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The Hierophant: Rebalanced

All credit for the original Hierophant mod goes to Corax. https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1897365186 The Hierophant mod has not received an update since 2020, and I have not seen the author in a long time. So I have taken the liberty of making a few what I think are necessary changes for balance's sake, as they were very much overpowered in their original state. These are not the final changes, and in fact are just my first ideas, so all feedback is appreciated.

A holy creature of grand aspirations, tested by greed. Converts its enemies through benevolence or bribery.

The Hierophant fills the priest archetype, though there is some of trader, moneylender and conquistador in the cards too. Here are the main mechanics:

Piety is a buff you can acquire that decays quickly, but directly impacts the fight; if your Piety exceeds the HP of an enemy at the end of your turn, that enemy is defeated peacefully. It's possible to beat the entire game through peaceful means, but very difficult without any damage support.

Fervor

While Piety is great at dispatching multiple weak-minded enemies, Fervor excels at taking down big targets. An alternative to Strength, Fervor is a buff that stacks and grants multiplicative extra damage to your next attack. It fades at end of turn if it's not used, so you'll need to make sure it's not wasted.

Hoard and Tithe

The Hierophant manipulates gold through the Hoard and Tithe keywords, that allow you to choose your balance between strategy and tactics. With an entire subtheme of Doubloons and trade, it is possible to build an entire strategy around bribery.

There are many other subthemes and interactions that I hope you'll enjoy. Have fun!

CREDITS: Credit to Jason Nguyen (https://www.artstation.com/jasonn) for the main character illustration, which [Corax] adapted and animated. Credit to many artists for their work that [Corax] fed into a hungry style transfer AI.
Thanks to the discord #modding channel for their help and testing!

And special thanks goes to Vex'd, who helped me learn how to code from pretty much scratch. Thanks for fixing my stupid code.

And thanks to Corax, for creating the mod. If you want me to take it down, or have other questions, please contact me.