Class Abilities

The Class Abilities system is DreamWeave's custom character-power system: six classes, three tiers each, bought with Class Ability Points (CAP) at a class trainer. There are no class locks — your "class" is simply where you have spent your points, and anyone can splash into any class's Tier 1. Every ability below is implemented in the server; the trainers and tier-unlock economy are in final validation, and the numbers are current values that may be tuned during balancing.

How it works

Class Ability Points (CAP) are the currency of the system. You earn CAP by leveling — one point at each of twelve milestone levels: 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, and 275 — and can acquire more through the class-ability exchange (Luminance). You spend CAP at a class trainer to learn abilities.

There are no restrictions on who can learn what — your "class" is simply wherever you've spent your points. Anyone can splash into any class's Tier 1.

Buying an ability:

• Each ability has up to 3 ranks, bought one at a time, cheapest first.
• Every class's signature Tier-1 ability costs just 1 CAP for its first rank — your very first point buys your class's build-defining power.
• Purchases are made with prepaid tokens from your class trainer.

Unlocking deeper tiers (per class, permanent, survives a respec):

Tier	Unlock cost	Requirement
Tier 1	free	open to everyone from the start
Tier 2	3 CAP	5 CAP already spent in that class
Tier 3	8 CAP	15 CAP already spent in that class

Respec: you can refund and reallocate spent CAP. Tier unlocks you've already earned stay unlocked.

Reading the tables:

• Cost is shown per rank (e.g. 1 / 2 / 3 means rank 1 costs 1 CAP, rank 2 costs 2, rank 3 costs 3).
• Each tier's signature ability — its game-changer — is listed first and marked ★.
• Enhanced <stat> adds a flat bonus to that stat's base value: +10 / +25 / +50 at ranks 1/2/3 (the value at that rank, not cumulative). It counts toward wield requirements; attribute and vital bonuses aren't redistributable, and attribute bonuses cascade into every derived skill/vital.
• Training bundles apply that same +10/+25/+50 to every stat they list, as one 3-rank ability — and each bundle quietly houses the legacy skills that power its class's abilities, so the "utility" buy is never dead weight.
• Rating abilities feed the same pools as your gear and Luminance auras: +3 / +6 / +10 rating at ranks 1/2/3 (≈ +3/+6/+10% on that axis), added on top of everything else.
• Many combat abilities scale with a legacy skill (noted in the effect) — and that skill lives in the class's Training bundle. See Skill affinity below for the exact Trained/Specialized per-point values.

Build tips

• Buy your signature first. Every class's Tier-1 signature costs 1 CAP at rank 1 — it's the single highest-impact point you'll ever spend.
• Training bundles pay for themselves. Each one houses the legacy skills that power its class's combat abilities (Alchemy → Poison Weapon, Fletching → Deadeye, Recklessness → Blood Fury, Arcane Lore → Overchannel, Leadership → Empowered Summons, and so on), so the "utility" buy is quietly a damage buy too.
• Some abilities chain. Rogue's Riposte needs Parry; Acid Proc needs Poison Weapon; Vanguard's Shield Check needs Parry and Thorns. Deep synergy builds reward buying across a class rather than cherry-picking.
• Avoidance is pooled. Parry (Rogue) and Shield Block (Vanguard) share one roll capped at 50% — they complement each other rather than multiply.
• Splashing is cheap, going deep is committed. Any character can grab another class's Tier-1 signature. Tier 2 and Tier 3 want real investment (5 then 15 CAP spent in that class) — which is why the two weapon-agnostic multipliers, Rogue's Attack Speed and Archmage's Flat Cast Speed, sit behind deep unlocks instead of being universal splash picks.
• Watch the resource costs. Heavy Draw, Savage Blows, and Whirlwind trade stamina for damage; Overchannel (and Spell AOE together) trade mana for reach. They fall back to a normal hit when you can't pay, so they reward a stamina/mana-forward build.
• Ratings stack additively into the same pools as gear and Luminance auras — a smooth, always-useful top-up rather than a build-defining spike.
• A fully-built class is worth roughly 200–300% in its core role — two to three times your damage throughput, or your effective HP as a Vanguard — built up across the three tiers: your Tier-1 signature is the single biggest jump, Tier 2 compounds it, and your Tier-3 capstone brings it to full strength.

Classes

Each class is collapsed below — click a class's table to expand its full ability list.

Archer

The ranged specialist. Turn one arrow into a volley, then make that volley land harder and more often.

Archer abilities

Ability	Ranks	Cost	Effect
Tier 1 — open
★ Multishot	3	1 / 2 / 3	Your missile attacks strike additional nearby targets — one extra arrow per rank, stacking with multi-shot weapons. High Assess Creature increases the extra arrows' damage.
Enhanced Missile Weapons	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Missile Weapons.
Enhanced Coordination	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Coordination; cascades into Coordination-derived skills.
Archer Training	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Fletching, Assess Creature, Run, and Jump. (Feeds Multishot and Deadeye.)
Tier 2 — unlock 3 CAP, 5 spent
★ Deadeye	3	3 / 3 / 3	+8% missile damage per rank (+24% at rank 3). Higher Fletching increases the bonus. Applies to every arrow in a Multishot volley.
Eagle Eye	3	2 / 2 / 2	+4/8/12% missile accuracy — a bonus to your effective missile skill on the to-hit roll.
Heavy Draw	3	3 / 3 / 3	+6% missile damage per rank, but each shot costs extra stamina; with too little stamina the shot lands normally with no bonus.
Enhanced Missile Defense	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Missile Defense.
Tier 3 — unlock 8 CAP, 15 spent
★ Double Volley	3	5 / 5 / 5	6/12/18% chance a volley immediately fires a full second volley at the same targets — no ammo, no stamina.
Long Draw	3	3 / 3 / 3	Missile damage grows with range: no bonus up close, up to +10% per rank at long range.
Crit Rating	3	2 / 3 / 4	+3/+6/+10% critical hit chance.

Rogue

The precision fighter. Fold extra damage into every strike, punish attackers you parry, and dodge what you can't out-tank.

Rogue abilities

Ability	Ranks	Cost	Effect
Tier 1 — open
★ Poison Weapon	3	1 / 2 / 3	Separate poison damage added to every landed weapon hit against monsters, per rank (Multishot volleys included). Higher Alchemy increases it.
Enhanced Finesse Weapons	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Finesse Weapons.
Enhanced Quickness	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Quickness; cascades into Quickness-derived skills.
Rogue Training	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Lockpick, Assess Person, Alchemy, and Item Tinkering. (Feeds Poison Weapon, Attack Speed, and Acid Proc.)
Tier 2 — unlock 3 CAP, 5 spent
★ Parry	3	3 / 3 / 3	5% chance per rank to fully negate an incoming melee hit. Higher Deception increases it. Pooled with Shield Block into one avoidance roll (50% combined cap).
Riposte	3	2 / 2 / 2	When you Parry, counter with a free weapon strike at 40/70/100% damage by rank — a real hit, so Poison Weapon and Acid Proc apply. Requires Parry.
Questionable Tactics	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Sneak Attack, Dirty Fighting, and Deception.
Enhanced Melee Defense	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Melee Defense.
Tier 3 — unlock 8 CAP, 15 spent
★ Attack Speed	3	5 / 5 / 5	+5% attack speed per rank (+15% at rank 3), on any weapon. Higher Lockpick increases it. Stacks with Frenzy up to the attack-speed ceiling.
Acid Proc	3	3 / 3 / 3	8/14/20% chance on a weapon hit to apply an acid damage-over-time equal to your Poison Weapon damage. Higher Item Tinkering increases the chance. Requires Poison Weapon.
Crit Damage Rating	3	2 / 3 / 4	+3/+6/+10% critical hit damage.

Vanguard

The shield-bearer. Punish attackers, soak hits, and pull the room's attention onto yourself.

Vanguard abilities

Ability	Ranks	Cost	Effect
Tier 1 — open
★ Thorns	3	1 / 2 / 3	Requires a shield. Creatures that strike you take reflected damage equal to 10% of your shield's armor level per rank. No reflect against magic.
Enhanced Endurance	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Endurance; cascades into Endurance-derived vitals.
Advanced Weaponry	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Heavy Weapons and Light Weapons — both lines from one ability.
Vanguard Training	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Healing, Armor Tinkering, and Shield. (Feeds Shield Block.)
Tier 2 — unlock 3 CAP, 5 spent
★ Taunt	1	3	When one of your equipped Aetheria surges, the surge also taunts all nearby monsters into attacking you for a short time.
Shield Block	3	3 / 3 / 3	With a shield equipped, 8/14/20% of incoming hits are reduced to 0. Higher Armor Tinkering increases it. Pooled with Parry (50% cap); blocked hits still trigger Thorns.
Shield Check	3	2 / 2 / 2	With a shield equipped, attacks you Parry also trigger Thorns at 40/70/100% strength by rank. Requires Parry and Thorns.
Damage Resist Rating	3	2 / 3 / 4	+3/+6/+10% less damage taken.
Tier 3 — unlock 8 CAP, 15 spent
★ Battle Hardened	1	5	Passively reduces all incoming damage from monsters by 0.05% per point of Strength (hidden, capped). Scales with Strength buffs and Enhanced Strength. PvE only.
Enhanced Max Health	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base maximum Health.
Crit Resist Rating	3	2 / 3 / 4	+3/+6/+10% lower chance of being critically hit.

Berserker

The all-out attacker. Trade defense for raw output — the lower your health, the harder you hit.

Berserker abilities

Ability	Ranks	Cost	Effect
Tier 1 — open
★ Frenzy	3	1 / 2 / 3	Each landed weapon hit against a monster grants +5% attack speed, stacking up to 3/6/10 times by rank. Stacks reset after 10 seconds without landing a hit.
Enhanced Strength	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Strength; cascades into Strength-derived skills (and feeds Battle Hardened if you splash Vanguard).
Enhanced Two Handed Combat	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Two Handed Combat.
Berserker Training	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Dual Wield, Recklessness, Weapon Tinkering, and Salvaging. (Feeds Blood Fury, Savage Blows, and Bloodlust.)
Tier 2 — unlock 3 CAP, 5 spent
★ Savage Blows	3	3 / 3 / 3	+6% melee damage per rank, but each swing costs extra stamina. Higher Weapon Tinkering increases it; with too little stamina the swing lands normally.
Blood Fury	3	3 / 3 / 3	Melee damage grows as your health drops below 75%, up to +10% per rank at 25% health. Higher Recklessness increases the peak.
Executioner	3	2 / 2 / 2	+4% melee damage per rank against targets below 25% health. Higher Dirty Fighting increases it.
Enhanced Max Stamina	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base maximum Stamina.
Tier 3 — unlock 8 CAP, 15 spent
★ Whirlwind	1	5	Your two-handed or dual-wield swings hit a full 360° arc and strike one extra target — even a weapon with no innate cleave. Each swing costs +100% stamina, falling back to a normal swing if you're short.
Bloodlust	3	3 / 3 / 3	Your melee hits heal you for 1% of damage dealt per rank. Higher Salvaging increases the lifesteal.
Damage Rating	3	2 / 3 / 4	+3/+6/+10% to all damage dealt.

Archmage

The war-magic artillery. One spell becomes a chain reaction, hits harder, and echoes for free.

Archmage abilities

Ability	Ranks	Cost	Effect
Tier 1 — open
★ Spell AOE	1	1	When your Arc war spell damages a monster, the same spell blasts outward to every other nearby enemy (no cap) for half damage.
Enhanced War Magic	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base War Magic.
Enhanced Focus	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Focus; cascades into Focus-derived skills.
Archmage Training	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Mana Conversion, Item Enchantment, Arcane Lore, and Magic Item Tinkering. (Feeds Overchannel, Echo Cast, and Elemental Rend.)
Tier 2 — unlock 3 CAP, 5 spent
★ Overchannel	3	2 / 2 / 2	+8% to all war-magic damage per rank (+24% at rank 3). Higher Arcane Lore increases it. Boosted casts cost +100% mana (stacking with Spell AOE to +200% on an Arc cast).
Flat Cast Speed	3	3 / 3 / 3	+5% war-magic cast speed per rank (+15% at rank 3), always on — no ramp-up.
Enhanced Max Mana	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base maximum Mana.
Tier 3 — unlock 8 CAP, 15 spent
★ Echo Cast	3	5 / 5 / 5	6/12/18% chance a landed war spell instantly re-casts itself at the same target — no mana, no wind-up. Higher Magic Item Tinkering increases the chance.
Elemental Rend	3	3 / 3 / 3	8/14/20% chance a war spell inflicts the matching element's Vulnerability at the spell's level. Higher Life Magic increases the chance.
Enhanced Life Magic	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Life Magic.

Void / Summon

The decay-and-pet specialist. Speed up your void casts, deepen your damage-over-time, and command your beasts — eventually two at once.

Void / Summon abilities

Ability	Ranks	Cost	Effect
Tier 1 — open
★ Nether Rush	3	1 / 2 / 3	Casting void spells builds stacks (max 5); each stack speeds your void casts by 5/10/15% per rank. Stacks reset after 20 seconds without a void cast.
Enhanced Void Magic	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Void Magic.
Enhanced Self	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Self; cascades into Self-derived skills.
Void Training	3	2 / 3 / 4	+10/+25/+50 base Creature Enchantment, Magic Defense, Loyalty, and Leadership. (Feeds Empowered Summons and Withering.)
Tier 2 — unlock 3 CAP, 5 spent
★ Streak-to-Arc	1	3	Your Void Streak spells deal their Arc counterpart's base damage — a cheap, fast projectile with a heavy spell's punch.
Empowered Summons	3	3 / 3 / 3	Your combat pets get more health, damage, and defenses per rank. Higher Leadership increases the bonus.
Enhanced Summoning	3	1 / 2 / 3	+10/+25/+50 base Summoning.
Tier 3 — unlock 8 CAP, 15 spent
★ Summon 2x	1	5	You may have a second combat pet active at the same time.
Void Damage	3	2 / 2 / 2	+8% void-magic damage per rank (+24% at rank 3).
Withering	3	2 / 2 / 2	+8% void damage-over-time tick damage per rank (+24% at rank 3). Higher Creature Enchantment increases it.

Skill affinity

Several abilities scale with one of your legacy skills on top of their per-rank value — a "skill affinity". Wherever an ability's effect reads "Higher Fletching increases it" (and the like), this section is the exact rule behind it.

How affinity works:

• It reads the source skill's effective (buffed) value — your current skill number after auras, gear, and Enhanced-skill bonuses, not its base.
• The source skill must be Trained or Specialized to contribute anything. An Untrained source gives zero — affinity never comes from a skill you haven't invested in.
• A Specialized source is stronger than a Trained one: it earns the same bonus from fewer skill points.
• A few affinities ignore the first slice of the skill (a threshold) so they pay off at the high end — e.g. Poison Weapon only counts Alchemy above 100.

The bonus is +1 unit per X points of the effective source skill — the "unit" is that ability's own (a % of damage, a % chance, a flat point). Lower X is stronger. Example: Deadeye at 400 effective Fletching gives Trained = 400 ÷ 25 = +16% missile damage, or Specialized = 400 ÷ 18 = +22%.

Ability	Class · Tier	Source skill	Trained	Specialized	What it adds
★ Multishot	Archer · T1	Assess Creature	+1% per 20	+1% per 15	extra-arrow damage (the volley only, not the primary shot)
★ Deadeye	Archer · T2	Fletching	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	missile damage
★ Poison Weapon	Rogue · T1	Alchemy	+1 per 12	+1 per 9	flat poison damage — counts Alchemy above 100 only
★ Parry	Rogue · T2	Deception	+1% per 50	+1% per 37	parry chance (inside the 50% avoidance cap)
Acid Proc	Rogue · T3	Item Tinkering	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	proc chance
★ Attack Speed	Rogue · T3	Lockpick	+1% per 50	+1% per 37	attack speed
★ Thorns	Vanguard · T1	Shield	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	of shield armour reflected
Shield Block	Vanguard · T2	Armor Tinkering	+1% per 50	+1% per 37	block chance
★ Savage Blows	Berserker · T2	Weapon Tinkering	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	melee damage
Blood Fury	Berserker · T2	Recklessness	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	peak low-health damage bonus
Executioner	Berserker · T2	Dirty Fighting	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	execute damage
Bloodlust	Berserker · T3	Salvaging	+1pp per 150	+1pp per 150¹	lifesteal
★ Spell AOE	Archmage · T1	Mana Conversion	+1% per 20	+1% per 15	radiated-damage fraction (capped at 75%)
★ Overchannel	Archmage · T2	Arcane Lore	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	war-spell damage
Elemental Rend	Archmage · T3	Life Magic	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	proc chance
★ Echo Cast	Archmage · T3	Magic Item Tinkering	+1% per 50	+1% per 37	recast chance
Empowered Summons	Void / Summon · T2	Leadership	+1% per 20	+1% per 15	pet stats
Withering	Void / Summon · T3	Creature Enchantment	+1% per 25	+1% per 18	damage-over-time damage

¹ Salvaging cannot be specialized, so its affinity always uses the Trained rate.

Per-point affinity values are the current tuning and may change during balancing.

See also

• Class Trainers — where you buy abilities and unlock tiers (The Meridian).
• Game systems — all custom server systems.