Grim Jester Hero Class

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Author: Cobalt9077

Last revision: 12 Aug, 2025 at 21:25 UTC (2)

File size: 5.5 MB

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Description:
The Grim Jester

Introducing the Grim Jester hero class
This support class prioritizes applying debuffs to enemies over doing damage, healing, or buffing it’s own units

The Grim Jester features 35 skills. 13 skills for each subclass and 9 shared between the two

Subclass: Arcane Lampooner

A backline caster focused on AoE debuffs, Insanity, and Morale

Ability: Look Behind You
  • A single target, does a small amount of damage and forces the enemy to turn around, allowing for flanking attacks, and removes defense mode and retalliation attacks from the target
  • Can be further upgraded to also have a chance to apply Marked

Ability: Comedic Roast
  • A large AoE, enemies in the area have a chance to lose morale, allies in the area gain morale
  • Can be further upgraded to also have a chance to apply Distracted

Subclass: Carnage Harlequin

A frontline melee caster focused on debuffs, Taunt, and Fumble

Ability: Fool’s Gambit
  • A single target, has a chance for the Grim Jester and target to swap places, before the Grim Jester enters Defense Mode, and removes defense mode and retalliation attacks from the target
  • Can be further upgraded to also have a chance to apply Stunned to adjacent enemies

Ability: Eyes on Me
  • A small AoE, enemies in the area have a chance to become Taunted and inflicted with Misfortune
  • Can be further upgraded to also have a chance to apply Weakened

Shared Abilities

Ability: Opening Act
  • To the Caster, until end of turn, all attacks and Debuffs have additional % chance to apply

Ability: Ridicule Hope
  • A single target, removes all positive status effects and deals damage for each removed, has a chance to apply Decaying
  • Can be further upgraded to also have a chance to make the target and adjacent enemies to the target lose Morale

Ability: Killing Joke
  • A single target, has a chance to instantly kill a non-hero target, if hero or succeeds has a chance to be Constricted
  • Can be further upgraded to also have a chance to apply Constricted to adjacent enemies to the target


Mod Compatibility


Feel free to offer feedback for balance changes of the class’s skills & abilities in the Feedback & Balance Changes discussion


Special thanks to Lord Vectra and Visie Maigo for help with balance changes and feedback

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