Baratus

Baratus the Fighter is one of three playable character classes in Hexen. He is physically the strongest of the three, and can run faster, jump higher and wear more armor than the other two classes can. He does not rely as heavily on mana as Parias or Daedolon do, but he cannot make ranged attacks without mana. Baratus specialises in powerful melee attacks.

When he uses a fléchette, he throws it like a grenade. When he uses a Mystic Ambit Incant, it restores armor for himself and his nearby allies. He gains no secondary power from the Icon of the Defender. His armor class benefits the most from the Mesh Armor and the least from the Amulet of Warding.

Baratus's Weapons
 * Min/Max Armor class: 3/20
 * Spiked Gauntlets
 * Timon's Axe
 * Hammer of Retribution
 * Quietus

""Baratus the fighter"" is one of the three playable hero classes in Hexen. He is a tall, muscular man that wears a horned helm, metallic shoulderpads, gauntlets and boots, and a quite large, golden belt with a skull engraved on it. All of his armor pieces have deadly spikes on them. Baratus posseses the highest speed, armor and strength of the three classes, meaning he moves faster, can wear the most armor, and he his attacks consist of a more physically use of his body than the other two characters. His rough physical training has obviously left him little time to study the arcane arts, meaning he has the least magical ability of the three, making Baratus use mana at quite cheap costs.

The fighter is by far the easiest, most straightforward class to play in Hexen, requiring little strategy overall, and thus being the easiest class to master gameplay with. You just have to worry about one thing when playing the fighter: get close enough to kill your enemies. The only weakness the fighter may show off is when facing ranged attacking enemies; this forces the player to close distance quickly but carefully at the same time. However, this weakness can be practically neutralized once he gets his third weapon, which lets him make powerful, ranged attacks. That, of course, given he has the sufficient amount of mana to do so.


 * The flechette in the hand of the fighter acts like a grenade: he throws it forward. If the flechette makes contact with an enemy, it will explode, damaging anything in a short blast radius, including the fighter. If it doesn't contact with anything, the flechette will bounce on the floor and then stay idle, after 3-4 seconds it will explode, damaging anything in a short blast radius, including the fighter too. The flechette can make good use for a ranged attack for the fighter in earlier stages of the game, though the short throw distance makes it a bit difficult to use effectively.


 * The fighter does not suffer any secondary effect when using the Icon of the Defender, aside from the invulnerability.


 * When using the Mystic Ambit Incant, the fighter and his nearby allies gain an additional point of armor.

Baratus' armor
Baratus' default number of armor is 3, and is also his minimum; it cannot drop below that, no matter how much damage is taken. Baratus benefits from armor pieces in the following way:


 * ""Mesh Armor:"" Gives 5 points of armor


 * ""Falcon Shield:"" Gives 4 points of armor


 * ""Platinum Helmet:"" Gives 3 points of armor


 * ""Amulet of Warding:"" Gives 1 point of armor

With his minimum armor and all the four extra pieces, Baratus has a total of 16 armor points; however, his maximum is 20. If the 20 armor points are desired, the four armor parts and the use of Dragonskin Bracers are required.

Baratus' weapons

 * ""Spiked Gauntlets:"" A pair of heavy, metallic gauntlets with spikes on the knuckles used for melee range attacking.


 * ""Timon's Axe:"" A short, one handed axe that uses blue mana to deal high damage at melee range.


 * ""Hammer of Retribution:"" A heavy, one handed hammer that uses green mana to fire flaming projectiles.


 * ""Quietus:"" A three piece sword that uses both blue and green mana to fire spreading green fireballs.