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Halloween Mod: Something Wicked This Way Comes

(Submission for the Hallowed Nights Mod Challenge 2021)

Become a witch/warlock and cast wicked spells upon your enemies (and friends)!

Upon entering the world, you will find an ancient statue nearby. Heed its words to unlock your latent witch/warlock powers.
As a witch/warlock, your sanity goes down during the day, goes up a bit during the evening, and goes up faster at night.
Wearing the Witch Hat mitigates the sanity loss during the day, as well as gives some protection from the elements (like the Straw Hat).
Witches and warlocks are inherently wicked, and therefore gain sanity from picking evil flowers and lose sanity from picking regular flowers.
Bats will become your friends, and you will also find that raw monster meat doesn't taste as bad as you might have imagined.
Once you have your powers, new recipes become unlocked at the statue.
Build your own witch altar where you can craft all sorts of witchy items, including spellbooks.
For your convenience, there is a Magic Bag you can craft which can store all your witchy items, such as the undoubtedly large collection of books you will acquire.

Spells
Equip a spellbook and an icon will appear above it in the inventory. Click on it to open the book and see what spells it offers. You may only cast spells that are in the book you have equipped. While you have a spellbook equipped, you can right-click to mark and unmark targets.
Speak the incantation in the in-game chat to cast the spell (some require marking a target first).
Note that you cannot attack while you have a spellbook in hand.
For simpler spell-casting, an optional mod I would recommend: Chat Enter Key Toggle

But wait, there's more! Wield the full extent of your powers by performing rituals at the altar for massive effects! Instructions can be found in the spellbooks.
One thing of note is that many of the rituals require the use of linked totems.
To link totems: Pick one up and, with it on your cursor, right-click another totem of the same type.
Put one totem in the altar and another where you wish to cast your ritual. They can be any distance away. Just place the linked totem where you want the ritual to happen and go back to the altar to cast it (or get a friend to place the totem for you while you stay behind to perform the ritual).

Mysticism
As a witch/warlock you are empowered by your mystic powers.
A new "mysticism" stat is added when you unlock your powers which will show up at the top-right.
This value increases as the day gets darker amongst other things (wearing the witch hat, summoning your shadowy coven, drinking Mysticism potions).
Higher mysticism makes your spells stronger and longer-lasting.
During a full moon the maximum Mysticism is doubled and your Mysticism is maxed. This is prime time to cast your most wicked spells!

Ouija Board
You can craft a Ouija Board which can be used near graves to taunt the dead (on full moons it affects existing ghosts instead of calling them from graves).
Doing so will summon ghosts from beyond, which will bring some special new ingredients you can use to make potions.
But beware! While most ghosts are friendly, there is a chance you will summon a demon that will possess you!
Be sure to prepare all the holy items you can craft at the statue in advance, or you will most likely regret it...
One of the available holy items is the Liber Exocismus - be sure to read this book before you use a Ouija Board!
Also be sure to note that possession cannot be stopped during a full moon, so time your exorcisms accordingly.

Cauldron
Use the cauldron to craft potions that grant incredible powers for a time. Having more witches and warlocks in the coven makes potions more effective. See the Bubbling Brews book for instructions on how to make each potion - note that the order you put ingredients in the cauldron matters!

Zombification
Take extra care when digging up graves, for you might be afflicted with a zombie curse!
Use Holy Water to purify zombification.

Ed
Be sure to befriend Ed, the fuzzy new cat available as a pet.

Blood and Hellfire Pit
Everything bleeds. You will now find blood when killing creatures.
Collect enough blood and you can create Monster Meat in the Refine tab.
The newly craftable Hellfire Pit can be fueled with blood in addition to regular fuel.

Corn Maze
Somewhere in the world you will find a maze made of crops of corn, as befitting Halloween!
Beware when you enter, for once you do, you cannot leave until you successfully complete it.
To finish the maze, reach the center, talk to the scarecrow and exit through the friendly aperture.
Clearing it will reward you a powerful potion that cannot be obtained otherwise, plus three random items.

P.S.
Look out for spider witches!