function LSMR:ImplementNewModifier(name, targets, modifier, stat, value) --works on gamedataWeaponItem_Record(and its ancestors) as well as gamedataStatModifierGroup_Record
    local modifier_handle = TweakDB:GetRecord(name)
    local modifier_created = modifier_handle ~= nil
    local valid_targets = {} --objects stored here as handles
    if type(targets) ~= "table" then targets = {targets} end

    for _,target in pairs(targets) do --cant just use SetFlatsOn here as we need to modify the output data on a per record basis, based on input data from each specific record
        target = TweakDB:GetRecord(type(target) == "string" and "Items." .. target or target) --handle string, TDBID, or mixed content input

        if target and (target:IsA(CName("gamedataBaseObject_Record")) or target:IsA(CName("gamedataStatModifierGroup_Record"))) then
            if not modifier_created then --created record doesnt exist yet(doesnt mean references to it cant exist, but it would had to have been manually deleted to create this case - cant plan for everything and attempting to do so would make the code far more expensive)
                table.insert(valid_targets, target)
            else
                local modifiers = target:StatModifiers()
                local i = #modifiers

                repeat
                    if modifiers[i] and modifiers[i]:GetClassName() == modifier_handle:GetClassName() then --target already has modifier, skip it(this code deliberately does not check for duplicates, as it should not be able to create them here(all duplicates are therefor treated as intentional))
                        break
                    elseif i <= 1 then --target doesnt have our modifier, or has no modifiers at all
                        table.insert(valid_targets, target)
                    end

                    i = i - 1
                until i <= 0
            end
        end
    end

    if #valid_targets > 0 then
        if not modifier_created then --create the modifier record if need be(should always execute, except after a CET reload)
            if not TweakDB:CreateRecord(name, "gamedataConstantStatModifier_Record") then return false end --something went wrong, abort before anything gets modified
        end

        for _,target in pairs(valid_targets) do --apply the modifier to the filtered records
            target = target:GetID() .. ".statModifiers"
            TweakDB:SetFlat(target, (function(rec3) table.insert(rec3, name) return rec3 end)(TweakDB:GetFlat(target)))
        end
    end

    TweakDB:SetFlats(name, {modifierType = modifier, statType = "BaseStats." .. stat, value = value}) --set/update values
end