The moment the axe cuts the first one, the runes decorating it gleam light and erupt in an explosion of flames. The axe suddenly shouts to warn him of danger, without hesitation he swings it at a sneaky group of shadow creatures.

Specialization in this trait tree provides an inherent buff which provides the following effects: 'Searing Words: Fire skills have a 20% chance to apply a Fire DoT'.Touching the stone walls, with a look of fascination in his eyes, a dwarf examines the ancient glyphs engraved on it, feeling the power they emanate with his fingertips and comparing them with the runes he etched on his axe. Fire Damage every 2 seconds for 6 seconds. Skills Earned: Smouldering Wrath Writ of Fire Searing Words:įire skills have a 20% chance to apply. Uses long-range, induction-based attacks that deal damage-over-time for sustained high DPS. Improves skill Word of Exaltation and Essay of Exaltationĭeals damage-over-time using inductions. Improves skills Epic for the Ages, Mending Verse, Rousing Words Healing skills have a 20% chance to apply: -10% Incoming Damage Duration: 8s Skills Earned: Rune-sign of Winter Writ of Health Frost Armour: Powerful healers, using Heal-over-time skills to sustain the Fellowship's health, able to redirect or absorb attacks flung at their allies. Provides heal-over-time support for allies. Specialization Sets & Traits Benediction of Peace Benediction of Peace Passive Skills Armour Proficiencies Proficiency Skills Unaffected by Stance/Discipline Skill Passive skills which improve the war-steed's defensive capabilities remain effective even in other regions, but serve only to prevent forced dismount due to enemy attacks. These skills can be used only while riding a war-steed, and only while in the regions of East Rohan, Wildermore, and West Rohan. You can only obtain the set skills if you specialize in this tree. These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Solitary Thunder (yellow) trait tree. These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Cleansing Flame (red) trait tree. These skills are acquired by spending trait points in the Benediction of Peace (blue) trait tree. Some skills may also be replaced by an improved version of the same skill as you increase in level. The effects of many of these skills are improved in various ways by your choice of specialization and how you spend your trait points. These skills are granted automatically as you gain levels. New Rune-keepers receive a copy of the Rune-keeper - Attunement document, which discusses some aspects of the attunement mechanism. Attunement resets while out-of-combat, and there are several skills/consumables available that make it easier to switch attunement (and temporarily open skills from the opposite attunement). Players choose their role via a new 'Attunement Meter' that provides bonuses to healing skills while removing access to damage skills and vice-versa, depending on the current role the Rune-keeper is being asked to fulfil. In pure game dynamics, Steefel (former Executive Producer) said that the Rune-keeper is '.a third light armor class that offers viable healing or DPS alternatives.' True to the game's 'hybrid class' design philosophy, the Rune-keeper compares well to the primary healing class (Minstrel) by utilizing heals-over-time, and focuses its DPS capabilities by the application of powerful, stackable damage-over-time effects. The Rune-keeper, on the other hand, actually taps into the primal physics-altering powers of creation through 'true names.' It's the same kind of power (though to a far, far lesser degree) as that tapped into by powerful elves like Galadriel and Celebrimbor (who serve as the model for the class).

In short, the class is more of a combat chemist than a true magician. In lore terms, the Rune-keeper marks the game's first true 'magic user.' The Lore-master class had their powers explained as the harnessing of the traditional powers of nature - calling down lightning, using water to make foes stick in the mud, or throwing a fireball made from a chemical concoction.

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