Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-31780004-20171129192052

Backstory

It never occured to anyone that electricity could be a devastating weapon. One day, though, a small gang of farmers was rescued after their campfire was sighted a few miles from Last Harvest. During interrogation, it was revealed that the farmers were able to survive for weeks using their pitchforks, shovels, and modified cattle prods. The prods’ unique ability to electrocute multiple zombies using a single bolt of electricity caught the attention of nearby weapons manufacturers. Since then, R-Brain Hardwork has mass-produced this unique weapon.

Tesla Chain

The tesla chain is the unofficial name given to the special effect of the Cattle Prod. Unlike normal cattle prods, the modified ones send a current that can affect nearby zombies as well as the first one. The initial hit does 25 damage, but it will do an additional 20 damage for and to every nearby zombie. For example, if you hit one zombie that’s part of a horde of four zombies, each zombie would take 60 damage while the original would take 85 because it was the initial zombie hit. If the maximum of 10 zombies is nearby (actually 11 in total - a target zombie and 10 affected by the chain), 200 damage would be dealt to each zombie while the target zombie would take 225. This effect enables large hordes to be taken out instantly in only a 1-2 hits. However, because of its low initial damage, the prod is very inefficient for use against small amounts of zombies (1-3).

Additional Effects

- If a cattle prod is used in water, it will damage the person holding the prod as well (this is due to the current traveling in the water).

Cattle prods heal Electric Elms.

The tesla chain’s length is 30 instead of 20 in PvP. This is to give the weapon a fighting chance because it is essentially useless in PVP. 