Sacred:Paternus' Argument

Battlemage Set Items Battlemage Set Items

Technical Data

Class: Battle Mage

Set name: Paternus’ Argument

Set item names: Paternus's Armor, Paternus's Belt, Paternus's Boots, Paternus's Hood, Paternus's Shield, Paternus's Sword

Number of pieces: 6

Available sockets: 15

Occupied equipment slots: body, boots, belt, helm, shield, sword (one-handed)

Major resistances: Physical

Minor resistances: -

Bonus to Combat Arts

None!

Bonus to skills

Weapon Lore, Constitution, Sword Lore, Agility

Bonus to attributes

Strength, Physical Regeneration

Item modifiers

Defence, % Physical Regeneration -> Physical Resistance, % to Attack, Attack , % Strength -> Weapon Damage: Physical, Weapon Damage: Physical , Chance to Land Critical Hit, Speed, % XP, % Attack & Defence, Physical Damage, Magic Damage, % Mental Regeneration -> Weapon Damage: Magic, Attack Speed, % Defence v Ranged fighters

About the set

Paternus' Argument is a set for melee mages, and as such it doesn't boost any spells, it does however boost physical weapon damage from every item except the shield. However, as the increase to Physical damage is usually a % of Strength, this won't provide as much of an increase as if, say, Mental Regeneration were used (as is on Dagowit's set). Each item, except the sword, also increase Physical resistance, which is very useful since the Battle Mage doesn't have the Armour skill.

If you're planning on building a melee Mage, you might want to use bits of this set in addition to Dagowit's set, as Dagowit's set uses Mental Regeneration to boost Magic weapon damage, and monsters generally resist Magic damage less than Physical damage.

The set bonuses by difficulty level

	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Niobium
Sword Lore	...	+5	+6	+8	...
Weapon Lore	...	+5	+6	+8	...
Attack Speed	...	+40%	+50%	...
Lifeleech	...	8%	10%	...

Partial bonuses of the set

	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sword Lore		X	X	X	X	X
Weapon Lore		X	X	X	X	X
Attack Speed				X	X	X
Lifeleech					X	X