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Pandora, the Explorer

A character mod for Don't Starve Together. Originally made for personal use, then got carried away with adding stuff so I thought I'd make it public!

***Development currently on hiatus, been busy with life. Apologies to those who enjoyed the mod!***

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Get ready for a super fast-paced lifestyle! Pandora is a Pachirisu who never goes far without her Rattata BFF, Mordetta. Using their excellent teamwork, the two will set out to explore this strange new world, find cool stuff, eat the local cuisine, try interesting fruits, snack on some seeds, munch on a handful of berries, and... eat pretty much everything else.

The two move fast and work fast, but be prepared to keep some hungry stomachs full!

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80 HP
200 Hunger
200 Sanity

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2x movement speed
Reduced sanity penalty for wormhole travel
Happily eats almost anything
Permanent follower (see Mordetta)
Can perform instantaneous short-ranged movement for hunger (can be configured to jump gaps or disabled in config)

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2.5x hunger consumption
0.6x attack modifier
1.2x damage taken modifier

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As a Pokemon, Pandora comes prepared with a full set of four electric moves to use. Right click her custom weapon while it's equipped to switch attacks. She is ready with attacks for any situation... but keep in mind that the energy needed to use a Pokemon move is going to mean getting hungry faster!

(Side note: The damage values may appear a little low, but electric attacks gain additional damage multipliers. Damage output is a little higher than the numbers suggest.)

Spark
25 damage
0.5 hunger cost

Pandora's basic, general-use attack. Use it on everything!

Discharge
25 damage
2-range AoE
1.5x attack delay
3 hunger cost

An area attack. Doesn't do much damage and costs a lot of hunger, but hits all around Pandora.

Electro Ball
30 damage
3-range projectile
1.5x attack delay
2 hunger cost

Stronger, medium-range attack. Does a little less DPS than Spark and costs a bunch more hunger, but is safe damage.

Charge Beam
20 damage
5-range projectile
1.2x attack delay
2.5 hunger cost

The last attack is the fun one. This costs a lot of hunger for modest damage... but when hitting an enemy, there is a 70% chance for Pandora to gain some electric charge, temporarily boosting damage for all of her Pokemon moves.


Electric Charge
When using Charge Beam, getting struck by lightning, or drinking Electric Milk, Pandora starts getting charged by electricity, gaining 20-60% extra damage for all of her custom attacks depending on the level of charge. Pandora will start glowing as an indicator of her current charge level.


If you somehow manage to lose the special weapon, it can be re-created in the magic tab using 3 Fireflies.

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Mordetta is Pandora's bestest friend and basically a soul mate! These two are just about inseparable, and will happily chatter with each other as their adventure goes on. Mordetta will do her best to help out in both work and combat, and never strays very far. She can mine, chop, and dig right alongside Pandora, and doesn't even need any tools to do so - Rattata teeth are quite strong! Mordetta will also volunteer to carry some items to share the burden.

However, this relationship goes a little further than a normal friendship... a portion of any damage that Mordetta takes is immediately shared with Pandora. Mordetta is quite a capable fighter on her own and will do her best to avoid taking hits, but make sure you keep her from getting overwhelmed, because Pandora will end up feeling the hurt too.

In combat, Mordetta will harass enemies from a short distance away using Quick Attack. She has custom fighting AI and will try to bait and dodge enemy attacks, then strike when they are vulnerable.

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Rare Candy (food)
Honey x3, [fruit] x1
30 HP
20 Sanity
10 Hunger

There is a 50% chance to create a Rare Candy when cooking 3 Honey and any fruit in the Crock Pot. Rare Candies are great restoratives for HP and Sanity, and will never rot.

And as any Pokemon player knows, when a Pokemon eats one, it will level up! Both Pandora and Mordetta can eat Rare Candies for a small boost to all stats. But make sure you are sharing them with Mordetta - sharing is just what friends do. Dying will reduce the number of upgrades by 5 for both Pandora and Mordetta. Stats can be boosted up to 20x each (see additional info for full details).


Gummi (food)
3 HP
20 Sanity
12.5 Hunger

Special sweets that are created by tumbling Honey or Whipped Dreams (refined Honey + Nightmare Fuel) in a Confectionary Station. Each gummi offers a unique temporary buff for 90 seconds, corresponding to their Pokemon type!

Red: Long-lasting hot food
Clear: Long-lasting cold food
Yellow: 10% speed boost (+favored by electric types!)
Blue: Shed moisture and gain wetness resistance
Orange: Boosts damage multiplier
Grass: Quicker plant harvest time
Silver: Hardens skin like steel. Increases damage resistance
White: Gives a chance to do critical hits in battle for 50% extra damage! (+favored by normal types!)
Wonder: Super special, rare Gummi. Offers small buffs to all stats, regen, and temporarily stops hunger.


Ornate Chest (structure)
Thulecite x2, Boards x5, Nightmare Fuel x5

Pandora's special bottomless (well, almost) chest, for squirrelling away as many items as possible! Don't think too hard about how it works or you'll start going insane.

12 main storage slots, greatly slows perishing, and has a chance to generate random items when opened. Cannot be accessed while insane. Costs 10 Sanity to access (15 for other players).

Also contains a 200-item (soft cap closer to around 100-150), secret random-access storage. Stored, non-irreplaceable items will occasionally (10% chance) get shuffled in and out of the hidden storage vault. Archived items cannot be accessed directly, but any perishable items will be held in stasis and stop perishing until they reappear in the main container slots.

Half of the vault will be emptied on the ground if the chest is hammered, and all items will be dropped if the chest is destroyed.

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* Mordetta has a slightly buggy "working" animation. It's not *super* noticeable. I'll fix it eventually.
* Mordetta generally lacks front and back animations.
* A few of Pandora's animation parts still need custom images.
* Neither of the duo's names start with W. Terrible, I know.
* Mordetta can't jump on the boat properly

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* A bunch of animation fixes and revamps
* More custom dialogue lines
* More Gummi types (poison touch, dodging, fear aura, damage counter, light)
* Storage restriction for the Confectionary Station
* Separating Ornate Chest item generation from storage as a separate action

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Max Stats (Pandora)
HP: 80→100
Hunger: 200→250
Sanity: 200→250
Movement: 2x → 2.5x
Atk mod: 0.6x → 0.8x
Def mod: 1.2x → 1.1x

Spark damage: 25→30

Discharge damage: 25→28
Discharge AoE: 2→4

Electro Ball damage: 30→40
Electro Ball range: 3→5

Charge Beam damage: 20→25
Charge Beam range: 5→8
Charge time: 5s → 10s


Max Stats (Mordetta)
Damage: 30 → 40
Movement: 2.5x → 3x

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Thanks to...
DragonWolfLeo for creating the Extended Character Template
Ultroman and YakumoYukari for code troubleshooting.