Rogues that have seen the light of the All-Father often become Nightstalkers, using their skills of subtlety to deliver attacks blessed with holy water on the aberrations that trickle from Oblivion and the Maelstrom. Vampires, especially, fear the blades of the Nightstalker, whom can nullify their unholy fortitudes and cannot be drained of blood.
The Nightstalker is the most robust of the Rogue prestige classes. He has very potent utility powers which, coupled with Stalker's Resilience, make him an extremely hardy character. In small-scale, he is capable of challenging most any of the commonly seen character types. There is a tool in his kit especially created to cripple many niche or hyper-focused builds which allows him to cripple the offensive or defensive capabilities of his enemies. His contributions to large-scale fights, however, are a bit limited and it is recommended to season a group composition lightly with Nightstalkers.
- It is really recommended to go higher in Intelligence than you normally would for a Rogue class because of the added benefit of your powers scaling from it. Fling Holy Water, Put to Torch, Anoint Blade, and Stalker's Resilience all scale with your Intelligence. Because of the naturally higher Intelligence on the class as well as their access to Anoint Blade and high ranking Unarmed powers, many players have found the class very potent when leaning on procs. The builds with the highest reliance on them, often Unarmed builds with cloth equipment, are colloquially referred to as "Procstalkers."
- Although their list of powers is not as extensive as many other classes, every one of Nightstalker's powers is useful and because of that the class is often tight on trains. Because it is tight on trains, it is topic of debate whether it's better to invest heavily in dodge and get resistance enchantments on your armor, invest heavily in armor for higher defense, or ignore armor altogether and just get resistance enchantments on cloth. Experiment to find what works best with you and remember that Humans get extra trains if your build needs them.
- Crossbow and Unarmed are generally the two main ways to build Nightstalker, though they do get a class-specific sword and dagger. The utility from Crossbow and Unarmed coupled with their grandmaster powers has a powerful allure when building them although Dagger shouldn't be ignored. The lower rank for Sword powers and the general lack of utility in smallscale they grant has lead to them being a rather unpopular choice.
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Base Classes
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Rogue
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Races
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Aelfborn, Human, Irekei
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Disciplines
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Archer,
Artillerist,
Black Mask,
Blade Master,
Bounty Hunter,
Huntsman,
Prospector,
Rat Catcher,
Saboteur,
Sun Dancer,
Traveler
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Mastery Runes
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none
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Skills Granted
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Crossbow, Exorcism (level 10)
Sword Mastery, Unarmed Combat Mastery, Dagger Mastery (level 20)
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