Tell me about the leper

[Archbishop Desmond Calorie]

Why does he wear the mask?

[Jork]

because he has leprosy

[Madmax]

Originally posted by Jorkfriend:

because he has leprosy

This. Also, for a tiny bit of background, see: http://www.darkestdungeon.com/darkest-dungeon-presents-the-leper/

[Gorp]

Originally posted by Calorie Mate:

Why does he wear the mask?

Because he's shy.

[Arcangelo]

Because without it he would be able to hit the enemy more, and we don't want that.

[itssirtou]

He's not a pretty man[i.imgur.com]

[wckowalski]

Yes, leprosy causes unpleasant looking skin lesions, including to the face. He wears the mask to spare others the stress of having to look at him.

Leprosy is a real disease, but in real life it definitely wouldn't help one in combat. It may cause a lack of pain, but it causes a lack of other sensations and possibly weakness. Not something you want in a swordfighter.

[itssirtou]

Originally posted by wckowalski:

Yes, leprosy causes unpleasant looking skin lesions, including to the face. He wears the mask to spare others the stress of having to look at him.

Leprosy is a real disease, but in real life it definitely wouldn't help one in combat. It may cause a lack of pain, but it causes a lack of other sensations and possibly weakness. Not something you want in a swordfighter.

I don't think it says aywhere (officially) that leprosy helps him fight. And it actually fits him perfectly, when he misses its a moment of weakness (and really aside from pain what other sensations are there that are important in battle?)

[nuther]

Originally posted by Calorie Mate:

Why does he wear the mask?

To protect the ones he cares about.

[Burusagi]

It holds his face in place, keeping it from rotting off his skull!

[Superfluous J]

I think in this world leprosy gives you strength and stamina, allowing you to be a great in-your-face fighter. If it wasn't that way, they would not be classed as such and you'd have leper vestals and arbalists.

But he wears the mask for 2 reasons: First, it'd stress out his party. This is shown with the "let the mask down" camping skill. Second, masks are imbued with magic to give him bonuses, as is seen in many of the leper trinkets.

[Burusagi]

The whole "Lepers are immune to pain and injury"-myth is actually based around a real historical figure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_IV_of_Jerusalem

There is this movie (I forget the name) where he is depicted as wearing a mask like the Leper in Darkest Dungeon and everything. Pretty cool. I'm pretty certain the Leper in the game was influenced by that portrayal of the him as they look very much alike.

EDIT: The movie is "Kingdom of Heaven".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCC8tjrXYE8

[Weird_Butt62]

I could make a Bane joke here, but no. Anyway, for me the Leper didn't become usefull until I got him the Focus Ring. Until then he's a meat shield with a decent self heal and destresser.

[Eelektross the Boss]

Originally posted by Arcangelo:

Because without it he would be able to hit the enemy more, and we don't want that.

Yeah, we want to give the enemies a chance.

[No One]

Thread two of three: necromancy.

[SolGloom]

He's like Batman. Everybody fears him.