diff --git a/modular_chomp/code/game/objects/items.dm b/modular_chomp/code/game/objects/items.dm
index 76b7249529..c0b9b85ea3 100644
--- a/modular_chomp/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/modular_chomp/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /obj/item
 	var/item_tf_spawn_allowed = FALSE
 	var/list/ckeys_allowed_itemspawn = list()
+	var/user_vars_to_edit //fun times :3 - pretty much just grabbed from tg immabehonest - list(variable_name = variable_value) eg list("name" = "Wizardly Wizard", "real_name" = "Wizardly Wizard")
+	var/user_vars_remembered //not needed for manual editing, just stores the original vars from the above list to make sure they go back to normal later
 
 /obj/item/proc/item_tf_spawnpoint_set()
 	if(!item_tf_spawn_allowed)
@@ -15,4 +17,34 @@
 /obj/item/Destroy(force, ...)
 	if(item_tf_spawn_allowed)
 		item_tf_spawnpoints -= src
+	user_vars_remembered = null
 	return ..()
+
+/obj/item/dropped(mob/living/user)
+	. = ..()
+	if (!istype(user))
+		return
+	if(LAZYLEN(user_vars_remembered))
+		for(var/variable in user_vars_remembered)
+			if(variable in user.vars)
+				if(user.vars[variable] == user_vars_to_edit[variable])
+					user.vars[variable] = user_vars_remembered[variable]
+		user_vars_remembered = initial(user_vars_remembered)
+
+/obj/item/equipped(mob/living/user, slot_equipped)
+	. = ..()
+	if (!istype(user))
+		return
+	if(("[slot_equipped]" in slot_flags_enumeration) && (slot_flags & slot_flags_enumeration["[slot_equipped]"]))
+		if (LAZYLEN(user_vars_to_edit))
+			for(var/variable in user_vars_to_edit)
+				if(variable in user.vars)
+					LAZYSET(user_vars_remembered, variable, user.vars[variable])
+					user.vv_edit_var(variable, user_vars_to_edit[variable])
+	else
+		if(LAZYLEN(user_vars_remembered))
+			for(var/variable in user_vars_remembered)
+				if(variable in user.vars)
+					if(user.vars[variable] == user_vars_to_edit[variable])
+						user.vars[variable] = user_vars_remembered[variable]
+			user_vars_remembered = initial(user_vars_remembered)