Undead Hunter

Undead Hunter is one of the many role-playing subclasses in Elder Tale. It is an extension of the Hunter subclass line.

Overview
The Undead Hunter's role is to hunt down and annihilate the Undeads with their holy weapons. Like other Slayer-type subclasses, they gain tracking and detection bonuses as well as special mini-map bonus abilities similar to the Tracker subclasses' abilities, but only for Undeads. (It can be assumed that, after the Catastrophe, the mini-map bonuses have been lost due to the disappearance of the mini-map function.). On the other hand, the Undead Hunter lose the gathering and hunting skills of the previous Hunter subclass.

It also possesses some aspects of a clerical class, with dedicated quests to back up such this kind of backgrounds. They range from simple undead hunting to exorcism, with one quest requiring to rescue a Lander girl possessed by an evil spirit and another which ask to purify a cursed land.

The subclass can be obtained via a regular subclass-changing quest from various People of the Earth Undead Hunters which include training under them as apprentice. Moreover, because of a feature-length subclass-exclusive quests themed around powerful battles against Vampires, Undead Hunter has become a popular subclass with a constant demand despite being a role-playing subclass.

In Theldesia, Undead Hunter is a title that can only be earned by warriors with deep insight and knowledge of the undeads, tremendous battle experience and adapted skills to deal with such monsters. Due to it being a battle-oriented subclass, it is scarce among the People of the Earth. The members of those groups are generally strong-motivated people and most were, when Elder Tale was still a game, included in quests where they fought alongside the players, providing knowledge and key items for them. As long as they're fighting undead, their combat abilities can even be on par with an Adventurer's.

There are clans who have practiced this art for generations and who pass on and inherit their knowledge across time. Some sacred sites around the country, such as the Sacred Mountains of Oso in the Lyport region (at the northern tip of Honshu), are protected by a monastic corps made up of undead hunters who have been in charge of this mission for generations.

Known Undead Hunters

 * Diane (People of the Land)

Related Subclasses

 * Hunter