Priest of Rathma *NO CUSTOM ART ASSETS*

Let’s start with the obvious question:

To be frank, because I’ve been sitting on this mechanically and thematically finished class for almost two and a half years and am no closer to being able to pony up the money to pay the commission for an artist. There are other reasons, such as Darkest Dungeon 2 releasing on Steam soon and the modding Discord in a bit of a limbo at the moment, but it sadly and primarily comes down to money.

Hopefully you can enjoy the class despite it just using cobbled together assets from the base game.

The Priests of Rathma are a holy order that strive to keep the balance between light and dark, both in the world at large and within their own battle practices. Any outsiders who have had the opportunity to witness them in action would likely condemn them as heretics due to their dabbling in arts both eldritch and necromantic. This has lead to their order being mostly shunned by commonfolk who fail to see their grander goal and instead focus on their means. Their arts are fearsome, and our Hamlet can use any strength they might provide.

The Priest of Rathma class is directly inspired by the Necromancer class from the Diablo series. Stats wise, he is close to the Grave Robber and is capable of slotting into a party as either an off-support or a Marking DPS.

Reap
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Moderate damage and crit. Applies a Mark to the target. Deals extra damage to low HP targets and Marked targets.

Ossified Lance
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Moderate damage and crit. Deals extra damage to full health targets and Marked targets.

Decrepify
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Lowers enemy Damage, Protection, Speed, and Marks the target. Can be used twice a turn or alongside the skill Foretell Demise.

Foretell Demise
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Bypasses enemy Guard, breaks that Guard, applies a debuff that prevents Guard, lowers Dodge, and increases damage taken. Can be used twice a turn or alongside the skill Decrepify.

Dread Return
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Clears all corpses and then, if there’s an open space, will summon a friendly Thrall to attack foes. This Thrall will explode on death, including if your party kills it or you consume it through a skill.

Macabre Feast
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Has no effect unless used on a corpse or a Thrall. Consumes a corpse or a Thrall to heal the party a moderate amount and then applies a heal over time effect.

Exorcise
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Has no effect unless used on a corpse or a Thrall. Consumes a corpse or a Thrall to heal a good amount of Stress from the Party.

Skeletal Sentries
Time Cost: 3
Prevents nighttime ambush, provides a small boost to Scouting chance, causes a small amount of Stress for the party, and has a chance to cause further Stress for any religious party members.

Mend the Mind
Time Cost: 3
Large Stress heal for the party. Has a decent chance to debuff the party with increased Stress taken.

Embrace the End
Time Cost: 4
Humungous Damage and Death Blow Resist buff for one ally. But, increases Stress taken and greatly lowers Maximum HP.

Armored Ossification
Time Cost: 4
Large buff to all Resists and Protection, but increases Stress taken.

There is a full complement of trinkets that come with this class but I won’t spoil any of them here. Rest assured, they’re all interesting in their own way.

I want to say thank you to the Moonlit Dungeon modding Discord. Many of the more complicated things in this mod were only possible because of the help of the kind folk over there. In particular, TheHolyChicken helped tremendously with the corpse skills and the Thrall skill. Without his help it would’ve been a huge pain in the ass getting those working as I had imagined so please go check out his mods and give him some love.

And a quick disclaimer. I don’t plan on updating this mod going forward and unless some kind soul provides art assets for free then it’s unlikely to ever get any. Additionally, while I did play test this a couple years ago when I was making it, I’m only one man with only my own mod list to test with. I ironed out every issue I came across and was able to use this class for a complete playthrough of the game so it should be pretty stable, but be warned nonetheless. As for class balance, I did my best to keep the power in check but I do remember him being stronger than any base game class by the time I stopped messing around with this class. In particular, it was difficult to balance the skills that consume a corpse considering the uncommon nature of corpses but hopefully I managed to strike something resembling balance overall.