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For the military organisation, see Templar Order.

For the specialization in Dragon Age II, see Templar (Dragon Age II).

Specialization
Templar

Type:

Warrior

Effects:

+2 magic
+3 mental resistance

Description:

Mages who refuse the Circle's control become apostates and live in fear of a templar's powers--the ability to dispel and resist magic. As servants of the Chantry, the templars have been the most effective means of controlling the spread and use of arcane power for centuries.

Templar is one of the specializations available to the warrior class in Dragon Age: Origins. The templar specializes on anti-magic combat.

Talents Edit

Righteous Strike

Passive

The templars are enforcers specifically designed to control and slay mages. Each of the templar's melee hits against an enemy spellcaster drains its mana.

Cleanse Area

Activated
Range: Personal
Activation: 40
Cooldown: 30s
Requires: Level 9

The templar purges the area of magic, removing all dispellable effects from those nearby. Friendly fire possible.

Mental Fortress

Passive
Requires: Level 12

The templar has learned to focus on duty, gaining a large bonus to mental resistance.

Holy Smite

Activated
Range: Medium
Activation: 70
Cooldown: 40s
Requires: Level 15

The templar strikes out with righteous fire, inflicting spirit damage on the target and other nearby enemies. If the target is a spellcaster, it must pass a mental resistance check or else loses mana and takes additional spirit damage proportional to the mana lost. All affected enemies are stunned or knocked back unless they pass physical resistance checks.

Unlocking Edit

The templar specialization can be taught by Alistair if his approval rating is high enough. Bodahn Feddic in the Party Camp also sells a manual that will unlock the specialization for 15

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Class bonuses Edit

The Templar specialization is useful to any warrior. In many cases, an enemy mage is possibly the biggest threat due to their ranged damage and disables. Templar abilities help you resist these disables with the initial mental resistance bonus, and the "Mental Fortress" ability. A close range warrior is terrible for mages, especially when the "Cleanse Area" ability lets you remove disabling glyphs, and magic related stuns on your party members. When at close range, your passive ability "Righteous Strike" lets you drain mana on each hit. If you can't get within melee range, the final ability "Holy Smite" gives you access to a ranged attack useful for attacking a mage, while depleting their mana, and stunning them, all at once, while you close in.