About this mod
Seek the light within or be the fear amongst thy shadows. A versatile warrior skillful in the techniques of the Forgotten Samurais & the Exiled Ninjas. Imbued with the power of the Forbidden Arts, this warrior seeks only to be freed by the imprisonment of his own wrath.
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A Samurai/Ninja themed vocation inspired by Final Fantasy series & Ghost of Tsushima. The skills found in this vocation are reimagined with the available skills/assets found in Dragon's Dogma 2, using Skill Maker by alphaZomega.

The vocation will have 3 main fighting techniques:
- Samurai Techniques (Aggressive)
- Ninja Techniques (Evasive)
- Forbidden Arts (Magic)
- Recommend using 2-handed swords for this vocation
- Certain skills have AOE damage that may hit nearby friendly units
TRAILER - COUNTERS & COMBOS
SKILLS INTRODUCTION I
Skills showcased in this video:
- Ninja Jump
- Ninja Leap
- Evade
- Shift Slash
- Air Strike
- Braver
- Climhazzard
SKILLS INTRODUCTION II
Skills showcased in this video:
- Blade Cut
- Deathblow
- Triple Thrust
- 4x-Strike
- Riposte
- Evasive Strike
- Smoke Bomb
- Plant & Detonate Bomb
- Chakra
- Adrenaline Rush
- Telekinesis
- Indomitable Spirit
- Dance of Wrath
SAMURAI TECHNIQUES
Shift Slash

- Element: ICE
- Type: Speed
- Quick forward slash
- Knockback lightweight enemies (if hit at the front of the slash)
- Effective at clearing groups of smaller enemies
- Can be executed anytime while on ground (will cancel active skill)
Air Strike

- Element: ICE
- Type: Aerial
- Quick jump slash
- Effective at hitting flying enemies
- Can be used while mid-air to hit higher spots
- Can be executed anytime (will cancel active skill)
Braver

- Element: FIRE
- Type: Versatile
- Quick evading jumping spinning slash followed by a downward cut
- Hit both land & flying enemies
- Can be used while mid-air
- Evasive counter move
- Can be executed anytime (will cancel active skill)
Climhazzard

- Element: FIRE
- Type: Execution
- Quick dodge forward followed by a tossing strike & a uppercut slash
- Effective against lightweight enemies with shields & tails
- Evasive counter move
- Can be executed anytime while on ground (will cancel active skill)
Blade Cut

- Element: THUNDER
- Type: Execution
- A forward spinning move followed by a heavy cut downwards
- Effective against armored & rocky enemy types
Deathblow

- Element: THUNDER
- Type: Finisher
- A charging stance followed by a heavy downward cut
- Effective for hitting weak spots & staggered enemies
Triple Thrust

- Non-elemental
- Type: Stagger
- A dashing forward stab followed by 2 heavy thrusts
- Effective for staggering large enemies
4x-Strike

- Non-elemental
- Type: Versatile
- A forward spinning slash followed by 3 heavy strikes
- Effective for clearing group of smaller enemies & dishing out huge damage & staggering large enemies
Riposte

- Non-elemental
- Type: Counter
- A quick riposte stance that counters if timed correctly, or will defend against incoming frontal attacks
- Can be executed anytime while on ground (will cancel active skill)
NINJA TECHNIQUES
Evade

- Type: Survival
- A forward phasing dodge that will evade any incoming attacks
- Can also be used to prevent fall damage
- Can be executed anytime (will cancel active skill)
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
- Can be executed after flipping action to jump again (before falling animation)
Evasive Strike

- Non-elemental
- Type: Counter
- A quick roll back dodge followed by 3 dashing forward slashes
- Can be executed anytime while on ground (will cancel active skill)
Smoke Bomb

- Non-elemental
- Type: Survival
- A quick evasive upward jump followed by a smoke bomb throw
- Can be executed anytime (will cancel active skill)
Plant & Detonate Bomb

- Type: Utility
- Planting of bomb followed by an evasive jump backwards & denotation of bomb in mid-air
- Effective against groups, armored & rocky enemies
- Effective use with smoke bomb
- Use with Evade to prevent denotation of bomb
FORBIDDEN ARTS
Chakra

- Type: Magic
- Heal & cure
Adrenaline Rush

- Type: Magic
- Barrier & haste
Telekinesis

- Type: Magic
- Lifting nearby lightweight enemies (immobile) & objects before lashing unto nearby enemies
Fire Blade

- Element: FIRE
- Type: Magic
- A forward fire elemental slash followed by a cast of short flame & fire boon
Indomitable Spirit

- Type: Magic
- A forbidden art that casts invincibility at the cost of health
- Boosts stamina recovery & eliminates the use of all skills for 30 seconds
- Unlocks Dance of Wrath
Dance of Wrath

- Non-elemental
- Type: Finisher
- A forward ghostly slash followed by series of strikes & a final downward cut that unleashes The Forbidden Samurai's wrath
- 0 stamina costs
- Only usable while Indomitable Spirit is active
INSTALLATION
- Follow the instructions in Skill Maker & install all its requirements (including REFramework, 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
USAGE

- While in game, press INS to load up REFramework UI
- Navigate down to SkillMaker
- Under Skillsets, click on the dropdown list & select The Forbidden Samurai
- 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
- alphaZomega for the help with the coding work
- Odachi x Ultra Bow (Arisen's Sword in screenshots) by Shxps
- Film Art Reshade
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