Weaknesses- A New and unique system has been introduced in Vanguard called ‘Weaknesses’. These really add a lot of depth to the combat system, and allow for an immense number of tactical combinations between different classes. Below I will explain what the different weaknesses are, and how to understand what weaknesses your abilities add, and which they exploit.
Weaknesses are status conditions that spells and abilities may inflict on a target during combat. In addition, some spells and abilities may exploit existing weaknesses to increase damage.

If you look at the ability Hammer of Judgement I
you will see two icons below the description. The first one means that it adds the weakness ‘Dazed’ because of the + sign next to it . The second one means that it exploits the weakness ‘Soul Wracked’ . This means that it will do much more damage if used while this weakness in on the creature.

The following are the full list of weaknesses, which classes can create them, and which can exploit them.

Weakness	Creators	Exploiters
Afflicted	Druid, Monk, Necromancer	Ranger, Warrior
Armor Chink	Paladin	Bard, Warrior
Bleeding	Rogue, Warrior	Dread Knight, Ranger
Blindness	Druid, Paladin, Sorcerer	Rogue
Burning	Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer	Bard, Warrior
Chilled	Ranger, Sorcerer	Dread Knight
Dazed	Ranger, Rogue, Paladin	Bard, Monk, Psionicist
Image:Example.jpg Enraged	Dread Knight, Monk	Monk, Disciple, Psionicist, Rogue
Lethargic	Bard, Psionicist	Druid, Monk, Necromancer, Ranger, Rogue
Image:Example.jpg Mental Lapse	-	Disciple
Image:Example.jpg Mesmerized	-	Disciple
Shaken	Monk	Paladin
Soul Wracked	Dreak Knight, Necromancer	Monk, Paladin
Staggered	Druid, Monk, Rogue, Warrior	Bard, Monk, Sorcerer, Warrior
Vulnerable	Bard, Monk, Psionicist, Rogue	Druid, Sorcerer, Warrior