Soldier

One of the basic character templates provided by Turbine. It replaced the original Warrior template. Its description is as follows:

SOLDIERS are the essential shield fighter, hewing hordes of enemies with a large weapon.

The Soldier profession contains the Dirty Fighting, Heavy Weapons, Item Enchantment, Melee Defense, Shield, Healing and Missile Weapons skills.

• For the pre-Master of Arms template, see Soldier/Archive

Innate Attributes

Strength	100
Endurance	60
Coordination	100
Quickness	50
Focus	10
Self	10
Health	30
Stamina	60
Mana	10

Innate Skills

In addition to the skills listed, all characters start with the trained starting skills, bonus masteries, and bonus augmentation for their heritage listed on Character Races.

All Heritages/Races:

Specialized
Dirty Fighting	Skill 77
Heavy Weapons	Skill 77
Melee Defense	Skill 60
Shield	Skill 110
Trained
Arcane Lore	Skill 8
Healing	Skill 42
Missile Weapons	Skill 55

Advancement

Turbine's suggestion for advancement is to learn Item Magic.

Character Templates
Stock Templates
Current	Bow Hunter, Life Caster, Soldier, Swashbuckler, War Mage, Wayfarer
Retired	Archer, Blademaster, Enchanter, Life Mage, Sorcerer, Vagabond, Warrior
Player Created Templates
Magic	Battle Mage, Battle Tank Mage, CLaW Mage, Deathwish Mage (PvP), Martyr Mage, Melee Martyr Mage, Og Mage, Opal Mage, Opal Tank Mage
Melee	Boosto (PvP), Covenant Warrior
Missile	Crossbow Success!, Mage Slayer (PvP), PvM Archer, Pure Mage/Archer (No War or Void), "Sting" Archer, The Wise Precisionist
Mule & Crafter	Knockoff Services
Hybrid	Combat Alchemist, Hybrid Mage/UA (PvP), Melee Mage
Miscellaneous	None listed