Pariah Class – Healing is overrated
The new Pariah class comes with 50 new skills in the polymorph skill line. The Pariah uses the energy from life to heal allies, death to deal damage, and the harmony in between to protect those in need. Pariahs CANNOT BE HEALED BY NORMAL MEANS. That’s right. Pariahs are immune to all healing effects, including the Necromancy tree. Instead, the Pariah passively regenerates a percentage of their health each turn. This opens up a variety of interesting gameplay situations and scenarios, changing the way you think about the game.
CLASS DESIGN:
I designed this class to support a variety of play styles in game. Damage mage, to support caster, to tank, and even summoner. The versatility of this class is high.
THE BASICS:
PARIAH FORM – Pariah form renders you immune to healing, increases your maximum health, and provides passive regeneration . Those with the pariah form status cannot take the Picture of Health talent (Balance reasons). This skill is not tied to any skill tree and can be purchased for free from the vendor, if you feel adventurous enough to try it on different characters other than the Pariah. This skill cannot be toggled on and off mid combat.
The pariah’s weapon of choice is the shield. A shield is required to use some of the melee attacks.
Almost all skills scale off of your maximum health. Only a select few scale differently, and that’s simply because the editor is stupid and doesn’t give the option for all skill types.
The pariah takes on three different forms, and can switch between them in combat:
LIFE FORM- Allies gain a percentage of your health regeneration while in life form. Gives access to powerful support skills and magic damage.
HARMONY FORM – Harmony form gives access to damage mitigation skills, and melee based attacks.
DEATH FORM – Increases the party’s damage while in death form. Gives access to powerful AoE and crowd control abilities.
The full list of skills can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tJTRAj6w2MOKlPJjs9hjO1ZS1i-28c7S2iDgkEBGixU/edit?usp=sharing
KNOWN ISSUES:
DO NOT SAVE YOUR GAME MID COMBAT. The Pariah status has a check at the beginning of combat to apply the passive heal. If a game is loaded and you are mid combat, all healing will be blocked and your regeneration will not be present for the fight, putting you at a severe disadvantage. This can be a problem with honor mode. If the Pariah dies, and is resurrected, it should work normally again.
Divine war patch link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1820339502
Happy no healing!
VENDOR LOCATIONS
Act 1 – fort joy near stingtail
Act 2 – LV kitchen or driftwood dock
Act 3 – LV upper deck
Act 4 – Center of the merchant square in Arx
