Caress of Steel

Expect a slightly more challenging survival experience, along with a slew of new creatures (both grounded and fantastical) to slay, discover, or tame. The undead rule the land, though there is a chance you could cure and eventually recruit them to your cause. Supply them with new weapons and armor, sail fleets to conquer foreign lands, and build a kingdom from nothing.  

Note: this modpack is intended for a specific server where structures are disabled and certain things are placed manually by operators, but you can emulate the experience in singleplayer by doing just that for yourself.

Inexhaustive list of core features:

-simplified hunger system (eat to heal)

-limb-based health

-mythical/fantasy creatures

-armor and weapons (ranging from antiquity to rudimentary firearms)

-explosion physics

-misc. quality of life features