Orchid Mod/Shaman

The Shaman is a new class added in the Orchid Mod. The Shaman class' weapons,, and provide short-term increases to the player's stats, while also having those empowerments augment the effects of the class' weapons and equipment in turn. The class inflicts shamanic damage.

The class is highly developed within the bounds of a vanilla Terraria playthrough, with content available throughout the journey. This includes 5 armor sets and 14 individual armor pieces, 25 accessories, 14 buffs, and 53 items.

Shamanic Damage
The Shaman's weapons hit with a specific damage type called shamanic damage. Accessories and armor can be used to augment shamanic damage output, and generic 'damage' buffs still increase the Shaman's damage.

Bonds
The most distinguishing feature of the Shaman class compared to the ones available in normal Terraria are its bonds. Upon hitting an enemy with a specific shaman weapon, the player will increase certain stats in damage, defense, critical strike chance, life regeneration, and movement speed, based on the weapon used. By default, there are 5 levels of intensity for the boosts, but certain equipment may increase it to further levels of intensity.

In addition to increasing the player's stats, the bonds are also used to augment certain weapons and trigger certain effects from armor set bonuses and accessories. For example, the will fire one additional projectile for each bond the player has active on use, and  causes critical strikes to release a homing lost soul, as long as the player has at least one level of critical strike chance active.

Orbs
Orbs are a mechanic utilized by certain shamanic weapons. They are gained upon hitting enemies with the weapon, sometimes with added criteria, and linger around the player. After the player obtains a given maximum number of orbs, the next hit against enemies will cause the orbs to disappear for a special effect, such as granting a buff, or restoring health. These weapons are affected by the and  accessories, causing every cycle completed to grant the player a free orb on the following cycle.