Dullahan - Modular Vocation Overhaul

Introduction

It shouldn't be surprising to hear that the vocations in DD2 are wildly unbalanced and sort of underdeveloped. They're all serviceable, but some of them have extremely broken or gimmicky skills that turn an already easy game into a snooze fest, and there's a lot of potential for expanding the core kit of some of them, especially Sorcerer which is, in my opinion, a complete mess in vanilla. Dullahan is an overhaul mod that balances the different vocations and taps into this potential, taking the gameplay of DD2 to whole new levels.

For a rundown of which changes affect pawns, check the articles tab. Any percentage based damage changes are applied after flat defense is taken into account, so if you see a "deals 15% more damage" effect, it will make you deal exactly 15% more damage than you would be doing without it. The changes are local only and will not ban your pawn from getting hired online.

Weapon skills added by Dullahan behave like vanilla skills, in that they will show up in the UI with their own names, descriptions and videos.

Showcase videos by Mura Casardis and The Rift:

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Installation and modularity

Install as usual with Fluffy Mod Manager. Loose file loader is NOT required for Dullahan, despite what Fluffy says. Then, in the script generated UI, you can toggle which changes you want. Yes, you can toggle each and every change individually! Although some changes may require a game restart to get toggled properly.

I would advice against unchecking Dullahan.lua in the script runner mid-game, as some changes will not be properly reverted.

Vocation changes

Fighter

[]Using a heavy attack while blocking will trigger a shield pummel.

[]Tusk Toss: charge time reduced from 0. 85s to 0. 6s.

[]Steeled Foundation: fall damage reduction increased to 50%.

[]True Deflect: increased window from 6 frames to 9 frames.

[]Hindsight Sweep: increased perfect avoidance frames from 8 to 15.

[]Gutting Skewer: increased the speed of the stabs by 12%. While climbing, pulling out the sword after using Gutting Skewer is 30% faster. While using this skill you (and pawns) have 30% damage reduction.

[]Twirling Cut (new skill, replaces Shield Pummel, since you now always have access to it). Spin several times to deliver a multitude of cuts that cover a wide vertical distance.

[]Crossing Maw (new skill): performs two powerful two-handed cuts in quick succession. Great st