MaceBorn v1.2

Mace PvP on most servers is a one-button experience. Players swing, deal damage, and move on. There is no identity, no decision-making, no reason to care which mace you picked up.

MaceBorn fixes that. Each of the 20 maces has a passive mechanic, an active skill on right-click, and a unique aerial smash bonus. A Phantom player builds ghost marks and teleports behind targets. A Riftwalker tears open dimensional rifts across the arena. An Eclipse user switches between Solar and Lunar stance mid-fight. These are not stat tweaks. They are full combat archetypes.

• Frostbite Mace Builds ice stacks per hit up to a configurable cap. At max stacks, triggers a freeze burst and resets. Aerial slam creates a spreading freeze zone.
• Gravity Mace Pulls nearby enemies toward the impact point. Skill creates a gravity singularity. Aerial slams throw victims upward.
• Obsidian Mace Earth-force passive. Hits shatter armor layers. Skill raises stone barriers mid-fight. Aerial slam craters the ground around impact.
• Verdant Mace Vines entangle on hit. Kill triggers a nature burst that heals you and damages nearby enemies.

• Abyssal Mace Void energy builds on consecutive hits. Skill summons an abyssal void zone. Aerial smash pulls all nearby enemies into a singularity.
• Echo Mace Builds resonance stacks on target. At max, detonates for burst damage. Skill fires a soundwave that knocks back and silences. Aerial smash detonates all nearby stacks at once.
• Infernal Mace Sets targets on fire with each hit. Consecutive hits increase fire intensity. Aerial slam drops a hellfire ring.
• Mirage Mace Creates illusion decoys to confuse enemies. Aerial smash spawns mirror copies that attack around the impact point.
• Phantom Mace Hits leave ghost marks on targets. Skill teleports you directly behind a marked enemy. Kills grant brief invisibility. Aerial smash applies a mark instantly.
• Stormhowl Mark a target and leap toward them. Kills grant a speed chain that extends with consecutive kills. Aerial re-marks the target and reduces skill cooldown.
• Tempest Mace Hits launch targets back. Skill summons a tornado that drags enemies in. Aerial smash fires a gust shockwave.

• Bloodforge Mace Heals based on damage dealt. Skill enters blood frenzy, boosting attack speed and lifesteal. Aerial smash hits harder the lower your own health.
• Chrono Mace Slows targets on hit. Skill rewinds your position to where you stood seconds ago. Aerial smash creates a time-stop zone.
• Necrotic Mace Harvests souls from kills. Souls amplify hit damage and decay over time. Aerial slam triggers a soul burst that consumes all stored souls.
• Titanbreaker Damage scales with fall height. Skill charges a devastating overhead slam. Aerial impact shakes the ground and stuns nearby enemies.

• Celestial Mace Every 3 hits summons falling star strikes. Skill calls down a meteor. Aerial smash triggers a full celestial barrage.
• Eclipse Mace Dual stance weapon. Solar mode brings bonus damage, fire on hit, and speed. Lunar mode gives a damage shield, lifesteal, and slow on hit. Skill toggles stance mid-fight. Aerial triggers a nova blast or gravity pull depending on current stance.
• Harbinger Skill applies Doom Mark. Marked targets take 30% bonus damage. Aerial smash on a marked target below 25% HP triggers instant execution. Kill chains stack a pressure aura on nearby enemies.
• Reactor Mace Builds reactor charge on hits. Skill detonates stored energy. Boss bar shows your current reactor level in real time.
• Riftwalker Opens a mini rift every 5 hits (configurable). Skill teleports a nearby enemy to a random rift. Aerial smash creates a major rift that pulls everyone around it.

◆ Combat Engine

• Combo count, momentum bar and kill streak processed in one optimized event listener
• Perfect impact detection triggers aerial smash bonuses specific to each mace
• Per-player session state kept in memory with no constant tick overhead

◆ HUD System

• Action bar: rarity color, mace name, combo count, momentum bar, skill cooldown
• Last-hit damage tag with a 3-second fade
• Boss bar can be overridden per mace (Reactor uses it for live charge display)
• Refreshes on a configurable interval, not every server tick

◆ Data Storage

• MySQL via HikariCP: fully async load and save, synchronous flush on server shutdown
• YAML flat-file for servers that do not run a database
• Mode selected in config.yml, no code changes or restarts required

◆ Per-Mace Configuration

• Each mace has its own file under /maces/
• Every value exposed: damage multipliers, stack caps, cooldowns, radii, durations
• Particle type, color, count, offset and speed are all config-driven
• Any mace can be disabled individually without touching the others

◆ Multi-Language Support

• 6 built-in languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Chinese
• All messages use MiniMessage with full hex color and gradient support
• Language switch is a single line in config.yml

• PvP servers Adds weapon variety without a full class system overhaul. Each mace is a different playstyle your players will debate and argue about.
• Survival and SMP Gives rare mace drops real meaning. A Cataclysmic mace found in a dungeon chest should feel different. It does.
• RPG and adventure servers Build character archetypes around which mace a player carries. The rarity system and per-mace permissions make it easy to gate access by class or progression tier.
• Network owners Drop MaceBorn into any game mode running Paper 1.21 Single-command install, full reload support, no restarts needed for config changes.

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