Philosopher

Description

Crush your opponents with the power of the mind and leave them in agony; your enlightened mind can heal as well.

The Philosopher fights with mana and the power of the mind: damage at a distance, much of it over time and many enemies at once, and it can heal and drain life for itself.

How it plays

Cosmic Blast is the main attack from up to 10 spaces. Mental Agony hurts at once and again over 5 to 10 seconds, Mental Exhaustion over 10 to 15 seconds, and Mind Bomb stuns the enemy briefly and hurts it over time: put the over-time spells on first, then blast. Against a group, Planetary Pain and Supernova each hit up to ten enemies. Life Steal drains an enemy's health every half second for 5 seconds and gives it to the Philosopher (a channel: every hit taken shortens it), and Cosmic Energy heals a target at once and again over 5 to 10 seconds.

What to train

Intellect for magic damage and mana, and Spirit for magic critical strikes, healing, absorbing magic attacks and regenerating mana. Stamina for health. Strength and Agility do little for a Philosopher.

Talents

One tree sustains: Understanding (cheaper healing), Unlimited Knowledge (healing strikes critically more often), Improved Spirit and after it Improved Lifesteal (a longer Life Steal) and Meditation, which doubles a friend's mana regeneration, Balance, which turns health into mana, and Improved Planetary Pain. The other tree is damage: Deep Thought (cheaper damage spells), All Knowingness (critical strikes with every spell), Improved Cosmic Blast, Brain Freeze (a chance to stun with any attack), Improved Intellect and after it Improved Mindbomb and Astral Projection, which hides it from enemies. Playing alone, the damage tree.

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Stats

What training each stat gives a Philosopher. How much grows with the stat; the game's training window shows it for your own character.

Stat	Gives
Stamina	Health Increase
Strength	Physical Damage
Intellect	Magic Damage Mana Increase
Agility	Physical Crit Chance Dodge Melee Attack
Spirit	Magic Crit Chance Healing Absorb Magical Attack Health regeneration every 5 seconds while out of combat. Mana regeneration every 5 seconds. Halfed when in combat.

Spells

Every spell of the class as its spellbook lists it, with the level it is learned at. New spells and ranks are learned automatically on reaching their level. A number that grows with each rank, such as damage or cost, reads X: the spellbook in the game shows it for each rank and for your own character.

Spell	Level	Type	Cast time	Cooldown	Range	Effect
Melee	-	Physical	Instant	1 second	1 Space	Basic melee attack dealing X damage. Costs no mana.
Planetary Pain	-	Magical	1 second (instant + over time)	8 seconds	10 Spaces	Damages up to 10 surrounding enemies for X instantly and again over the next 5 to 10 seconds. Costs X mana. Past 5 enemies, each takes less.
Life Steal	-	Magical	-	5 seconds	10 Spaces	Drains your enemies health by X every half second for 5 seconds and gives it to you, costing X mana per tick. Each hit you take shortens the channel by 1 second.
Mind Bomb	-	Magical	Instant (over time)	20 seconds	10 Spaces	Stuns your enemy briefly and does X per tick over 5 to 10 seconds, costing X mana.
Mental Agony	-	Magical	Instant (instant + over time)	5 seconds	8 Spaces	Send pulses of pain through your opponents mind costing X mana and does X damage instantly and again over 5 to 10 seconds.
Cosmic Blast	-	Magical	1.5 seconds	2 seconds	10 Spaces	Call upon the cosmos to blast your opponent costing X mana, dealing X damage.
Supernova	-	Magical	Instant	5 seconds	10 Spaces	Genrate a small supernova dealing X damage to up to 10 nearby enemies. Costs X mana. Past 5 enemies, each takes less.
Mental Exhaustion	-	Magical	Instant (over time)	2 seconds	8 Spaces	Barrage your enemy's mind with exhausting thoughts, costing X mana and dealing X damage over 10 to 15 seconds.
Cosmic Energy	-	Heal	1 second (instant + over time)	3 seconds	8 Spaces	Heals your target for X health instantly and again over the next 5 to 10 seconds and consuming X mana.

Talents

Talents cost 1 Talent Point a piece; a character receives 1 Talent Point every 10 levels. A talent under an arrow requires the one above it learned first. Every point in a talent adds the same again: 2%/4%/6% is what one, two and three points give.

Tree 1

Understanding

5 ranks

Decreases the cost of healing spells by 4%/8%/12%/16%/20%.

Improved Spirit

3 ranks

Increases total spirit by 1%/2%/3%.

Unlimited Knowledge

5 ranks

Healing spells have an additional 1%/2%/3%/4%/5% chance to critically hit.

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Improved Planetary Pain

3 ranks

Your planetary pain spell lasts an additional 1/2/3 ticks.

Improved Lifesteal

3 ranks

Increases the channel duration of your Life Steal by 1/2/3 seconds.

Balance

3 ranks

Transmute 10%/20%/30% of your health into 2%/4%/6% mana.

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Meditation

1 rank

Cast on any friendly target to increase their mana regeneration by 100%.

Tree 2

Improved Cosmic Blast

5 ranks

Increases the critical strike chance of your cosmic blast by 5%/10%/15%/20%/25%.

Improved Intellect

3 ranks

Increases total intellect by 1%/2%/3%.

Deep Thought

5 ranks

All damage spells cost 2%/4%/6%/8%/10% less mana.

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All Knowingness

3 ranks

Increases the critical strike chance of all your spells by 2%/4%/6%.

Improved Mindbomb

3 ranks

Decreases the cooldown of your Mindbomb by 1/2/3 seconds.

Brain Freeze

3 ranks

1%/2%/3% of your attacks will stun your enemy.

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Astral Projection

1 rank

Transcend to another plane of existance. Enemies are unable to see you.