[Mod Idea] The Whitley Twins - A Bodyswitching Character

[GentlemanScientist]

I have an idea for a character mod I'd love to get your feedback on. The character would have a unique body switching mechanic I think might be fun:

 

The Whitley Twins

A pair of fraternal twins, this eerily similar brother and sister seem to share one mind.

 

The Whitley Twins are two characters in one, sharing one health, hunger, and sanity, but two different inventories.

 

You start off playing as the brother with the sister as a follower, but using a split-locket item each twin has, you can alternate which one you're controlling and which one is the follower. The follower cannot attack, but is also immune to all harm.

 

By clicking on your follower you can leave them behind, and venture off by yourself controlling either character. The other sibling now waits patiently, and safely, in place. However you can still use the body-switching mechanic, even from across the map. This almost acts as a form of teleportation, allowing you to do one thing in one part of the world, then switch bodies, and do something else far away without having to walk there.  The dormant twin is entirely safe from all harm, which means you can leave them in a dangerous environment even without light, and they'll be fine. You can also use body switching as a form of escape, if one twin is in imminent peril, and you want to bring the other twin to save them. It takes several seconds to switch bodies though, in which you're completely immobile, and the process is interrupted if you take damage. So you can use it to escape imminent danger, but not currently occurring danger.

 

You can rejoin the characters at any time by bring them back close together and clicking on the follower. You can separate and rejoin the twins as much as you like.

 

If one twin dies both die. Resurrection devices will bring both twins back together in the same spot, however it is much more difficult to bring back two bodies instead of one. Touch stones and meat effigies have a 50% chance of failing outright. If this occurs then the next closest one has its chance to work. Life giving amulets do not work at all, unless both twins are wearing one, in which case both amulets are consumed.

 

TLDR Summary

 

Whitley Twins

Pros:

 

Player can separate twins and switch which one they're currently controlling, even across huge distances. 

Double the player inventory space!

 

Cons:

 

Resurrection much more risky and/or difficult.

 

 

 

 

[SuperSuit12]

Seems like it would be difficult to make. Either a really experienced modder or one of the staff members (Yeah, I know that wouldn't be likely.) should do this because this would be very hard. I think the engine itself would have to be modified to make this work. I support this though.

[GentlemanScientist]

Seems like it would be difficult to make. Either a really experienced modder or one of the staff members (Yeah, I know that wouldn't be likely.) should do this because this would be very hard. I think the engine itself would have to be modified to make this work. I support this though.

 

 

Would the engine itself have to be changed? It's kind of just like having a movable teleporter that also swaps out your inventory. Seems doable with the existing game engine. No doubt that it would require a skilled programmer despite that though.