Monsters' Den: The Book of Dread/Classes

There are seven classes to choose from, each with their different strengths and weaknesses. These will be discussed in length in their separate pages, but this page will serve to give them a summary. It is possible to classify these classes according to the strongest armor they can wear: light, medium, or heavy.

Light armor

 * The Mage specializes in powerful, damage-dealing magic. They are powerful ranged attackers capable of area of effect attacks and buffing themselves or teammates. Although inadvisable they also have the capacity to be effective at melee combat.
 * The Conjuror specializes in summoning sprites and shadows to attack the enemy or to support the team through healing or recovering focus. They are typically more defensive than the Mage.

Medium armor

 * The Ranger is a support class, capable of dishing out ranged or melee damage as well as healing fellow teammates. They are not as capable of healing as effectively as the Cleric or as capable of dealing damage as other classes, but the fact that they can do both renders them great flexibility in combat.
 * The Rogue is the fastest class, focusing on dishing out a lot of damage to individuals. They are capable of doing devastating damage or debuffing individual foes, but they are not effective at crowd control.
 * The Barbarian is one of the new classes, focusing on raw damage. Whether it be damaging multiple foes or individual combat, the Barbarian excels at damaging and debuffing. Perhaps reflective of their barbarian status, several of their abilities make them more susceptible to damage, and they are not very good at supporting their teammates.

Heavy armor

 * The Warrior is the tank class of the game, capable of wearing the heaviest armor and using practically every weapon. Although their damage output is not always the best, they have many team buffs and skills emphasizing survivability and finishing off wounded foes. The warrior can also make a competent speedy medium armor character.
 * The Cleric is, first and foremost, a powerful support class, capable of healing very well and buffing teammates. The cleric also has a few limited offensive capabilities, most of which are specialized towards combating the Undead.