Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning
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- Developer: Mythic Entertainment
- Genre: Fantasy
- Status: Development (est. release Q4 2008)
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Career Profile - Bright Wizard
Last Updated:May 11, 2007
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Career Prfile - Bright Wizard
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"There is a fire within you! Deep in your mind there is a glowing ember which we will fan to life, and build into a blazing beacon. YOU will be the Empire's greatest weapon! A Pyromancer! Your fire will incinerate the enemy, and purge the unclean! Do not! Be late! For class!"
- Cindik Antum, Professor of Incendiary Alchemy
The Bright Wizard is a master of destruction by magic, and a specialist in fire. Fire is at the heart of his every ability, and indeed at the heart of the Wizard himself. Using the power of the wind of fire, he can lay waste to swaths of enemies, or incinerate select foes with white hot energy. His magic feeds upon itself, upon the enemy, and upon the Wizard. Embracing the fires within his mind, the Bright Wizard himself is engulfed in flame. He directs this inferno against his foes, filling them with searing power until they burst, incinerated by arcane flames so hot they threaten to ignite the air itself.
Design Commentary
The greatest challenge in creating the Bright Wizard lay in giving him depth. It is all too tempting to think of him as a one dimensional pyromaniac. While that certainly is the core of his character, we needed to build out from that in order to create an interesting career. Keeping this essential concept firmly in mind, we built him out into a master of destruction, equipped with a versatile array of tools towards that end. Coupling that with an overriding pyrotechnic theme, and the fantastic visual concepts that had been developed based on the core premise, we were able to create an individual who is at once devastatingly powerful, frighteningly cool, and just a little bit insane!
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There are secrets which only the Bright Wizards know... The Seven Keys, arcane talismans and techniques too reckless and destructive for the minds of humanity's Elven tutors, are mastered by every Bright Wizard and afford him considerable power. Each key lends the Bright Wizard's magic a unique aspect, and all of them expand his power. With his mastery of the magic of fire, and the power of the Keys, his spells burn his foes, and then burn their own magic, combining to create a deadly conflagration.
Playing as a Bright Wizard
As a Bright Wizard you will destroy the enemy with arcane fire, but you must do so with cunning intellect, or risk finding your own end despite your power. Your defenses are minimal, and you are nothing if not obvious. For you, the best defense is your own mighty offense and that can be a very powerful deterrent. Quick decisive action is pivotal to your fighting. You must unleash your spells on the enemy forth with so that they have the greatest possible opportunity to burn. Then you must take advantage of the opportunities this presents, using other powers to detonate your burning victims. If you are incautious, you may be slain before your enemy is defeated, only for him to fall to your lingering magic, but with skill and quick thinking victory will be yours.
Fighting the Bright Wizard
The only real solution to a Bright Wizard's deadly power is his death, and even this may not save you if he has had time to do his work. His magic lingers and burns, so you must be prepared to withstand not only his powerful direct assault, but the aftereffects of your battle. Resistance to his spells is key in limiting his ability to destroy you outright, but offensive power is equally important for putting him to a quick end. Ultimately, against a Bright Wizard it will be a race to see who can kill who first. However, it is a race for which he is well equipped, and his tools make him more and more potent the longer that race goes on.
The Bright Wizard Look
- Effectively unarmored, wearing elaborate and often enchanted robes and regalia.
- Uses a wizard's staff as a medium for spell casting and for melee in a pinch.
- Shrouded with flames which grow over him and sprout from his equipment in combat.
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