V9: Healer

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Healer
Description		Healers are team-oriented spellcasters with a variety of spells to support their allies and harm their foes.
Playstyle		Backline, Crowd Control, Melee, Ranged, Shield User, Support
Class Identifier		Red Sash
Weapons		Dagger, Flail, Magic Staff Cannot dual wield weapons except alongside Magic Staff.
Shields		None
Armor		None
Garb Bonus		Choice of Garb Bonus Curio. +1 use if Superior Garb Bonus.

Level 1		Innate 2/Refresh ♻10 May spend customization points to purchase additional abilities from the list below. Points available are based on level.

	Archetype			Ability Name	Cost	Max	Frequency	Range	Type
EXPERT Points Available = Your Level Unspent points may be used at a lower tier.
	👟	🔥	💀	Blessing Against Harm	1	4	1/Refresh ♻60	Self	Enchantment
	👟		💀	Coup De Grace	1	4	1/Refresh ♻30	20ft	Verbal
	👟		💀	Dimensional Rift	1	4	1/Refresh ♻30	20ft	Verbal
	👟		💀	Dragged Below	1	4	1/Refresh ♻30	20ft	Verbal
	👟	🔥		Equipment: Short	1	1	-	-	Equipment
		🔥		Iceball	2	2	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
	👟			Icy Blast	1	4	1/Refresh ♻30	20ft	Verbal
			💀	Pestilence	2	2	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
		🔥		Phase Bolt	2	2	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
		🔥	💀	Sphere of Annihilation	3	1	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
ADEPT Points Available = Your Level+1 Unspent points may be used at a lower tier.
		🔥	💀	Giant Strength	1	4	1/Refresh ♻60	5ft (Other)	Enchantment
			💀	Contagion	1	4	1/Refresh ♻60	5ft (Other)	Enchantment
	👟		💀	Expose Weakness	1	-	1/Life ♻10	20ft	Verbal
		🔥		Fireball	1	4	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
		🔥		Flight	1	4	1/Refresh ♻20	Self	Verbal
	👟			Hold Person	1	2	1/Life ♻20	20ft	Verbal
	👟	🔥	💀	Innate	1	4	2/Refresh ♻10	Self	Verbal
	👟		💀	Lay Curse	1	-	1/Refresh ♻10	20ft	Verbal
		🔥	💀	Lightning Bolt	1	4	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
	👟			Suppress Aura	1	4	1/Refresh ♻20	20ft	Verbal
		🔥		Suppression Bolt	1	4	1 Ball	Strike	Spellball
			💀	Wounding	1	4	1/Refresh ♻20	20ft	Verbal
NOVICE Points Available = Your Level+2 Unspent points at this tier are wasted.
	✅			Ambulant	1	4	1/Refresh ♻10	-	Meta-Magic
	👟			Break Concentration	1	4	1/Life ♻10	20ft	Verbal
		🔥		Entangle	1	2	2 Balls	Strike	Spellball
			💀	Extension	1	4	1/Refresh ♻10	-	Meta-Magic
		🔥	💀	Force Bolt	1	-	3 Balls	Strike	Spellball
		🔥	💀	Ice Barrier	1	2	1/Life ♻20	Self	Verbal
	👟		💀	Incinerate Armor	1	-	1/Life ♻10	20ft	Verbal
	👟			Mend	1	2	1/Life ♻10	5ft (Any)	Verbal
	👟			Planar Binding	1	2	1/Life ♻10	20ft	Verbal
		🔥	💀	Poison Bolt	1	2	2 Balls	Strike	Spellball
	👟			Release	1	2	1/Life ♻10	5ft (Any)	Verbal
	👟		💀	Shove	1	4	1/Life ♻10	20ft	Verbal
		🔥		Swift	1	4	1/Refresh ♻10	Self	Meta-Magic
	👟	🔥	💀	Teleport	1	4	1/Refresh ♻10	5ft (Any)	Verbal

Archetypes If you are level 3 or above, you MAY choose to take an archetype. If you do, you can only purchase abilities listed with as part of that archetype.	Battlemage 👟 Gain Ambulant (Unlimited). Can only purchase abilities with the 👟 tag.	Evoker 🔥 Gain Elemental Barrage 1/Life ♻10. Can only purchase abilities with the 🔥 tag.	Lich 💀 Gain Undying Will 1/Life. Cannot be enchanted by other players. Can only purchase abilities with the 💀 tag.

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List of Class-Specific Abilities

Ambulant
Simple Summary	Ambulant: Incant "Ambulant" before casting another spell, and you can use it while moving.
Available to	Bard, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard
Type	Meta-Magic
Incantation	"Ambulant"
Effects	Meta-Magic Effect: The modified ability can be cast while moving.
Other Details	A spell that is intended to be ambulant may identify the target while moving. 🏃 This ability can be cast while moving.

Blessing Against Harm
Simple Summary	Blessing Against Harm: Incant "I enchant thee against all harm" x3 to grant the target a resistance against any effect or strike. (♻10)
Available to	Druid, Healer, Paladin, Wizard
Type	Enchantment
Range	5ft (Any) - Healer, Paladin Self - Druid, Wizard
Incantation	"I enchant thee against all harm" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer and their carried equipment gain resistance to all effects from a single strike or ability (♻10).
Other Details	When declaring this enchantment, the bearer must declare whether the resistance is active or not
Reminder	Resistances are optional. The bearer does not need to expend them on the first applicable attack.
V8 Transition Note:	This enchantment is not removed once the resistance is expended. The resistance can be restored by resting for the indicated time.

Break Concentration
Simple Summary	Break Concentration: Incant "I command thee suppressed" to make the target Suppressed for 10 seconds.
Available to	Bard, Monk, Wizard, Curios, Monster (Fairy)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"I command thee suppressed."
Effects	Status Effect: Target is Suppressed for 10s.

Contagion
Simple Summary	Contagion: Incant "May thou bear this plague unto all" x3. Bearer is Fragile and their melee attacks are Wounds Kill.
Available to	Wizard, Monster (Shroomkin)
Type	Enchantment
Range	5ft (Other)
Incantation	"May thou bear this plague unto all" x3
Effects	Enchantment Effect: Bearer is Fragile and their wielded melee weapons are Wounds Kill.
Other Details	This enchantment cannot be willingly discarded.

Coup De Grace
Simple Summary	Coup De Grace: Incant "Succumb to thy wounds and die" x3 to kill a wounded target.
Available to	Assassin, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Succumb to thy wounds and die" x3
Effects	Immediate Effect: If the target is wounded, they die. Otherwise, no effect.

Dimensional Rift
Simple Summary	Dimensional Rift: Incant "Aether consume thy ghostly form" x3. If the target is Insubstantial, they die
Available to	Assassin, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Aether consume thy ghostly form" x3
Effects	Immediate Effect: If the target is Insubstantial, they die. Otherwise, no effect.

Dragged Below
Simple Summary	Dragged Below: Incant "Death comes for thee from below" x3 to kill a Stopped target.
Available to	Wizard, Monster (Siren)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Death comes for thee from below" x3
Effects	Immediate Effect: If the target is Stopped, they die. Otherwise, no effect.

Entangle
Simple Summary	Entangle: Incant "The power of earth is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a brown spellball. It deals no damage, but applies an engulfing Stopped effect for 30s.
Available to	Assassin, Druid, Healer, Wizard, Monster (Entangling Mass)
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Brown Spellball
Incantation	"The power of earth is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Status Effect: Players struck are Stopped for 30s. Engulfing.
Other Details	Strikes from this ball do not deal damage.

Expose Weakness
Simple Summary	Expose Weakness: Incant "Deadly flaws make thee fragile" x3 to make the target Fragile until they die.
Available to	Healer, Scout, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Deadly flaws make thee fragile" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target becomes Fragile until this effect is removed.

Extension
Simple Summary	Extension: Incant "Extension" before casting a spell with 20ft range, and the range of that spell becomes 50ft.
Available to	Bard, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard, Monster (Siren)
Type	Meta-Magic
Incantation	"Extension"
Prerequisites	Can only be used to modify abilities with a range of 20ft.
Effects	Meta-Magic Effect: The modified ability can affect targets up to 50ft away.

Fireball
Simple Summary	Fireball: Incant "The power of flame is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a red spellball. It’s Weapon, Shield, and Armor Destroying, and Wounds Kill.
Available to	Anti-Paladin, Monk, Wizard, Monster (Red Drake)
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Red Spellball
Incantation	"The power of flame is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Armor Destroying, Shield Destroying, Weapon Destroying, Wounds Kill.

Flight
Simple Summary	Flight: Incant "I take flight" x3 to become Flying. (Must chant "Flying", become immune to anything within 20ft of you.) Land by saying "I return to Solid Ground" x2 while 10ft away from living enemies.
Available to	Druid, Monk, Wizard, Monster (Fairy, Gargoyle, Harpy)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"I take flight" x3
Chant	"Flying"
Effects	Chant Effect: Caster becomes Flying. They may end this effect by declaring "I return to solid ground" x2 while at their base or at least 10ft away from living enemies. This does not interrupt the chant. Secondary Effect (Immediate): If the caster stops chanting willingly or by mistake, they immediately die.
Other Details	The death from ending the chant only counts as ‘taking a death’ if it was done intentionally. The caster does not die if the chant is forcibly ended by a state such as Frozen.

Force Bolt
Simple Summary	Force Bolt: Incant "The power of magic is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a blue spellball. It’s Weapon Destroying and Armor Breaking.
Available to	Druid, Wizard
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Blue Spellball
Incantation	"The power of magic is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Armor Breaking, Weapon Destroying

Hold Person
Simple Summary	Hold Person: Incant "I command thee to stop" x3 to make the target Stopped for 30s.
Available to	Assassin, Bard, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard, Monster (Siren)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"I command thee to stop" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target becomes Stopped for 30s.

Iceball
Simple Summary	Iceball: Incant "The power of ice is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a white spellball. It deals no damage, but applies an engulfing Frozen effect for 30s.
Available to	Druid, Healer, Wizard
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	White Spellball
Incantation	"The power of ice is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Status Effect: Players struck are Frozen for 30s. Engulfing.
Other Details	Strikes from this ball do not deal damage.

Ice Barrier
Simple Summary	Ice Barrier: Incant "I shall not be harmed" to become Frozen for 10s.
Available to	Druid, Healer, Wizard, Monster (Gargoyle)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"I shall not be harmed"
Effects	Status Effect: Caster becomes Frozen for 10s.
Reminder	Caster must declare "No longer Frozen" at the conclusion of the effect.

Icy Blast
Simple Summary	Icy Blast: Incant "My power makes thee frozen" x3 to make the target Frozen for 30s
Available to	Druid, Wizard, Monster (Gorgon)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"My power makes thee frozen" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target becomes Frozen for 30s.

Incinerate Armor
Simple Summary	Incinerate Armor: Incant "Flame and fire damage thy armor" x3 to remove 1 point of armor from each hit location on the target.
Available to	Anti-Paladin, Druid, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Flame and fire damage thy armor" x3
Effects	Immediate Effect: 🌶️ Target suffers 1 point of damage to their armor in each hit location.”
V8 Transition Note:	Immunities and resistances extend to carried equipment. This means immunity/resistance to verbals will protect against this effect.

Innate
Simple Summary	Innate: Incant “Innate” to instantly recover an ability with ♻10. You can use this while Resting or Insubstantial, unlike most incants. If you do it while Resting, you can add 10s towards longer Rest timers.
Available to	Bard, Druid, Healer, Wizard, Monster (Shroomkin)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"Innate"
Effects	Immediate Effect: Caster restores one use of a single ability with ♻ up to ♻10. If the caster is Resting, they instead add 10 seconds towards the rest timer of a single ability. This cannot be used to restore or contribute rest time towards recovering Confidence.
Other Details	Innate can be used while Resting without ending it. Innate can be used while Insubstantial. Innate can only restore or contribute time towards restoring abilities. It cannot affect resistances or other non-ability effects such as the Rest at Base options.
V8 Transition Note:	Innate is a verbal, not a meta-magic.

Lay Curse
Simple Summary	Lay Curse: Incant "Death lays a curse on thee" x3 to make the target Cursed for 30s
Available to	Assassin, Healer, Wizard, Curios, Monster (Gorgon, Harpy)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Death lays a curse on thee" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target becomes Cursed for 30s.

Lightning Bolt
Simple Summary	Lightning Bolt: Incant "The power of storms is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a yellow spellball. It’s Weapon Destroying, Armor Breaking, and applies an engulfing Stopped effect for 30 seconds.
Available to	Druid, Wizard
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Yellow Spellball
Incantation	"The power of storms is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Armor Breaking, Weapon Destroying. Status Effect: Players struck are Stopped for 30s. Engulfing.

Mend
Simple Summary	Mend: Incant "I make this item whole again" x5 to mend a broken or damaged weapon or shield, or restore one point of armor to a hit location.
Available to	Archer, Bard, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard, Curios, Monster (Shroomkin)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	5ft (Any)
Incantation	"I make this item whole again" x5
Effects	Immediate Effect: Choose one at the time of cast: Restore a weapon, shield, or other item carried by the target. Restore 1 point 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:	Mend targets the player, not the item being restored.

Pestilence
Simple Summary	Pestilence: Incant "Illness seep, sickness creep, a vile plague for death to reap" x3 and chant "Pestilence" to gain Expose Weakness (unlimited), which you can cast without interrupting the chant. If you take damage or aggress in any way other than casting the granted spell, this effect ends.
Available to	Wizard, Monster (Harpy)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	Self
Incantation	"Illness seep, sickness creep, a vile plague for death to reap" x3
Chant	"Pestilence"
Effects	Chant Effect: Caster gains Expose Weakness (Unlimited) and may cast it without interrupting this chant. This chant ends if the caster aggresses (other than casting Expose Weakness), takes damage, or stops chanting.
Other Details	Spells cast this way cannot be affected by meta-magic. Casting this way counts towards maintaining the chant, however a proper chant of "Pestilence" must be made between each cast or attempted cast.

Phase Bolt
Simple Summary	Phase Bolt: Incant "The power of sorcery is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a grey spellball. It’s Weapon Destroying and Armor Breaking, and ignores all enchantments and armor.
Available to	Wizard
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Gray Spellball
Incantation	"The power of sorcery is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Weapon Destroying, Ignores Armor, Ignores Immunities & Resistances.
Other Details	This cannot harm players that are Insubstantial, Frozen, Invulnerable, or any other type of 'cannot be affected' that does not use the term 'immune' or 'resistant'

Tracking
Simple Summary	Tracking: Incant "I track thee from the shadows" to force the target out of Insubstantial and prevent them from becoming Insubstantial for 10s.
Available to	Scout, Monster (Entangling Mass, Werewolf)
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"I track thee from the shadows"
Prerequisites	This ability can only be used on enemies.
Effects	Immediate Effect: Target loses any status effects making them Insubstantial. Status Effect: For 10s, the target cannot be affected by status effects that would make them Insubstantial.
Other Details	🏃This ability may be cast while moving. This does not count as restoration and is not prevented by Cursed.

Poison Bolt
Simple Summary	Poison Bolt: Incant "The power of poison is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a green spellball. It’s Weapon Destroying, Armor Breaking, and Wounds Kill.
Available to	Assassin, Wizard, Monster (Harpy)
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Green Spellball
Incantation	"The power of poison is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Armor Breaking, Weapon Destroying, Wounds Kill.

Release
Simple Summary	Release: Incant "From thy bindings thou art released" x5 to remove any number of status effects from the target other than Severed.
Available to	Bard, Druid, Healer, Paladin, Scout, Wizard, Curios, Monster (Unicorn)
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	5ft (Any) - Bard, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard, Curio 5ft (Other) - Paladin, Unicorn
Incantation	"From thy bindings thou art released" x5
Effects	Immediate Effect: The target's status is restored; any number of status effects are removed.
Reminder	This cannot remove Severed and does not affect players who are Cursed.

Shove
Simple Summary	Shove: Cast with "My power shoves thee" x3. Target must move 20ft further away from you.
Available to	Bard, Druid, Healer, Monk, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft (Other)
Incantation	"My power shoves thee" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target is Shoved 20ft directly away from the caster.
Reminder	If the target becomes Stopped or otherwise unable to move while in transit, they must still complete the forced movement from Shove.
V8 Transition Note:	Shove cannot be cast on oneself.

Sphere of Annihilation
Simple Summary	Sphere of Annihilation: Incant "The power of void is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a black spellball. It’s Weapon and Shield Destroying, Wounds Kill, and ignores armor, immunities, and enchantments.
Available to	Wizard
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Black Spellball
Incantation	"The power of void is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Ignores Armor, Ignores Immunities & Resistances, Shield Destroying, Weapon Destroying, Wounds Kill.
Other Details	This cannot harm players that are Insubstantial, Frozen, Invulnerable, or any other type of 'cannot be affected' that does not use the term 'immune' or 'resistant'

Suppress Aura
Simple Summary	Suppress Aura: Incant "My power suppresses thine" x3 to make the target Suppressed for 30s
Available to	Bard, Barbarian, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"My power suppresses thine" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target is Suppressed for 30s.

Suppression Bolt
Simple Summary	Suppression Bolt: Incant "The power of suppression is mine to evoke" x2 to prime a purple spellball. It’s Weapon Destroying and Armor Breaking. It applies an engulfing Suppressed effect for 30s.
Available to	Wizard, Monster (Shroomkin)
Type	Spellball
Range	Strike
Material Components	Purple Spellball
Incantation	"The power of suppression is mine to evoke" x2
Effects	Immediate Effect: Damage, Armor Breaking, Weapon Destroying. Status Effect: Players struck are Suppressed for 30s. Engulfing.

Swift
Simple Summary	Swift: Incant "Swift" before casting a spell to cast it with only one repetition of the incant.
Available to	Bard, Druid, Healer, Paladin, Wizard
Type	Meta-Magic
Incantation	"Swift"
Prerequisites	Cannot be used to modify abilities with a range of 20ft.
Effects	Meta-Magic Effect: The modified ability can be cast with only a single iteration of the incantation. For multi-line Incantations with no repetition, use the last line only.

Teleport
Simple Summary	Teleport: Incant "Travel through the aether" x3 to make the target insubstantial and move directly to a fixed location. They may exit by incanting "I return to the physical world" x2 at the destination. (Or along the path there as long as they are 10ft away from living enemies.)
Available to	Archer, Assassin, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Non-Offensive)
Range	5ft (Any) - Assassin, Druid, Healer, Scout, Wizard Self - Archer
Incantation	"Travel through the aether" x3
Effects	Status Effect: Target becomes Insubstantial and is forced to move directly to a destination chosen by the caster at the time of casting. Upon reaching the destination the target must end the effect by declaring "I return to the physical world" x2. The target may end this effect prematurely in the same way anytime they are at least 10ft away from all living enemies.
Other Details	The destination must be a static, unmoving location that can be definitively known by the target at the time of casting. For example, if the chosen destination is "Behind that wizard", the target must be able to know exactly what that means before they start moving and the location will not change if the wizard moves away while the target is in transit.

Wounding
Simple Summary	Wounding: Incant "Death strikes off thy <right/left> <arm/leg>" x3 to Wound the target's named limb
Available to	Anti-Paladin, Wizard
Type	Verbal (Offensive)
Range	20ft
Incantation	"Death strikes off thy <right/left> <arm/leg>" x3
Effects	Immediate Effect: If the target has no other wounds, the designated limb is wounded. If the target is already wounded, this ability has no effect.

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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.

My First Support Healer			{{{ABILITY SUMMARIES}}}
Level	1
Identifier	Red sash
Weapons	Dagger, Flail, Magic Staff Cannot dual wield weapons except alongside Magic Staff.
Shields	None
Armor	None
Archetype	None
Abilities	Heal Unlimited Mend 2/Life ♻10 Release 2/Life ♻10 Swift 1/Refresh ♻10

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Extra Clarifications

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• There are no additional clarifications for this class.

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Trivia

• The Healer class was introduced in Amtgard V2 (1983).

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