Flashstriker
Plantera
As we all know, throwers are really lacking in Hardmode. So, this is my fix. Please note, i do now know the Devs don't want to add anymore to the Throwing class, as they wanted it to be a Prehardmode class only. That being said, i still want to continue this.
Wall Of Flesh
Thrower emblem
(sprite Courtesy of SpiritInfinity)
15% increased throwing damage
Flesh Wrangler
32 throwing damage
10% critical chance
Average Speed
Average Knockback
Throws Empowered Flesh Sticks
Flesh Sticks
15 Throwing damage
5% critcal chance
very weak Knockback
dropped by the hungry (5-10 50% chance)
Can also be crafted with 25 crimstone/ebonstone blocks to make 50
Hardmode - Armours
All Armours have a throwing helmet
Cobalt
3 defense
15% Increased throwing damage
Palladium
4 defense
20% increased throwing damage
Mythil
6 defense
20% increased throwing velocity
Orichalcum
7 defense
25% increased throwing velocity
Adamantite
9 defense
25% increased throwing critical strike chance
Titanium
10 Defense
30% increased throwing critical Strike Chance
Hallowed
12 Defense
15% increased throwing velocity
15% increased throwing Critical Strike Chance
15% increased throwing Damage
Chloroypte
15 Defense
20% Increased throwing Damage
20% chance that throwing weapons don't break on impact (so they can be collected)
20% increased throwing critical strike chance
Now for the class specific Armour, which is...
Propulsion Armour (Full Set)
Set Bonus - All throwing weapons have a 15% chance to stick in the target, dealing DoT, also allows the wearer to dash (like Tabi/Shield Of Cuthulu)
Crafting - 50 Sandy Bars (more on that later), 20 Antlion Mandibles, 20 Sturdy Fossils
Propulsed Helmet
Crafting - 15 sandy bars, 5 Antlion Mandibles and Sturdy fossils
20 Defense
15% Increased throwing Knockback
25% increased Throwing Damage
Propulsion Pack
Crafting - 20 Sandy bars, 10 Antlion Mandibles and Sturdy Fossils
25 Defense
20% increased throwing Critical strike chance
40% Increased throwing range
Propulsed Greaves
Crafting - 15 sandy bars, 5 Antlion Mandibles and Sturdy fossils
15 Defense
20% Increased throwing velocity
30% Chance Throwing weapons don't break on impact (so they can be reused)
I'm toying with the idea of adding Martian Conduit Plating into the recipe, as i imagine that with a name like propulsion, its quite a spacey themed Armour set (in my minds eye that is)
Hardmode - Weapons
So the way the bone glove and the afore mentioned Flesh Wrangerler work is one of my favorite throwing elements, so alot of weapons will be based off that
Ninja Throwing Glove
35 Throwing Damage
15% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Weak Knockback
Throws Status Causing Shurikans
Requires Shurikans in Inventory/ Ammo slot
Each Shurikan has a 10% chance of causing One of these Status effects:
On Fire!
Poison
Frostburn
Additionally they also have a 5% chance of Inflicting one of these:
Cursed flames/Ichor (depending on what biome was there to start with)
ShadowFlame
Venom
Confused
Crafting - 100 Shurikans, Cobalt/Palladium Gloves (more on that soon)
Hidden Blades
40 Throwing Damage
10% Critical Strike chance
Average Speed
Weak Knockback
Throws 3 Throwing Knives (any sort) At Once
Requires Throwing Knives in Inventory/ Ammo slot
Crafting - 100 Throwing Knives (any sort), Cobalt/Palladium gloves
Crystal Javelins
45 Throwing damage
10% Critical strike chance
Slow Speed
Strong Knockback
Splits into 3 shards upon impact, each dealing 15 damage
Crafting - 20 Crystal shards, 20 Pearlwood, makes 20
Ichor Throwing Knives
35 Throwing damage
10% critical strike chance
Fast Speed
Average knockback
Has 50% chance to inflict Ichor Debuff
Crafting - 30 Throwing Knives, 2 Ichor, makes 30
Cursed Shurikens
35 Throwing Damage
10% critical strike chance
Very Fast Speed
Weak Knockback
Has 30% chance to inflict Cursed Flames
Crafting - 30 Shurikens, 2 Cursed Flames, makes 30
I'm Not sure if these would allow you to take down the Mechs, but for now i'll say combined with the Throwing Armours that yes, they can. If not let me know
Holy Glove (name is WIP)
50 Throwing Damage
10% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Average Knockback
Throws 2 Different Throwing items at once (Excluding Grenades)
Requires Throwing Weapons in Inventory to work
Crafting - 20 Hallowed Bars, Adamantite/Titanium Gloves
Holy Throwing Knives (again, name is WIP)
30 Throwing Damage
5% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Weak Knockback
Summons Stars ON impact with ground, dealing an additional 20 Damage
If values are wrong for the tier they are in, please let me know. Finally, All glove like weapons cut the damage of their projectiles in half, and then add on the damage the glove has, just so its not too OP!
Hardmode Accessories
Explosive Pack Mk1
All Thrown weapons produce an explosion in a 2 by 2 area upon hitting an enemy. Deals 1/5 of the weapons damage.
Crafted with 20 Bombs, 5 Mythil/Orichalcum bars and a Toolbelt at a Tinkerers Workshop
Legionnaire's Backpack
All Javelin variants pierce 3 enemies, have 10% increased Velocity and have a 15% chance to not be consumed
Crafted with 20 Javelins, 5 Mythil/Orichalcum Bars and a Backpack (more on that later) at a Tinkerers Workshop
Rouge's Utility Belt
All Throwing Knife variants have a 15% chance to inflict "Gouged", a new debuff that deals 5 damage over 1 second. It can stack up to 20 times. Additionally, hitting an enemies back is always a critical hit.
Crafted with 20 Throwing Knives, 5 Mythil/Orichalcum bars and a Toolbelt
Crafting
Cobalt/Palladium/Adamantite/Titanium Gloves
20 of respective bar
Tooltip - While they do nothing on there own, you can't help feel they will help you (maybe, WIP)
Leather
Crafted from 2 Rotten Chunks/Vertebrae at a Workbench
Note - Leather already exists ingame, but is only crafted with Rotten Chunks. I lowered the amount needed and made it available in Crimson worlds as well.
Backpack (accessory)
Gives 4 more inventory slots.
Crafted with 20 Leather at a Loom
Sandy Bars
1 Chlorophypte Bar, 4 Antlion Wings
Antlion Wings
Dropped by Antlion Swarmers in both pre hardmode and hard mode
The following are new ideas added 09/09/2017
Sandy Bars will also be able to craft more items.
Sandbomb
40 Throwing Damage
4% Critical Strike Chance
Average Speed
Average Knockback
Explodes on contact with enemies and solid blocks into a 3 by 3 sandcloud. The sandcloud deals 1 damage per tick to any enemy caught in the cloud
Crafted with 20 bombs and 2 Sandy Bars. Makes 20.
Worm Bait
5 Throwing Damage
4% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Very Weak Knockback
While the bait does very little damage, if it hits an enemy a much smaller Dune Splicer appears from the ground and hits the enemy for 20 dps for 3 seconds. Multiple baits on the same enemy won't summon more than 1 worm at a time.
Crafted with 5 Mushrooms and 2 Sandy Bars. Makes 10.
Antlion Wings
Flight time - 2.67 Seconds
Height - 81 Tiles
Horizontal Speed Bonus - 150%
Crafted with 20 Souls of Flight, 5 Antlion Wings and 5 Sandy Bars
Appearance - Like Antlion Swarmer wings
Explosive Pack Mk 2 (Accessory)
All Thrown Weapons produce a Sandcloud in a 2 by 2 area upon hitting an enemy. The Sandcloud deals 0.5 damage per tick and lasts 3 seconds.
Crafted with 5 Sandbombs, 15 Sandy Bars and a Toolbelt at a Tinkerers Workshop
Extra Features
All boomerang weapons should deal Throwing Damage
Gladiator armour has an increased drop chance (10% per piece)
The Gladiator Helmet increases Thrown weapon Velocity by 10%, and Javelin Velocity by 20%
The Gladiator Breastplate increases Thrown weapon damage by 10%, and Javelin throw speed by 15%
The Gladiator Leggings increase Movement Speed by 15%, and Thrown weapon Velocity by an additional 10%
The Gladiator armour now has a set bonus - Every 5th Javelin thrown summons 4 Javelins from the sky at wherever the original Javelin hit
The Gladiator armour should be renamed to The Hoplite armour
Please note all values are simply placeholders as i'm not sure on how well they do for the level of progression. if you have any feedback please post it, although only constructive criticism!
Wall Of Flesh
Thrower emblem
15% increased throwing damage
Flesh Wrangler
32 throwing damage
10% critical chance
Average Speed
Average Knockback
Throws Empowered Flesh Sticks
Flesh Sticks
15 Throwing damage
5% critcal chance
very weak Knockback
dropped by the hungry (5-10 50% chance)
Can also be crafted with 25 crimstone/ebonstone blocks to make 50
Hardmode - Armours
All Armours have a throwing helmet
Cobalt
3 defense
15% Increased throwing damage
Palladium
4 defense
20% increased throwing damage
Mythil
6 defense
20% increased throwing velocity
Orichalcum
7 defense
25% increased throwing velocity
Adamantite
9 defense
25% increased throwing critical strike chance
Titanium
10 Defense
30% increased throwing critical Strike Chance
Hallowed
12 Defense
15% increased throwing velocity
15% increased throwing Critical Strike Chance
15% increased throwing Damage
Chloroypte
15 Defense
20% Increased throwing Damage
20% chance that throwing weapons don't break on impact (so they can be collected)
20% increased throwing critical strike chance
Now for the class specific Armour, which is...
Propulsion Armour (Full Set)
Set Bonus - All throwing weapons have a 15% chance to stick in the target, dealing DoT, also allows the wearer to dash (like Tabi/Shield Of Cuthulu)
Crafting - 50 Sandy Bars (more on that later), 20 Antlion Mandibles, 20 Sturdy Fossils
Propulsed Helmet
Crafting - 15 sandy bars, 5 Antlion Mandibles and Sturdy fossils
20 Defense
15% Increased throwing Knockback
25% increased Throwing Damage
Propulsion Pack
Crafting - 20 Sandy bars, 10 Antlion Mandibles and Sturdy Fossils
25 Defense
20% increased throwing Critical strike chance
40% Increased throwing range
Propulsed Greaves
Crafting - 15 sandy bars, 5 Antlion Mandibles and Sturdy fossils
15 Defense
20% Increased throwing velocity
30% Chance Throwing weapons don't break on impact (so they can be reused)
I'm toying with the idea of adding Martian Conduit Plating into the recipe, as i imagine that with a name like propulsion, its quite a spacey themed Armour set (in my minds eye that is)
Hardmode - Weapons
So the way the bone glove and the afore mentioned Flesh Wrangerler work is one of my favorite throwing elements, so alot of weapons will be based off that
Ninja Throwing Glove
35 Throwing Damage
15% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Weak Knockback
Throws Status Causing Shurikans
Requires Shurikans in Inventory/ Ammo slot
Each Shurikan has a 10% chance of causing One of these Status effects:
On Fire!
Poison
Frostburn
Additionally they also have a 5% chance of Inflicting one of these:
Cursed flames/Ichor (depending on what biome was there to start with)
ShadowFlame
Venom
Confused
Crafting - 100 Shurikans, Cobalt/Palladium Gloves (more on that soon)
Hidden Blades
40 Throwing Damage
10% Critical Strike chance
Average Speed
Weak Knockback
Throws 3 Throwing Knives (any sort) At Once
Requires Throwing Knives in Inventory/ Ammo slot
Crafting - 100 Throwing Knives (any sort), Cobalt/Palladium gloves
Crystal Javelins
45 Throwing damage
10% Critical strike chance
Slow Speed
Strong Knockback
Splits into 3 shards upon impact, each dealing 15 damage
Crafting - 20 Crystal shards, 20 Pearlwood, makes 20
Ichor Throwing Knives
35 Throwing damage
10% critical strike chance
Fast Speed
Average knockback
Has 50% chance to inflict Ichor Debuff
Crafting - 30 Throwing Knives, 2 Ichor, makes 30
Cursed Shurikens
35 Throwing Damage
10% critical strike chance
Very Fast Speed
Weak Knockback
Has 30% chance to inflict Cursed Flames
Crafting - 30 Shurikens, 2 Cursed Flames, makes 30
I'm Not sure if these would allow you to take down the Mechs, but for now i'll say combined with the Throwing Armours that yes, they can. If not let me know
Holy Glove (name is WIP)
50 Throwing Damage
10% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Average Knockback
Throws 2 Different Throwing items at once (Excluding Grenades)
Requires Throwing Weapons in Inventory to work
Crafting - 20 Hallowed Bars, Adamantite/Titanium Gloves
Holy Throwing Knives (again, name is WIP)
30 Throwing Damage
5% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Weak Knockback
Summons Stars ON impact with ground, dealing an additional 20 Damage
If values are wrong for the tier they are in, please let me know. Finally, All glove like weapons cut the damage of their projectiles in half, and then add on the damage the glove has, just so its not too OP!
Hardmode Accessories
Explosive Pack Mk1
All Thrown weapons produce an explosion in a 2 by 2 area upon hitting an enemy. Deals 1/5 of the weapons damage.
Crafted with 20 Bombs, 5 Mythil/Orichalcum bars and a Toolbelt at a Tinkerers Workshop
Legionnaire's Backpack
All Javelin variants pierce 3 enemies, have 10% increased Velocity and have a 15% chance to not be consumed
Crafted with 20 Javelins, 5 Mythil/Orichalcum Bars and a Backpack (more on that later) at a Tinkerers Workshop
Rouge's Utility Belt
All Throwing Knife variants have a 15% chance to inflict "Gouged", a new debuff that deals 5 damage over 1 second. It can stack up to 20 times. Additionally, hitting an enemies back is always a critical hit.
Crafted with 20 Throwing Knives, 5 Mythil/Orichalcum bars and a Toolbelt
Crafting
Cobalt/Palladium/Adamantite/Titanium Gloves
20 of respective bar
Tooltip - While they do nothing on there own, you can't help feel they will help you (maybe, WIP)
Leather
Crafted from 2 Rotten Chunks/Vertebrae at a Workbench
Note - Leather already exists ingame, but is only crafted with Rotten Chunks. I lowered the amount needed and made it available in Crimson worlds as well.
Backpack (accessory)
Gives 4 more inventory slots.
Crafted with 20 Leather at a Loom
Sandy Bars
1 Chlorophypte Bar, 4 Antlion Wings
Antlion Wings
Dropped by Antlion Swarmers in both pre hardmode and hard mode
The following are new ideas added 09/09/2017
Sandy Bars will also be able to craft more items.
Sandbomb
40 Throwing Damage
4% Critical Strike Chance
Average Speed
Average Knockback
Explodes on contact with enemies and solid blocks into a 3 by 3 sandcloud. The sandcloud deals 1 damage per tick to any enemy caught in the cloud
Crafted with 20 bombs and 2 Sandy Bars. Makes 20.
Worm Bait
5 Throwing Damage
4% Critical Strike Chance
Fast Speed
Very Weak Knockback
While the bait does very little damage, if it hits an enemy a much smaller Dune Splicer appears from the ground and hits the enemy for 20 dps for 3 seconds. Multiple baits on the same enemy won't summon more than 1 worm at a time.
Crafted with 5 Mushrooms and 2 Sandy Bars. Makes 10.
Antlion Wings
Flight time - 2.67 Seconds
Height - 81 Tiles
Horizontal Speed Bonus - 150%
Crafted with 20 Souls of Flight, 5 Antlion Wings and 5 Sandy Bars
Appearance - Like Antlion Swarmer wings
Explosive Pack Mk 2 (Accessory)
All Thrown Weapons produce a Sandcloud in a 2 by 2 area upon hitting an enemy. The Sandcloud deals 0.5 damage per tick and lasts 3 seconds.
Crafted with 5 Sandbombs, 15 Sandy Bars and a Toolbelt at a Tinkerers Workshop
Extra Features
All boomerang weapons should deal Throwing Damage
Gladiator armour has an increased drop chance (10% per piece)
The Gladiator Helmet increases Thrown weapon Velocity by 10%, and Javelin Velocity by 20%
The Gladiator Breastplate increases Thrown weapon damage by 10%, and Javelin throw speed by 15%
The Gladiator Leggings increase Movement Speed by 15%, and Thrown weapon Velocity by an additional 10%
The Gladiator armour now has a set bonus - Every 5th Javelin thrown summons 4 Javelins from the sky at wherever the original Javelin hit
The Gladiator armour should be renamed to The Hoplite armour
Please note all values are simply placeholders as i'm not sure on how well they do for the level of progression. if you have any feedback please post it, although only constructive criticism!
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