⚔️ Strength SMP

1.16 → 1.21.11 · Bukkit / Spigot / Paper / Purpur · No dependencies · PlaceholderAPI supported

Items

⚡ Overview

[ Roll Reroll Book ] ──> [ Unlock 1 of 6 Class Weapons ]
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   ┌─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┐
   ▼                             ▼                             ▼
[ PASSIVE ]                  [ ACTIVE ]                   [ BOUND ABILITY ]
Always-on class effect       Right-click your class       Press F or Q on a
plus Strength damage         weapon to trigger a          bound weapon for its
scaling.                     combat ability.              signature ultimate.

Strength runs −10 → +10. Every point is +5% melee damage dealt and −3% taken. Your chat prefix changes with it, so everyone can see who is winning.

🛡️ Weapon Classes

Class	Passive	Active — right-click	CD	Bound — F / Q
🗡️ Assassin · Sword	Bleed — 15% chance of Wither II for 3s	Blink — teleport up to 5 blocks, wall-safe	30s	Excalibur Beam — piercing crescent wave, 12 blocks
🗡️ Assassin, second active	—	Berserk — SHIFT + right-click: +2 damage & Speed III for 15s	60s	—
🪓 Juggernaut · Axe	Shield Disable — 10% chance, 5s lockout, plus stun on hit	Ground Pound — AoE knock-up + damage	25s	Dimensional Cleave — rift vacuums for 2s, then implodes
🛡️ Tank · Shield	50% damage reduction while simply holding it	Reflect — returns all damage + Resistance II, 7s	40s	Forcefield — 6-block ring, knockback + Slowness II
🏹 Archer · Bow	Homing 25% · Explosive 20% — automatic, no cooldown	—	—	Gravity Singularity — vortex pulls everything to its centre
🎯 Scorpion · Crossbow	—	Rapid Fire — 6-arrow critical volley	25s	Scorpion Hook — drag target to your feet + stun
🔱 Gladiator · Trident	Melee-only — throwing disabled, damage scales with Strength	Riptide — dash, damaging everything in your path	15s	Poseidon's Wrath — chain lightning strikes

Bound abilities share one cooldown, 25s by default. Every value above is configurable.

Sword Ability

Crossbow Ability

Shield Ability

🔒 Soul-Binding — `/bind`

Spend 1 Strength to bind your class weapon.

Feature	Detail
Kept on death	Weapon flies back to your hand on respawn with a spinning Loyalty-style return, knocking back anyone in the way
Undroppable	Q is blocked — no more fumbling your weapon mid-fight
Unlocks F / Q abilities	The bound column in the table above
Holding particles	Bound weapons emit magical particles while held
Tracks 5 stats	Souls Harvested (+ victim log) · Damage Dealt · Soul Sacrifices · Time Bound · Ability Triggers

Bind GUI

👑 Dynamic Strength Ranks

21 tiers, applied automatically to chat.

STR	Rank	STR	Rank
+10	`[Demigod]`	0	`[Neutral]`
+9	`[Overlord]`	−1 … −3	`[Novice]` `[Apprentice]` `[Squire]`
+8	`[Grandmaster]`	−4 … −6	`[Citizen]` `[Vassal]` `[Peasant]`
+6 … +7	`[Warlord]` `[Conqueror]`	−7 … −9	`[Weakling]` `[Frail]` `[Wretched]`
+5	`[Champion]`	−10	`[Hopeless]`
+1 … +4	`[Initiate]` → `[Veteran]`

Fully renameable and recolourable in config.yml.

💰 Strength Economy

Feature	Detail
Kill transfer	Victim loses 1 STR; killer gains it — directly, or as a droppable Strength Shard
Underdog bonus	Beating someone 3+ STR above you pays double
Withdraw	`/withdraw <amount>` turns Strength into physical shards — tradeable, storable, stealable
Bounties	`/bounty <player> <amount>` — server-wide hunt, target glows
Monarch	Top killer is crowned; glows and is announced

Bounty System

🪓 Anti-Abuse

Every one of these is toggleable.

Guard	Default
Totem limiter	Max 2 carried — counts inventory, offhand, armor slots and cursor; blocks armor-stand, merchant and chest-hotkey bypasses
Anti kill-farming	Same victim rewards at most 2 kills per 10 min
Combat tag	15s; logging out kills you, commands blocked
Death protection	1 hour of no Strength loss after dying
Newbie protection	1 hour for fresh joins
Strength potions	Vanilla Strength potions blocked

Totem Limit

🩸 Custom Items & Recipes

Item	Use
🌟 Strength Shard	Right-click → +1 Strength
🔮 Reroll Grimoire	Right-click → crate-style class reroll (costs 1 STR)
📜 Death Certificate	Dropped record of a kill

Recipes are fully configurable — shape and ingredients both live in config.yml. An optional resource pack adds custom 3D models with live particle effects, or enable Mojang-hosted head textures and run with no pack at all.

🌟 Strength Shard

Strength Shard Strength Recipe

🔮 Reroll Grimoire

Reroll Grimoire Reroll Recipe

💻 Commands

Player Commands

Command	Does
`/strength` `/str` `/power`	View your Strength and rank
`/bind`	Open the Soul-Binding menu + stats
`/withdraw <amount>`	Strength → physical shards
`/bounty <player> <amount>`	Place a bounty
`/removeprotection`	Drop your own protection early

Admin Commands — `strengthsmp.admin`

Command	Does
`/strengthsmp reload`	Reload configs, messages and webhooks
`/strengthsmp setstrength <player> <amount>`	Set a player's Strength
`/strengthsmp setweapon <player> <weapon>`	Set a player's class
`/strengthsmp reroll <player>`	Force reroll a class
`/strengthsmp giveitem <player> <strength\|reroll\|death>`	Spawn plugin items
`/strengthsmp info` · `checkitem` · `pack`	Diagnostics
`/strengthsmp maintenance <on\|off>` · `toggle`	Pause the system
`/strengthsmp resetplayer <player>` · `resetmonarch`	Resets
`/strengthsmp setupboard`	Refresh the Discord board
`/punish <player>`	2× Strength loss for 24h
`/notimer <player>` · `/nonewbie <player>`	Strip protections
`/bountyrefund <player>`	Refund a bounty
`/killreset`	Season kill reset
`/announce [info\|monarch]`	Broadcast to Discord

🔌 PlaceholderAPI

15 placeholders under %strengthsmp_*%:

strength · strength_rank · max_strength · bounty · monarch · season_day · contract_progress · contract_goal · contract_percentage · combat_status · weapon_class · has_bound_weapon · bound_weapon_class · kill_history_count

⚙️ Configuration

config.yml · messages.yml · weapons.yml · events.yml · discord.yml — all hot-reloadable with /strengthsmp reload.

Tunable: cooldowns and durations, damage scaling, rank names and colours, crafting recipes, protection timers, totem caps, anti-farm windows, Discord webhooks.