Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-29212138-20170115232214

So as I browsed and searched, I found that Japanese and Chinese (and clearly many other cultures) factions are planned. So I would like to suggest some things. Let's start with the neutral stuff.

New weapons: There will be many new weapons that would be involved in these factions, so lets start shall we?

First, Katanas. These were one of the very best blade designs ever forged in the real world, it should represent that in lotr. The katana would do more damage by logic, but if you want balance keep it the same as the material it is made of. There would be neutral katanas, ones you can make on a crafting table out of iron or something, and factions specific. Like I said before, depending on what you think is better it would do more or the same damage as a normal sword would. It would also be twice as fast, but have half the knockback. If it did more damage you could balance it by making even less knockback, your choice. You would craft with a sword recipe but from corner to corner (So iron in the middle, top-right, and a stick in the bottom left.

Next up, Shurikens. Shurikens, aka ninja stars, should be one iron, which makes four stars. They would do the same damage as a dagger for each, so five damage, are reusable with a durability, and stack to 3. If you throw one stack (three stars) they would all throw at once. The stars have a 2 second delay so you cant spam kill someone.

Morning Star: Similar to a mace in damage, but pike range (being attached to a chain,) possibly a cleaving attack, (which maces should have as well,) and much, much slower than a mace. For instance if you watched the film, the witch king attacked with his morning start, took 3-5 seconds to swing again, then he could attack. They also might do more damage than a mace due to the logic of gravity + you being stronger than just you.

Wakishashi: similar to a dagger, but longer. It would have 75% range, 75% delay, and same knockback as a sword. It would do damage inbetween the dagger and the sword of the faction and still could be poisoned.

Yama: A very long bow, perhaps the same or even longer range and slower speed than a dalish long bow. Would do about the same damage though.

Bohiya: Sometimes called a Chinese cannon, the knowledge leaked to the japanese and others as well. It would have ammo made of gunpowder and a specific dye (They were similar to fireworks.) The blast would do 10 damage, have a five second delay, but it wouldn't destroy much if any terrain. If the user uses three or more gunpowder to craft then it will light the area in flame, if flamable. The more gunpowder used the bigger the radius. Ammo would be made of specific amount of gunpowder, from 1-7, a dye of choice (if you want color,) and bamboo scrolls. The cannon would be made of two iron, two paper with a dye deciding the color. Durability would be low, around the same as a flint and steel.

Now I am finally done with weapons, so let me tell you of the few factions I have envisioned so far:

Rhûnadór, the Japanese. They would have highly elite Samurai warriors, with armor smithed by the men of Rhûnadór and the Orocarni dwarves together. It would have dwarven tier defense, but the samurai would be highly rare as only great warriors would be made samurai. It would be crafted of Silk Steel (see below.) You would need slightly more alignment and more money to hire a Samurai than you would need for a dwarf, and they would all also be ranged with yamas if you are at least 5 blocks away. If you get closer then they would use either a Katana, a spear, or a Wakishashi to fight you. The next unit, being far more common, are the light armoured Ronin. They would have armor made of Bamboo silk and Iron. You would need about 150 alignment to hire one of these troops, and they would have chain tier gear and use katanas and wakishashis to fight you. The ranged variant would use yamas. The next troop would be mariners. They would have a mix of Ronin and Samurai gear, usually no helmet, never a samurai helmet (their helmets are light compared to others, but still heavy for a mariner.) They would use Bohiyas and yamas for the ranged, and Katanas for the melee. They would spawn in costal Rhûnadór, a sub-biome of the actual thing that spawns for about 1000 blocks inland from the coast. If there is water in this area, a port town can spawn by it. In the mainland Towns can also spawn, just not ports. Lakes and rivers, unless they are there on the map, will not spawn on the costal area. They will in the mainland. Each fort will have a Shogun, ready to let you hire some men for a bit of alignment and some coins. The faction would be enemies with my next faction, this one being a blue easterling faction. Also all soldiers except for marines would be found commonly on horses, including the archer variants. The banner would be a blue background, possibly a stormy sea with a Red or Yellow Sun rising.

Now, onto my Chinese Faction.

Belradór: It would be a large faction on the mainland of the far east, and will follow sauron. In this biome Giant Pandas and Red Pandas would be added and spawn there. The faction would have warriors, with Iron tier armor. They would wield a normal sword, a pike, a spear (which would throw it and switch to a dagger) or a dagger. They would have an archer variant and a Bohiya variant for fifty more alignment and a few more coins. The factions would have a very new unit for an evil faction. A ninja. The ninjas would be like rangers, with black steel (black dye and iron combined) and balck bamboo silk gear creating a chain tier armor. They would stealth like rangers, use dagers or katanas when enemies get too close, and throw shurikens at range. They would require the same alignment and money as a ranger of the north.

Now some last details: Bamboo silk: Can be died to make silk robes of any color (leather protection, mainly for cosmetics.) It is made from 8 string around 1 bamboo in a normal crafting table or one of my factions crafting tables. Once made you can dye it. It is used in Ronin armor, ninja gear, and silk steel, which is 4 bamboo silk around one iron making silk steel, which is very durable. Samurai armor would use silk steel to make their armor in the normal recipes on it's faction's crafting table. Ronin armor would be made of bamboo silk with one iron where a die would go in pelargir armor, doing chain stat armor. Bamboo Silk is very durable, as it is in real life.

Any details left I leave to the mod creators, as I can suggest things but they should be able to decide what goes in their mod. If they do want me to add some more detail, just comment below and I will.

Thanks for reading this, and I do hope it helps give you ideas for the east. :) 