[WOTC] Blutengel Soldier Class

A brand new class, in the style of the [WOTC] Proficiency Class Pack classes.

Introducing, the Blutengel! This class is designed to be a vicious front line fighter, both delivering and taking brutal blows. Wielding Shard Guantlets and Ballistic Shields, this unit can deliver powerful psionic and melee strikes while sustaining itself through regenerative effects.

Built from the design philosophy of the great Mitzruti (and Grimy before them), this class embodies one of the more unique designs present in Mitzruti’s Perk Pack: HP as a cost and the blood curse damage over time effect.

Almost all the perks in this class are from the Perk Pack or are clones of Perk Pack abilities with HP costs added to them.

Märtyrer (Martyr): This tree focuses on shielding allies and sustainability.
Geisterjäger (Spirit Hunter): This tree focuses on melee skills and brutalizing the enemy.
Seuchenträger (Plaguebearer): This tree focuses on cursing enemies and dealing psionic damage.

For more information, view the Class Trees Discussion Thread.

• Mitzruti’s Perk Pack by Mitzruti
• WotC Ballistic Shields by Musashi
• Ability To Slot Reassignment by Musashi
• [WotC] Shield Rework by Lago – Not a hard dependency, but this class is designed for this rework
• One Handed PsiJacks by MrCloista – Not a hard dependency, but is a unique gauntlet weapon which can be equipped to remove the visual oddities in the armory. Big shout-out to MrCloista for the great work here!

**NOTE: Does NOT require [WOTC] Proficiency Class Pack, but it is strongly recommended for maximum fun.

• [WOTC] One Handed Templar by Iridar plays into thematic usage with Ballistic Shields
• Templar Gauntlets For Soldiers Animation Patch by Mitzruti will give a more templar-like stance, but Ballistic Shields still does weird things with the gauntlet itself. See preview image for more info about how Shard Gauntlets look with Ballistic Shields

• Ballistic Shields + Templar Gauntlets makes for some interesting visuals as the soldier uses the two of them together. All skills and buffs work, though, so just enjoy the ride or switch over to One Handed PsiJacks by MrCloista to have a shard gauntlet that is designed to work with shields.
• Sword & Board may not always use the gauntlets for the first attack, but the damage is right even if the animation shows the shield for the first attack.
• Regenerate will NOT trigger off of paying HP as a cost, but will trigger any time damage is taken, such as from a Damage Over Time effect, like Burn or Poison.

• Has built in configs for [WOTC] Psionics Ex Machina 3.2, and it is very much done on purpose that Blutengels drain will when using gem skills.
• Fully compatible with [WOTC] Dedicated Pistol Slot 2.0 & Proficiency Pack Pistol Slot Plugin v1.97.
• Fully compatible with Proficiency Plugin: Full Class Decks and Proficiency: Community Perks Plugin. If either (or both) are installed, the Blutengel XCOM row will update its deck to pull perks from either PCP (for PCP: Full Decks) or PCP, Extended Perk Pack, and Bstar Perk Pack (for PCP: Community) and remove any blank spots, hydrating in a full row for XCOM perks.

• Mitzruti for the great perk pack, and Chimera Squad Ability Icons which I liberally used
• Claus and Musashi for the shields!
• Brendanmint for the [RPGO] Warhammer 40K Class Icons – Vanilla Themed collection which this class icon is from
• shiremct for the [WOTC] Proficiency Class Pack and MrCloista for Project LASER : A Proficiency Sparks Plugin 3.0 which I referenced heavily in learning how to make the Proficiency-style skill
• MrCloista for the great work in the Psijack mod that helps with the floating gauntlet issue!
• TeslaRage and Firebrand for their help and feedback in balance testing the class.
• Kitten Khan for [WOTC] Stances which I liberally liberated code from for turning Dance of Death into a Stance.