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The Thorn

Description
The Thorn is out !

Try it out and don’t hesitate to give us your feedback !

To have the full experience, and have sound on the thorn footsteps, please download this little mod.

--------------- OVERALL DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------



The Thorn is a former fencer who has lost her sight. Once an acclaimed duelist, she has had to adapt to her condition and enhance her other senses in order to live in darkness. She has developed a fighting style based on listening to her environment, and relying mainly on parry and riposte to take down her opponents.
In combat, she switches between two main stances.
She starts in her defensive stance, in which she debuffs and marks her enemies, making it easier for her to dodge and finish them later. Thanks to her sharpened senses, she’ll also be able to protect her allies from upcoming attacks.
When she draws her blade, she takes the best of her fencing skills and becomes a deadly threat to any monster that tries to attack her. She adapts her guarde, taunting enemies to draw attention from others, or answering their attacks with a strike of her blade to bleed them out.

However, being blind is not an easy burden. The Thorn will not be able to do many things at once, and if she gets hit, she may lose focus, causing her to go back into defensive stance.
Also, note that being able to see is important for disarming traps and moving around.


Her name is Marlene.

--------------- COMBAT SKILLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

All skills targeting ennemies bypass stealth.


THRUST
- - o o | o o o - // Valid in both stances
A simple hit that gets ACC bonus against Marked.
Offensive : Damage bonus against Marked.
Defensive : Stun, with more chances to Stun Marked.


SINGLE OUT
o o o o | o o o o // Valid in both stances
Mark Target.
Defensive : destealth and debuff ACC
Offensive : Breaks guard and debuff Crits receive


WILT
o o o - | o o o o // Valid in offensive stance
Bleed target and debuff other ennemies.
Add Speed.


PERFORATE
- - o o | o o o - // Valid in offensive stance
Hit with armor piercing and debuff the target.
Activates Perforate Riposte (1 turn) adding Bleed chances to Riposte.


DARE
o o o o // Valid in offensive stance
A taunt that marks the Thorn and clear allies marks.
Activates dare Riposte (1 turn) adding Damage and CRIT on Riposte and adding Dodge.


BLOSSOM
o o o - // Valid in defensive stance
Gives self Prot and Heal.
Heal all Guarded and guarding allies.


HEARKEN
o o o o // Valid in defensive stance
Stress Heal self and Guard an ally (3 turn).
Activate heeder Riposte (3 turn) : Mark on Riposte, but deals no damage.


FENCER STANCE (This skill replace your moving skill, meaning you can't move in combat)
o o o o // Valid in both stances
Allows you the switch between defensive and offensive mode.
Offensive mode enable riposte but you have chances to go be destabilized mode when getting hit.

--------------- CAMPING SKILLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


HONE SENSES Time Cost : 3
4 Battles - Party Buff
Damage against Marked.
Add ACC depending on the Light Level. (Max buff when light is at zero)



SPARRING SESSION Time Cost : 5
4 Battles - Self + One target
Add Melee Damage and CRIT, Add Dodge.


WARNING BELLS Time Cost : 2
1 Round - Party Buff
Lower Chances to get Ambushed at night.


HEARING FOCUS Time Cost : 1
4 Battles - Party Buff
Increase Chances to Surprise Monster and Lower Chances of getting Surprised
Lower Scouting Chances.


--------------- TOWN EVENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blind Journey
Allows you to get your first Thorn as early as possible.

Pierce Through the Darkness
Remove Stress Malus on torchless/low light run. Active for the next mission.

--------------- REGARDING DLC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

This mod should work whether or not you have installed DLC in your game.
It contains the Crimson Court and the Color of Madness trinkets for the class.

--------------- OTHER MODS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you want to try other mods we've made :

The Snake Charmer

Nerub - The Sewers

The Itinerant Cook

--------------- LOCALIZATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The mod is currently translated in the following languages :

  • English
  • French
  • Korean
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • sChinese
  • Brazilian
  • Italian
  • Polish

If you want to help with the localization in your language, feel free to do so by sending us your translation.
It will be greatly appreciated !

--------------- CREDITS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Art : Mhnlo
Design & sounds : Baybot

Special thanks :
- to Shay for helping us with english translation
- to halfmoon515 for the korean translation
- to Burán for the spanish translation
- to Mad_bucket.png for the russian translation
- to nbb for the sChinese translation
- to Le Fol for the brazilian translation
- to Dado for the italian translation
- to TheFoxS for the polish translation
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253 Comments
Gearhammer Apr 25 @ 3:08pm 
BR port for this mod?
B O N K !! Apr 1 @ 12:37pm 
Hello! Struggling to make my thorn work, can anyone offer suggestions on how she should be used? I am having a hard time figuring out how to best use her kit. Thanks!
LordDarkKitsune Mar 27 @ 8:15am 
from a glance it seems to be to work with Main Gauche which wants to miss attacks and gets massive benifit from both of the Fencer Precept's upsides, even outside of that Wilt is fairly decent as a bleed skill and in certain fights where you want your main attacker guarded to avoid mechanics it would still allow you to output reasonable and reliable damage due to bleeds.
another potential use would be allowing you to turn her ripost off for fights where you don't want to counter a certain enemy (such as Swine God.)
it's an odd trinket but it does allow for new ways to utilise the class.
mikusama Mar 26 @ 12:01pm 
Is it me or her very rare trinket ' fencer precept ' is really bad for a very rare ? Why cancel riposte ? It's the defining feature of the class.
El A2fast41 Mar 23 @ 9:06pm 
I love this mod. So creative and fun, doesnt feel broken at all. By far the mest modded class
go and see Dec 29, 2024 @ 9:25am 
为什么防守切进攻需要花费一回合,比如濒死了,想要切防守奶自己一口都做不到。像咒缚者切换形态也不用花费回合数吧。难道只能作为贴标工具人吗?
NekuZX Aug 1, 2024 @ 12:05pm 
To this day, I still believe that this is not only the best class mod in the whole community. But also on a level of quality on par with that of Red Hook. The aesthetics fit the tone of the game extremely well, and her gameplay is unique and fun without being too outlandish, gimmicky or overpowered.
Even after the release of the Darkest Dungeon 2 Duelist DLC character, I found myself really gravitating towards the Thorn as a the better designed character in every aspect. Theme, gameplay, versatility, balance.
It's a masterpiece, and I always play Darkest Dungeon with this mod installed, and pretend it's just a vanilla character because of how well she fits in. Nothing but praise to the modder!
FLCL Jun 30, 2024 @ 2:36am 
咋说呢,一言难尽,我的想法是拿她做标记队,但她抽刀出来还要占用一回合也太尴尬了,这就导致她成了一个没伤害的贴标机器人..........因为等她准备好战斗的时候,战斗通常已经到结束阶段了.........
delverdown Mar 13, 2024 @ 8:25pm 
Quite possibly my favorite mod of them all. Her look & her interesting mechanic are just so amazing. She can let you down at times, but when you set her up right in a battle and she hits a massive riposte, it's just like a half-court shot. I get it to hit a LOT. Cool look, cool concept, she's challenging to run well, but she can be devastating if used right. Well done.
Lord Of the flies Feb 26, 2024 @ 7:15pm 
riposte -25 accuracy ruins it for me.