Toxic Creaking

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(This is my first published mod. I've done some practice behind the scenes for a couple months, making a big ol' overhaul mod of sorts, and I decided to make one of my favorite features of it a standalone.)

Do you wish Creakings had a bit more bite to their attacks, while still adhereing to Vanilla-adjacent principles? Have you tried other Creaking enhancement mods and thought that they might've made it a bit too powerful? Well, this mod's a lil different!

New Debuff: Resin Poisoning

Creakings still retain their vanilla damage values, but whenever they attack the player, they inflict a new debuff: Resin Poisoning. This effect lasts for 2 minutes, reducing the Player's max HP by 2 (1 heart) per stack. "What do you mean by 'per stack'?", you might be asking. Well, every time a Creaking attacks a player that already has Resin Poisoning, the duration resets AND it's level goes up by 1, further reducing max HP. Now you have a real reason to fear the pale gardener!

!demo gif of resin poison debuff and player attacked by creaking

psst, having the Absorption effect prevents Resin Poisoning from applying!

Bonus: New Potions

Toxic Creaking also adds 2 new potions: Potion of Creaking and Potion of Vitality.

A Potion of Creaking is made by adding a Resin Clump to an Awkard Potion, like so:

!image of brewing GUI, resin clump in input slot !image of brewing GUI, Potions of Creaking made

• Base: Resin Poisoning II for 1:30, reduces max HP by 4.
• Extended (+Redstone): Resin Poisoning II for 3:00
• Amplified (+Glowstone): Resin Poisoning III for 0:45, reduces max HP by 6.

Meanwhile, a Potion of Vitality is made by corrupting (or rather, purifying) a Potion of Creaking through a Fermented Spider Eye:

!image of brewing GUI, fse in input slot !image of brewing GUI, Potions of Vitality made

• Base: Health Boost II for 3:00, increases max HP by 8.
• Extended (+Redstone): Health Boost II for 8:00
• Amplified (+Glowstone): Health Boost III for 1:30, increases max HP by 12.

Potions of Vitality also grant a very brief but strong Regeneration effect, to fill the new hearts gained without putting a strain on the player's hunger bar.