#Early Priest Visual Development

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craggy talon
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Hail Adventures, Champions, and Heroes!
Once again, we want to share a little bit of our concept art & development on various aspects of the game--this time we want to share a little bit from early development work on the Priest!

It was **awesome **to hear the thoughts and ideas from the last post about the warrior, thank you to those who joined in the conversation 🙂 This time we're switching gears for all things PRIEST, so we welcome you to share your thoughts and ideas below!

Like last time, here we have some SUPER early priest visual development from our principal visual development artist @Cole

We want to know what kinds of *priest *things you all love in fantasy this time!

What are your favorite iconic priest characters in games/movies/books/etc?
What kinds of iconography, themes or armor would you like to see on your priest? Or visual cosmetics!
What would make you feel most powerful or divine as a priest on the battlefield?
Do you get more excited at the class fantasy as the divine protector? The battle cleric? The healing savior of your adventuring party?

Any other priest centric ideas that you think would be awesome, comment below 🪽

We look forward to hearing your thoughts, comments, and ideas!

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timid junco
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Can we possibly make the priest HOTTER?! Thank you.

shell ridge
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maybe add some sliders 😉

rugged storm
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Bring 👏 the 👏 ears 👏 back

gray storm
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Where's my "Make the priest a dwarf!" folks at? Anyone? Am I alone?

rugged storm
rugged storm
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But seriously speaking, priests are not what I generally play, to put it mildly (on the topic of priests I tend to agree with Conan - they are only appropriate as cult-leading villains 😉 ) - but I really like how distinct she looks from all the other classes, with a consistently repressive modest attire and extremely straight posture. All her moves, dodges, etc. being so reserved, instead of the more relaxed acrobatic flair of the other classes - I love that kind of characterisation! And even details like these -along with the simple, clear, and (I assume intentionally) overbearing sun iconography- can give some hints of their religion.
And I imagine that if/when other spellcasting classes are added, they probably won't have any risk of being confused with the priest 😉

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I can imagine her getting more armour that sticks to the 'luminous nun' theme, but expands on the accessories - maybe a porcelain-like mask (with or w/o a hood), eerie and expressionless; some sort of circular talisman at the forehead (she already has a hat with a halo behind, so for the sake of symmetry ;] ), or a variable arrangmenet of these. And as to the main torso robes, some sort of back mounted symbolic ornaments (that would also emphasise her posture).

And of course something like a magical censer would, I think, work really well as a weapon.

astral hatch
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Faith so radiant it burns like fire, and a knowledge not only of light but also the darkness it illuminates - leaving the possibility for a priest to harness both or even be 'corrupted' by the latter. A theme of white and gold for a priest true to the light is quite agreeable and for one who's been sucked into darkness, dark blue - bordering on purple - and black.

Aside from what iconography (A sun for a priest of light, and a moon for a priest of darkness) a Priest has, is how it's displayed and stained glass comes to mind first and foremost... Probably from my many hours of playing Heretic 😄 , though tbqh I'm not sure if you actually play as a priest lol

While I'm drawn to the priest for her utility as a healing savior, I find the prospect of a pure damage build, built on corruption to be equally exciting.

Insofar as cosmetics go, while wings seem to be the obvious choice perhaps a pure or corrupted halo of differing intensity - connected to and changing with the amount of Spirit a priest currently has - floating overhead would be a better fit.

Amazing sketches Cole, keep at it and I can't wait to see more!

rugged storm
shell ridge
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so any thoughts on a self flagellating version of the priest ?

rugged storm
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Not that kind of vibe, I think...

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But if there was an intention to add a funky mechanic and at the same time indicate that revering the sun (or sun deity) might be somewhat risky, I think a perk that lets her pray for more spirit at the cost of getting wounds (basically getting singed by the overbearing light) might be a nice feature

shell ridge
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don't kinkshame the priest bruh

rugged storm
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Not my intention, just... a different sorority, I'm afraid

shell ridge
primal bone
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Just saw the bit above about the corrupted priest, and I love the 🌙 idea. Maybe even a vampire type that drains energy etc. vs healing.

Maybe even a full on DC Comics Eclipso type vibe.

Honestly, I’m just looking forward to learning more of the story for this world.