Cleric

Description

Clerics dedicate their lives to the gods of Norrath, gaining magical powers in exchange for their faith and service. Clerics are primarily a magic-using class, with the ability to wear plate armor and wield blunt weapons.

Clerics gain powerful healing and enhancement spells, greatly increasing the health and defenses of their group, while keeping them healed in the most dangerous battles. While other priest classes have healing spells, no one can match up with the power and efficiency of clerical healing.

Clerics are potent enemies of the undead, able to channel their holy fervor into highly destructive banishment spells. Resurrection is also the domain of the cleric, allowing them to bring their fallen companions back from the dead without the normal penalties for death.

With a few exceptions, clerics are dependent on being part of a group. But they are highly desirable group members. An experienced cleric is a great benefit to any group and is an excellent choice for the social player.

Creation Guide

Statistics

Strength

Strength determines how much you can carry. It influences maximum and average damage and how quickly you learn many offensive skills. For Clerics their are two main factors to consider in relation to this stat. Firstly, Clerics wear plate armour which is quite heavy, and if wielding a weapon are heavier still. This can greatly reduce the amount of space left for carrying things. However, the second factor somewhat displaces this first one. Clerics get a number of spells which increase their strength. This somewhat lowers the need to not put bonus points into this statistic, but Strength will help in both your melee and general life in EQ, so some extra points here won't go astray.

Stamina Stamina affects how many hit points you have, and how long you can hold your breath. Clerics don't really need to worry about hit-points so much since they have excellent buffs in this area. This statistic is not worth putting any bonus points into at creation.

Agility Agility affects how quickly you can learn some defensive skills, how difficult it is to hit you as well as how much damage you take when you are hit. The true effect of Agility is often debated. Since clerics get hit a lot in combat, there is sound argument for putting points into this statistic. However, it doesn't seem to make a noticeable difference, and there are quite a few Agility increasing items in the game.

Dexterity Dexterity affects how quickly you learn weapon skills, and how often weapons will do their special. This is important only in terms of the melee capacity of a Cleric. Whilst at lower levels one will melee a lot, it will diminish as you raise higher. It is not recommended to put bonus points into this statistic, but rather to focus on some extra dex items early in the game which you can later trade for other modifiers once you reduce the amount you melee.

Wisdom Wisdom affects the amount of mana the priest classes have, also rangers and paladins. It also affects how quickly you can learn many skills if your wisdom is higher than your Intelligence. It is the core statistic for Clerics and a good amount of your bonus points should be allocated here. Whilst some people may say it is easy to reach the soft cap of 200 wisdom through the many bonus items in the game, this is one stat which you can never have enough of. Once you reach 200 you can then free up slots for other stat enchancers such as for hit-points, direct mana, or AC.

Intelligence Intelligence directly affects how quickly you can learn most skills. It affects the amount of mana for bards and all pure casters, as well as shadow knights. Since a Cleric always has a higher wisdom, skill raising is based off that statistic. Do not put bonus points into intelligence.

Charisma This affects amount you will be paid for goods by NPC merchants, and how much they will pay you. This is not a stat to worry about at creation. Although vendor prices do add up for purchasing spell components, you can easily raise your charisma with in game items.

Picking the Right Race

The first thing you have to pick then is your race. Which race you pick will determine the foundation of you character for the rest of your life in Norrath so it is kind of important you pick one you like.

In terms of Faction, only the Dark Elf Clerics generally have problems. They will have difficulty trading in some areas and forced to seek out evil aligned vendors.

Experience wise halfling clerics level a little faster than the other races. You should also be aware that the smaller races (Gnomes, Dwarves, Halflings) have restrictions on the size armours they can wear. At later levels this is not so important however. Dark Elves and Halflings get the ability to hide. Halflings also get sneak. This is a valuable asset to the Cleric since they get no standard invisibility spell, only able to cloak themselves from eyes of the undead.

Humans and Erudites have no form of night-vision. This can make life difficult if you are not familiar with the geography of Norrath.

Gnomes have a very low wisdom, and because of this are rarely chosen as a cleric race.

Spending Your Bonus Points

Here are our suggested allocations of your bonus points at creation:

   * For Dark Elves add 25 Wisdom, 5 Strength.
   * For Erudites add 25 Wisdom, 5 Agility.
   * For Gnomes add 25 Wisdom, 5 Strength.
   * For Humans add 25 Wisdom, 5 Agility.
   * For Halflings add 25 Wisdom, 5 Strength.
   * For High Elves add 25 Wisdom, 5 Strength.
   * For Dwarves add 25 Wisdom, 5 Agility.

Religion

Clerics cannot be agnostic and are forced to choose a religion. This does not create too many difficulties, except for Dark Elves. The worship of evil gods can lead to some problems in some zones, but these can easily be avoided. Choose a god which you think will tie in well with the nature of your character.

Spells

Level 1

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Courage	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	12
Cure Poison	Cures target of poison effects		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Divine Aura	18 second invulnerablity		Abj.	Vendor.	10
Flash of Light	Blinds target		Div.	Vendor.	12
Lull	Reduce the target's aggression		Alt.	Vendor.	10
Minor Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	10
Spook the Dead	Undead only fear		Alt.	Vendor.	10
Strike	Direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	12
True North	Face to the north.		Div.	Vendor.	5
Yaulp	Self only combat buff spell		Abj.	Vendor.	5

Level 5

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Cure Blindness	Cures the target of blindness effects		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Cure Disease	Cures the target of disease effects		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Furor	Direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	20
Gate	Returns you to your bind point		Alt.	Vendor.	70
Holy Armor	AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Light Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	25
Reckless Strength	Temporary strength buff		Alt.	Vendor.	30
Stun	Stuns the target		Evo.	Vendor.	35
Summon Drink	Summons a water source		Con.	Vendor.	10
Ward Undead	Undead DD line of spells		Evo.	Vendor.	30

Level 9

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Center	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	40
Endure Fire	Adds to fire resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Endure Poison	Single Target Poison Resist Buff (25)		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Fear	Fear spell		Alt.	Vendor.	40
Hammer of Wrath	Summons a magical hammer		Con.	Vendor.	50
Invigor	Restores stamina		Alt.	Vendor.	20
Root	Stops target's movement		Alt.	Vendor.	30
Sense the Dead	Detects undead creatures		Div.	Vendor.	5
Soothe	Reduces the target's aggression		Alt.	Vendor.	30
Summon Food	Summons a food source		Con.	Vendor.	10
Word of Pain	Point blank AE direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	47

Level 14

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Bind Affinity	Sets bind point		Alt.	Vendor.	100
Cancel Magic	Removes a magical effect		Abj.	Vendor.	30
Endure Cold	Adds to cold resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Endure Disease	Adds to disease resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	20
Expulse Undead	Undead DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	60
Halo of Light	Summons a Halo of Light		Con.	Vendor.	40
Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	60
Invisibility vs Undead	Makes target invisible vs undead creatures		Div.	Vendor.	40
Sense Summoned	Will target the nearest summoned creature around you		Div.	Vendor.	5
Smite	Direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	70
Symbol of Transal	Increase Hitpoint Base (max: 73)		Abj.	Vendor.	55

Level 19

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Calm	Reduces the target's aggression		Alt.	Vendor.	50
Daring	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	60
Endure Magic	Adds to magic resist		Abj.	Vendor.	40
Extinguish Fatigue	Restores stamina		Alt.	Vendor.	35
Holy Might	Stuns target with a small amount of damage		Evo.	Vendor.	60
Spirit Armor	AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	75
Ward Summoned	Summoned DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	30
Word of Shadow	Point blank AE direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	85
Yaulp II	Self only combat buff spell		Abj.	Vendor.	15

Level 24

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Bravery	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	70
Counteract Poison	Cures target of poison effects		Alt.	Vendor.	50
Dismiss Undead	Undead DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	90
Greater Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	150
Hammer of Striking	Summons a magical hammer		Con.	Vendor.	100
Inspire Fear	Fear spell		Alt.	Vendor.	80
Symbol of Ryltan	HP buff		Abj.	Vendor.	111
Wave of Fear	Point blank AE fear spell		Alt.	Vendor.	90

Level 29

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Abundant Drink	Summons 4 water sources		Con.	Vendor.	25
Counteract Disease	Cures target of disease effects		Alt.	Vendor.	50
Divine Barrier	18 seconds of invulnerability and HP regen		Abj.	Vendor.	100
Enstill	Stops target's movement		Alt.	Vendor.	60
Expulse Summoned	Summoned DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	60
Guard	AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	80
Imbue Black Pearl	Create an Imbued Black Pearl		Alt.	Erudin.	200
Imbue Black Sapphire	Create an Imbued Black Sapphire		Alt.	Q.Cats.	200
Imbue Diamond	Create an Imbued Diamond		Alt.	Freeport.	200
Imbue Emerald	Create an Imbued Emerald		Alt.	Felwithe.	200
Imbue Opal	Create an Imbued Opal		Alt.	Qeynos.	200
Imbue Peridot	Create an Imbued Peridot		Alt.	Vendor.	200
Imbue Plains Pebble	Create an Imbued Plains Pebble		Alt.	Unknown.	200
Imbue Rose Quartz	Create an Imbued Star Rose Quartz		Alt.	Freeport.	200
Imbue Ruby	Create an Imbued Ruby		Alt.	Vendor.	200
Imbue Sapphire	Create an Imbued Sapphire		Alt.	Neriak.	200
Imbue Topaz	Create an Imbued Topaz		Alt.	Erudin.	200
Panic the Dead	Undead fear spell		Alt.	Vendor.	50
Revive	Summons a player to their corpse		Alt.	Vendor.	300
Word of Spirit	Point blank AE direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	133
Wrath	Direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	145

Level 32

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Abundant Food	Summons 4 food sources		Con.	Vendor.	25
Armor of Protection	Single Target AC & HP Buff.	Vel.	Abj.	Vendor.	110
Atone	Wipes NPC hate list		Alt.	Vendor.	60
Blinding Luminance	Blinds target		Div.	Vendor.	50
Expel Undead	Undead DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	130
Force	Stuns target with a small amount of damage		Evo.	Vendor.	90
Frenzied Strength	Temporary strength buff		Alt.	Vendor.	90
Resist Fire	Adds to fire resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	50
Resist Poison	Adds to poison resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	50
Superior Healing	Healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	250
Symbol of Pinzarn	HP buff		Abj.	Vendor.	200
Tremor	Area effect DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	200
Valor	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	90
Word of Health	Area effect healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	180

Level 39

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Armor of Faith	AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	150
Complete Healing	Healing spell, restores all hp loss		Alt.	Vendor.	400
Dismiss Summoned	Direct Damage againsed Summoned Targets.		Evo.	Vendor.	90
Invoke Fear	Fear spell		Alt.	Vendor.	100
Nullify Magic	Removes magical effects		Abj.	Vendor.	50
Pacify	Reduces the target's aggression		Alt.	Vendor.	100
Resist Cold	Adds to cold resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	50
Resist Disease	Adds to disease resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	50
Resuscitate	Summons a player to their corpse with some exp restored		Alt.	Vendor.	500
Turning of the Unnatural	Undead Only Damage over Time (Max: 400hp)	Vel.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	180
Word of Souls	Point blank AE direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	171

Level 44

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Banish Undead	Undead DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	225
Celestial Healing	Target over Time (748 over 24 Secs.)	Vel.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	225
Earthquake	Area effect DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	375
Hammer of Requital	Summons a magical hammer		Con.	Vendor.	150
Resist Magic	Adds to magic resistance		Abj.	Vendor.	95
Resolution	HP and AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	110
Retribution	Direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	240
Symbol of Naltron	HP buff		Abj.	Vendor.	315
Yaulp III	Self only combat buff		Abj.	Vendor.	25

Level 49

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Abolish Poison	Removes poison effects		Alt.	Vendor.	100
Expel Summoned	Summoned DD spell		Evo.	Vendor.	130
Immobolize	Stops target's movement		Alt.	Vendor.	80
Ressurection	Summons a player to their corpse with considerable exp restoration		Alt.	Vendor.	700
Shield of Words	AC buff		Abj.	Vendor.	300
Sound Of Force	Stuns target with a small amount of damage		Evo.	Vendor.	120
Word Divine	Point blank AE direct damage spell		Evo.	Vendor.	304
Word of Healing	Area effect healing spell		Alt.	Vendor.	600

Level 50

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Improved Invisibility to Undead	Self Only Fixed Duration Invis v. Undead.	Vel.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	75

Level 51

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Death Pact	Heal When Near Death Buff	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	100
Dread of Night	Undead Only Fear Spell	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	100
Remedy	Healing Spell	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	175
Sunskin	Group Invisible to Undead	Kun.	Div.	NPC Drop.	120

Level 52

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Heroic Bond	Group HP and AC Buff	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	420
Heroism	HP and AC buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	140
Upheaval	Area Effect DD Spell	Kun.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	625
Word of Vigor	Area Effect Healing	Kun.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	750

Level 53

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Annul Magic	Removes magical effects	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	75
Divine Light	Healing Spell	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	350
Yaulp IV	Self Only Combat Buff	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	1

Level 54

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Reckoning	Direct Damage spell	Kun.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	250
Symbol of Marzin	HP Buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	350
Unswerving Hammer of Faith	Summon a Animated Hammer.	Kun.	Con.	Vendor.	600

Level 55

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Exile Undead	Undead DD Spell	Kun.	Evo.	Vendor.	250
Fortitude	HP and AC Buff	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	175
Stun Command	Low Resistance Area Stun	Vel.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	150
Wake of Tranquility	Reduces the target's aggression	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	300

Level 56

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Banish Summoned	Summon Only Direct Damage	Kun.	Evo.	Vendor.	225
Mark of Karn	Healing Damage Shield	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	125
Paralyzing Earth	Upgraded Root Spell	Kun.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	100
Reviviscence	Summons a player to their corpse with considerable exp restoration	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	600

Level 57

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Aegis	Long Duration AC Buff	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	450
Bulwark of Faith	AC Buff	Kun.	Abj.	Vendor.	350
Trepidation	Fear Spell	Kun.	Alt.	Vendor.	200
Word of Restoration	Group heal and cure	Kun.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	900

Level 58

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Antidote	Reoccurring Abolish Poison	Kun.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	100
Enforced Reverence	Stun with Direct Damage	Kun.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	200
Naltrons Mark	Group Symbol Spell (Max: 446hp)	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	500

Level 59

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Celestial Elixir	Heal and Cure over 24 Seconds	Kun.	Alt.	Firiona Vie.	300
The Unspoken Word	Point Blank Area Effect Direct Damage Spell	Kun.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	427

Level 60

Spell Name	Spell Description	Era	Class	Location	Mana
Aegolism	Long Duration Single Target AC + HP (1100hp)	Vel.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	750
Banishment of Shadows	Direct Damage against Undead	Kun.	Evo.	NPC Drop.	750
Divine Intervention	Save target from death.	Kun.	Abj.	NPC Drop.	500
Word of Redemption	Group Complete Heal	Kun.	Alt.	NPC Drop.	1100

Specialization

Clerics only have 2 real choices of specialization, Alteration and Evocation.

Alteration is by far the most popular choice. It covers heals, cures, roots, and res spells. This means you'll have more heals, and be able to channel heals through on a more consistent basis. It will also reduce the mana cost of those expensive resurrection spells.

Evocation is a choice that many clerics attempting to solo decide to go for. All the cleric direct damage spells are Evocation, this will allow more nukes for you mana, which is critical as your spells aren't very mana efficient in the first place.

If you are a cleric, I heavily recommend Alteration as your specialization.

Skills

Casting Skills

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
1	No	Abjuration	235	235
1	No	Alteration	235	235
1	No	Conjuration	235	235
1	No	Divination	235	235
1	No	Evocation	235	235
4	No	Channelling	200	220
8	Yes	Meditate	235	252
30	Yes	Specialisation	235	235

Combat Skills

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
1	No	1 Hand Blunt	175	175
1	No	2 Hand Blunt	175	175
1	No	Bind Wound	200	200
1	No	Defense	200	200
1	No	Hand to Hand	75	75
1	No	Offense	200	200
15	Yes	Dodge	75	75

Miscellaneous Skills

Level	Trained	Skill	Cap Until 50	Cap Above 50
1	No	Alcohol Tolerance	200	200
1	No	Beg	200	200
1	No	Fishing	200	200
1	No	Sense Heading	200	200
15	Yes	Swimming	75	75