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The Stars Class Mod
Cathelia Samicora  [developer] 14 Jan, 2021 @ 10:18pm
[Guide] A short description about skills and trinkets
The skills and trinkets of the Stars designed by Kaze might be very complex to understand, so here I will try to write some short descriptions for him.

True Damage
In fact this is made by "health_damage" so it will ignore target's PROT, but will be blocked by "health damage blocks".

Reality & Cosmos
Two modes of the hero. Reality is the first and default mode, while Cosmos is the more powerful second mode.

"Beyond the Gods" & "Lost in Chaos"
These two effects are unstable side effects of most combat skills. They will provide extreme benefits or penalty when triggered, but only have a very low chance to trigger. "Beyond the Gods" is the positive one, while "Lost in Chaos" is the negative one.

Spiritual Strike (Reality mode only)
Forward 1. Deal True damage to target enemy.
"Repeat three times" mean that the True damage towards target enemy will triggers three times, but each has different chances (for example 100%/55%/25% on Lv1).
When triggers "Beyond the Gods", it will deal massive damage to all enemies.
When triggers "Lost in Chaos", it will damage the Stars herself.
After casting this skill, the Stars will have 25% chance to switch to Cosmos mode.

Mind Blast (Reality mode only)
Low damage but high chance to stun and shuffle target.
When triggers "Beyond the Gods", it will grant extra rounds to the Stars.
When triggers "Lost in Chaos", it will stun the Stars.
After casting this skill, the Stars will have 25% chance to switch to Cosmos mode.

Shadowflame Cauterize (Reality mode only)
A single target, high amount, but risky healing skill. Before the healing triggers, target hero must suffer damage first, and if target hero is at death's door, the healing won't trigger at all.
"Repeat three times" mean that the True damage towards target hero will triggers three times, but each has different chances (for example 100%/55%/25% on Lv1).
Note that if target hero's HP is very low, this skill might kill him directly, for one true damage knock him into death's door, and another true damage fails the DD resist. Thus obviously this skill must not be used to rescue target from death's door.
When triggers "Beyond the Gods", it will grant all heroes 2 blocks and heal them 33% max HP.
When triggers "Lost in Chaos", it will harm target hero for 10 damage.
After casting this skill, the Stars will have 25% chance to switch to Cosmos mode.

Flash of Fireworks (Cosmos mode only)
Forward 1. Deal damage to single target while heal self.
"Repeat three times" mean that the healing towards self will triggers three times, but each has different chances (for example 100%/55%/25% on Lv1).
When triggers "Beyond the Gods", it will grant the Stars stealthed and heal her 75% max HP.
When triggers "Lost in Chaos", it will harm the Stars for 6 damage.
After casting this skill, the Stars will switch back to Reality mode.

Galaxy Smash (Cosmos mode only)
AOE damage skill. Debuff all enemies for damage penalty. The debuff on damage is an absolute value, not a percentage one.
When triggers "Beyond the Gods", it will grant party extreme damage buffs for 2 rds.
When triggers "Lost in Chaos", it will greatly debuff the Stars' damage.
After casting this skill, the Stars will switch back to Reality mode.

Abyss Shatter (Cosmos mode only)
A single target stress heal skill at the cost of stress on all heroes.
"Repeat three times" mean that the stress damage towards all heroes will triggers three times, but each has different chances (for example 100%/55%/25% on Lv1).
When triggers "Beyond the Gods", it will clear stress on all heroes and buff party stress resist for one battle.
When triggers "Lost in Chaos", it will do stress damage to all heroes.
After casting this skill, the Stars will switch back to Reality mode.

Space-Time Transcend (Shared skill, usable in both modes)
Mark target enemy. 100% chance for mode switching. Has a cooldown of 3 rds.
When used in Reality mode, the Stars will switch to Cosmos mode and buff self extreme SPD for next round.
When used in Cosmos mode, the Stars will switch to Reality mode and get extra rounds immediately.
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Cathelia Samicora  [developer] 14 Jan, 2021 @ 10:18pm 
The following are some short descriptions about trinkets.

Dreamless Dreams
This is the starting trinket, or called Alpha trinket. You will get it from crystal shop for free.

Glimpse of Starfall
This is another one in the pair with Dreamless Dreams and called Omega trinket. The set bonus is extremely powerful, but you can only get this trinket after completely finishing all the quests in Darkest Dungeon area.

Smell of the Spring
Sound of the Summer
Asterism of the Autumn
Wonder of the Winter

These four trinkets are called season trinkets. You can only equip one of them at a time, otherwise the Stars will be forced at death's door permanently.
Smell of the Spring will disable the damage of all skills but grant true damage for them instead.
Sound of the Summer will change the style of mode switching - all hostile skills will switch to Cosmos mode after cast, while all friendly skills will switch to Reality mode after cast.
Asterism of the Autumn will grant a very low chance to trigger all effects from "Beyond the Gods".
Wonder of the Winter will grant the Stars stealthed when kill an enemy or being hit, but will de-stealth her in any other behaviors. While not stealthed, the Stars will always be crited when being hit, but while stealthed, her hostile skills will always do crits.

"The Broken Wings"
One of the CC trinkets. Provide buffs when afflicted. On hit inflict stress damage to self, and even more stress if not afflicted.

"The Dried Flowers"
One of the CC trinkets. Provide buffs when virtued. Friendly skill heal stress for all heroes. When being hit, heal stress for all heroes.

"Where lies my fate?"
The CC trinket set will try to enter virtue by repetitively stress self and stress heal self with extreme buff/debuff on stress received percent and stress healing received percent.

Dance of Silver Moon
Sound of the Galaxy

These two trinkets which can be used by any heroes are mainly for tests and fun. They both lower the light to zero when hit. Dance of Silver Moon will stealth self when missed, and Sound of the Galaxy will grant an extra round when crits (but cannot crit on the extra round).
Last edited by Cathelia Samicora; 14 Jan, 2021 @ 10:45pm
Brown Buns 12 Feb, 2021 @ 4:46am 
What is Absolute Zero:Aledbar?
Cathelia Samicora  [developer] 12 Feb, 2021 @ 5:10am 
Originally posted by Totem Admirer:
What is Absolute Zero:Aledbar?
That is a new trinket added recently.
I will ask Kaze for more details.
Cathelia Samicora  [developer] 12 Feb, 2021 @ 8:28pm 
Originally posted by Totem Admirer:
What is Absolute Zero:Aledbar?
I have asked Kaze, he said those trinkets are made for donators on the afdian website, just like the kickstarter trinkets of RedHook. You could treat them as normal individual trinkets, or just ignore them.
Last edited by Cathelia Samicora; 12 Feb, 2021 @ 8:30pm
darkspeartroll101 8 Mar, 2021 @ 12:55am 
How do I get Glimpse of Starfall if I got the mod AFTER I already cleared the Darkest Dungeon?
Cathelia Samicora  [developer] 8 Mar, 2021 @ 4:08am 
Originally posted by darkspeartroll101:
How do I get Glimpse of Starfall if I got the mod AFTER I already cleared the Darkest Dungeon?
Open the file:
steamapps\workshop\content\262060\2360027730\trinkets\stars.entries.trinkets.json
Find the word "ss_omega", and change it to "comet".
Then you will find the trinket in your crystal shop in the next week.
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