Fanon:Sassafras (Extended Tale of Diep)

''Note: This page is for the version of. Such a page is necessary due to the drastic changes that take place in the Rise of Hesperia DLC, which is all about all things relating to Sassafras.''

Sassafras are more than meets their eyes.

Their friendly eyes.

Their IE energy-gathering eyes...

Overview
Sassafras (in the ) is a that spawns randomly throughout, even in Vallard Wastes and Desolate Plains. He also spawns anywhere in with increased spawn rates. Original idea by Zathsu. Revamped for the Extended Tale of Diep by Diepmon.

Design
If you're reading this after having reading about Sassafras in the, you should already know what he looks like.

Music
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Backstory
Sassafras, being the basis for the "Rise of Hesperia" section of the Extended Tale of Diep, plays a much larger role in the story. , he who was raised by ducks from a young age, is the first Sassafras, and in reality, is an all-powerful old god who battled with Panzer at the beginning of time, and was sealed away until he was uncovered by in this form. He eventually regathered enough of his godly energy (, which had been scattered into the beings of the Realm by Panzer) through creating clones of himself with this energy to gather it at exponential rates, until he was able to open the and assume the form of. There is more to the story, but it is not relevant to Sassafras here. (The rest of the story in its full form can be found on the page). However, it must be noted that has taken over the job of cloning new Sassafras and sending them out into the Realm, after the first Realm of Sassafras event.

Mechanics
Sassafras in the Extended Tale of Diep, so as far as it goes, are clones of Lord Sassafras created to gather IE Energy from the sentient beings of the Realm. They and all other Sassafrassy beings can also function cameras for Lord Sassafras, who, existing in both the Realm and the Realm of Sassafras at once (it's confusing) can see the world through their eyes. Needless to say, despite having reached his goals already, Lord Sassafras continues to torment the Realm's inhabitants for fun. Apparently, it never gets old.

All Sassafras are assumed to be male. Sassafras Minions are genderless (except the who are members of the Sassa Club) and are sentient (they can think for themselves and are living beings in their own right, like tanks.)

Behavior


The general behavior of Sassafras is exactly like that in the normal Tale of Diep, with several changes.

Sassafras will wander around surprisingly quickly, looking around at players with the glowing yellow pupil in his black eye, sometimes squinting at players. He will spin slowly as well, like an Auto 5.

The Trapper barrels fire out Mega Traps and the Dominator barrels will track the closest player. The Dominator bullets slightly curve and home in on players, but with so little effort it's almost unnoticeable. They will explode into a ring of sixteen smaller bullets (the size of a 's) four seconds after firing if it did not make contact with a player.

Sassafras' spawners will shoot out small tan hexagonal Gunner Minions called 'Sassafras', that get into groups and gun down players. There is a maximum of 2 per spawner. They can have either one, two, or three eyes on them, and can either have a hat or not, for a total of six varieties. When a Sassafras minion is destroyed, all other Sassafras Minions will get the Frenzy for 2 seconds. Every minion will say the word 'Sassafras' every few seconds, quietly, but will say different things in certain quotes. Each Sassafras minion has 250 health.

Now, onto the Extended Tale of Diep portion of Sassafras. As mentioned above, the primary objective for all Sassafras is to gather from sentient beings and instantly transport it to the reserves in the  for.

Upon spawn, a Sassafras deducts 40 IE energy when it spawns. One Sassafras spawns with all members of the except for, Zelena, and. If a Sassa Club member passes within a certain tile radius to them (it varies by member), any Sassafras, Sassafras Minions, and other Sassafras-related entities will follow the Sassa Club member, and in turn, they will teleport their followers with them. Sentiquet is the sole exception to this rule, due to her possessing a nastier disposition than.

For every three seconds that a Sassafras is not damaged, it gathers one IE energy unit from each player or a sentient-designated entity (SDE) within a 25 tile radius. However, if a Sassafras is continually damaged, it will be unable to gather IE energy unless it is not damaged for three seconds. Sassafras Minions do not count toward this total in any way, if and only if they are paired with a Sassafras. Destroying a Sassafras does not do anything to the IE energy progression bar. Players are not affected when IE energy is gathered, but players can visibly see a number of tan sparkles representing IE energy units fly from them into the eye of the Sassafras gathering the energy any time it is gathered. The yellow eye visibly flashes when this happens.

Sassafras in the Extended Tale of Diep also say new quotes around members of the Sassa Club, while in the Realm of Sassafras, or when certain events happen in the Realm.

Quotes
WIP

Trivia

 * This page should have been made long ago.
 * Sassafras in the Extended Tale of Diep play a much larger role in the story, unlike those in the vanilla Tale of Diep.