Holy Avenger
by Charis

Class: Paladin (Picture Halbu in the Fortress)
Tag: HA

Introduction

The ongoing Sin War dictates that good and evil will continually struggle for power. With the birth of the powerful Netherspawn enemies come Holy Avengers. Whether they are themselves angels, or offspring of a human-angel pairing is unclear, but their zeal for good and hatred for Diablo excel those of mortals.

Rules

No retreat! You can choose which onscreen opponent to go for, but never hit-and-run, run back to a door, or flee via TP. If this leads to death, so be it... they would rather die than be considered a coward.

Do not intentionally break the no-retreat rule. If you find that you have by accident done so, you must atone by dropping all your gold at a shrine, and must seek out and kill an LEB solo.

Items

Armor, Helm, Shield, etc.
Heavy-duty preferred. No Bone Shields/Helms.

Weapons
Sceptres and Mace Class only.

Enchantments
Certain magical effects are preferred, and will usually be used over a non-preferred item. These effects are Crushing Blow, Holy/Saintly/Blessed, +Light Radius, and Blinding. Heavenly Garb is obviously a gem, though the Defense Rating is lowish.

Sets
Only "Angelic" set is allowed. Why would such a powerful creature use sets made by men, all of whom ended up dying anyway? Milabrega might be ok.

Skills

Holy Bolt, Blessed Hammer, Fist of Heavens (obviously) are allowed. Some use these for main attack, others prefer melee.

Defiance and Holy Shield are very helpful for DR, especially given that you can't retreat. Zeal, Vengeance, Smite are allowed, as are Concentration and Might, Conviction, Redemption. Salvation, resists, any Holy Freeze/Fire/Shock are fine.

Disallowed
Thorns (active damage preferred), Conversion (only because in their eyes it is false conversion, lasting but a moment. This should also distinguish it from Cleric-like variants which would love to convert foes.), Sacrifice (too bloody)

Quests

1) Diablo
Titles for killing Diablo are Avenger (Normal), Avatar (Nightmare), and Holy Avenger (Hell).