The 7 Paths

The wall the rest of the party stands behind. Grows more health and more armor than anyone, and is the only hero who can put themself between a friend and what is coming.

[Space] Shield Wall. Pull nearby enemies onto your shield and take far less damage for a few seconds. It pulls them off your friends too. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Unmoved. You are harder to shove or pull, and harder again every level. By the cap nothing moves you at all.

Opens with a Copper Sword, 16 damage, this path’s own.

A better Shield buys a wider pull, a longer stand, a deeper cut. It is the only thing a signature grows on. The whole shield ladder, in real numbers.

Fast, sharp and fragile. Crits more often than anyone alive and hits harder for it, on the understanding that very little has to go wrong before it is over.

[Space] Shadowstep. Vanish, and your next strike is a guaranteed crit that hits far harder and leaves poison in the wound. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Momentum. With a blade in hand, every hit you land makes the next one hit harder. Taking a hit yourself loses some of it.

Opens with a Copper Dagger, 10 damage, this path’s own.

A better Venom buys a harder strike, and real venom on it. It is the only thing a signature grows on. The whole venom ladder, in real numbers.

Quick feet, a hard opening shot and a habit of not being where the blow lands. Trades a little health for crit, evasion and speed.

[Space] Heavy Shaft. One huge shot straight ahead. A better quiver drives it clean through a whole line of enemies. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Quarry Marks. With a bow in hand, your shots mark what they hit, and every mark on the same target does more damage.

Opens with a Copper Bow, 12 damage, this path’s own.

A better Quiver buys more marks, held longer, and a stronger seek. It is the only thing a signature grows on. The whole quiver ladder, in real numbers.

The hardest-hitting caster in the realm, with deep mana to spend on it. Everything goes into the spell and almost nothing into the body.

[Space] Detonate. A full ring of your own shots bursts outward from where you point. A better orb makes each one hit harder. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Heat. With an elemental staff in hand, casting builds Heat, and Heat adds your weapon’s element to every spell.

Opens with an Ash Staff, 8 damage, this path’s own.

Masters staffs. A rod in these hands does 75% of its damage. Only a Necromancer or a Priest knows how to use its full power.

A better Orb buys a harder burst from every bolt. It is the only thing a signature grows on. The whole orb ladder, in real numbers.

Never fights alone. Anything you kill gets back up and fights for you, with no button to press. Deep mana and a sturdier frame than the other casters.

[Space] Soul Drain. Drain the life out of every enemy where you are pointing, and some of it comes back to you as health. A better idol widens the area and heals more. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Harvest. Anything that dies near you gives you back health and mana, and it gives more the stronger you grow.

Opens with an Ash Staff, 8 damage, this path’s own.

Your risen take orders. Press the Order key to send every risen to where you point. They walk there and hold that spot, fighting what comes near it. Press it again to call them back. It needs a keyboard, so it is a desktop control.

A better Grave Idol buys more risen, tougher and standing longer, a wider and harder drain, and more health back from it. It is the only thing a signature grows on. The whole grave idol ladder, in real numbers.

The reason a party comes home. The deepest mana pool in the realm and the fastest refill, spent keeping everyone else standing.

[Space] Group Heal. A pulse of light that heals every friend near you, other heroes included, and you with them. A better tome reaches further. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Kept Alive. No single hit takes more than three quarters of your health. Below half, a killing blow leaves you on 1, every 60 seconds or every 15 seconds once trained.

Opens with an Olivewood Rod, 22 damage, this path’s own.

Masters rods. A staff in these hands does 75% of its damage. Only a Mage or a Necromancer knows how to use its full power.

A better Tome buys a stronger heal, carried further. It is the only thing a signature grows on. The whole tome ladder, in real numbers.

No master, no mastery, and no door closed. Learns anything in the tree and can pick up any other hero’s tool, though a borrowed tool never gives quite what it gives its owner.

[Space] Ultimate. An explosion that changes with what you are holding, adding a fan of shots, an elemental wave or a whirlwind. Skill points rank it up. Your tree can rank it up.

Always: Borrowed Craft. You use any tool you carry like the hero it was made for, and hold a wizard’s Heat at half strength.

Opens with a Copper Sword, 16 damage, this path’s own.

It can carry any of the other 6 tools, and draws 60% of what a specialist draws from the same item. What each one does, worst to best.