SO the main idea of the modpack rn is i want to make early game take longer because that's my favorite part of minecraft

so it's gonna revolve particularly around the Natural Progression mod, which takes out tree punching and wooden tools

HOWEVER.... i also eventually want to be able to use tinker's, which could let you bypass a good chunk of the natural progression mod (which i don't want to be possible)

which leads me to the problem that tinker's patterns are made with sticks and planks, which while planks are a little more difficult to obtain in NP, it still only takes like 20 minutes tops to get to that point. so now what i'm thinking is, maybe i could make the patterns paper-based instead,

but then the problem is paper is VERY easy to obtain. so i want to make paper harder to get. so i'm thinking, well i could use the bark mod (since NP makes you strip wood anyway) & a custom item for pulp to make it more difficult in early game. and i like that idea

alternatively, i could have the patterns be cloth-based, which would require a textiles mod (which i'm eyeing anyway). much to think about