Priest

Priests have a huge variety of spells and different abilities. The only weakness of a priest is weak armor and, in most cases, poor health.

Magic resistant items, like Gramail consecrated items and Rings of Eternal Love, are very helpful when fighting a priest. These items make it more likely for spells to miss the target. See the Enchantments chapter for more information.

Some abilities of the Priest:

• Healing: If she is not slain quickly, a priest can easily heal all damage she has taken in moments.
• Cradh: A curse that lowers defenses.
• Pramh: A sleep spell. While asleep, an aisling can still turn to face enemies, reducing the damage slightly.
• Poison: A poison spell. The poison will linger, slowly draining away the life of the aisling.
• Dall: A blinding spell. Blind aislings can still sense their surroundings ((by hitting the tab key to examine the map.))
• Suain: A freeze spell that immobilizes aislings.
• Deo Saighead: A blast of pure holy light that does a great amount of damage.
• Mor Dion: Makes the priest invulnerable to physical harm for a short time.

In Melee

Close in quickly and hit the priest with everything you have. Use Suain to immobilize the priest if you can.

If the priest casts Dion (It looks like a ring of fire around the feet.) save your heavy attacks until you can damage the priest.

At Range

Hit the priest with the strongest spells you have, as quickly as possible. Fighting a priest at range often becomes a contest of mana levels. Pramh spells can help give you the upper hand.

One sneaky trick that can cripple a priest is to group him and cast Puinneag Spiorad, which leeches away all the priest's mana.

With Traps

Wise priests will stand still when fighting a rogue. You can still trap them by setting traps next to them and throwing the priest onto your trap. If the priest is standing in a corner and not moving, there is little that can be done.

Most priests can cure blindness and poison, and several have learned to cure the effects of sleep traps. Try these traps out. If the priest cannot remove the effects, they are crippling for a priest. If the priest can remove them, they are little more than an annoyance.

Smoke bombs can be useful to sow confusion and give a rogue a few heartbeats to escape when a priest has located her and is hitting her with spell after spell.

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