Darkest Dungeon - New Players' Guide - Tips for Absolute Beginners! [No Spoilers]

Welcome to the absolute beginners' guide for Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court! While it's ideal for complete newbies, this guide is suitable for anyone who's having trouble beating the game.

Full disclosure: I have played very little of the Crimson Court so far, and apparently my assessment of the Flagellant was a little off - turns out he's pretty OP right now, so he's probably worth taking even for a new player.

Note that I've deliberately tried to stay away from discussing specific strategies. Instead I give a broader overview of how to make decisions within the game, because I feel that's more important for beginners.

Please try to keep the comment section relatively spoiler-free!

Here are the promised timestamps:

0:00 - Intro and Game Overview
3:00 - Difficulty Settings
3:58 - The Character Panel
4:57 - Interpreting Tooltips
6:23 - Managing Heirlooms
7:56 - Managing Gold
9:30 - Adventurer Dismissal (Roster Management)
10:10 - Quirk Management
11:07 - Party Composition (Class Choice) - see above for post-upload Flagellant notes
13:35 - Trinkets
14:59 - Provisioning
16:29 - Torchlight
18:18 - Curio Interaction (no curio spoilers)
19:15 - The Campfire
21:52 - Scouting
23:44 - Secret Rooms
25:20 - Combat
25:20 - Damage Mitigation
26:01 - Combat Stats
29:22 - Speed
30:29 - The Opening Round (Spike & Sustain)
33:02 - Damage Priority
33:48 - Stuns
35:05 - The Brutal Arithmetic of Combat
37:54 - Advanced Mechanics: Guard, Mark and Riposte
39:43 - Example Fight 1 Goes Well
42:31 - Example Fight 2 Does Not