The Darkborn Assassin Vocation (Skill Maker) (2024)

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About this mod

Born in a realm of darkness, exiled by the likes of man. Experience playing as an Assassin scarred by his/her dark birth & magic that warps through the fabric of reality. Find your way out of this curse or be consumed by the very nature of your existence.

INTRODUCTION
An Assassin themed vocation inspired by Final Fantasy series, Ghost of Tsushima & Black Myth: Wukong.The skills found in this vocation are reimagined with the available skills/assets found in Dragon's Dogma 2, usingSkill MakerbyalphaZomega.

The vocation will have 3 main fighting techniques:

• Samurai Techniques (Aggressive)
• Ninja Techniques (Evasive)
• Forbidden Arts (Magic)
  

• Recommend using 1-handed swords for this vocation (with or without shield)
• Certain skills have AOE damage that may hit nearby friendly units
  

This vocation aims to create an agile, flexible & versatile fighting style

MOD TRAILER

SKILLS INTRODUCTION

Skills showcased in this video:

• Darkborn Leap
• Darkborn Jump
• Evade
• Explosive Suriken
• Fan of Explosives
• Shift Stab
• Air Slash
• Air Hazard
• Moon Strike
• Coup de Grace
• Infernal Strike
• Sleep Gas
• Energy Bomb
• Indomitable Spirit
• Realm of the Abyss
  

SKILLS ABILITIES

• All physical skills have multiple strikes
• The final strikes of all physical skills will warp/teleport to a nearby enemy (within range)
• All skills (other than Telekinesis, Indomitable Spirit & Realm of the Abyss) can cancel each other out at any moment, unless limited by aerial capability orincapacitation
  

SAMURAI TECHNIQUES
Moon Strike

• Element: THUNDER
• Type: Execution
• Limitation: Ground
• A forward barge (flitch target), followed by a quick slash & 3 horizontal strikes
• Can be executed without weapon drawn
• Effective at clearing groups of enemies
  

Coup de Grace

• Element: THUNDER
• Type: Finisher
• Limitation: Ground
• Teleports to a nearby enemy, followed by a barge (flitch target) & a devastating blow, further erupting with a seismic blast to a nearby enemy
• Can be executed without weapon drawn
• Effective at finishing staggered enemies or dealing enormous damage
  

NINJA TECHNIQUES
Shift Stab

• Element: ICE
• Type: Speed
• Limitation: Ground
• 3 quickconsecutive stabs, with the final one blasting off with magical damage
• Effective at piercing through armored & rocky enemy types
  

Air Slash



• Element: ICE
• Type: Aerial
• Limitation: Ground
• A heavy upper slash followed by a magical ice aerial slash
• Effective against flying & large enemies
  

Explosive Suriken


• Element: FIRE
• Type: Range
• Limitation: Ground & Aerial
• A quick explosive suriken thrown at a nearby target
• Effective against flying, armored & rocky enemy types
  

Fan of Explosives




• Element: FIRE
• Type: Range
• Limitation: Ground & Aerial
• A quick evasive upward jump followed by throwing 3 fire explosives & summoning an arc of dark magic explosives
• The 3 fire explosives can be controlled by changing the camera angle
• Effective against groups of weaker enemies
  

Air Hazard



• Element: FIRE
• Type: Aerial
• Limitation: Ground
• A quick dodge forward followed by a tossing strike, an aerial magical pierce & a final aerial fire slash
• Effective against lightweight (can be tossed), flying & large enemies
  

Infernal Strike



• Element: FIRE
• Type: Execution
• Limitation: Ground & Aerial
• A quick evasive upward jump followed by an aerial spin attack & piercing down with a magical blast, further erupting with a burst of flame (if landed on ground)
• Effective against groups or landing onto large enemies
  

Sleep Gas

• Non-elemental
• Type: Survival
• Limitation: Ground & Aerial
• A quick evasive upward jump followed by a smoke & sleep gas bomb throw
• Effective for escaping or against groups of enemies
  

Parry Strike

• Non-elemental
• Type: Counter
• Limitation: Ground
• Enters a defensive stance (consumes stamina while active) which will parry a target's attack with a shift slash
  

Evasive Strike

• Non-elemental
• Type: Counter
• Limitation: Ground
• A quick roll back dodge followed by 3-4 dashing forward slashes
  

Evade

• Type: Survival
• Can be executed at any moment
• A forward phasing dodge that will evade any incoming attacks
• Can also be used to prevent fall damage
  

Ninja Jump

• Type: Exploration
• A quick double-jump that reaches far greater heights
• Can be executed after flipping action to jump again (before falling animation)
  

Ninja Leap

• Type: Exploration
• A quick forward phasing-jump that covers long distances
• Canbe executed after flipping action to jump again (before falling animation)
  

Darkborn Jump

• Type: Exploration
• An enhanced Ninja Jump that reaches even greater heights
  

Darkborn Leap

• Type: Exploration
• An enhanced Ninja Leap that covers even longer distances
  

FORBIDDEN ARTS
Chakra

• Type: Magic
• Limitation: Ground
• Heal & cure
  

Adrenaline Rush

• Type: Magic
• Limitation: Ground
• Barrier & haste
  

Telekinesis

• Type: Magic
• Limitation: Ground
• Lifting nearby lightweight enemies (immobile) & objects before lashing unto nearby enemies
  

Fire Blade

• Element: FIRE
• Type: Magic
• Limitation: Ground
• A forward fire elemental slash followed by a cast of short flame & fire boon
  

Energy Bomb

• Element: FIRE, ICE, THUNDER
• Type: Utility
• Limitation: Ground
• Planting of bomb followed by an evasive jump backwards & denotation of bomb in mid-air
• Effective against groups, armored & rocky enemies
• Use with Evade to prevent denotation of bomb
  

Indomitable Spirit

• Type: Magic
• Limitation: Ground
• A forbidden art that casts invincibility at the cost of health
• Boosts stamina recovery & eliminates the use of all skills for 30 seconds
• Unlocks Realm of the Abyss
  

Realm of the Abyss

• Non-elemental
• Type: Finisher
• Limitation: Ground
• Enters the realm of darkness followed by a 2x heavy cut that slices into the very heart of the abyss, erupting & unleashing unimageable darkness
• 0 stamina costs
• Only usable while Indomitable Spirit is active
  

INSTALLATION

• Follow the instructions inSkill Maker& install all its requirements (includingREFramework,Fluffy Mod Manager &_ScriptCore)
• Download this file
• Extract its content into...\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragons Dogma 2\reframework\data\SkillMaker
  



• Make sure the contents & folders inside Skills & Skillsets go directly into the SkillMaker folders respectively
• Overwrite everything if you have previously downloaded The Forbidden Samurai
  

USAGE

• While in game, press INS to load upREFrameworkUI
• Navigate down to SkillMaker
• Under Skillsets, click on the dropdown list & select The Darkborn Assassin
• Check "Clear Skills on Load"
• Press Load & you should see the skills being loaded to each button allocation
• Feel free to change the skills to any button allocation you see fit
• Not advisable to change the folders & names of the skills (will affect codes used in the skills)
  

RECOMMENDATIONS & CREDIT

• alphaZomegafor developingSkill Maker
• FFXIV - Asphodelos' Fealty(Arisen's Sword in screenshots) byFTLOrange
• Film Art Reshade
  

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