Wortox rework

[M_Voodoo]

The update could be called "Wortox - Lord of Souls".

It would be awesome if Wortox had the ability to craft or obtain special souls from specific mobs, for example:

 

1. Fire Soul: Crafted from a soul and coal, or dropped by a Fire Hound. If dropped on the ground, it would last for a short time and ignite everything nearby in a small radius, like a campfire. It could be used to light a campfire or, while on the ground, cook food. If Wortox eats it, his temperature would rise, and his attack speed would increase.

 

2. Frost Soul: Crafted from a soul and ice, or dropped by an Ice Hound. If dropped, it would freeze mobs in an area and extinguish burning objects. If Wortox eats it, his temperature would drop, and his hunger rate would slow down.

 

3. Poison Soul: Crafted from a soul and any mushroom. If dropped, it would instantly turn food on the ground into rot and poison nearby mobs, dealing periodic damage. If Wortox eats it, all food in his inventory would spoil, and he would gain the poisoned status.

 

4. Shadow Soul: Crafted from a soul and a Nightmare Fuel, or dropped by shadow creatures. If dropped, it would turn regular flowers into evil flowers in a small radius, and creatures like rabbits would take on their shadow forms (as when sanity is low). If thrown at a mob, shadow hands would immobilize it for a short time (6-10 seconds). If Wortox eats it, he can teleport without using or consuming souls. The buff lasts 10 seconds by default, but if he has more than 10 souls in his inventory, the duration increases by 1 second, up to 20 seconds. His sanity would also decrease by 20 points.

 

5. Electric Soul: If dropped, it would electrocute a small area, dealing damage. The same effect occurs if thrown at a mob, with increased damage if the target is wet. If Wortox eats it, he would take minor damage, and his teleportation animation would be replaced with an electric dash (like Wigfrid's), with damage scaling based on wetness.

 

6. Lunar Soul: Crafted from a soul and a Moon Shard, or dropped by any lunar mob. If dropped, it would create a hail of lunar crystals in a small area, damaging enemies. If thrown at a mob, the same effect occurs, but throwing 2 to 4 of them would put the mob to sleep. If Wortox eats it, his sanity would increase, and friendly Gestalts would appear during teleportation, distracting and attacking enemies.

 

It would also be cool if all these souls could be held in hand as weapons, not just dropped but also thrown at mobs, for example, with a slingshot or bare hands.

 

Additional Mechanic: A new craftable item, the Soul Altar, would allow Wortox to store up to 200 souls and use them to craft summoning medallions for creatures. The stronger or more durable the creature, the more souls would be required. All summoned creatures would fight or serve Wortox, such as spiders, beefalo, or even Krampuses (bosses and mini-bosses cannot be summoned). The summoned creatures would live for 3 days or until they die.

Yes, I understand that I haven't thought through many details, so I hope that the readers of this discussion will help with that, as well as help promote this post so that the dear Klei notices it and adds it to the game!

[DaDa_waw]

It sounds like there is room for improvement, as these contents seem to lack the irreplaceable uniqueness. And, too many types of damage to storage space can be incalculable:（

[M_Voodoo]

14 hours ago, DaDa_waw said:

It sounds like there is room for improvement, as these contents seem to lack the irreplaceable uniqueness. And, too many types of damage to storage space can be incalculable:（

Yes, I agree with you: it would be possible to change the crafting or the ways of obtaining these souls from mobs, as well as modify some mechanics of the souls themselves. As for the soul altar addition, it can be disregarded because I just found it interesting.