Weapons & Equip Sacrificial Knife

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Baconfry

Baconfry

Terrarian
Obsidian isn't exactly the most useful of materials, is it? Used to craft the Obsidian Skull, and as a binding agent in Hellstone Bars, but not one of these crafting applications takes advantage of obsidian's most famous physical property.
It's incredibly sharp. A knife made of obsidian, flaked down to a razor edge, easily splits a sternum, slices through an aorta, and leaves its prize open for the picking...

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Sacrificial Knife
18 melee damage
19% critical strike chance
Fast speed

Enemies killed with the Sacrificial Knife have a 50% chance of dropping a heart. This is of course a reference to the knife's purpose in ancient Aztec rituals.
Crafted: 30 Obsidian, 12 Jungle Spores, 10 Emeralds. (If you guys can suggest improvements to the recipe to modify the weapon's tier, I'd appreciate it.)

But why stop there?

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Obsidian Arrow
10 ranged damage
Crafted: Obsidian, 5 Wooden Arrow
Increased critical strike chance could be Obsidian's thing, so that will be the advantage this ammunition has besides a simple damage upgrade.

How did I do? (Disclaimer: if you're going to search for "Aztec ritual sacrifice", don't do it right before lunch.)
 
Baconfry said:
Obsidian isn't exactly the most useful of materials, is it? Used to craft the Obsidian Skull, and as a binding agent in Hellstone Bars, but not one of these crafting applications takes advantage of obsidian's most famous physical property.
It's incredibly sharp. A knife made of obsidian, flaked down to a razor edge, easily splits a sternum, slices through an aorta, and leaves its prize open for the picking...

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Sacrificial Knife
18 melee damage
19% critical strike chance
Fast speed

Enemies killed with the Sacrificial Knife have a 50% chance of dropping a heart. This is of course a reference to the knife's purpose in ancient Aztec rituals.
Crafted: 30 Obsidian, 12 Jungle Spores, 10 Emeralds. (If you guys can suggest improvements to the recipe to modify the weapon's tier, I'd appreciate it.)

But why stop there?

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Obsidian Arrow
10 ranged damage
Crafted: Obsidian, 5 Wooden Arrow
Increased critical strike chance could be Obsidian's thing, so that will be the advantage this ammunition has besides a simple damage upgrade.

How did I do? (Disclaimer: if you're going to search for "Aztec ritual sacrifice", don't do it right before lunch.)
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I now ant obsidian armor
 
Obsidian Armor you say? Thorium Mod+ has you covered

But, as for the crafting recipe, you could put one of the following in:
  • Demonite
  • Crimtane
  • Bones
  • Jungle Spore
  • Hellstone
The Weapon is aight. I like it, but is it a shortsword?
 
Scootaloo Dash said:
Obsidian Armor you say? Thorium Mod+ has you covered

But, as for the crafting recipe, you could put one of the following in:
  • Demonite
  • Crimtane
  • Bones
  • Jungle Spore
  • Hellstone
The Weapon is aight. I like it, but is it a shortsword?
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I chose Jungle Spores, as you can see in the original post. And it's a broadsword, of course, because I don't want this to be completely useless.
 
That puts a tear in my eye, but in all seriousness: I think Jungle Spores just wouldn't fit with the color scheme, and the recipe of it.
 
Gotcha! said:
It's a nice idea. 50% droprate is a bit high in my opinion though.
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I suppose... it only applies to the final blow, though, and it's constrained by the weapon's range. Also forgot to mention that it doesn't apply to statue spawns...

You're right, though, 33% might be a better rate.
 
And the hearts would be used for... what?
maybe crafted with bones and stuff at demon alters/crimson alters to make summoner items?
 
SilverBird said:
.... oh...
so its pre-hm vampire knives?
why not have this be a throwing knife-like weapon?
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Making it a projectile makes it tougher to balance, as you can see from the Vampire Knifes. The healing is offset a bit by the risk that comes with close-range sword combat.

In addition, it would have to be a consumable weapon... I dislike consumable weapons. Keeping it as a broadsword is simplest.
 
Wow, this simple suggestion is, though very small, interesting. The concepts are pretty original and like I said before, interesting. This is unique, nicely sprited and sounds pretty cool.
 
I like it, I like it a lot!
Due to the nature of the obsidion knife and the lore surrounding it in mayan, satanic, etc. history I think it should be used in some sort of "crafting" for an end-game item of some sort (cursed blade, perhaps? or something along that line) which would be performed at a demon alter or crimson alter, et cetera et cetera! I think the knife and arrow itself are amazing, I just think you need more ideas!

perhaps: a macuahuitl added to the set as a broad sword that would deal close to the same thing. consider it a straight upgrade?
 
The Maquahuitl and Atlatl (throwing spear) were two things I considered, but I couldn't move up with unique uses for them, and decided we have enough weapons in that tier. Definitely interesting things to consider, though!
 
Baconfry said:
The Maquahuitl and Atlatl (throwing spear) were two things I considered, but I couldn't move up with unique uses for them, and decided we have enough weapons in that tier. Definitely interesting things to consider, though!
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The dagger should have a faster speed but shorter range than the Maquahuitl if you're going to keep it as a broadsword (though I think it honestly should be a short sword. it adds to the risk and thus balances it, but that's just my opinion) and perhaps the maquahuitl can have a chance to cause a short bleed damage debuff (one to two points of damage in a short period). further more, the dagger's hearts would heal more damage than the maquahuitl. As for a throwing spear, I think it should be a mana-based thrown weapon (much like the magic dagger). it would have a lower attack speed and damage than the dagger (or at the very most, lower than the maquahuitl) but greater range, as well as the ability to pierce through one enemy.
 
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