The Blue Mage - Character Mod for Slay the Spire 2

The Blue Mage

Every monster is a lesson. Some lessons leave scars.

A complete custom character for Slay the Spire 2, inspired by Final Fantasy's Blue Mage tradition (FFV's learners, FFVIII's Quistis, FFXI and FFXIV's spellbook hunters). A wandering scholar whose deck is a bestiary written in scars.

How the character plays

Learn — the core mechanic. After every combat, your card rewards are Learned from the monsters you just defeated: two of their own attacks, skills and powers (a Nibbit teaches its headbutt; the Waterfall Giant teaches you to blow your own tanks), plus one refined Azure Art. Elites teach deeper secrets; bosses teach only rares. Every species in all four acts has its own hand-designed mini-set — over 110 monster teachings, each showing its teacher performing the move in the biome where you fought it.

Pages — your bestiary. Every DIFFERENT Learned card in your deck is a Page. An in-combat panel tracks your count, and the Azure Codex grants a new boon at every 4 Pages — from post-combat healing all the way to a storm of pages that damages every enemy each turn. Several Arts and cards scale with Pages too (they glow gold when their threshold is live).

Azure Arts. Shops don't sell what monsters teach for free — merchant card slots stock shop-exclusive techniques instead: engine pieces that trigger on Learned cards, Pages payoffs, and rare refinements that permanently improve your teachings.

Secret Teachings. Six legendary spells (Bad Breath, 1000 Needles, Self-Destruct, Mighty Guard, Level 5 Death... and one more) cannot be taught by any kill. They are learned the classic Blue Mage way: by SURVIVING something. Endure the right ordeal and an extra reward choice appears. No further hints.

Contents

• []~180 cards — every monster species in all 4 acts teaches its own mini-set, with the monster's actual in-game art performing the move, set in its home biome[/]

  []Azure Arts shop pool, 6 hidden Secret Teachings, 7 Pages milestones with an in-combat progress panel[/]

  []Relics and potions themed to the bestiary fantasy[/]

  []FFV-style pixel character with full combat animations, campfire and merchant scenes, and an animated firefly character-select background[/]

  []Custom power icons, keyword tooltips, and character-specific Architect dialogue[/]

  Requirements

  • []Slay the Spire 2 Beta Branch (early access, tested on v0. 109)[/]

    []BaseLib by Alchyr — available on the Steam Workshop (also required by other custom characters)[/]

    Installation

    [*]Install BaseLib (Steam Workshop, or drop it in your mods folder).[