Claude

At a glance
Origin: Profession: Necromancer Armament: Staff

Pros Cons
 * Casts Blood Ritual on low-energy party members.
 * Vampiric Gaze.
 * Dies quickly and often. Because he uses health sacrifice and because he tends to be close to the warriors, he will often be hit by enemies before any one else.
 * Won't cast Blood Ritual on anyone with more than about a quarter of their energy.
 * One of the more 'timid' necromancers around. You will watch enemy necromancers deal out damage with Putrid Explosion, summon minions with Animate Bone Fiend, and exploit corpses to create Well of Blood and Well of the Profane, but Claude will offer no such services.

Known skills

 * Blood Ritual
 * Deathly Swarm
 * Resurrection Signet
 * Shadow Strike
 * Vampiric Gaze

From Dragon's Lair on:
 * Grenth's Balance (Elite)

Tips

 * Claude is more useful to have around than Dunham or Reyna in most situations, because of the energy regeneration he gives with Blood Ritual.
 * In battle situations, Claude can stress healing for your monks. His continuous casting of Blood Ritual (even when he is in danger himself) makes him in constant threat of dying (Blood Ritual requires a 17% max health sacrifice).

Dialogue

 * "Tell Grenth Sergio sends his best!" (Sergio? Who is Sergio? May be Firstwatch Sergio of the Lionguard in Lion's Arch.)
 * "Somehow the undead rising from the swamps is not as comforting as I thought it would be." (while in The Black Curtain, Kryta)