StandaloneAncientScepter

## Standalone Ancient Scepter

• Adds the Ancient Scepter from Risk of Rain 1 as a standalone mod
• Code is almost entirely by ThinkInvisible, this is merely a port of that, without the TILER2 dependency and with a custom model

Upgrades

- Commando: Suppressive Fire > Death Blossom (2x shots, fire rate, and accuracy. 2x autoaim range, hold primary fire to fire normally)  
    - -OR-  Grenade > Carpet Bomb (0.5x damage, throw a spread of 8 at once)
- Huntress: Arrow Rain > Burning Rain (1.5x duration and radius, burns)  
    - -OR-  Ballista > Rabauld (5 extra weaker projectiles per shot, for 2.5x TOTAL damage)
- Bandit: Lights Out > Assassinate (2x bullets)
    - -OR-  Desperado > Renegade (25% (+0.35% per token) chance to ricochet to another enemy on hit up to 8 times within 30m. -10% distance & damage per bounce. Unaffected by luck.) 
- MUL-T: Transport Mode > Breach Mode (0.5x incoming damage, 2x duration; after stopping, retaliate with a stunning explosion for 100% of unmodified damage taken)
- Engineer: TR12 Gauss Auto-Turret > TR12-C Gauss Compact (+1 stock, +1 placed turret cap)  
    - -OR-  TR58 Carbonizer Turret > TR58-C Carbonizer Mini (+2 stock, +2 placed turret cap)
- Artificer: Flamethrower > Dragon's Breath (hits leave lingering fire clouds)  
    - -OR-  Ion Surge > Antimatter Surge (2x damage, 4x radius)
- Mercenary: Eviscerate > Massacre (2x duration, kills refresh duration [hold special to leave early])  
    - -OR-  Slicing Winds > Gale-Force (4x stock and recharge speed, fires all charges at once)
- REX: Tangling Growth > Chaotic Growth (2x radius, pulses additional random debuffs)  
    - -OR-  DIRECTIVE: Harvest > COMMAND: Reap (Spawns extra fruit that gives random buffs)
- Loader: Charged Gauntlet > Megaton Gauntlet (2x damage and lunge speed, 7x knockback)  
    - -OR-  Thunder Gauntlet > Thundercrash (3x lightning bolts fired, cone AoE becomes sphere)
- Acrid: Epidemic > Plague (victims become walking sources of Plague, chains infinitely)
- Captain: Orbital Probe > 21-Probe Salute (1/3 damage, 7x shots, hold primary to fire continuously)
    - -OR-  OGM-72 'DIABLO' Strike > PHN-8300 'Lilith' Strike (30s, 2x blast radius, 100,000% damage, blights everyone in line of sight)
- Heretic: Nevermore (Special) > Perish Song (After 30 seconds, deals 5000% fatal damage to you and nearby enemies.)

- Alloy Vulture: Windblade > Repeated Windblade (50% chance to fire twice)
- Aurelionite: Eye Laser > Piercing Eye Laser (Additional 35% of damage dealt pierces walls)

To-Do

• New Assets: Models and Icons
• Mithrix Scepter

For Devs

• Adding a ScepterReplacer to a character that already has an existing ScepterReplacer for that slot and variant will replace it.
  • This change allows developers that modify or outright change existing skills to have their own Scepter skill for existing characters.
• All icons for Scepter Skills in this mod are now publicly accessible. See the static class Assets.SpriteAssets.

Credits

• ThinkInvisible - Original code and implementation
• DestroyedClone - Ported to a standalone item, Maintainer
• rob - Fixed code
• bruh and redacted - Made the Scepter model
• swuff - Updated Textures, Consultation
• QandQuestion - Lore
• Moffein - Consultation
• Mico27 - Orb creation help
• /vm/ - Etc

Changelog

1.0.8

• 🛠️Fixed Captain's Diablo Scepter Skill still inflicting Blight on allies when Captain Nuke Friendly Fire is disabled.
• 🛠️Recategorized the config. Requires refreshing your config.

1.0.7

• 🛠️Temporarily replaced the texture used for the glow on the Ancient Scepter to the purple fire texture used by the Ancient Wisp, while waiting on the next material fix.

1.0.6

• 🛠️Config setting StridesTakesPrecedence changed to HeresyTakesPrecedence in accordance of RoR2 possessing more than one Heresy item
• ➕Added configuration setting to blacklist AncientScepter from turrets, incorrectly causing the turrets to receive a reroll due to having no skill coded. (Disabled by default to maintain original behavior)
• 🛠️Fixed Unity Error complaining about trying to register it to network despite missing a networkidentity
• ➕Added configuration setting to Captain's Nuke skill whether or not it blights allies (Disabled by default)
• 🛠️(For Devs) Adding a ScepterReplacer to a character that already has an existing ScepterReplacer for that slot and variant will replace it, instead of throwing an error.
  • This change allows developers that modify or outright change existing skills to have their own Scepter skill for existing characters.
• 🛠️(For Devs) All icons for Scepter Skills in this mod are now publicly accessible. See the static class Assets.SpriteAssets.

1.0.5

• 🛠️Restored the property accessor on the ItemDef of the ItemBase, which was preventing other mods from accessing the item properly.

1.0.4

• ❌Blacklisted from being copied by TinkersSatchel's "Mostly-Tame Mimic" to prevent accidental rerolls.
• 🛠️Merged config option to reroll duplicates into: Disabled, Random, and Scrap.
  • Scrap option allows extra to reroll into red scrap.
• 🛠️Increased radius of Commando's "Death Blossom".
  • Holding down primary fire while using the skill switches back to the vanilla aim radius.
• 🛠️Added option to Mercernary's "Massacre", allowing the user to exit early to prevent softlocks; especially with with SkillsPlusPlus.
  • Hold down your special ability to exit early.
• ➕Added missing scepter skills for Captain's "Diablo Strike", Bandit's "Lights Out" and "Desperado", and Heretic's "Nevermore".
• ➕Added new skills for Aurelionite's Laser, and Alloy Vulture's Windblade.
• ➕Updated Assets and Lore
• ➕Updated Readme
• 🛠️Updated internal names to be more independent of ClassicItems

1.0.3

• 🛠️Made ItemDef public so other mods can access it for their display rules

1.0.2

• 🛠️Fixed for latest RoR2 version

1.0.1

• 🛠️Fixed REX's upgrade not applying debuffs
• 🛠️Fixed Captain's upgrade not having a skill icon
• ➕Added item display for Bandit

1.0.0

• Initial release