Bloody Pagan Staff

The Bloody Pagan Staff is a craftable Hardmode, post-Golem summon weapon. It summons a Malicious Face to attack nearby enemies. It attacks with five-round bursts of Malicious Bolts 3 times, then fires a powerful laser that deals 200% of the weapon's base damage, before looping back to the start. If the player is under half of their maximum life, then the Malicious Face will turn red and attack 50% faster.

Like other minions, summoned Malicious Faces are invincible and follow the player for an unlimited amount of time, unless the player dies, summons a replacement minion, or cancels the buff. Additionally, Malicious Faces cost 2 minion slots each to summon.

Trivia

 * This item is a reference to the game ULTRAKILL.
 * The Malicious Face summoned as well as its functionality are based on the enemy of the same name.
 * The buff tooltip is a reference to a line from one of the game's bosses, Gabriel.