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The Keep Lord

Each Keep Lord is normally accompanied by 4 Champion guards, and the Lord will be a Hero, so you'll need sufficient amounts of tanks/healers and the DPS to cope with this. You can either deal with the guards first and then tackle the Lord, or if the Lord is defeated first, the guards will despawn. In either case, the killing of the Keep Lord instantly turns control of the keep over to the attacking realm, awarding players with a big renown bonus (the amount depends on which tier you're in -- defenders get ticks of 100 renown every few minutes they are in the area regardless of tier) and a chance to roll on some loot.

The loot is determined using the same system as PQs, with random rolls helped along by some Contribution Points. Keeps also have a third floor that houses some renown gear vendors and a renown points trainer. Don't get too cosy in your new keep though -- as soon as the NPCs are back up, the keep is open to be re-taken by the other realm!

09/10/08