Scion of Set

From WikiAOC

The Scion of Set and Stormcaller are being merged into the new class Tempest of Set

Dedicated to the god Set, in addition to their excellent healing power the Scion of Set has been blessed by the snake god with the ability to inflict damaging poisons upon their enemies. The Scion is not a foe to be underestimated, and when face to face with their enemies they prefer to wield their sacrificial and ceremonial daggers.

[edit] Abilities

• Scion of Set Spells & Combos

[edit] Specialties

• Healer
• Poison spells
• Dagger
• One-handed Edged weapons
• One-handed Blunt weapons

[edit] Available races

• Stygians

[edit] Snake transformation speculation

There is currently some speculation as to whether full transformation effects, such as the Avatar of Set spell above, will still be included in-game.

From Athelan's blog:

• Q: In an answer to one of the class questions, you stated "Scions of Set do not turn into a snake and chomp away.". Are Scions of Set not able to turn into actual snakes like the class preview leads us to believe?
• A: Neither the Bear Shaman or Scion of Set are full poly-morphers. They're being imbued with the energies of their 'totem creature', if you will, presented in other ways.

[edit] Preview

Dedicated to the god Set, the Scions are often considered fanatics whose dedication to their god reaches devotion that many would confuse for insanity. The snake god offers the constant promise of power beyond mortal means and demands nothing short of total commitment in return.

While well schooled in the healing arts the true power of the Scion of Set comes from their being blessed by the snake god. This grants them with the ability to inflict damaging poisons upon their enemies and call upon the poisonous powers of Set to augment their allies' attacks with the venom of the snake god or curse their foes.

When they are faced with the enemy at close quarters they prefer to wield their sacrificial and ceremonial daggers and are certainly no slouches at cutting and stabbing their foes in cruel and very intentional ways!

Lets take a look at an example of the Scion's special magical skills and how they interact with each other.

One of the very basic abilities that all Scion's learn is known as 'Venom Strike', available from level 20 once they have chosen to follow the path of Set. This is a simple and straightforward poison based attack that they can call upon.

However as the Scion grows in power and knowledge they learn abilities that will augment and mean that using 'Venom Strike' provides them with extra effects and bonuses.

'Devour Essence' for example is first learned at level 55 (and can be improved upon at level 70) adds a mana restore element to 'Venom Strike' granting the Scion a moderate amount of mana back every time 'Venom Strike' lands. You also have spells like 'Set's Writhing Hate' moving towards their later dark arts that can learned at level 70 provides a poison damage boost to the Scion every time they use 'Venom Strike'

Those who truly show their unyielding commitment to Set and reach level 80 are rewarded with the ability to channel their god and become an 'Avatar of Set'. With the power of their god cursing their very blood, the Scion takes on snake-like attributes, striking fear into their foes and temporarily giving them a powerful boost to their abilities. This most powerful of ancient magic's increases the caster's magic poison damage and grants bonus poison damage to the caster's team. It also increases the amount of retributive damage from their 'Shroud of Snakes' spell line and causes the caster to actually be healed from poison damage, while continuously inflicts instant poison damage to enemies near the caster.

Like all Hyborian magic such power must be used carefully and soul corruption is always a risk, even for those as dedicated as the Scion. The art of using magic in Age of Conan revolves around timing the use of these powerful abilities so that you can inflict maximum pain on your opponents but avoid leaving yourself vulnerable to their retribution!

[edit] Athlean's Blog About Priests

Q. I desire to be a healbot. Which priest is the most catered to the "support" role?

A. We intentionally have avoided anyone being a healbot, however any of the priests should fit your desire for being in a support role. Probably slightly more Priest of Mitra or Scion of Set as opposed to the more nuke heavy Stormcaller/Druid or the melee heavy Bear Shaman.