Concept for a new class: Void Knight

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Disclaimer: This is entirely just for fun, I have no expectation that this will ever make it into the game.

Class name: Void Knight
Basically a paladin, but for shadow priests.
Armor/Weapons:
1 swords and maces, 2h swords and maces, staves.
Armor: Mail
Roles: DPS, Tank
Specializations
Shadowblade: Melee dps with some mid range options. Basically shadow re-imagined into a melee class.
Discipline: Melee tank Unlike priest that balances light and shadow, this would be more balancing sanity and insanity. Defensive barriers, void eruptions, maintains sanity with pain for better defensive options.
Might update this a bit more with details as they come to me, especially if this gets any attention.
Void(-insert adverb- Render, tender,walker,weaver,etc)
Ranged caster: Unlike shadow priest, harnesses the raw essence of the void, rather than its mental influence. Potentially uses some portal magics, maybe a spell akin to Infinite stars that applies stacks that make it do bonus damage on subsequent hits (maybe working kind of similar to mongoose bite)
Perhaps work some of the corruption effects into their kit, such as twilight devistation. (idea inspired by Nerijzahn)
Edited: Remembered to add the ranged spec to the main post: Added some suggestions by people. Thank you all for your posts.

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That’d be cool. It makes sense that if priests can go shadow, there would be a paladin equivalent to that. I’ve already come up with an ability concept for the tank spec:

Manic Taunt: Force an enemy to taunt its own nearby allies, causing them to attack it. Et tu, Brute?

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Interesting concept, Share the insanity.

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I stopped reading after this.

Paladins are not Priests.

Paladins are pure holy light.

And yes insert “put your playing an undead priest :pouting_cat: here”.

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Rift’s Void Knight was fun. Sad that they didn’t focus on Rift enough and it fizzled out. It really was a better version of WoW.

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You didn’t read the title, then. It’s an entirely separate class, not a spec of Pally.

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Interesting idea. There are void themed classes in lore I believe. I am just not sure of their name. Void elves supposedly practice some kind of voidmancy.

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This new class was quoted to be “paladin but for shadow priests”.

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Paladins were originally priests trained in martial combat to form the silver hand. This wouldnt be paladins turning to shadow, this would be shadow priests, probably under Alleria or Alleria’s teacher, following in similar steps to the silver hand of old.

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As an example of how it might equate to something similar that we already see. Literally says “class” and not “spec.”

All you did was get triggered by a relational example.

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Cool.

Nobody is triggered, i dislike a concept.

Pure opinion.

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You dislike that someone brought up “Paladin” and “Void” in a conversation. You didn’t even read the concept to know if you do or do not like the class idea.

Because you specifically said:

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Yes, i don’t care for this idea.

I went back to read it, still don’t.

Essentially a shadow priest paladin does not do it any favors.

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You are welcome to dislike the idea. Thank you for posting regardless.

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Why not? Blizzard decided to invent purple blood elves that wallow in the void.

So expand the mess. Mischaracterize things more.
After human druids and junkgnomes, we must be more open to any antics that can be imagined.

Just retcon something and that’s it.

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Void is its own cosmic force. All of the 6 forces have at least one class dedicated to them but void. It deserves it’s own class, not just a spec.

Shadow could return to its pre-void form self which I see a lot of shadow priests wanting.
However:

New names, I know some specs share the same name but these are two specs of the same name on two classes. Also, we want at least 3 specs. 2 specs isn’t good for a class.

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Thank you.

And even though i don’t like the idea.

I’m not trying to discourage you to have more ideas in the future.

Well this is a nice tone then those other people who tell me “don’t post ever again”.

:cowboy_hat_face:

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I like this idea. This is a character style that definitely hasn’t been filled.

So far tracks, but what about axes and polearms?

No offense, but this seems less “It should be mail” and more “Mail for the sake of mail.” Imo, a knight would wear plate armor - plus most of the cool void-themed armor we have today is plate (case in point - Ny’alothan plate)

This sounds like a fun spec idea and I’d totally play this

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^^

Agreed.

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Hang on though, if a Priest can pick up a big hammer, why can’t a Shadow Priest? O:

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