Popular Essences

A recent survey conducted by the Magic Society that polled adventurers on their essences. The fourth essence was not included due to its unique nature. The most common uses were included with each essence. These are not indicative of abilities gained from the essence. While a Renewal essence may grant one user a cleansing ability, it may grant another the ability to immediatly reuse a cast spell. While the Blood essence may grant a highly potent poison for one, it may grant the ability to cleanse said poison to another.

Frontline Attacker / Guardian

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Essence Name	Use	Essence Name	Use
Might	Strength amplification	Weaponry	Weapon proficiency
Vast	Large-area targeting	Renewal	Healing, cleansing
Adept	Ability expertise	Mountain	Defense
Elemental Essence	Specialized damage skills, resistances	Totality	Decisive damage
Liberation	Cleansing	Swift	Maneuverability

Traditional Damage Dealer

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Essence Name	Use	Essence Name	Use
Might	Strength amplification	Swift	Maneuverability
Vast	Large-area targeting	Focus	Single-target, buffs
Ruin	Non-organic damage, debilitations	Adept	Ability expertise
Elemental Essence	Specialized damage skills, resistances	Weaponry	Weapon proficiency
Waste	Debilitations, counter	Reflection	Counter

Affliction / Stealth Specialist

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Essence Name	Use	Essence Name	Use
Blood	Debilitations, self-healing	Ruin	Debilitations, non-organic damage
Darkness	Perception, stealth	Doom	Damage over time, de-buffs
Absolution	Cleansing, cumulative damage	Treachery	Lure, maneuverability
Corruption	Non-organic damage, debilitations	Plague	Wide-spread debilitations
Trap	Lure, maneuverability	Weaponry	Weapon proficiency

Support / Healer

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Essence Name	Use	Essence Name	Use
Renewal	Healing, cleansing	Vast	Large-area targeting
Bliss	Healing, cleansing	Earth	Defense, element manipulation
Liberation	Cleansing	Blood	Debilitations, self-healing
Light	Perception, cleansing	Logistics	Item conjuration, communication
Swift	Maneuverability	Rune	Ritual ease-of-use

Glass-Cannon / Ability Focus

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Essence Name	Use	Essence Name	Use
Vast	Large-area targeting	Elemental Essence	Specialized damage skills, resistances
Swift	Maneuverability	Adept	Ability expertise
Summon	Creature conjurtation, object conjuration	Renewal	Healing, cleansing
Plane	Dimension manipulation, transportation	Focus	Single-target, buffs
Transition	Maneuverability	Hoard	Item storage, ability storage