Buff

A buff is a power intended to beneficially enhance the target player. Buffs may have target restrictions such as self only or group members only. Buffs are usually temporary, and can be prematurely dispelled by death, or by effect removal spells.

List of Buffs

Below is a list of all buffs by profession

Healer base class

• Blessing of Protection, defense buff, no target restriction
• Blessing of Strength, strength buff, no target restriction
• Blessing of Dexterity, dexterity buff, no target restriction
• Blessing of Health, constitution buff, no target restriction

This section is under expantion, contributions are welcome

Boons

A boon is a special kind of buff granted by a shrines. Boons last much longer then normal buffs and cannot be dispelled by effect removal spells. For more information, see divine favor.

Buff Potions

Buff potions are items that may be purchased from an alchemist and provide a generous variety buffs that are alternatively available from some players. The purpose of buff potions is to make them more accessible, and to level the playing field for those players without access to buff bots. The buffs granted from buff potions are slightly inferior to the original player-casted buffs.

Buff Bots

A buff bot is a character created only to provide it's buffs for other characters, and have no battle capability whatsoever. Buff bots are rarely played actively, and serve merely as a means to provide their services prior to battle.

Buff Bot Syndrome

In March of 2006, the development crew of Shadowbane addressed the issue that buff bots have become a required standard to stay at an equal level with other players ⁽¹⁾. At first, one of the biggest concerns was that this buff bot wasted one of an account's seven available character slots. Since Shadowbane has become free to play, this is no longer an issue. One of the results of this has been an expantion to the alchemy system, including the addition of buff potions.

References

• 1) The Buffbot Syndrome by Ashen Temper: UBI Forum