Well, if the troll can dig blocks all the time, there's no feasible way to trap it out where it'll turn into stone.
I think it'd be a good idea for trolls to be able to destroy torches but not the blocks they're on. I'm not sure if trolls should be able to pick up blocks off the ground or just get their own projectiles from... Somewhere, though. The latter would be much easier to code and easier on the environment, but the former would be easier on my conscience.
Well, if you have a troll plucking blocks of stone out of the walls and floor, that might get a little problematic. Or at least worrisome. XD Basically, I wouldn't want a troll to leave a pockmarked cave in its wake all the time, that'd be really bad, especially if it were a heavily troll-populated area (in comparison to others).
I like it allot. The only suggestion I have is that I think the troll should stay petrified in stone after it is in contact with sunlight, even after nightfall comes. It just seems more... realistic? Or, I suppose if it does reanimate during the the night, it would keep you on guard and perhaps be used for traps. I'd build a cage around it and keep it as a pet.
What do you think about the thing with the blocks being taken out of the floor and stuff, though? It might make for a problem if it's like that, I dunno...
Maybe if when he idled he would dig small holes by picking up dirt blocks and then stacking them nearby (or maybe in a cave that it would treat like it's home. If you found a trolls home in a cave on the surface, you could potentially find little piles of dirt and rocks that it's found and moved there while it was around.
For that to work, though, they'd have to just not despawn unless you were really far away, but there wouldn't be a bunch of them like pigs or mobs at night
It would also be cool if they would make little mini structures out of the rocks and dirt they found, not little shelters or anything though. More like the occasional gateway near their home or something, so it wouldn't be hard to find a trolls home if you found it, but it could be pretty far away from it's home, or deep in the cave (though they could possible fall into a cave and be unable to fall out, so they're either have to just constantly jump at the wall closest to they homes entrance or wander the caves
I think it'd be a good idea for trolls to be able to destroy torches but not the blocks they're on. I'm not sure if trolls should be able to pick up blocks off the ground or just get their own projectiles from... Somewhere, though. The latter would be much easier to code and easier on the environment, but the former would be easier on my conscience.
I like the idea of a large mob, especially one that can use the environment.
+1
What do you think about the thing with the blocks being taken out of the floor and stuff, though? It might make for a problem if it's like that, I dunno...
For that to work, though, they'd have to just not despawn unless you were really far away, but there wouldn't be a bunch of them like pigs or mobs at night
It would also be cool if they would make little mini structures out of the rocks and dirt they found, not little shelters or anything though. More like the occasional gateway near their home or something, so it wouldn't be hard to find a trolls home if you found it, but it could be pretty far away from it's home, or deep in the cave (though they could possible fall into a cave and be unable to fall out, so they're either have to just constantly jump at the wall closest to they homes entrance or wander the caves