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| - Priest (PRST) is a recurring class in the Shining series. The first priest to ever appear in the series is Milo, although due to Shining In The Darkness's different game mechanics he has notable differences to the common examples of the class. Vicar (VICR) is most commonly the promoted class of a Priest, but variants include Cleric (in Shining Force III) and SBRN (in Sword of Hajya). In Shining Force, the class was called Healer (HEAL), but still promoted to Vicar (VCR). In Shining Force II, Priests could be promoted to the Master Monk (MMNK) class instead of Vicar if holding a certain item, and in Shining Force III they can be promoted a second time to Bishop.
- Priest is a class in ADOM. Priests are masters of clerical and divine magic. They are the most effective class at casting clerical spells and are overall very good magic users; though not quite as effective at arcane magic as Wizards or Necromancers. They are also notable for being the most proficient class with the Detect item status skill (and one of only two classes that start with it at all) — meaning that in little time, Priests can easily spot the danger of cursed items. This ability can range from saving the player from frustration by spotting cursed equipment before the PC equips it, to possibly saving the PC's life in the case of girdles of carrying. Priests are not only very good magic users and can easily identify the B/U/C status of any item, but Priests are also very proficient at both curative skills (Healing and First aid) and Priests of many races start off very well equipped. These qualities make Priests one of the easiest classes to play as... though not necessarily the easiest to win with. Priests will need to practise melee combat as well as spells to take down some stubborn foes, but at least they are not as at much of a disadvantage with it as Wizards. Most races can make good Priests. Elves in particular make excellent Priests, due to their magical talents and superior starting equipment. Dark Elves are particularly noteworthy as they add two important skills — Alertness and Find weakness — to the Priest's skill pool. Dwarves and Drakelings also make very respectable Priests. Trolls and Orcs, whilst lacking in ascribed magical talents, can fare quite well as the talents they achieve as Priests can allow them to become great fighters with a reasonable knowledge of spells. Hurthlings, on the other hand, are probably not well suited to the job due to their lack of fighting or casting talents.
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