So I'm putting together a mod to add a few things to the Mycus mutationeers; however, as this is more or less JSON limited, it's mostly going to be crafts. It was originally meant to be part of the vehicle additions pack, but I decided it needed more than some vehicle parts.
Going fungal has some pretty big drawbacks, the loss of most mutations is one thing, but moreso the loss of access to regular food/water. So I decided to give Mycus fans a set of fairly robust additions.
So the core of this is going to be the "Symbiote Backpack" (name not 100% set), which:
- Is a tool necessary to craft fungal items.
- When worn, gives several small boosts, a bit of speed, but mostly stamina regeneration, disease resistance, and hunger/thirst savings.
- When activated, can enhance the player's abilities, in exchange for item charge and increased hunger/thirst.
- When removed/destroyed, will cause large withdrawal symptoms.
So the items so far are:
- Spore Bomb: Essentially a fungal grenade.
- Thorn Baton: A martial-arts compatible weapon. It's got a built-in thorn launcher to soften up large targets or kill weaker ones.
- Thorn Lash: A sword-style compatible weapon. It's more like a macuahuitl, but is capable of loosening and stiffening at your control, letting you attack faster. The built-in thorn barrage has shorter range than the thorn baton, but has burst fire.
- Thorn Lance: A spear-type weapon for general melee. Essentially, a glove that regrows its spear. Uses the thrown skill and has decent damage and pierce. Has an additional built-in weapon for fragmenting lances.
- A few weapon mods for the above.
- A few vehicle parts, they'll be fairly simple, fragile, and easily replaceable.
- A few constructions, these are fairly more robust; defensive growths you might say.
You can refill charges for weapons and your symbiote by using a recipe that turns corpses into fungal food. Also possibly using them as weapons in some limited Prototype-esque ways. Fungal corpse nuke is probably going to be a thing for mass-land conversion.
I'm playing with the idea of making different symbiotes to denote the different paths of Mycus Gardener/Fighter (Ambassador is also there, but NPCs can't really do much).
If you have any ideas for additions, I'd happily take them.