Hopeless

Hopeless is one of the negative Afflictions that a hero can get when reaching 100 Stress damage in Darkest Dungeon. This affliction is considered to be one of the weaker ones (or least bad) when compared to Paranoid and Irrational.

Description
"There can be no hope in this hell... no hope at all.Affliction_hopeless.ogg"

They see themselves and this expedition as completely doomed, they will try to keep others alive but will more often than not get themselves killed. The hero has just given up on fighting.

Effects
Heroes with this Affliction can become uncontrollable randomly attacking enemies, passing turns and changing positions. Under the Hopeless affliction, a hero has a chance to perform the following actions:
 * Deal stress damage to the party at the beginning of the turn.
 * Pass his/her turn.
 * Use a random ability of their own choosing.
 * Deal damage to him/herself
 * Mark him/herself.
 * Refuse to be healed. 2
 * Refuse to be buffed. 2
 * Refuse to use an item. 1
 * Prevent the party from retreating.
 * Give a random comment when walking, dealing stress damage to an ally. The comment depends of the affliction.
 * Give a random comment when a trap is triggered, dealing stress damage to an ally. The comment depends of the affliction.

1 This action can occur inside and outside of combat.

2 This action can occur during combat and while camping, usually wastes camp time too.

Base Stats - Affects
The following changes were made in the Build 8920 of the game (Early Access) - To be verified -
 * MAX HEALTH POINTS "-10%"
 * DODGE "-5"
 * SPEED "-3"
 * ACCURACY "-5"

Resistances - Affects
The following changes were made in the Build 8920 of the game (Early Access) - To be verified -
 * Stun "-15%"
 * Blight "-15%"
 * Disease "-15%"
 * Move "-15%"
 * Bleed "-15%"
 * Debuff "-15%"
 * Trap Disarm "-15%"

Crusader

 * Can so much death ever truly be justified?
 * How can I fight for truth when I betray all I love?
 * Why did I trade her for this life? She loved me...
 * Send me to the Light! I beg for absolution!

Highwayman

 * The dice have no more jump.
 * Go, go on! Lead me to my doom!
 * This cursed place will be my tomb.
 * The things I've done. They pale by comparison...
 * I can't get their faces out of my head...

Plague Doctor

 * Sorrow and toil...sorrow and toil.
 * Those fools will never respect my work...
 * So cold inside. Like a morgue.
 * I have nothing... I offer little more than a corpse.
 * These tests are fruitless! I verge on failure!

Vestal

 * There is no higher purpose here...
 * This mission frays my spirits...
 * Why does everyone hate me? Even the mother superior...
 * Even the destitute of spirit refuse the Light. Why?
 * Verse LXVIII: Pray to the Light, for it will grant you joy...

Occultist

 * Leave me alone! Leave me to my commandeered mind!
 * I will never escape It. I will suffocate first.
 * I toyed with greatness -- now I suffer eternally.
 * They must never know what I am becoming... Never.
 * The beast is unhinging my mind. Dark fantasies emerge...

Grave Robber

 * Curse this life. Still, 'tis my own doing...
 * Seems I've been sentenced to dawdle with oafish cut-purses.
 * I was a Lady once. Now, little more than a burglar.
 * Blazes. Imagine if I'd been content with what I had...
 * "A bird in the hand," the judge said. Sigh.

Bounty Hunter

 * Life. What a pot of dung.
 * ... Shoulda written a will.
 * Lucky I've lived this long, I suppose.
 * Been luckier'n most. But luck always runs out.
 * Been luckier'n most. But luck always runs out.

Hellion

 * Where flies the warhawk? It abandons my soul...
 * My spirit longs for the open air I'll never breathe again.
 * There is no honor in these lands... It pains me.
 * The spirits all whisper of failure...
 * No! Do not ponder death! That way lies defeat...

Jester

 * What a sad display, us lumbering apes.
 * All this leather and steel and blood... for what?
 * We stink of will and confidence. What a crock.
 * We think we have purpose here? A noble venture? HA!
 * Just another sick demonstration of hubris. (snort)

Leper

 * A crack in the chamber room window. Snow swirls in...
 * Cobwebs in the dining hall. Weevils in the crust!
 * The blade is broken.
 * Even steel may shatter in the cold.
 * We march only to ruin.

Man-at-Arms

 * I cannot bear the weight of keeping you all alive.
 * When did I become Death's right hand?
 * I am a dull weapon wielded by the wicked hand of Fate!
 * I am haunted by visions of my betrayed men!
 * I knew only to follow orders! Forgive me brothers!

Arbalest

 * What is it I ran away from?
 * What a fool I was to try and prove myself!
 * My aim is as faulty as my heart!
 * Grim thoughts circle my head like buzzards!
 * My string is frayed, my soul quails.

Houndmaster

 * Her tails hang low, the trail is lost.
 * Law and order - they are delusions.
 * Bah, the trail's gone cold.
 * What can one man do in the face of such rampant corruption?!
 * The Law is a cheap perfume - masking the stench of malfeasance.

Abomination

 * I fear it is inevitable that it will consume me from within.
 * Was this all worth it? For knowledge... for gold.
 * This burden dims my very soul.
 * It feeds off of my essence, even now I falter...
 * The hours tumble by, dull and empty since that terrible day.

Musketeer

 * A life wasted stalking dumb beasts!
 * I was never ready. I will die here, surely!
 * Alas, my pride has snared me and hung me to dry!
 * This is an impossible quarry!
 * I am not the huntress I thought myself to be!

Antiquarian

 * I brought this down upon us all!
 * There is nothing that can be done!
 * When precious pottery cracks, there is naught to be done!
 * A lifetime spent chasing relics of the past...and now I am their kin.
 * My ambitions crash down around me!