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Gothic Keepsakes: Classes, Trials & Starting Relics

A Soulsborne-inspired starting keepsake relic system with balanced pros and cons for Forge 1.20.1.

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Latest stable file gothic_keepsakes-1.1.0.jar

Game version 1.20.1

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About this project

What does Gothic Keepsakes: Classes, Trials & Starting Relics add?

⚔️ GOTHIC KEEPSAKES & DIFFICULTY TRIALS

A grim, Souls-like progression system designed for dark fantasy RPG modpacks. It unites Difficulty Trials, Class Archetypes, and Starting Keepsake Relics into a single cohesive experience.

Gothic Difficulty Trials

Customize the grimness of your journey through modular challenge tiers and curse modifiers:

Challenge Tiers: Normal, Hard, Veteran, and Chaos.
Modifiers: Heavy Gravity, Tough Mobs, Bleeding, Tight Parry, Heavy Roll, Night Terrors, Brittle Armory, and Charged Catastrophe.
Seal Destiny: Lock in your active trial modifiers for the playthrough.
StartingClasses

Begin as a specialized hero: Gothic Paladin, Blood Berserker, Shadowblade, Cleric of Dawn, Abyss Cultist, and more. Each class equips the player with bespoke starting weapons, armor sets, and specialized traits.

Starting Keepsakes

⚠️ SOULBOUND SELECTION: Choose wisely — your keepsake is bound to your soul and can only be selected ONCE per lifetime!

Eight relics await at world generation:

🛡️ Ring of the Colossus: +4 Max HP (+2 Hearts), +2 Armor, +25% Knockback Res | Burden: -10% Speed & faster hunger.
👁️ Eye of the Abyss: Night Vision in darkness & +15% Night Attack Damage | Burden: -15% Armor under direct sunlight.
🩸 Blood Ruby Ring: 6% Melee Lifesteal on all physical strikes | Burden: Food healing regeneration is 35% slower.
🍃 Gale Dancer Ring: +18% Sprint Speed, +10% Attack Speed, 6-Block Fall Res | Burden: Fragile (+12% incoming damage).
🔮 Ring of Arcana: +25% Spell Power & +25% Mana Recovery | Burden: Magical Drain (-2 Max Hearts).
✨ Ring of Seven Virtues: Divine Ward (+4 Armor, +20% Damage Resistance) | Burden: Binds to soul, requires divine discipline.
💀 Ring of Seven Curses (HARDCORE): Legendary Loot (+50% Luck) & Bonus EXP | Burden: Enemies deal +30% damage, cannot be removed.
⚔️ Pure Destiny (No Keepsake): Zero curses, zero burdens — pure survival mastery.

In-Game Commands

/rings — Open Keepsake Relic Menu (Only if not already chosen).
/classes — Open Character Class Progression.

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Project description from CurseForge.

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