How does Corpathus work?

[jenx]

The longsword Corpathus grows in power when it kills and crits, but it also decreases in power over time.

Can anyone shed light on the timeframe? When I get it to a good number, it then drops away quickly, making it pretty useless I think.

Your thoughts?

[Coldbringer]

I think the excess power is used to fuel the creation of those Oozing Horror pets it spawns. Then it reverts back to it's base stats, right?

Haven't looked at it's changes turn by turn as it increases or decreases. Would be cool to see all the details explored and explained. One of my favorite Reaver weapons along with Morrigor (especially once it absorbs Forgery of Haze from a vampire)

[Razakai]

If you want to see the inner workings, see below.

To explain, Corpathus starts off with +4 physical crit. On scoring a kill, it gets +2 crit and +4 crit power, on a crit it gets half of that. Each time this occurs, if it has 30 or more crit bonus, it'll have a % chance equal to 80% of the crit bonus (so at 30, you have a 24% chance) to trigger the summon. When this happens, the crit resets to 6, crit power to 0, and a Vilespawn will be created in a nearby tile.

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newEntity{ base = "BASE_LONGSWORD", define_as="CORPUS",
	power_source = {unknown=true, technique=true},
	unique = true,
	name = "Corpathus", image = "object/artifact/corpus.png",
	unided_name = "bound sword",
	moddable_tile = "special/%s_corpus",
	moddable_tile_big = true,
	desc = [[Thick straps encircle this blade. Jagged edges like teeth travel down the blade, bisecting it. It fights to overcome the straps, but lacks the strength.]],
	level_range = {20, 30},
	rarity = 250,
	require = { stat = { str=40, }, },
	cost = 300,
	material_level = 4,
	combat = {
		dam = 40,
		apr = 12,
		physcrit = 4,
		dammod = {str=1,},
		melee_project={[DamageType.DRAINLIFE] = 18},
		special_on_kill = {desc="grows dramatically in power", fct=function(combat, who, target)
			local o, item, inven_id = who:findInAllInventoriesBy("define_as", "CORPUS")
			if not o or not who:getInven(inven_id).worn then return end
			who:onTakeoff(o, inven_id, true)
			o.combat.physcrit = (o.combat.physcrit or 0) + 2
			o.wielder.combat_critical_power = (o.wielder.combat_critical_power or 0) + 4
			who:onWear(o, inven_id, true)
			if not rng.percent(o.combat.physcrit*0.8) or o.combat.physcrit < 30 then return end
			o.summon(o, who)
		end},
		special_on_crit = {desc="grows in power", on_kill=1, fct=function(combat, who, target)
			local o, item, inven_id = who:findInAllInventoriesBy("define_as", "CORPUS")
			if not o or not who:getInven(inven_id).worn then return end
			who:onTakeoff(o, inven_id, true)
			o.combat.physcrit = (o.combat.physcrit or 0) + 1
			o.wielder.combat_critical_power = (o.wielder.combat_critical_power or 0) + 2
			who:onWear(o, inven_id, true)
			if not rng.percent(o.combat.physcrit*0.8) or o.combat.physcrit < 30 then return end
			o.summon(o, who)
		end},
	},
	summon=function(o, who)
		o.cut=nil
		o.combat.physcrit=6
		o.wielder.combat_critical_power = 0
		game.logSeen(who, "Corpathus bursts open, unleashing a horrific mass!")
		local x, y = util.findFreeGrid(who.x, who.y, 5, true, {[engine.Map.ACTOR]=true})
			local NPC = require "mod.class.NPC"
			local m = NPC.new{
				type = "horror", subtype = "eldritch",
				display = "h",
				name = "Vilespawn", color=colors.GREEN,
				image="npc/horror_eldritch_oozing_horror.png",
				desc = "This mass of putrid slime burst from Corpathus, and seems quite hungry.",
				body = { INVEN = 10, MAINHAND=1, OFFHAND=1, },
				rank = 2,
				life_rating = 8, exp_worth = 0,
				life_regen=0,
				max_vim=200,
				max_life = resolvers.rngavg(50,90),
				infravision = 20,
				autolevel = "dexmage",
				ai = "summoned", ai_real = "tactical", ai_state = { talent_in=2, ally_compassion=0},
				stats = { str=15, dex=18, mag=18, wil=15, con=10, cun=18 },
				level_range = {10, nil}, exp_worth = 0,
				silent_levelup = true,
				combat_armor = 0, combat_def = 24,
				combat = { dam=resolvers.rngavg(10,13), atk=15, apr=15, dammod={mag=0.5, dex=0.5}, damtype=engine.DamageType.BLIGHT, },

				resists = { [engine.DamageType.BLIGHT] = 100, [engine.DamageType.NATURE] = -100, },

				on_melee_hit = {[engine.DamageType.DRAINLIFE]=resolvers.mbonus(10, 30)},
				melee_project = {[engine.DamageType.DRAINLIFE]=resolvers.mbonus(10, 30)},

				resolvers.talents{
					[who.T_DRAIN]={base=1, every=7, max = 10},
					[who.T_SPIT_BLIGHT]={base=1, every=6, max = 9},
					[who.T_VIRULENT_DISEASE]={base=1, every=9, max = 7},
					[who.T_BLOOD_FURY]={base=1, every=8, max = 6},
				},
				resolvers.sustains_at_birth(),
				faction = who.faction,
				summoner = who, summoner_gain_exp=true,
			}

			m:resolve()

			game.zone:addEntity(game.level, m, "actor", x, y)
	end,
	wielder = {
		inc_damage={[DamageType.BLIGHT] = 5,},
		combat_critical_power = 0,
		cut_immune=-0.25,
		max_vim=20,
	},

}

[jenx]

Thanks. That's very helpful.

I'll be turning it into gold in that case!