Holy Class Removal

Hello everyone!

I’ve decided to remove the classes Priest and Holy Warrior. This is due to a major change in the game, the rules and in-game.

You ask why?
Why in the world would I remove classes so important to the game that just recently became even more important just about a year ago?

Well the answer is simple but complex; because they are an important part of the game.
In the world of Nianze the Inquisitions are the ones that control everything. They are the base of the governments and they are the most powerful known organization with the support from the gods. Every country has a god assigned to them, and every month is named after a god…

So with gods everywhere and with the Gods even following the great gods (Gude and Sate) Nianze is a very religious based game. Therefore I will change the whole theme to a Holy Game. So to make a long thing short, everyone is either a priest or a holy warrior. Or rather, everyone can be one.

It’s like a supplement or an addendum to ones class. This will make the holy prayers, rituals and powers available to everyone, for a price. This price is subclass.
If you choose to align yourself to the gods you won’t be able to develop a subclass.
This is due to the fact that you as a follower of your god shall rely on their powers and develop divinely and not try to find other ways to power. Your belief shall be the only strength you need and if you want to find strength without belief you simply abandon your way and get yourself a subclass, but doing this you can’t undo it.

So if you choose to add this holy addendum to your character, what will that mean for you?

Well, first of all, you will have to follow a religion, which in Nianze means not only praying but also going on sacred missions and doing special tasks for your gods and follow the divine plan for survival of the apocalypse.

You will be able to use the faith-system. You can now collect Sacral to use special prayers and rituals or to gain powers or using holy abilities or summoning weapons and armors or to fight the Unholy. This won’t be available to someone who hasn’t committed themselves to the church.

You can also increase your Sacral-level by doing deeds for your religion and with this becoming even more powerful and in the end gain the prestige class of Crusader, Demon Hunter, Enchanter, Paladin, Seal Protector or True Priest. These prestige classes have some similarity to a subclass.

You will have to be loyal to a church, which will mean that you’ll have a line in the loyalty field for the church which will determine how you are progressing as well as how powerful and liked you are amongst the holy ones. You will also gain a holy title.

So I’ve chosen a holy addendum, how am I different from another character with the same stats and class as me?

In many ways, if you are lucky and have made a favored combination, your class name will change. For example a Kremis following Sate with main god Brémo will be called a Shadow Priest or a Shadow Warrior, depending if you commit yourself to the way of the Priest or the Warrior. I haven’t made up so many favored combination yet, but it will come as I se combinations be put together.

Well, you have an extension of your class from TFV 1, if your loyalty toward your church is high enough, while a regular character needs to wait for their first (and only) extension on TFV 11, which makes character much more powerful and trickier than the rest.

One problem thou, if you first decide to have a holy addendum till TFV 11 and you decide you want a subclass instead, you won’t ever be able to become holy ever again. You can only abandon the holy way as many times as you can enter it… in other words, only once. And by abandoning the holy way, you will have a bad mark over you, which all holy ones can se. After TFV 11 you won’t be able to abandon the way for a subclass either, due to a curse of regret.

Plus the obvious, you can use special prayers etc.

What will this mean to the game?

Hopefully that you all now will try to explore some new possibilities and while you do finding out how big part of Nianze I’ve meant for it to be.

Creating more variations for characters, and hopefully even create some more dynamic in the game world.

Well what more can I say, this is my idea and if you have some questions, please post them here and I’ll try to answer. I also want to know your opinions about this.

Is it good or bad, and why is it good or bad?
Do you think this will work, or is this a big blunder on my part?

Well, opinions, please!

Best regards,
Herid Fel