Mystic Weapons - Next Level Combat v1.8

• Supports Paper 1.21 and newer. The plugin now runs on every Paper version from 1.21 all the way up to the newest releases (26.1 / 26.2). Whether your server is old or freshly updated, it just works.
• Sound effects keep working. Fixed sound handling that newer Paper versions were starting to remove, so all weapon sounds play correctly on every version.

• Thief Sword and Item Stealer protection now actually works. Players with mysticweapons.thief.protected or mysticweapons.stealer.protected are now truly protected from being robbed. Before, these permissions were advertised but did nothing - that is fixed.
• Trap Sword respects protection. Trap Sword can no longer steal armor or totems from protected players. Grant mysticweapons.stealer.protected to stop item and armor theft completely.
• Storm Breaker no longer triggers raids. The "Cursed" effect no longer applies Bad Omen, which could accidentally start a raid when the victim walked into a village.

• Fixed issues when the plugin is disabled or reloaded. Shadow Sword no longer leaves players invisible with a hidden name tag, and Elven Dagger no longer leaves invisible armor stands behind after a plugin reload.
• One background thread instead of many. All background tasks now share a single thread, which is easier on the server and smoother on busy networks.
• Internal cleanup. Removed duplicated and unused code, which makes the plugin faster to load and much easier to keep bug-free in the future.

• Particle toggle now works. Set weapons.particles.enabled: false in config.yml to turn particles off. This setting was listed before but did nothing - now it works.
• Friendlier /mw give. You now get clear messages when a weapon is disabled or when the target player is offline.
• Aetherius combo counter can be turned off. Set abilities.empowerment.show-progress: false in swords.yml to stop the "Combo: x/y" message from showing on every hit.
• Better cooldown handling. Setting a cooldown to 0 or a negative value now correctly disables it instead of misbehaving.

Your existing config.yml, swords.yml, bows.yml, and daggers.yml files are fully compatible. No configuration migration required.

If you want the updated language messages, delete the lang folder inside the plugin folder once (it will regenerate), or set language.force-update: true in config.yml and reload.

Protection permissions changed: the documented mysticweapons.thief.protected and mysticweapons.stealer.protected permissions now actually protect players. The old mysticweapons.theft.exempt permission still works for compatibility, but the new permissions are the recommended way to protect your players.