The Wretch Class Mod

"How many rats will it take to gnaw through a ton of putrid flesh?"

The Wretch is a mod project that adds a brand new hero to Darkest Dungeon. This hero is completely custom, with all new sprites, skills, sounds, and animations, as well as a complete set of unique trinkets and color palettes.

The Wretch is a damage hero specializing in DOTs, blighting himself when taking damage while being able to transfer it to enemies or even his allies for various effects. He can be considered a tank, having high HP and a powerful self heal. His control over blight in combat makes him very risky, but rewarding when used properly.

"A disgraced aristocrat turned pauper, years of hardship have turned the Wretch into a walking plague. In combat, he revels in the spreading of blight, accumulating it on himself as he suffers hardship before unleashing his chittering horde to devastating effect. The Wretch is craven by nature, however, and can just as easily flee, or even put his allies in harm’s way."

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• The Wretch suffers a self blight for 1 over 3 every time he loses 10% of his HP.
• On crit, he blights the target for 1 over 3. This is unresistable.
• On death, he will blight all allies and enemies, and has a chance to give his allies diseases.
• He will not visit the Brothel, nor can he be treated for diseases at the Sanitarium.
• He starts with 1 Antivenom.
• He uses the Outsider’s Bonfire district, but has an optional custom district, the Condemned Shack, available here.
• This mod comes with 9 class specific trinkets for the Wretch: 2 common, 1 uncommon, 1 rare, 1 very rare, 2 Crimson Court and 1 Color of Madness, along with 1 extra class specific trinket for the Sunward Isles mod and 1 new Collector trinket.
• The Wretch has a town event so you can get one immediately, as well as a level up event.
• This mod is fully compatible with all 3 DLCs.
• This mod currently supports English only. If you can help translate this mod, please contact either me on Steam or (preferably) on Discord: Shay#9164.
• His default name is Yersin, while his favorite pet rat is Nicodemus.

Sickly Stab

XXOO OOOX
The Wretch reveals his hidden dagger and jabs at his enemy.

Standard melee attack. Low bleed. Armor piercing vs Blighted.

Contagion

XOOX – OOXX
The Wretch lunges forward and smothers the enemy with his diseased hands.

Forward 1. Low damage. Blight enemy. High chance to transfer blight from Wretch to enemy.

The Swarm

OOOX – O+O+O+O
The Wretch unleashes his rats onto the battlefield, wreaking havoc on his enemies.

Low damage. Blight enemies for a small amount. Amount increases for every corpse on the battlefield. Clear all corpses.

Outbreak

OOOO
The Wretch calls on his rats to come to him.

3 uses per battle. Free action. Buff self for +blight amount applied and +crit. Self damage.

Catharsis

OOOO
The Wretch vomits in an attempt to purge sickness from his body.

Strong self heal over time. Cures blight. If Wretch was blighted, self heals for a small percentage of his HP. 3 round cooldown.

Scurry

XXOO
The Wretch flees and gets ready to lash out.

Back 1. +Dodge. Activates riposte. Riposte does low damage and blights for a low amount.

Scapegoat

OOOO
The Wretch uses an ally as a meat shield, pushing them to the front lines.

Pulls ally forward 1. Forces guard by ally on Wretch. Transfers Blight from Wretch to ally. Buffs ally for +Prot if Blighted.

No shared camping skills.

On the Mend

Time Cost: 2
The Wretch treats his own ailments.

Self heal for 25% HP. Removes blight and disease.

Suspicious Cure

Time Cost: 1
The Wretch offers his companions a treatment of questionable nature.

35% chance to remove disease from ally. 65% chance to blight ally for a low amount. 3 uses.

Miasma

Time Cost: 3
The Wretch rallies his rats, permeating the area with sickness.

+30% blight chance and +35% blight duration to the whole party. Other party members take 5 stress.

Rag and Bone

Time Cost: 1
The Wretch goes foraging in places most will not tread, scrounging for valuables.

65% chance to find all sorts of loot – supplies, treasure, trinkets, etc. 35% chance to blight self. 3 uses.

• Shay: Concept, balancing, sound, writing
• Rothag, Carnifex: Design, coding, balancing
• Von Krolock: Art, animations, sound, character design
• VeryWhale: Palettes
• Scarla, Hamikadze, Aks, Dranton, Methusiel: Translations

Special thanks goes to ElementFive for promoting the mod via his Youtube and (Twitch)[www.twitch.tv] channels, and to everyone who helped with beta testing, bug fixing and general feedback as the mod developed.

Check out my enemy expansion mod, Here Be Monsters!

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This item and its content are not authorized for posting on Steam, except under the Steam account Shay. This mod is not an official Red Hook product. Darkest Dungeon and everything Darkest Dungeon related is entirely the property of Red Hook Studios. Red Hook is not responsible if this mod ends up damaging your game.