Sacred 2:Temple Guardian

Temple Guardian An archaic cyborg, half living creature and half machine, the Temple Guardian is gifted with the ability to modify his mechanically enhanced arm to adapt to tactical situations. He is very dangerous in close combat, but has also mastered technological weapons. Due to the nature of his origin, he can also manipulate the powerful T-Energy and use it to influence his environment. The Temple Guardian is a cyborg consisting of organic tissue and mechanic technology. He is animated by T-Energy. Due to his divine origin, he is also able to control this energy and to utilize it for his purposes. The cyborg creature’s special feature is his left arm. He is able to transform it into a variety of weapons in order to use T-Energy in all available forms during battle. Thus, the Temple Guardian is able to wield devastating melee weapons but he can also launch equally destructive ranged attacks. These abilities render him one of the most powerful beings in Ancaria. The Temple Guardian is almost as old as the Great Machine and T-Energy itself. The creator of the Great Machine also created Temple Guardians to protect the machine and the temple that was built around it. Since the beginning of time the purpose of Temple Guardians was to maintain and protect the Great Machine, so that it could keep the world in balance. On close examination it becomes apparent that they are not living creatures or machines in the traditional sense. A Temple Guardian is not fully flesh or mechanical, it is a mixture, half human and half machine. A cyborg that is propelled by T-Energy and devotes it's life to protect it. They themselves are part of the Great Machine and therefore naturally able to use the T-Energy for their purposes.

Special Features

Temple Guardians have two weapons: their left-handed gun weapon, and a close-combat weapon in the right hand. The gun is the left forearm; they have no left hand. As such, Temple Guardians may not wield two-handed weapons, bows or shields (the latter because then they would have no close combat weapon).

Temple Guardians are the only characters that have both blacksmithing and bargaining. As such, they make excellent treasure hunting characters that can be used to feed excellent items to your other characters.

Temple Guardian Starting Attributes

Base starting attributes level 1, silver difficulty, no survival bonus, naked.

Strength	Stamina	Vitality	Dexterity	Intelligence	Willpower	Hitpoints
27	25	22	24	26	25	135

Temple Guardian Skills

All skills in the left column below may be chosen as soon as a character reaches level two.

All skills in the right column below may be chosen only after a Primary skill from the left column has reached level 5.

Combat Art Skills:

[u]Primary:[/u] Devout Guardian Focus Improves regeneration and raises max Combat Art level for this aspect. Lost Fusion Lore Increases damage, critical chance, and cast speed for this aspect. Source Warden Lore Increases damage, critical chance, and cast speed for this aspect.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Combat Discipline Increases damage and improves regeneration for Combos. Also increases the number of Combat Arts allowed in a combo. Concentration Improves regeneration for all Combat Arts, and allows the use of up to three simultaneous buffs when mastered. Lost Fusion Focus Improves regeneration and raises max Combat Art level for this aspect. Source Warden Focus Improves regeneration and raises max Combat Art level for this aspect.

Offensive skills:

[u]Primary:[/u] Sword Weapons Increases attack speed, chance to hit, and max item level usable without penalties when wielding a sword. Hafted Weapons Increases attack speed, chance to hit, and max item level usable without penalties when wielding a hafted weapon. Tactics Lore Increases damage and chance for critical hits with all weapons.

[u]Secondary:[/u] Ranged Weapons Increases attack speed, chance to hit, and max item level usable without penalties when wielding a ranged weapon. Speed Lore Increases attack and defense, and run speed. Damage Lore Provides a better chance for applying "status effects" (e.g., burning with fire damage) on monsters.

Defensive Skills:

[u]Primary:[/u] Armour Lore Improves your resists and increases maximum item level without penalties Warding Energy Lore Increases shield energy and damage absorption for Combat Arts that use/create a shield (Eg, Temple Guardian's T-Energy Shroud). Spell Resistance Increases your resistance to spells Toughness Improves your resists and provides minimal % damage mitigation

[u]Secondary:[/u] Constitution Increases health and health regeneration Combat Reflexes Improves player's Evasion statistic (chance to dodge attacks) & reduces the chance that the character will get hit with a critical hit from a monster Pacifism Reduces damage taken in PvP (all possible ramifications still unknown)

General skills:

[u]Primary:[/u] Riding Improves player's mount's Combat Arts as well as the level of Mount allowed to be used by the player. Blacksmith Allows the player to socket items without having to use a Blacksmith Enhanced Perception Gives the player a better chance of "seeing" invisible monsters as well as "magical hiding places"

[u]Secondary:[/u] Bargaining Much like Trading in original Sacred, improves what merchants have to offer. Divine Devotion Improves regeneration of god-spell

Aspects

• Devout Guardian

• Lost Fusion

• Source Warden

Temple Guardian Combat Arts

Aspect Devout Guardian Dedicated Blow Battle Extension Deathly Spears Combat Alert T-Energy Shroud (Buff)

Aspect Lost Fusion Amplifying Discharge Furious Emblazer Jolting Touch Archimedes Beam Propelled Levitation

Aspect Source Warden Primal Mutation Fiery Ember Icy Evanescence Charged Grid Untouchable Force (Buff)

The Story

For a long time the High Elves made use of the T-Energy for their purposes. During the Great War the Temple Guardians seized the opportunity to end that practice. They relocated and hid the hub, which made the T-Energy of the Great Machine accessible for everyone. This caused the Temple Guardians to become enemies of the rulers and clerics of Ancaria who had been profiting from the misuse of T-Energy.

After the Great War the survivors were hunted down, so now only a few of their kind remain. Not enough to effectively accomplish their mission, a mission that is more important than ever because it's clear that the Great Machine and the T-Energy is running out of control.

But not all of the Temple Guardians were wiped out. Somewhere along the line, a mechanism was triggered and the shut down Temple Guardians were reactivated.

The Path

Following the path of light, the few survivors of their species are trying to accomplish their original mission of keeping the world in balance.

Horrified about the threat that the Temple Guardians could ultimately lose control over the Great Machine and frustrated by the failure of the old allies, he will risk everything to regain control.