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Gyll's Vanilla: Heroes

Gyll’s Vanilla: Heroes redesigns or rebalances all 15 original hero classes.

These hero reworks are now available as individual mods. Click to view the full collection

My reworks of the DLC characters are also available as separate mods:
Shieldbreaker
Flagellant
Musketeer

- Increase the number of viable playstyles for each class
- Ensure that no class is consistently outshined by any other
- Deliver mechanically on the promise of the original art & character designs
- In general, simplify skills & tooltips
- Ensure that remaining effects are impactful, both in terms of feel and in how they affect your decisions

Guild Description: The guild description was respected as the hero’s “blueprint”. These have not been changed, and still apply to the modded version of the hero in all cases.

Minimal Lost Utility: Strategies that were effective in the base game should not be rendered useless or unplayable, only the most powerful have been slightly reduced in effectiveness. The exception to this rule is “boss cheese” strategies such as Rallying Flare vs the Swine Prince.

Trinket Usage: This mod does not change trinkets, so heroes must still make effective use of all of their unmodded trinkets.

Click to view the changes, including tooltips and design notes[dd-tooltips.com]

This mod uses the .art and .info files for the heroes it modifies, as well as the base camping skills file and the base provisions file. If another mod uses these files, there will be conflicts. Also, full overhauls such as Pitch Black Dungeon that rely on changes being made to every hero will have severe balance issues if used with this mod. If your mod doesn’t fall into either of these categories then congratulations, it’s compatible!

This mod is translated into the following languages:
Korean: thanks to Ruque and Nickel
Russian: thanks to Mad_bucket.png
All other non-English languages are playable but will have some English strings, please leave a comment if you're willing to translate another language.

Thanks to Clair de Lune, Chogex, O’Nightmare!, and Sasiji for helping me with questions in the Moonlit Dungeon Discord.
Thanks to Nive, Kope, Shay, Rothag, and Tilted Hat for significant feedback and ideas
Thanks to Red Hook Studios for making such a great & moddable game!

Gyll’s Vanilla is a collection of mods for Darkest Dungeon, each of which redesigns a single aspect of the game. These mods are balanced against the vanilla base game and designed for maximum compatibility, creating a solid foundation for your modded campaigns.
Click to view the full collection

Gyll’s Vanilla: Heroes is not an official Red Hook Studios product or product modification, and Red Hook Studios Inc. is not responsible in any way for changes or damages that may result from using the mod. Furthermore, “Darkest Dungeon” and the Darkest Dungeon logo are trademarks of Red Hook Studios Inc. All content in the game is Copyright Red Hook Studios Inc. All rights reserved.

If you enable this mod while in a dungeon with a Highwayman, Houndmaster, or Bounty Hunter, their new transforms will not work properly. Leave the dungeon, or finish it before enabling this mod to avoid this bug!