== Preparing to Become a Priest ==
=== Basic or Premium? ===
It is by far the best option to start your priest as a premium character from the outset, the reason being that all your characteristics will then be rising the whole time you are raising your Faith.
# Research each religion's priests abilities and penalties to find which will suit you.
# Raise your Faith to 30.
# As a Follower or someone on a basic account you cannot raise your Faith beyond 30.
=== Skills ===
# Nature skills should probably be kept as low as possibleif you are on a basic account, since they generally affect Soul characteristics which, in turn, improve spell casting abilities. Keeping them low at the start in that case should help you raise Soul faster if you become premium.# Support skills such as Blacksmithing, Carpentry, Cloth Tailoring, Masonry, Pottery, Stone Cutting and Wood Chopping should all be raised to at least 20 so that you will not be left mostly unable to help yourself or your village in other ways after you become a priest. Note: 30 is a much better level to raise your support skills to for all skills except Stone Cutting, though raising Masonry to 30 via Stone Cutting alone would be a good idea. === Characteristics === Assuming that you start as a premium character or that you intend to become premium around the time you become a Priest, it is important to raise your Strength characteristic to at least 21 before you become a priest, since most priest penalties affect skills that raise Strength well.
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