Priest of Mitra
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- Their god is one of justice, security, and liberty, and their followers are ready to fight to ensure these freedoms and to battle against oppression, tyranny, and villainy.
Proud and devout, the Priests of Mitra (PoM) ensure that the teachings of their god are protected and passed on to their followers. Their faith allows them to draw on great determination and belief that they cannot help but instill in those around them. Priests of Mitra wield divine power that can aid, heal, and even bring the dead to life.
Priests of Mitra also have the strongest healing powers. They also have the ability to bombard the enemy with holy damage. Their powers to augment those around, heal wounds, and impair enemies make them indispensable to any party exploring Hyboria.
The Priest of Mitra has several different AoE healing spells, both Cone Healing spells and spells that heal all team members around the priest.
The Priest of Mitra isn't a very competent melee fighter, preferring to smite their enemies with spells from a distance. Even though the priest is able to use shields, their soft armor makes them vulnerable to melee fighters. However, the priest can learn the Repulse spell which throws away enemies in the vicinity of the priest.
The priest also has some buffs; for example, the spell Divine Vigor increases the maximum health of team members around the priest.
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Devoting their lives to the service of their deity, the Priests of Mitra are able to draw upon immense power and wisdom. While some dedicate their lives to quiet studies and worship to Mitra, others head into the wilds of Hyboria to seek out challenges and overcome them by employing the powers and protection their deity bestow upon them.
In Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, the Priest of Mitra is the primary healer in any group they might join. They can mean the difference between life and death, and if the latter happens they can still bend the very rules of mortality and bring their teammates back from the land of the dead.
Far from just being the one who put bandages on your wounds, the Priest of Mitra is also an able damage dealer – especially due to their potent nuke spells. But though they do master melee combat, their skills are considerably more limited in that regard.
The Priest of Mitra proves to be a versatile class, dabbling with anything from healing to damage dealing to crowd control and buffing. Their focus naturally lies in the arts of healing, where they have an extensive toolset to draw from as they progress in level and dive deeper into Mitra's powers.
Cone healing is perhaps the Priest of Mitra’s most interesting method of healing. In Age of Conan the player can fire off a cone healing spell, such as the Shroud of Purity, that places a moderate healing effect on the caster as well as placing a powerful healing effect on all friendly targets within the cone-shaped area extruding from the player. It’s certainly powerful, but it can also be quite challenging to perform correctly for an unskilled Priest of Mitra.
Of course, the Priest of Mitra also has access to team healing spells such as the Radiance spell that heals all allies around the priest. The team heals may provide lesser effect than the cone heals; but then again, they require no targeting and will affect all teammates in a wide radius around the caster. But – less effort, less gain!
When it comes to resurrecting fallen teammates, this is an ability the player obtain as early as the tenth level when he is still nothing but a simple Priest working himself through the archetype levels to become a Priest of Mitra. As he progresses in life he will gain more potent resurrection abilities that will result in greater and greater reduction of the death penalty.
On the damage side of things, the Priest of Mitra has a few tricks up his sleeve. One of the fancier things is probably the Repulse spell that will knock enemies around the caster back and send them flying through the air while dealing a fair amount of damage to them. Then you have more target specific spells, such as the Smite and Rebuke.
In extreme times of desperation, the Priest of Mitra may turn to his deity for the ultimate support. Through the Soul of Mitra spell, the Priest will ignite in holy fire, inflicting damage to anyone in his general vicinity. It will even render him almost completely immune to physical damage! It comes at a cost, though, as the Priest himself is unable to take any action while filled with the power of Mitra.
Giving strength to his teammates and improving their odds is also paramount to the Priest of Mitra. Divine Vigor will for instance increase the maximum health of the entire group, but as with many of the Priest’s buffs, the effect is propagated from him so any teammate standing too far away from him would not get the benefits of the buff.
The Priest of Mitra is slightly disadvantaged when it comes to melee fighting, even though he masters several weapons such as one-handed edged and blunt, daggers, crossbows and thrown weapons. His lack of advanced weapon combos and mastership of only cloth and light armor (though he can wield a shield) makes him a softer target.
It is therefore important for the Priest of Mitra to keep his enemies at a distance whenever possible. By using the power of Mitra he is able to affect the minds of others around him, becoming very able at crowd control. As an example, the Eye of Judgment spell will cause enemies to flee in terror, while the Condemn spell will effectively stun enemy targets.
One of his crowd control spells, Repudiate which is gained at level seventy, will hinder enemies’ movement in an area of effect. Undead monsters and even polymorphed Lich players will suffer a secondary fear effect in addition to having their movement hindered.
Speaking of player-versus-player combat, the crowd control spells are available there as well, though targets develop immunity to those spells for a period of time to avoid being, for instance, constantly stunned.
The life of a Priest of Mitra is one of devotion to his deity. Years of study into ancient manuscripts and finding ways of channeling his deity’s powers have given control of spells that can damage the bodies of his enemies and even alter their minds. But it is the Priest’s skill in healing that sets him apart, and responsibility for the lives of others can be a heavy burden to bear.
Here is a video showing a Priest of Mitra casting Soul of Mitra on himself.
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 Priest of Mitra - Level 20 |
 Priest of Mitra - Level 20 Close Up |
 Priest of Mitra casting Soul of Mitra |
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| Classes | |
|---|---|
| Priest | Priest of Mitra - Tempest of Set - Bear Shaman |
| Soldier | Conqueror - Dark Templar - Guardian |
| Rogue | Barbarian - Ranger - Assassin |
| Mage | Herald of Xotli - Demonologist - Necromancer |
