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• Invokers can customize their magical arsenal by setting their affinities for the elements. Create a wild master of frost and flame, or perhaps a mage with a more rounded gift for the elements. Supremacy with a few elements or a dilettante's greater versatility? It's up to you.



• Invokers learn ever more powerful spells as they progress in their studies. Mastering the nuances of basic spells unlocks the secrets of spells of greater and greater power. Even an invoker unable or unwilling to seek companions at a given point has options to increase their power by continuing this learning of elemental magic.



• The invoker's ability to throw raw elemental damage is unmatched. Where many classes will depend on their opponents failing to dodge or parry their blows, invokers have no such concern -- the damaging spells of an invoker may be resisted via a saving throw for reduced damage, but only in a very few cases can their effects be avoided entirely. If you want to cast spells to inflict massive direct damage, even to a dozen or more victims at a time, the invoker is for you.



• Invokers have many powerful spells (often called "area spells") that damage or otherwise affect all opponents or all others in a room. Where most classes are forced to deal with their opponents one at a time, invokers are capable of damaging and killing many foes simultaneously. No matter how many adversaries come for an invoker, all must fear her wrath.



• Invokers possess an ability to reduce damage that few other classes can match. Their elemental shields protect the invoker or her allies entirely from one type of elemental damage, and reduce slightly damage of all other kinds. This makes an invoker an invaluable ally, even against opponents not in her PK range, to say nothing of pivotal in group exploration and cabal raids. It also means the invoker's defense and lasting power in a fight is fairly predictable; they tend to simply soak up damage rather than try to avoid strikes with elaborate parries.



• Invokers have a variety of defensive spells, each with their own particular strengths, enabling to choose one that best fits their current situation. They might raise the shield of slime to combat a grappling foe, then replace it with a shield of flames to deal with a more stealthy adversary.



• Invokers have large reserves of magical energy and tend to replenish it quickly. This allows them to make greater use of cabal powers and other abilities dependent on mana than most other characters.



• Invokers learn many spells useful for setting arcane traps or modifying the conditions in a room. They might call down conglaciation to freeze an area, or command the ground to soften into quicksand, ensnaring their foes. Few characters have any ability of this kind, and none have such variety as the invoker.



• Invokers are trained in all of the device magic skills, such as scrolls, staves, and wands. These magical devices augment their already considerable magical arsenals.

• No class is as dependent on the ability to cast spells as the invoker is. Abilities that deny a character the ability to cast spells have a devastating effect upon invokers. Some of these abilities include the assassin's silencing tiger claw strike or the Blood Tribunals' manacles power.



• Similarly, abilities that deny a character the ability to execute commands, such as bash and trip, are often very effective against invokers -- they possess more effective countermeasures to such skills than any other class, but when these "command denial" attacks do strike home, the invoker may be in trouble.



• Invokers will find themselves hunted by those associated with the Battlerager cabal. Even the most inoffensive invoker will find he has a group of enemies seeking his blood.