Bishop

The Bishop is an NPC found in the Church level. He is the Bishop of the Holy Church of Santa the Depth Lord, and offers services to the player in exchange for gold.

The Bishop is a friendly NPC encountered in the Church level. He is the religious leader of the Holy Church of Santa the Depth Lord. He remains in place and does not move, providing services to players via his dialog system.

• Faction: Neutral/Friendly
• Mob Type: NPC
• Behavior: Immovable, passive AI
• Location: Church level
• Interaction: Talkable with service options

The Bishop offers the following services for gold coins (prices scale with difficulty and hero level):

• Lesser Bless - Costs ~100g: Grants 100 turns of Blessed buff (increases damage and accuracy)
• Great Bless - Costs ~500g: Grants 500 turns of Blessed buff (increases damage and accuracy)
• Remove Curse - Costs ~200g: Uncurses all equipped items using Scroll of Remove Curse effect

• Immobile: The Bishop does not move from his position
• Friendly: Does not attack the player
• Mortal: Can be killed (though this results in a curse effect on the player)
• Passive AI: Remains in a passive state at all times
• Death Effect: When killed, the Bishop damages the hero by half their max HP (minimum 1)

The Bishop appears in the Church level, typically positioned in a prominent location within the church structure. He maintains a static position and provides services through dialog interaction.

• The Bishop's service prices scale based on game difficulty and hero level
• Found in levels defined in Church.json and Church_2021_03.json
• Killing the Bishop results in punishment (HP damage and shadow particles)
• The Bishop uses NpcDefault AI state

• Bishop.lua - Lua script implementation of the Bishop NPC
• Bishop-related strings in string resources
• BishopNPC.json - Sprite configuration
• Bishop_lesser_bless - Pricing string for lesser blessing
• Bishop_remove_curse - Pricing string for curse removal

• Church - Location where the Bishop appears
• NPCs - Other non-player characters in the game
• Town - Area where the Church is located
• Blessed buff - Effect provided by the Bishop