Balance concerns to maybe be addressed at some point

[JuniorUdale]

lol balance

• [x] Prestidigitate is too strong and seen as yet another free win for Witch. maybe make it max instead of min?
• [x] Similarly, the 2 slot version that I can totally remember the name of is also probably bonkers busted
• [x] Sapping Spores is... bad. heck. Max health loss is bad and stinky and not great. But it's the point of the item so? ? ? ????? ?
• [x] Do a pass of all the reusable countdowns. like, why does syringe gun even exist. it's meant to be a BETTER version of blutsauger you Fool
• [x] Ratchet is too weak. yes it causes infinites out the ass but it's So Weak™ if you don't have any. returning the dice does Not fit bc of the upgrade, unfortunately
• [x] None of the "steal and disable an enemy item for 1 turn! in return, ULTRA PUNISH YOU" seem appealing, blah. (theft & shrubbery, hot take, warhammer)
• [ ] Beam weapons are just t e r r i b l e in isolation and bonkers OP if you copy them. such is quadratic growth I suppose?
• [x] Blessed Bat of Bashing is awful. Like, Elastic Heart awful, despite being almost strict power creep on it.

[ncrecc]

I'd recommend retooling inventor's "joke" items (Swedge, Plurale Tantrum, Super Spatula, Scrap Cauldron, Scrap Remote, Scrap Turret, Scraptula, Scrap Key) into serious items, or just removing them - especially the ones with underwhelming gadgets, like Scrap Turret's Bubble Gun, Scrap Remote's Broken Gadget, and Swedge and Scrap Key's literal "do 0 damage" gadget. It goes from amusing to annoying pretty fast, especially considering how they displace scrap items that actually do something, or have decent gadgets. (Weaken?, Rose rule, and Lucky Sword aren't nearly common enough to justify Swedge, Scrap Key, or Finger Guns)

[JuniorUdale]

Useless items for Inventor have been seriously curtailed - now only a single one can show up in the run, and if it's Swedge, it comes with support. (The others are literally jokes, and in a world where Scrap Metal exists, I think they're fine.) #70

[JuniorUdale]

Prestidigitate has been knocked down to being MAX2, upgrading to MAX4. Holy balls was that strong. 😅

Reuseable countdowns have been looked at as well; a couple are getting buffs (Blutsauger countdown 7 -> 6, Metalmorph countdown 4 -> 3), and some are getting nerfs (Coconut Gun initial countdown 8 -> 10, Headache countdown 4 -> 5).

[JuniorUdale]

There's not much I can really do about Prestidigitate's two-slot bopper, though I guess those are always a bit on the strong side. Hm. I've bumped it up to require 2 dice to cast, so hopefully that will help a little.

[JuniorUdale]

Made the yoinky items easier to play:

• Theft and Shrubbery is now unrestricted (upgrade: always grants 1 thorns)
• Hot Take/Cold Hard Facts now have traditional fire/ice item slots (even/odd, upgrades to unrestricted, downgrades to require6/require5)
• Warhammer is the strongest of the bunch, but has been changed to take doubles instead of must equal 7.

[JuniorUdale]

Upon further consideration, Ratchet is... fine. Like Doppeldice, it's a situational pickup, but occasionally worth it.

[JuniorUdale]

Sapping Spores got reworked a while back. Still awful, but not "take this to the boss room and win" any more.

[JuniorUdale]

Made BBoB heal 2 on all versions, upgrading to unrestricted. Maybe that'll help it feel less... crap.