History VideoGame / BlackReliquary

* BellyDancer: The Levantine Terpsichorean is a [[GenderInvertedTrope rare male version]] and wears a skimpy bedlah outfit, although [[DudeLooksLikeALady you wouldn't know he was a guy by looking at him]].

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Well, with a ''corpse'': Kvarotz Totakh (a human skeleton stretched to giraffe-like proportions and encased in stone) can devour a Corpse and then unleash it in a devastating salvo the next turn. Kvarotz Golem instead starts with a corpse that it fires out in its opening attack, and can later suck back up (or any other corpse) to recover Health.

* AttackOfTheFifty50Whatever: The Greater Sandwurm, one of the bosses in the Caverns; so big it coils around the entire battlefield as background, and with the [[DamageSpongeBoss health to match]].

** The Levantine Pursuer is one to the Houndmaster; both fight in tandem with an animal (a massive eagle in Pursuer's case), are able to mark targets and while Houndmaster can heal Stress to the party, the Pursuer deals party-wide Stress damage.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: PlayedWith with the Wildlanders. Most of their units are [[AmazonianBeauty muscular women]] and tend to fight in melee. The sole male unit, the Harrier, is a fairly squishy archer, and other men encountered in the Exposed Interior are either enslaved or victims of HumanSacrifice. That said, there are three female Wildlander enemies that wield ranged weapons; the Bombard, the Raptor, and the Warhawk Matron. The Bombard wields a blunderbuss, the Raptor wields her HarpoonGun with ChainsawGripBFG while the Warhawk Matron is a boss enemy with a literal ArmCannon.
* InterfaceSpoiler: A very deliberate example is used to indicate the presence of [[spoiler:a [[MetalSlime Kvarotz Otekh]]]] during an encounter. Rarely, one may notice that a basic mook-type enemy (e.g. a Levantine Grunt or Wildlander Hellion) has a [[spoiler:tag that reads 'Stonework?' in their mouse-over info]]. Their stats and skills are completely par for the course unless they're left 'til last.
* KnightTemplar: A faction of them named The Lost Legion, wandering enemies that may show up in Radiant Light or Dim Light.

** '''Expiate''' will damage a target while healing the opposing group once if they use a skill that targets an opponent (i.e. attacks and non-damaging skills such as Mark For Death) and it doesn't kill the opponent.

** The Catacombs have either a Levantine Deserter who gives you gold and gems for supplies, or a Kvarotz Vending Machine with trinkets for Matkah.

* BellyDancer: The Levantine Dancer is a [[GenderInvertedTrope rare male version]] and wears a skimpy bedlah outfit, although [[DudeLooksLikeALady you wouldn't know he was a guy by looking at him]].

Black Reliquary is a total conversion mod for ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' and replaces the entire story campaign while restructuring the game's combat and progression. The player will be put to the test against more clever and dangerous opponents in a world that is both familiar and fresh. The project utilizes every tool available to bring in an exciting new experience, going beyond what other mods can do because of compatibility limitations. You'll fight against new enemy factions and in a unique dungeon region (more regions and enemies to come as the mod develops.) Taking talent from all corners of the ''Darkest Dungeon'' modding community, it has over twenty-one contributors in various roles of development.

* PlantAliens: Cactonids are, as the name suggests, sentient succulents that have taken over Kvarotz's old Treasury and now use it to [[ChestMonster lure greedy and foolish people as food]].

* DuelBoss: A downplayed variation with the Levantine Janissary. Every three combat rounds he designates a party member as his duelling opponent, giving that character alone an accuracy buff high enough to match his ''monstrously'' high Dodge -- and then focusing all of his attacks on that one party member for the rest of those three rounds. Other party members ''can'' still take swipes at him, but with only around a 1-in-5 chance of hitting.

* SnakesAreSexy: The Levantine Enchantress, [[{{Fanservice}} full stop]]; a lithe, youthful, and buxom SnakePerson (it's not immediately obvious, but she's classified as being in both the Human and Beast categories, and when she uses Serpent's Call, there's a frame [[GlamourFailure showing her upper body being coated in scales]] and [[ButterFace her face becoming much more snakelike and monstrous]]) who uses snakes as her primary allies (including one perched on her shoulders and outstretched arm) and makes use of very smooth and sensual dance-like movements in combat (including one particularly common frame across her various attacks and abilities involving the aforementioned pet snake coiling around her while she's striking a graceful pose in a way that emphasizes her cleavage), with her even swaying her hips in her idle animation.

* SnakesAreSexy: The Levantine Enchantress, [[{{Fanservice}} full stop]]; a lithe, youthful, and buxom SnakePerson (it's not immediately obvious, but she's classified as being in both the Human and Beast categories, and when she uses Serpent's Call, there's a frame showing her upper body being coated in scales and [[ButterFace her face becoming much more snakelike and monstrous]]) who uses snakes as her primary allies (including one perched on her shoulders and outstretched arm) and makes use of very smooth and sensual dance-like movements in combat (including one particularly common frame across her various attacks and abilities involving the aforementioned pet snake coiling around her while she's striking a graceful pose in a way that emphasizes her cleavage), with her even swaying her hips in her idle animation.

* SnakesAreSexy: The Levantine Enchantress, [[Fanservice full stop]]; a lithe, youthful, and buxom SnakePerson (it's not immediately obvious, but she's classified as being in both the Human and Beast categories, and when she uses Serpent's Call, there's a frame showing her upper body being coated in scales and [[ButterFace her face becoming much more snakelike and monstrous]]) who uses snakes as her primary allies (including one perched on her shoulders and outstretched arm) and makes use of very smooth and sensual dance-like movements in combat (including one particularly common frame across her various attacks and abilities involving the aforementioned pet snake coiling around her while she's striking a graceful pose in a way that emphasizes her cleavage), with her even swaying her hips in her idle animation.

* SnakesAreSexy: The Levantine Enchantress, full stop; a lithe, youthful, and buxom SnakePerson (it's not immediately obvious, but she's classified as being in both the Human and Beast categories, and when she uses Serpent's Call, there's a frame showing her upper body being coated in scales and [[ButterFace her face becoming much more snakelike and monstrous]]) who uses snakes as her primary allies (including one perched on her shoulders and outstretched arm) and makes use of very smooth and sensual dance-like movements in combat (including one particularly common frame across her various attacks and abilities involving the aforementioned pet snake coiling around her while she's striking a graceful pose in a way that emphasizes her cleavage), with her even swaying her hips in her idle animation.

* SnakesAreSexy: The Levantine Enchantress, full stop; a lithe, youthful, and buxom SnakePerson (it's not immediately obvious, but she's classified as being in both the Human and Beast categories, and when she uses Serpent's Call, there's a frame showing her upper body being coated in scales and [[ButterFace her face becoming much more snakelike and monstrous]]) who uses snakes as her primary allies (including one perched on her shoulders and outstretched arm) and makes use of very smooth and sensual dance-like movements in combat (including one particularly common frame across her various attacks and abilities involving the aforementioned pet snake coiling around her while she's striking a graceful pose), with her even swaying her hips in her idle animation.

Beyond the Estate, [[{{Qurac}} far off to the east]], there is a land which contains the cradle of AncientEvil and dormant power. Our talents are needed to disrupt a swelling terror deep beneath the crags and sands. In its wake we will struggle and suffer, but there are few others who could face the darkness through its veil of sandstorms, and march on to confront... [[TitleDrop the Black Reliquary.]]

Beyond the Estate, [[{{Qurac}} far off to the east]], there is a land which contains the cradle of AncientEvil and dormant power. Our talents are needed to disrupt a swelling terror deep beneath the crags and sands. In its wake we will struggle and suffer, but there are few others who could face the darkness through its veil of sandstorms, and march on to confront...[[TitleDrop the Black Reliquary.]]

Beyond the Estate, [[FarEast far off to the east]], there is a land which contains the cradle of AncientEvil and dormant power. Our talents are needed to disrupt a swelling terror deep beneath the crags and sands. In its wake we will struggle and suffer, but there are few others who could face the darkness through its veil of sandstorms, and march on to confront...[[TitleDrop the Black Reliquary.]]

** '''Frantic''' is a horror effect that will not only inflict horror on the affected target when attacking but will push themselves back in terror.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: While the classic [[BonusBoss Shambler and Collector]] are absent, there are two new foes that fill their exact spots: the Yngolian and the Sand Charmer.
** The Yngnolian puts your torch at zero and always shuffles the party when encountered, but needs to waste an action ([[ExtraTurn of which it gets two]]) to summon a minion, and otherwise hammers your party with powerful attacks. Said minions, instead of IncreasinglyLethalEnemies, are ActionBombs.
** The Sand Charmer is a sandy [[AnimalisticAbomination snake-like being]], and summons sandy, skeletal versions of your own characters, like the Bounty Hunter, Occultist and Shieldbreaker.

** The Caverns have a small Troglodyte Purveyor (named Steve) wearing a merchant hat and surrounded by [[GreenRocks Amber]], and gives you a bunch if you give him a gem.
** The Treasury has either a Cactonid impersonating a drink seller that gives you a different StatusBuff or curing diseases with certain supplies or a Wildlander Mythical Warrioress and her son who gives you gold and gems in exchange for a [[ArtifactOfDoom Malignant Vestige]].

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: [[InvertedTrope Somewhat inverted]] with the Wildlanders, as most of their units are [[AmazonianBeauty muscular women]] and tend to fight in melee. The sole male unit among them is a fairly squishy archer, and other men encountered in the Exposed Interior are either enslaved or victims of HumanSacrifice. There ''are'' two units (the Raptor and Warhawk Matron) who are female and wield projectile weapons, but the former wields her HarpoonGun like a ChainsawGripBFG while the latter is both a StatuesqueStunner and wields a literal ArmCannon.

* TokenHeroicOrc: It’s possible to encounter vendors in each area, and while they are usually members of the factions you’re fighting against, they usually just give you loot in exchange for other resources.
** The Catacombs have either a Levantine Deserter who gives you gold and gems for supplies or a Kvarotz vending machine that gives you trinkets for Matkah.
** The Exposed Interior has either a Wildlander slave who flees and lets you have the chest he was carrying if you free him via Wildlander token, or a Levantine Archeologist who, in exchange for relics, gives you Lost Tek [[note]]And [[RareRandomDrop rarely]], a trinket that lets you obtain Kvarotz Daric from most Kvarotz curios[[/note]].
** The Caverns have a small Troglodyte wearing a merchant hat and surrounded by [[GreenRocks Amber]], and gives you a bunch if you give him a gem.
** The Treasury has either a Cactonid impersonating a drink seller that gives you a different StatusBuff or curing diseases with certain supplies or a Wildlander warrior and her son who gives you gold and gems in exchange for a valuable ArtifactOfDoom you may be carrying.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: [[InvertedTrope Somewhat inverted]] with the Wildlanders, as most of their units are [[AmazonianBeauty muscular women]] and tend to fight in melee. The sole male unit among them is a fairly squishy archer, and other men encountered in the Exposed Interior are either enslaved or victims of HumanSacrifice.
There ''are'' two units (the Raptor and Warhawk Matron) who are female and wield projectile weapons, but the former wields her HarpoonGun like a ChainsawGripBFG while the latter is both a StatuesqueStunner and wields a literal ArmCannon.

Black Reliquary is a total conversion mod for ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' and replaces the entire story campaign, while restructuring the game's combat and progression. The player will be put to the test against more clever and dangerous opponents in a world which is both familiar and fresh. The project utilizes every tool available to bring in an exciting new experience, going beyond what other mods can do because of compatibility limitations. You'll fight against new enemy factions and in a unique dungeon region (more regions and enemies to come as the mod develops.) Taking talent from all corners of the ''Darkest Dungeon'' modding community, it has over twenty one contributors in various roles of development.

** The Levantine: Very Ottoman inspired, the Levantine is a massive desert-Empire spanning a huge distance, composed of multiple tribes and conquered peoples whose fallen under the boot by their vast legions, wielding advanced technology and BlackMagic hand in hand. Fielding a peerless professional military, they are currently focused westward, being relatively new to the scene, and now threaten the safety of the Hamlet.
** Ancient Kvarotz: While the Levantine are nominally aggressive, but still ''human'', conquerers, the Kvarotz are ''straight up evil'', being described as a "black-hearted" empire which praises one's power and the suffering of others. Torture and torment are celebrated, as are offerings to the dark gods. Streets are patrolled by automatons, lumbering about in the darkness and fueled by the corpses of the disobedient. With miles upon miles of ruined territory, their golems still infest the ruins of their fallen cities.

** '''Amberblight''' will cause a target to either deal 15% less damage or received 15% more damage if they either attack or use a friendly skill, respectively.

** '''Frantic''' is a horror effect that will not only inflict horror on the affected target when attacking, but will push theselves back in terror.

** The Sand Charmer is a sandy [[AnimalisticAbomination snake-like being]], and summons sandy, skeletal versions of the Occultist and Shieldbreaker.