Plague Doctor (Darkest Dungeon II)

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"Indiscriminate science stains the surgeons hands."

- -The Academic

The Plague Doctor is one of 12 Heroes in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * BACK RANK
 * BLIGHT
 * BLINDS
 * HEALER

Combat Skills
🔸The Plague Doctor will always start each run equipped with Noxious Blast,  Blinding Gas,  Incision,  Battlefield Medicine, and  Ounce of Prevention. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection, after which they are permanently unlocked and available for subsequent playthroughs.























Unique Trinkets
🔸Each Hero has their own 3 unique Trinkets, exclusive only to them.

Hero Paths
🔸 All Heroes Start The Game with No Hero Path. Each Hero has access to 3 unique Paths available only to them once they Invest into The Living City.

Strategy
PARACELSUS 🔸The Plague Doctor is a reliable healer and supporter, with a lot of diversity and usefulness in all its skills. The Plague Doctor is capable of dealing a surprisingly massive amount of Blight damage, with some respectable Direct and Bleed damage. Due to her lack of defensive skills and low HP, the Plague Doctor is best placed on the back Ranks, where she can utilize most of her skills and avoid harm from the dangerous front Ranks.

🔸 SKILLS OVERVIEW


 * Dd2 ability noxiousblast.png Noxious Blast is capable to inflict high Blight damage to a single front-Rank enemies. The DOT damage ignores Block tokens wich makes this skills perfect for dealing with the front ranks where  Block tend to be.


 * Dd2 ability plaguegrenade.png Plague Grenade inflicts respectable Blight damage to the Back-Ranks (3 and 4 position), enemies in this positions tend to be Low Max  so this skill will take care of these enemies quickly.
 * Dd2 ability incision.png Incision a very reliable attack with average physical damage and high bleed forwhen Your Blight damage is innefective. (Like in The Foetor, where enemies have high RES)


 * Dd2 ability causeofdeath.png Cause of Death turns most (or all) of the DOT accumulated on a target into instant physical damage. Paired with other DOT heroes ( Examples:Portraits-runaway.pngay, Portraits-occultist.pngtist ) Cause of Death is capable to be the most lethal Plague Doctor skill.  It ignores  and but also Ignores  from enemies wich gives this skill a huge damage potential. PD-on-general.png


 * Dd2 ability blindinggas.png Blinding Gas can inflict multiple Blind and  to the back ranks, mitigating the amount of damage your party receives.


 * Dd2 ability ounceofprevention.png Ounce of Prevention helps the Plague Doctor and her allies withstand All type of DOTS, , while also buffing  RES, perfect for heavy dot and disease dot encounters like The Creature Den and The Foetor. Is very recomendable to equip this skill if you know you are gonna face those enemies.


 * Dd2 ability battlefieldmedicine.png Battlefield Medicine can be used to heal allies that are on low Icon HP dd2.png, Deathsdoor dd2.png Death's Door or are suffering from DOTS, , effects. When upgraded it will heal the DOTs from Plague Doctor itself. This skill, however, will not be reliable for drawn-out battles, especially boss battles, due to its limited use (3 for each battle).


 * Dd2 ability indiscriminatescience.png Indiscriminate Science does not have a limit on use and offers a much greater healing potential at the expense of losing Positive and Negative Tokens. To get a solid heal, the skill should be used on Heroes that hold or can apply a large number of Positive Tokens on themselves.( Example:Portraits-highwayman.pngayman, Portraits-graverobber.pngrobber )


 * Dd2 ability disorientingblast.png Disorienting Blast can displace a back-Rank target, bring it to a more vulnerable position or Shuffle a front - Rank target where is less effective. The skill also applies Daze so that other Heroes can gain the upper hand. If the enemy already has  Daze or Combo  the skill will  instead.


 * Dd2 ability emboldeningvapours.png Emboldening Vapours applies Strength and Speed on allies, consider pair it with heroes that benefits the most  (Example:Portraits-highwayman.pngayman,Portraits-leper.png)


 * Dd2 ability magnesiumrain.png Magnesium Rain can quickly remove Dodge among enemies and clear Corpses allowing her team to deal with out-of-reach threats. Due to its mechanic of clearing all Corpses at same time, is particularly helpful against Plague Eaters in Foetor region or Creature Den monsters, as these enemies can consume their allies' corpses to gain huge advantages for themselves, such as healing and access to dangerous skills.

Shrine of Reflection
🔸The Plague Doctor gains access to 6 skills over 5 Chapters through accessing memories in the Shrine of Reflection.

Barks
Combat =

Landing a CRIT

 * Look how they wither and die!
 * One more cadaver for the cart.
 * Become as dust!
 * Excise the tumor!
 * I'll keep this bit for later!
 * Bones break and flesh tears!
 * Such an intriguing shade, their blood...
 * They are flesh like any other beast!

Stalling

 * We push ourselves toward exhaustion - why?
 * Has fatigue come to claim us so soon...?

Bleed

 * Quickly - that struck a vein!
 * I require a compress!

Blight

 * Surely we can find a counteragent!
 * A mithridate! For my agonies!

Burn

 * I require time to prepare a liniment!

Horror

 * N-no...! This must be some hallucination!
 * Wh-what comes after death is worse...

Stress

 * This expedition is doomed!
 * This cannot continue...
 * *breathes heavily*
 * I... this... I can't...
 * We have seen such horrors already!
 * We shall not survive. This I know.
 * It gnaws at the back of my mind...
 * What are we doing?!
 * W-we should run!
 * *gasp!*
 * I don't like this...
 * I-I don't want to die here!
 * It's over for us - over!

Entering Death's Door

 * All flesh fails, in the fullness of time.

Ally On Death's Door

 * Hold fast!
 * We've got you! Hold on!
 * Back from the edge, comrade!
 * Someone - HELP!
 * This isn't where you fall!
 * Not yet!
 * We need you alive!
 * You'll get through this!
 * You're stronger than this!
 * We'll get you out of here!

Surviving Hit on Death's Door

 * Adrenaline is a marvel...
 * I have conquered death once before!

Ally Surviving Hit on Death's Door

 * If you survive this, I can mend you!

Hit by CRIT

 * I am unsure if I could withstand another!
 * I need a healer!
 * Argh!
 * Can't see straight...
 * That one stung...
 * My ears are ringing!
 * I underestimated you...
 * Blast it!
 * Damned thing!
 * Got me good!
 * Bastard!

Ally Hit by CRIT

 * You are not beyond healing!
 * Steady, my friend!
 * Shake it off!
 * Brace up!
 * Hold on!
 * Still with us?
 * You're still standing!
 * Hell of a blow!
 * And yet you breathe!
 * We'll get them back!
 * On your feet!

Pushed by Enemy

 * Preternatural strength!
 * ... staggering force!
 * ... auggh!
 * ... can't stand my ground!
 * Can't... hold... balance!
 * What terrible strength!
 * The force of devilry!
 * I have to regroup!
 * Grrgh! Damn it all!
 * This one's tough!
 * Unnaturally strong...

Fog Appears (Shroud)

 * This foul mist grows thicker!
 * The air stagnates...
 * Damn this fog!
 * Insufferable fog!
 * I hear them moving in the fog...
 * This fret assaults my eyes!
 * Stay close, lest they pick us off!
 * Be wary, they stalk us from the fog!
 * Malign currents on the wind...
 * This is no common storm...
 * We grow vulnerable to ambush...!
 * This fog veils some treachery, no doubt.
 * I've lost sight of them!
 * What trickery, this mist?
 * Illusion and deceit, this weather!

Fog Fades (Shroud)
Positive Act Outs=
 * Strike now, the fog abates!
 * The air clears...
 * At long last, a breeze!
 * The air stirs!
 * Their trickery falters!
 * Our foes once more in sight!
 * A break in the weather!
 * Their cover lifts!
 * Mind our flanks! The fog lifts!
 * I see the fiends! Press hard!
 * The wind shifts in our favour!
 * Begone, unearthly mist!
 * Now, while our blades strike true!
 * Lo, the enemy! Press them!
 * Regroup, the fog is lifting!

Stress Healing Partner - General

 * Trust in our methods! In one another!
 * Trust the science!

Buffing Partner - General

 * Have a whiff of these vapours...

Healing Partner - General

 * This should work...

Combo Attack - General

 * Defenses rendered invalid!

Retaliation - General

 * Retaliation!

Protection - General

 * Perhaps a diversion is in order...

Praise for Support Skill - General

 * You must explain your process!

Praise for Attack - General

 * Superb dissection!

Stress Heal in Coach - General

 * The effects of overwork, nothing more.

Stress Healing Partner - Hopeful

 * Give up now? With so much yet to learn? BAH!
 * The future is a full coffer!

Buffing Partner - Hopeful

 * Our coadjuvancy - their downfall!

Praise for Support Skill - Hopeful

 * You have a knack for this.

Praise for Attack - Hopeful

 * Antagonistic force!

Stress Heal in Coach - Hopeful

 * I'm not finished yet. Nor are you!

Stress Healing Partner - Amorous

 * Love is the purest chemistry.

Healing Partner - Amorous

 * At my side, you shall forever defy death!

Protection - Amorous

 * Your safety is paramount!

Praise for Support Skill - Amorous

 * We shall defy even death together!

Praise for Attack - Amorous

 * How cleverly you scheme!

Stress Heal in Coach - Amorous

 * You are beyond appraisal!

Stress Healing Partner - Respectful

 * Your breadth of knowledge is... impressive!

Retaliation After Partner is Attacked - Respectful

 * You're too useful to lose to these vermin!

Combo Attack with Partner - Respectful

 * Let us end these aberrations!

Praise for Support Skill - Respectful

 * I regret ever doubting you...

Praise for Attack - Respectful

 * These fiends shall rue the day!

Stress Heal in Coach - Respectful
Negative Act Outs=
 * Dispense with this fear!

Attacking Ally - General

 * I've better things to do than supervise you!

Dealing Stress Partner - General

 * Failing grade for you, imbecile!

Insult for Support Skill - General

 * Are my talents not enough?!

Insult for Attack - General

 * Should've done your research.

Stress Ally in Coach - General

 * Disease. Rot. Putrescence. All of it.

Attacking Ally - Hateful

 * INSUFFERABLE!

Stress Damage on Ally - Hateful

 * Dullard! Simpleton!

Insult for Support Skill - Hateful

 * Ah, shove it
 * Get bent.
 * Piss off.

Insult for Attack - Hateful

 * Are you even trying?!
 * Shape up or step aside!
 * Do you WANT us to die here?!

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Hateful

 * You are a walking HEADACHE!

Stress Damage on Ally - Suspicious

 * You concoct a betrayal, I know it.

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Suspicious

 * You conspire against me!

Insult for Support Skill - Suspicious

 * Why'd you do that, eh?
 * They get it and I don't?

Insult for Attack - Suspicious

 * Did you hold back?
 * You're not trying!

Stress Damage on Ally - Resentful

 * Be quiet, learned experts are talking.

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Resentful

 * These are MY friends! You aim to steal them!

Insult for Support Skill - Resentful

 * Figures.
 * Typical.
 * Oh, here we go again.

Insult for Attack - Resentful
Affinity=
 * Oh, bloody hooray.
 * Up to your usual tricks.
 * Another rare misstep, I'm sure.

Adding Buff

 * Sniff this - to balance the humours!

Guarding Ally

 * Stand back! I'm testing a method...!
 * Bodies can be mended!
 * Wounded, yes, but breathing!

Adding Token

 * Allow me to fortify your constitution!

Follow Up Attacks

 * A synchronized dissection!
 * We weary them!
 * Masterful!

Follow Up on Debuffed Enemy

 * They are enfeebled! Now!

Healing Ally

 * Cease your wriggling and let me work!
 * I conquered death once - I can do so again!
 * None better for your wounds than I!

Ally Attacks Enemy that Attacked Me

 * Skill and coordination!
 * You'd do that for me...?

Moving Positions - Positive

 * I have an idea!

Removing DoTs

 * I'm sure I have an ampoule for that...
 * Move not an inch! I'm working!
 * We caught this in time. Here!

Stress Healing

 * Verdure and vigour!
 * We will cure this world.

Jealous of Buff

 * By my calculations, you misjudged that.

Jealous of Guarded Ally

 * Inefficient!
 * If I bleed out, who will staunch your wounds?

Jealous of Token

 * Reckless!

Jealous of Food (Unused)

 * I require nourishment!

Jealous of Healing

 * You leave your own medic to bleed!
 * Your eyes must be afflicted!
 * A poor distribution of aid!

Moving Positions - Negative

 * What is the meaning of this?!

Jealous of DoT Removal

 * You think yourself so smart...!
 * You FOOL!
 * You'll be sorry when I'm gone!

Positive Road Banter

 * At last! Someone I can work with!
 * Think of all we can teach these people!
 * Do not let me grow morbid...
 * My mind is troubled. Read with me?
 * You have taught me much.
 * Here - you've got splatter on you.

Negative Road Banter
Inn Items=
 * Leave me to my studies!
 * Don't make an enemy of your physiker!
 * Have you no sense? I said BEGONE.
 * You bicker as a child does!
 * You! Reckless! You threaten us all!
 * I've had better company in the morgue!

Armor Repair Kit

 * Hmm. This design - perhaps I could improve its efficacy.

Blasphemous Idol

 * I've my doubts. But even doubt should be tested!

Book of Bawdy Tales

 * I require this for an... experiment.

BOOK: My time in the Desert

 * I have much to learn about the drier climes!

Book of Creative Insults

 * I know 'I' cannot think when so enraged...!

Poetry

 * I am unsure I grasp the intended meaning.

Boxing Gloves

 * Each round, I survive marginally longer...!

Calming Incense

 * Strange, the effect vapours can have on anatomy.

Candles and Chocolate

 * Your pulse is racing. This warrants investigation.

Ceremonial Drum

 * Practicing mobility to stand firm, how curious.

Clarifying Poultice

 * Helps stabilize the humours!

Clotting Poultice

 * To arrest unnecessary exsanguination!

Dartboard

 * Juvenile pastimes do lighten the mood so!

Slime Mold

 * Efficacious but troubling nonetheless.
 * (If full) - I've no need for another sample

Stale Bread

 * Somewhat desiccated but no signs of fungal growth.
 * (If full) - Yeast and wheat - marvelous chemistry.

Apple and Cheese

 * That crisp crunch! It's been a long time...
 * (If full) - A fine treat, but I am sated.

Steak and Spuds

 * Rich! Fatty! Stimulates the metabolism!
 * (If full) - My last meal was fuel enough.

Flapjacks

 * Baking is akin to alchemy. You're a promising student.
 * (If full) - I couldn't, not one more bite!

Tinned Delicacies

 * These preservatives, these salts - a marvel!
 * (If full) - My last meal was fuel enough.

Invigorating Stew

 * TBA

Holy Beads

 * I understand not how they work, yet they do.

Impermeable Poultice

 * Not as potent as my formula, but it should draw out impurities.

Leeches

 * TBA

Meditative Totem

 * Occupies the hands while the mind contemplates.

Mop and Bucket

 * A clean laboratory produces consistent results.

Nightshade Concoction

 * Perhaps its properties can be isolated...

Pipeweed

 * *cough* Ghaack...! *wheeze*

Playing Cards

 * One... Three... Seven... which means the odds are--what!

Restorative Herbs

 * Unproven, yet worthy of deeper study.

Roast Pig

 * This has rendered me speechless!

Songbook of Amorous Ballads

 * Heated reagants... undocumented results... so far.

Songbook of Touching Dirges

 * A body is merely inert tissue. But if mourning helps...

Songbook of Rousing Tunes

 * One to rile the humours!

Soothing Poultice

 * You'll be grateful for this recipe later!

Speed Bag

 * No powders, no dust, I swear on my oath.

Stimulating Poultice

 * An accelerant for the blood!

Stitching Kit

 * Hmph! My own hand is steadier.

The Wine

 * Hmph. Well. Fine. Burns less than the other stuff.

Knotted Tug Rope

 * I will ensure that the weight is distributed evenly!

Wax Inoculant

 * At long last, modern techniques!

Whetstone

 * My instruments require precise edges.

Whiskey Barrel

 * There's more to life than treatises and texts!

Whiskey Bottle

 * You could clean wounds with this!

Whiskey Flask

 * Isn't this a disinfectant?

Whittling Tools

 * Now, to craft something useful...!

Wild Tea

 * I used this to enhance my memory while studying.

Morbid Joke

 * TBA

Improvised Strategy

 * TBA

The Very Best

 * TBA

Experimental Remedy

 * TBA

War Paint

 * TBA

Tar-Filled Colambre

 * ''TBA'

Oddly-Tuned Lute

 * TBA

Precious Collection

 * TBA

Guided Meditation
Hero Shrines=
 * TBA

Shrine 1

 * TBA

Shrine 2

 * TBA

Shrine 3

 * TBA

Shrine 4

 * TBA

Shrine 5

 * TBA

Shrine 6
Locations=
 * TBA

Oasis

 * TBA

Creature Den

 * TBA

Resistance Encounter

 * TBA

Resistance Encounter Success

 * TBA

Resistance Encounter Retreat

 * TBA

Assistance Encounter

 * TBA

Exiting Assistance Encounter

 * TBA

Valley Assistance Encounter

 * TBA

Region Gate

 * TBA

Exiting Crossroads

 * TBA

Exiting Hospital

 * TBA

Exiting Hoarder

 * TBA

Exiting Valley Hoarder

 * TBA

Exiting Watchtower

 * TBA

Exiting Hoarder

 * TBA

Exiting Academic's Study

 * TBA

Cultist Encounter Success

 * TBA

Cultist Encounter Retreat

 * TBA

Tangle Lair Success

 * TBA

Tangle Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Foetor Lair Success

 * TBA

Foetor Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Sprawl Lair Success

 * TBA

Sprawl Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Shroud Lair Success

 * TBA

Shroud Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Exiting Oblivion's Ingress

 * TBA

Exiting Academic's Cache
Quirks/Diseases= TBA Travelling Stress=
 * TBA

Travelling Stress Heal

 * Perhaps there is hope for us yet...
 * We are not so dissimilar...
 * I accept you. We all do.
 * Chin up, shoulders back. We can do this.
 * The road is tough but we're going to make it.
 * Let us share tales of merrier times.
 * Come what may, we are united!
 * Hang in there. 
 * Can I get you anything?
 * It's a long road, but we've got each other.
 * Want to share? I've got extra...
 * You're even tougher than you look.
 * I'm glad you're here, for what it's worth.
 * You're going to live. I won't hear otherwise.
 * At least we aren't facing this alone.
 * Maybe all hope is not lost...
 * There are times I almost feel hopeful.
 * I had a pleasant dream, for once...
 * Whatever comes, we are united.
 * Perhaps we'll find glory after all...
 * This world is worth saving.
 * We are making a difference out there.
 * Hope is seductive, isn't it?
 * We're making good time.
 * If this is my fate, I'm content.
 * All is not lost.
 * We will best these fiends!

Travelling Stress Heal

 * 'Buffoon!
 * 'We're not going to make it, are we?
 * 'Everywhere, the world comes undone...
 * 'Stuck in a coach with the likes of you - feh.
 * 'I'm hungry and tired!
 * 'This cursed coach is a bouncing racket!
 * 'Let me out of this blasted coach!
 * 'Here we are, four corpses in a rolling coffin...
 * 'I can't bear to look out the window...
 * 'It's like a nightmare out there.
 * 'Like rats in a trap...
 * 'What if it's all for nothing...?
 * 'Can I really trust you to have my back...?
 * 'Can't sleep. Awful food. Worse company.
 * 'A waking nightmare...
 * 'We never seem to make any progress...
 * 'Just leave me by the roadside.
 * 'This was all a mistake...!
 * 'We're driving in circles...
 * 'Are we lost?
 * 'This is not the life I dreamt for myself...
 * 'Everywhere we pass - ruin, destruction...
 * 'Fools, fools we are...
 * 'We were damned before we set off.
 * 'Why us? Why me?
 * 'I'm not crying...! Look away!
 * 'I grow so weary of this fight.
 * 'Would it be so bad to give in...?

Trivia

 * The Plague Doctor is one of the eleven Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.
 * The Plague Doctor, along with thePortraits-occultist.pngtist, are the only Heroes able to apply all 3 DOT effects (Bleed dd2.png Bleed, Blight dd2.png Blight , and Burn dd2.png Burn ) by themselves.
 * The Plague Doctor's comic in Darkest Dungeon and her memories in Darkest Dungeon II reveal that she used to be a university student in pursuit of forbidden knowledge and ended up dismembering her professor's cadaver, then assembled his body to reanimate him. Her backstory somewhat resembles that of Victor Frankenstein from the popular Gothic-style novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly. Similar to the Plague Doctor, Victor is also a gifted university student who is obsessed with understanding the nature of life and death. He eventually discovers a technique that allows him to revive dead matters; then attempts to craft a hideous, towering Creature from various body parts.
 * The default name of the Plague Doctor, Paracelsus, was also one of the names of a 16th century Swiss physician who helped birth modern toxicology.