NPCs & Enemies Empty Stomach: A Crimson monster with a scary ability.

[TheGuideIsEvil]

Spawning in Hardmode, the Empty Stomach resembles a partially bloody stomach, hence the name. Empty Stomachs are spawned in the Crimson. They are quite rare.

Empty Stomachs ignore your character. However, they uniquely follow your cursor, and float in the air. If the Empty Stomach touches your cursor, they engulf it, and render it unusable; you cannot use items, or attack. It's like the Curse effect, but not blockable with the Ankh Shield or its derivatives.

Empty Stomachs are not deadly on their own. Contact damage is nonexistent. That being said, Empty Stomachs expose you to attack by other enemies. The way to get them off the cursor is to hold the use button and shake the cursor, causing it to throw up the cursor. Only one Empty Stomach can have the cursor; other ones will just float around aimlessly until it is freed.

Empty Stomachs can be destroyed with typical weapons, but just make sure to attack around them.

A Nitrome enemy inspired me. In Hot Air Jr, a hand could follow the player's fan (used to move a hot air balloon around levels) and block its movement.

 

[Snek person👁🐿️]

this is a pretty unique idea, but it could be annoying if its too common

 

[TheGuideIsEvil]

this is a pretty unique idea, but it could be annoying if its too common

Quite rare. You might see one a day at most.

 

[IndigoGollum]

I like it. How should it work on console and mobile?

 

[MurderMitts]

1. Magic Missile & Flamelash?
2. Switching between cursor modes?
3. Auto-Target?

The idea just doesn’t feel very fleshed out. There are too many factors not accounted for, and it feels very “modded”.

 

[Big Sammich]

This would be incredibly obnoxious, and not in a fun way. I don't support it.

 

[thisisabadname]

feels wayy too modded

 

[TheGuideIsEvil]

This would be incredibly obnoxious, and not in a fun way. I don't support it.

Well..it does have a very rare spawn rate, so it's not common enough to be that much of a hassle.

 

[TheGuideIsEvil]

feels wayy too modded

Just thought it was a unique take on an enemy.

 

[TheGuideIsEvil]

1. Magic Missile & Flamelash?
2. Switching between cursor modes?
3. Auto-Target?

The idea just doesn’t feel very fleshed out. There are too many factors not accounted for, and it feels very “modded”.

1. Homing attacks are best because you can fire near the enemy and it will automatically strike.
2. Didn't think of that.
3. Didn't think of that either lol

Modded, huh? Aw..

Saving grace is that it doesn't have that many hit points?

 

[TheGuideIsEvil]

Here's a fundamentally different take on the enemy, since everyone seemed to really hate the mechanic. XD

Empty Stomachs spawn in the same place of the Crimson in Hardmode. This time though, they deal some damage and inflict a unique debuff called Stomach Flu, which makes you puke out food and drink items for a short bit (they return to the inventory). And instead of following the cursor, they just fly towards you like a demon eye.

Bringing an Empty Stomach to low health makes it spawn an intestine that it swings as a whip like weapon, that it might drop as a decent early Hardmode summom weapon/whip.

They also drop a Disembodied Gallbladder pet, which follows you around and offers some light.

I think that's balanced.