Wormwood add on idea

[Furyestdestroyr]

I think that wormwood is a great character, but I just feel like he’s too boring to call him amazing. His whole deal is that he’s a plant, that likes plants, and has limited combat utility. Now as a plant he doesn’t do many plant things, like growing. Now I know that he technically does grow, given the flower that pops on his head in spring, but I want him to grow more. So what if he could craft some sort wormwood growth enhancer, using a stinger, six living logs, four evil flowers, and five manure. He would inject it into himself and start the transformation process. But there are some stipulations. He has to do it in spring, when he’s blooming, and it will take the entirety of spring and summer for him to grow, only reaching max growth in the first day of autumn. This new form will only last the autumn so you have to make great use of it. His new form would look similar to if wormwood was the hulk. He would have a barky exterior, brown and green skin, and have a major under bite. This new form would have three hundred health, take fifty percent less damage, have an extra six inventory slots, he would deal sixty damage per punch, he couldn’t wear any armor, clothing, or use any tools, or weapons. But does not need any tools as he can efficiently mine most resources by punching anything, such as, rocks, trees, buildings(but only clicking on them), and many more that I’m probably forgetting. He would have some draw backs though, such as, increase burn and cold damage, slower wetness drain, larger hit box, he gives off a sanity debuff aura, can’t trade with pig king, some mobs might either flee, fight, or be neutral to him. After all this fun, normality must call, and so come winter. Your body withers away returning you to your normal chlorophyll filled self.

[ShadowbirdRH]

I'm not so into this idea. Besides, with a bramble husk equipped, Wormwood (or anyone else Wormwood builds one for) is walking annihilation to swarming enemies, from bees, to frogs, to shadow spelunkies, to moslings, just get them all tightly packed, and especially with higher numbers of enemies, it'll be over before you can say "LET THE BLOODBATH BEGIN!" Tougher enemies, Wormwood overcomes his inability to heal through food handily enough with a bat bat, and with a stack of seeds/pinecones, lost sanity can be restored easily. The bramble husk is a fine tradeoff for having more difficulty healing.

That said though, I wouldn't mind seeing Wormwood have more abilities related to growing plants, such as being able to craft new saplings, grass tufts, berry bushes (and change between berry bush types), mushrooms, and so forth.

[Furyestdestroyr]

I know he amazing in group scenarios, but I want him to have done single target effectiveness, and the form isn’t just combat, it much more utility. It also a trade offer as it makes him unable to use weapons or armpit, like the bat bat or bramble husk. What he sacrifices in effectiveness against groups, he makes up in 1V1 potential. I also really like the idea of him being able to craft plants, it would really cement his as the green thumbed plant monster of the Constant.

[FenderBot2012]

I like this idea, but I have some suggestions. It think he should stay relativly the same when he's grown but, he merely gains max health, max sanity, and max hunger, sort of like pre rework WX-78. And it should be easier to obtain this form. And I think his damage increase should be like 25% percent or something like that. Cool concept I think

[bloopah]

@FenderBot2012 It can already be easily obtained by letting a few fish spoil or having a (optionally) friendly visit with Glommer. Also I think him having a faster walking speed along with being able to walk over farm plants to entertain them is good enough as it is. At most I'd add a 0.2 health/s regen.