- For the specialization in Dragon Age II, see Templar (Dragon Age II).
“Essentially they're trained to fight. The Chantry would tell you that the templars exist simply to defend, but don't let them fool you. They're an army. The other main purpose for a templar is, of course, to hunt mages. To that end, we train in talents that drain mana and disrupt spells.” ―Alistair
Templar is one of the specializations available to the warrior class in Dragon Age: Origins. The templar specialist's talents are focused on anti-magic combat.
The Templar Order
- Main article: The Templar Order
The Templar Order is a military order of the Chantry that hunts apostates and maleficars and watches over the mages from the Circle of Magi. One of their most important tasks occurs during a mage's Harrowing. During this, a templar watches over the body of the mage, ready to kill him or her if demonic possession occurs. To help them control mages, templars have the ability to dispel magic and to inhibit spellcasting. A group of templars is led by a Knight-Commander and each Circle and the majority of chantries in Thedas are assigned one. Templars are also responsible for tracking fugitive mages, which they are able to accomplish when a phylactery has been taken from their quarry.
Templars also have access to the Right of Annulment. The Right of Annulment gives the Templars the right to "pacify" or kill all mages in the tower. This would be used in the event that total chaos was unleashed by the mages and there is no chance that they could be saved. The Warden has the option of using the Right of Annulment in the Broken Circle quest line.
Templar Talents (Origins)
Righteous Strike may refer to:
- Righteous Strike (Origins), a warrior talent in Dragon Age: Origins
- Righteous Strike (Dragon Age II), a warrior talent in Dragon Age II
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 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 may refer to:
- Holy Smite (Origins), a warrior talent in Dragon Age: Origins
- Holy Smite (Dragon Age II), a warrior talent in Dragon Age II
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Unlocking
The templar specialization can be taught by Alistair if his approval rating is high enough. Bodahn Feddic also sells a manual that will unlock the specialization.
Class Bonuses
The Templar specialization is useful to any warrior. In many cases an enemy mage is the possibly the biggest threat due to their ranged damage, and disables. Templar abilities help you resist these disables with the intial 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 delpeting their mana, and stunning them, all at once, while you close in.
Templar Exclusive Items
Resources
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