Sacred 2:Dryad

Dryad

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She is an adept of ranged combat. She has also mastered the magic of nature, and even practices dark voodoo, which she can use to collect shrunken heads from her enemies!

THE STORY

The Dryads live a secluded life in harmony with their environment. They go hunting, they are skillful in using poison and traps and they observe their traditions diligently. Most of them never see life outside their homeland and generally, they are not interested in affairs beyond their borders.

Their tight bond with nature bestows abilities deriving from the very strengths of the wilderness upon these fighters of the forest.

Despite being cut off from the rest of the world, even the Dryads are being affected by the changes that the Great Machine is causing. Entire areas of their habitat have been destroyed by uncontrolled T-Energy, and creatures that the energy didn’t destroy mutated to powerful monstrosities, which are now haunting their forests.

The Dryads live a secluded life in harmony with their environment. They go hunting, they are skillful in using poison and traps and they observe their traditions diligently. Most of them never see life outside their homeland and generally, they are not interested in affairs beyond their borders. Their tight bond with nature bestows abilities deriving from the very strengths of the wilderness upon these fighters of the forest. The most powerful of the Dryad hunters are even knowledgeable of the dark arts of Voodoo.

Despite being cut off from the rest of the world, even the Dryads are being affected by the changes that the Great Machine is causing. Entire areas of their habitat have been destroyed by uncontrolled T-Energy, and creatures that the energy didn’t destroy mutated to powerful monstrosities, which are now haunting their forests.

Dryad Skills

Combat Arts Skills

Concentration - Gives an additional buff slot & improves regeneration for all Combat Arts

Capricious Hunter Focus - Improves regeneration and raises max Combat Art level for this aspect

Cabalistic Voodoo Focus - Improves regeneration and raises max Combat Art level for this aspect

Nature Weaver Focus - Improves regeneration and raises max Combat Art level for this aspect

Cabalistic Voodoo Lore - Increases damage, critical chance and cast speed for this aspect

Nature Weaver Lore - Increases damage, critical chance and cast speed for this aspect

Ancient Magic - Increases damage for spells

Offensive Skills

Ranged Weapons - Increases attack speed, chance to hit and max item level usable without penalties with these weapons

Sword Weapons - Increases attack speed, chance to hit and max item level usable without penalties with these weapons

Pole Arms - Increases attack speed, chance to hit and max item level usable without penalties with these weapons

Tactics Lore - Increases damage with all weapons

Dual wield - Allows you to wield two single-handed weapons

Speed Lore - Increases attack and defense and run speed

Damage Lore - Provides a better chance for applying "status effects" (eg, burning with fire damage) on monsters

Defensive Skills

Shield Lore - As yet unknown

Armour Lore - Improves your resists and increases maximum item level without penalties

Combat Reflexes - Improves player's Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks) & reduces the chance that the character will get hit with a critical hit from a monster

Constitution - Increases health and health regeneration

Spell Resistance - Increases your resistance to spells

Pacifism - Increases your resistance to spells

General Skills

Riding - Improves player's mount's Combat Arts as well as the level of Mount allowed to be used by the player.

Divine Devotion - Improves regeneration of god-spell

Bargaining - Much like Trading in original Sacred, improves what merchants have to offer.

Alchemy - Allows player to use certain consumables

Enhanced Perception - As yet unknown

Aspects

• Capricious Hunter

• Cabalistic Voodoo

• Nature Weaver

Aspect: Capricious Hunter

• Ravaged Impact

Devastating attack with the equipped ranged or close combat weapon.

• Darting Assault

A rapid ranged or close combat attack hitting multiple targets within range.

• Forest Flight

The Dryad will sprint towards her target her target extremely fast. This combat art has a small chance to root opponents at the position where she runs from.

• Dust Devil

The Dryad whirls around creating a cloud of dust that will enable her to evade attacks more easily. Will also protect allies.

• Sinister Predator (Buff)

While active Sinister Predator increases the attack speed of and chance to hit with all ranged weapons. It also adds a chance that opponents will drop shrunken heads.

Aspect: Cabalistic Voodoo

• Twisted Torment

Damages the target and slows it down for a brief period Increases the chance for victims to drop shrunken heads when they die of Twisted Torment.

• Viperish Disease

Infects the victim with harmful poison. The more the target has been injured the more damage Viperish will inflict. If the Dryad carries a shrunken head it will increase the chance that opponents of the same hype will also catch the disease.

• Black Curse

Lowers all attributes of the target for a brief period. Enhanced effect against opponents who correspond to an equipped shrunk head.

• Malicious Totem

Summons a totem that will fire small poisonous arrows. Shrunken head may increase damage.

• Moribund Animus (Buff)

An equipped shrunken head determines the type of opponent that will be summoned as hireling. Activating the buff without an equipped shrunken head will conjure a ghost. Deactivating it will release the active hireling. This buff increased the chance that opponents will drop shrunken heads.

Aspect: Nature Weaver

• Edaphic Lances

Spears break out of the ground and damage everyone who touches them.

• Tangled Vine

A root sprouts from the ground holding opponents in one place with damaging from them.

• Goldenglade Touch

Heals the Dryad over a brief period.

• Acute Mind

Briefly increases the regeneration rate of all combat arts and adds a bonus to intelligence.

• Ancient Bark (Buff)

While active. Ancient Bark substantially increases the amore value and reduces resistance to fire. This buff also adds a permanent light healing effect.

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