Irrational

Irrational is one of the negative Afflictions that a hero can get when reaching 100 Stress damage in Darkest Dungeon.

Description
"Reeling! Gasping! Taken over the edge, into madness.Affliction_irrational.ogg"

Irrational heroes start to say things that make little sense, in some cases related to their past sins. This affliction is devastating in long dungeons and in parties that are not prepared to handle stress damage as the afflicted hero has a chance to increase the party's stress in response to almost any action.

Effects
Under the Irrational affliction, a hero has a chance to perform the following actions:


 * Say random things related to their character that make no sense, increasing the stress of other party members (at the beginning of the turn).
 * Perform a random action, either passing a turn, moving at full speed to another position, or performing an attack on the first appropriate enemy.
 * Either hurt or mark him/herself.
 * Refuse to be healed or buffed. 2
 * Refuse to use an item. 1
 * Prevent the party from retreating.
 * Stop an ally from changing positions with the afflicted hero. 1
 * Make random comments whenever: the afflicted hero is attacked, an ally hero attacks or is attacked. This results in stress increasing for the heroes.
 * Make a random comment when walking, dealing stress damage to an ally. The comment depends of the affliction.
 * Make a random comment when a trap is triggered, dealing stress damage to an ally. The comment depends of the affliction.
 * Interact with any kind of curio (small chance). (Possibly stacks with the bloodlust and kleptomania Quirks)
 * Cause stress damage whenever another character interacts with a Curio.

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 - Effects

 * -10% MAX HP
 * -5 ACC
 * -10% DMG
 * -5 DODGE
 * +2 SPD

Resistances - Effects

 * -15% Stun Resistance
 * -15% Blight Resistance
 * -15% Bleed Resistance
 * -15% Disease Resistance
 * -15% Debuff Resistance
 * -15% Move Resistance
 * -15% Trap Disarm

Crusader

 * I hear the chirping of birds and the baying of donkeys!
 * I DEFY the Verses! Dance and love and drink for all!
 * Damned be the Light! My humours churn with lust!
 * I could eat off this blade! Its lustre is so pure!
 * I smell brimstone. Or is that hyacinth?

Highwayman

 * Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
 * Come, juggle these daggers with me! Hee heeee!
 * I take offense, blaggard! We shall duel at dawn!
 * Come on, dog! Earn yourself some respect.
 * Moths have been at my britches! Bring me needle and thread!
 * No! I DIDN'T KILL HER! 'TWAS AN ACCIDENT!
 * You know I apprenticed in candlemaking? T'is true.

Plague Doctor

 * Burst those boils! Leech those wounds!
 * Where did that scalpel go... Eh, I will find it later.
 * There are shapes cavorting in the mist. Look there!
 * My feet smell of gangrene! YOU - smell these!
 * Eureka! Bubonic plague and lavender TOGETHER!

Vestal

 * There is Light in the stones! And in the smiles of flies!
 * My eyes are on fire... So beautiful, I must gouge them out!
 * The Versebook is in my hand. I tear a bit and eat it. Mmm.
 * Verse XVI: the meek shall... Lords, this scroll is heavy.
 * Fetch me a newborn lamb. I must make an offering. Now!

Occultist

 * There are suckers growing on my elbows!
 * MNAH GL'AK OBOOSHUU FTAGUH. HOM NGLUI.
 * KADISHTU FORMAZ GLER'AKTII. FOMALHAUT BEG'INN.
 * MEN'ALISH GRAK NI'KTOO SIRIUS. HOORVAN GRAK SNOOAVC!
 * Warm is the dawn, yet so distant the horizon...

Grave Robber

 * Off with my head!  A capital idea!
 * So many young gentlemen, so little propriety. Sigh.
 * I become like the earth! Claiming all!
 * There is a woman in my coat! Out, out, you vagabond!
 * Pass the teacakes my dear. There's a lass.

Bounty Hunter

 * My face is the mask, and the mask my face!
 * I shall take out a bounty - on myself! Hehehehe
 * Would've made a damn fine baker. Tsk.
 * Bring me a small dog. So crunchy. Mmm.
 * I said I wanted a pony!
 * I said I wanted a pony!

Hellion

 * Yessss... the blood bubbles at my lips! YYAAAAAASSS!
 * I am not whole until I am cut apart. DO IT!
 * I soar like the warhawk. High above the clouds...
 * Someone armwrestle me! ... COME ON, YOU COWARDS!
 * The wilding beasts go unclothed -- so shall I!

Jester

 * HA HAA HAAAAAA!
 * Hee hee. Hee. Heee heeee heeeeeeee. Hee. Heh.
 * MWU-HA HA HAAAAAA!
 * HA HAAAA! (sobbing) HA HAAHAAAA! (sobbing) Hee-hee!
 * AH HOO HOO HOO.
 * (crying and laughing)

Leper

 * (desperate gasping and gurgling)
 * Grey seven apple-court in Autumn. Battle-born.
 * Where what blade throne calls under winter.
 * I sailing-ship course. Wander heaven thrice!
 * (incoherent moaning)

Man-at-Arms

 * The flutes! Can no one else hear them?!
 * My stitches whisper recipes for the most delicious stew!
 * Someone has stolen my third hand!
 * The ball of my mace reflects the fires of Hell...
 * How curious you can see me, for I am long dead.

Arbalest

 * I am fluent in the language of feathers!
 * Silence, my arbalest sings!
 * I must go back and find my missing bolts!
 * Three stars, two moons, one horse.
 * Will you marry me? Will you marry me? Will you marry me?

Houndmaster

 * This is no mere dog, this is the first being to orbit our terrestrial sphere!
 * Gah! This snake has usurped the leash!
 * Havoc!  Havoc!  uh...I forget the rest...
 * It seems my stitches conspire to knot together and hang me!
 * Help! I am leashed to dozens of these hellhounds!

Abomination

 * But what you don't comprehend is the tremendous size of our cage!
 * It tells me I can only feed on river mud.
 * The rumours are true! I am the true king of this land!
 * Please silence your destriers, good sirs!
 * I have heard whispers that the woman over the sea have green hair.

Musketeer

 * What is all of this, are we under the sea?!
 * The hawks scream flags bearing my name!
 * Squadrons of vikings! A field of battle!
 * A cosmic flea! A cosmic joke!
 * I can never die!

Antiquarian

 * My shoes are filled with the ocean!
 * ...it must be at least 10,000 years old, or maybe not?  Who can say?
 * Such finery abounds in this place!  Let us live here for our remaining days!
 * What is this beautiful place?
 * What smells so delicious?

Shieldbreaker

 * I thought this a mirage, but now know it is true!
 * Moon and sun, cooling and heating the sand together beyond the black pyramids.
 * All gods will someday die in the sands of time!
 * My legs are snakes, my eyes are spears!
 * Come and dance and sing with me! The feast will last until the next moon!

Trivia

 * One of the Houndmaster's barks ("This is no mere dog, this is the first being to orbit our terrestrial sphere!") is a reference to Laika, a Soviet "space dog" who was the first animal to orbit the Earth.
 * One of the Leper's barks ("Where what blade throne calls under winter.") refers to George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire's Iron Throne, a throne made from the swords of the people who swore allegience to Aegon when he conquered Westeros.