can use this no matter what, unless you're dead or cursed.
Available to	Barbarian, Paladin, Warrior, Curios, Monster (Werewolf)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"I shall overcome"
Prerequisites	Can only be used while affected by an enemy status effect.
Effects	Status Effect: After 10 seconds, the caster is affected as per Release.
Other Details	This ability can be used regardless of ability to cast, and will affect the caster unless they are Invulnerable, Cursed, or Dead

Taunt
Simple Summary	Taunt: Incant "I command thy attention" x3 to Taunt the target for 30s.
Available to	Bard, Barbarian, Monk, Paladin, Warrior, Monster (Fairy, Siren)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"I command thy attention" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target is Taunted by the caster for 30s, or until the caster dies.

Taunting Strike
Simple Summary	Taunting Strike: Incant "Power strike taunt" and hit an enemy within 2s to Taunt them for 30s. Engulfing.
Available to	Bard, Monk, Warrior
Type	Power Strike
Range	Strike
Material Components	Melee Weapon
Incantation	"Power Strike Taunt"
Effects	Status Effect: Target struck is Taunted by the caster for 30s or until the caster dies. Engulfing.
Other Details	🏃 This ability can be cast while moving.

Temper Armor
Simple Summary	Temper Armor: Incant "I temper this armor to endure all blows" x3 to make the bearer's armor immune to Armor Breaking and Armor Destroying.
Available to	Druid, Healer, Warrior
Type	Enchantment
Range	Self - Warrior 5ft (Other) - Druid, Healer
Incantation	"I temper this armor to endure all blows" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer's armor is immune to Armor Breaking and Armor Destroying.
Reminder	The armor will still receive basic damage from these strikes.

Undying Will
Simple Summary	Undying Will: Incant "My will to live is undying" immediately after dying to revive yourself, become Insubstantial and Stopped for 10s, and become Severed.
Available to	Barbarian, Monk, Warrior, Wizard, Monster (Skeleton)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"My will to live is undying"
Prerequisites	Must be cast immediately after dying.
Effects	Immediate Effect: Caster is revived. Secondary Effect (Status): If the caster is successfully revived, they are Severed until they respawn. If the caster is successfully revived, they become Insubstantial and Stopped for 10s.
Other Details	This ability can be used while dead and affect dead players.
Reminder	Players cannot resist or be immune to secondary effects.

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Extra Clarifications

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• There are no additional clarifications for this class.

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Trivia

• The Warrior class was introduced in the very first edition of Amtgard (1983).

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