Fresh Arms & Armor essentially adds fantasy RPG martial classes to Minecraft, intended to be used in fantasy modpacks. Each armor set boosts a corresponding weapon type. The sets can be mixed if you want to use more than one weapon type. This mod is meant to be used with better combat.
Barbarian boosts heavy two-handed weapons
Knight boosts one handed weapons (vanilla sword included), pairs nicely with the new shield
Vanguard boosts polearms
Future updates will include:
Archer: improves bow draw speed
Dual Wielder boosts light weapons
Rogue adds a sneak attack mechanic
Talismans for each class add abilities
Why make this? Aren't there already other mods which add new weapons, armor, and RPG elements?
Yes, that's obviously a good point. I initially began making this mod for my own modpack, for me and my friends. I wanted to make a fantasy rpg modpack where players can choose a "class." I was already using iron's spells and spellbooks for the mage classes, but couldn't for the life of me find a suitable counterpart for the martial classes. I've tried many mods which add weapons and armor, but those didn't feel cohesive. It didn't feel like those mods suited my intended purpose, and the damage output and usefulness never kept up with the mage classes in my modpack where combat was the majority of the gameplay. The closest thing I could find was the fabric mods "RPG Series", but they weren't compatible with my must-have forge mods without sinytra connector, which ended up making them almost unusable because of bugs. This was very frustrating because I really felt like RPG Series + Iron's Spells and Spellbooks together would make a perfect RPG modpack. So here I am making my own fantasy rpg martial classes mod. This is my first time making my own mod after years of playing modded minecraft.
So if anyone else out there feels the same way about the strange lack of fantasy martial class mods for specifically forge 1.20.1, here you go, the niche hole is being filled. If you know of a mod that serves a similar purpose to mine, that I somehow missed, I'd love to check it out. I'm not exactly looking for feedback at the moment because the mod is still a bit early in development, but I would welcome it. If you want to play around with this mod in its current state, you can find it on curseforge. I'd be happy to answer any questions y'all may have, and I hope you enjoy <3
by fresh_squilliam