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Frying Pan / Skillet … a Combat Game Changer?

The frying Pan or Skillet is a new Tool & Weapon.

 

As a Tool-

 

The fry pan can be placed on top of a campfire or furnace. And used to cook food. It can hold 1x items when in use

ie.) 1 raw beef and after cooking finishes will contain 1 steak.

 

 

Advantages-

 

a.) The advantage of using the pan over just the camp fire is that the food will remain in the skillet after it is cooked and wont drop to an entity and you can potentially lose that food if you forgot about it.

 

. b.) Additionally food could cook faster in the skillet.

 

      1. When placed on top of an active furnace you are getting more efficiency out of your fuel because you could be smelting ore in the furnace and cooking a potato in the skillet

 

As a Weapon-

 

The Skillet would be Minecraft's first true blunt force weapon. When wielded in the hand you are rewarded with the beautiful sound of metal upside the hit box of your opponent . On its own a skillet wont deal a ton of damage (slightly less than an iron sword ) but it does have the advantage of having the equivalent of knock back 1 “baked right in”.

 

Burn damage- (This is a property not an enchantment) If your skillet was just used on a campfire or a furnace (within 3-5 min) watch out it is still hot! It will deal a small amount of extra burn damage after the initial hit.

 

 

As an Off Hand Weapon-

 

That's right we still haven't covered the versatility of this beautiful weapon. In the off hand its a shield. It should only have at most half of the block chance of a normal shield. But you can still attack with it. Although the damaged is reduced (but maybe if you crit its full damage?) all effects from enchantments still apply. This, my friends makes the skillet an absolute game changer for combat.

 

Enchantments-

 

Although I think there is potential for the skillet to take other weapon or tool enchantments (Like BOA efficiency) there are 3 enchantments that I think work uniquely with this item.

 

Efficiency- When enchanted with Efficiency cooked food output has a chance to multiply and has a better chance to do so and output more cooked food respective to the level of the enchant

ie.) 1 raw beef and after cooking finishes will contain 2 steak.

 

Knockback- This is what makes this item truly sing in combat. Because knock back is a natural property of the skillet Knock back gets a hell of a boost on the skillet. The impact of knock back enchantments are doubled. Knockback1 is equivalent to knockback 2. Knockback 2 enchantment would be like getting hit with knock back 4 on another weapon and so on.

 

Searing- This is a new and I think super cool enchantment because it is a dual use enchantment. Searing means that the skillet is always hot. This as applications for the skillet both as a tool and weapon. Searing could be applied to other tools and weapons as well but combined with the Skillet it has special benefits.

 

Tool use- You can cook food anywhere just put the skillet on the ground and toss in your favorite raw food let simmer. The higher the level of this enchantment the faster it cooks.

If enchanted to its highest level the skillet can be used as an infinite fuel source in a furnace but the speed of the furnace is halved.

 

Weapon use – Burn damage is increased relative to the level of the enchantment and if the pan is already heated up as discussed in the burn damage description the damage is doubled for the remainder of the time the skillet has for its property buff .

 

Thank you for your time in reading my suggestion and your consideration and thanks to anyone who decides that this deserves your vote. I think that this item as well as being functional for non-combat players Could change the face of combat in mine craft just imagine taking a swing at someone with your sword then bashing them in the face with your skillet knocking them clear out of the combat zone with a burning face wondering what just happened. Or a loan player actually having a chance to evade a hostel with better weapons and armor party trying to run them down. I think the skillet would be a fantastic and transformative addition to the game.

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    The skillet and the mechanics of its combat are decent, not the best I've seen however. But the idea of a skillet, being a weapon, is absurd to me. Minecraft's weapons are to be medieval/ fantasy. No vote.

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    Thanks for the feedback Some Animal. It is funny how people see things differently in Minecraft. I always sort of saw Minecraft as a post apocalyptic world that only returned to the old was out of necessity. May be that is because I first played Minecraft with Tekkit then sort of grew into Vanilla. To me the past was always full of more tech I suppose. That is the beauty of this game isn't it it is however you see it. It is what ever you want it to be. 

    I consed that the cast iron skillet wasn't popularized until the advent of the kitchen stove in the 19th century but other metal pans were used in ancient Mesopotamia so it doesn't necessarily not fit into your vision of Minecraft IMO.

    I would like to know what parts of the mechanics you liked and didn't like. If you have any thoughts as to why you feel the way you do (like you did by telling me that the pan didn't fit the theme of the other weapons) That would be very much appreciated!

    Thanks again for your input.  I appreciate you taking the time to offer it!

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    I liked the ability of the skillet being a tool that was placed to cook, be it on a campfire or a furnace. It would add much for builders. I also liked the fighting mechanics, of being able too knock people back. As I believe skillets should be purely for cooking. Even if it was post-apocalypse style in Minecraft, this isn't Pubg as to have a skillet as a weapon. The idea of a bludgeoning weapon with high knockback is great, however, maybe a mace or a club would better fit the style of minecraft.

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    this is more like a joke, and mostlikely would be . used cuz this is way to OP

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    My dad came up with an idea exactly like this. But I have an extra idea, how about you add more foods into the game as well. You can do fried porkchop, fried steak, fried or scramble eggs, fried fish, and fried chicken. 

    At least include the fried or scrambled eggs. It's been added into the game! It needs to be finished!