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In May 2006, a new continent named
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Society of the Raven is a band of cutthroats, brigands, footpads and other denizens of the night. Rogues of any race may join, but no other classes. Population has been light lately, due to a heavy crackdown by Law on stealing from players, one of the rogues' primary abilities. However, the
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them excellent at dealing damage. At the same time, a wide variety of non-combat abilities are available, including fishing, origami, pottery, prospecting, seduction, and weaving. There are also poker tables, several chess boards, and trivia games within the game.
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ranger: Rangers are intrepid scouts trained in wilderness survival with many useful outdoor abilities. They are known for crafting, taming w wildlife, and raising puppies through selective breeding to be formidable
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development team. It was also the basis of one of the earliest ethnographies of virtual worlds, and was further explored in a master's thesis on the sociolinguistics of virtual worlds. The lead designer of
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and to clear 'trash' items which accumulate, restore the world to a default state, leaving characters to regain equipment from scratch. All skills, stats, and gold are retained.)
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necromancer: Practitioners of black magic, poor at hand to hand combat but masters of dark rituals. They often animate the dead to do their bidding.
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