Now I know that all flying mobs will be a little wierd unless the map height is increased.
The spotter.
Looks: Sort of like a bird, except with blue feathers all around and red eyes(at night explain later). It should be 2x2x2 in size except that that is the size when it extends it wings, meaning that it has some spaces in between the blocks.
Spawn: It should spawn about 16 blocks above sea level, currently would be height 80, but if notch or somebody increased the map height, along with the sea level, they should spawn about 16 blocks above sea level. They should also spawn in light level 7 and below and only in air, meaning that they would not spawn in high altitude caves. However, everytime after choosing if it can spawn, another 20% chance will be rolled to see if it will spawn.
Health: I would say, 6?
Damage: 1.5
Speed: 1.5 times the player, meaning you cannot outrun it.
Now, when it spawns, it would have eyes that are red, however, when sunlight reaches it it would stop attacking the player and become like a spider in day time. It would fly at about altitude 80 to 126, so it would not really reach ground. However, since eagles have very good eyesight, how about having the spotter able to see 64 blocks away.
Now, this mob will be a support kind, when it spots a person, it will make caws quite like an eagle, any hostile mob in a 50 block radius from it will hear the call and start moving towards you, or any player the spotter had spotted. So it will kind of be like a helicopter with really good binoculers and keep telling the mobs, "Hey! It is there! Move Move MOVE!". However, this mob is really smart, thinking that it would probably be killed if it goes towards you, it would circle at 30 blocks above you for 10 seconds, waiting for mobs to come, before flying towards you and attacking you.
Now, you might think that this is overpowered, but lets say that when the spotter spots you, it will let out a call every 3 seconds to alert mobs, and you. And since it only has 6 health, it probably will get killed really soon with a few arrows.
The drops should be a claw. This claw will have some special uses. By crafting
With the mushroom being leather(from cow) and the skeleton being the claw, it would make a climbing glove. This glove, when right clicked on a block, will make you "stuck" to the block and allow you to climb it, sort of like a ladder except it is portable and can move in any direction. The glove however, have 128 uses, so it can only climb 128 blocks, with every block climbed decreasing the number of uses by 1.
The spotter.
Looks: Sort of like a bird, except with blue feathers all around and red eyes(at night explain later). It should be 2x2x2 in size except that that is the size when it extends it wings, meaning that it has some spaces in between the blocks.
Spawn: It should spawn about 16 blocks above sea level, currently would be height 80, but if notch or somebody increased the map height, along with the sea level, they should spawn about 16 blocks above sea level. They should also spawn in light level 7 and below and only in air, meaning that they would not spawn in high altitude caves. However, everytime after choosing if it can spawn, another 20% chance will be rolled to see if it will spawn.
Health: I would say, 6?
Damage: 1.5
Speed: 1.5 times the player, meaning you cannot outrun it.
Now, when it spawns, it would have eyes that are red, however, when sunlight reaches it it would stop attacking the player and become like a spider in day time. It would fly at about altitude 80 to 126, so it would not really reach ground. However, since eagles have very good eyesight, how about having the spotter able to see 64 blocks away.
Now, this mob will be a support kind, when it spots a person, it will make caws quite like an eagle, any hostile mob in a 50 block radius from it will hear the call and start moving towards you, or any player the spotter had spotted. So it will kind of be like a helicopter with really good binoculers and keep telling the mobs, "Hey! It is there! Move Move MOVE!". However, this mob is really smart, thinking that it would probably be killed if it goes towards you, it would circle at 30 blocks above you for 10 seconds, waiting for mobs to come, before flying towards you and attacking you.
Now, you might think that this is overpowered, but lets say that when the spotter spots you, it will let out a call every 3 seconds to alert mobs, and you. And since it only has 6 health, it probably will get killed really soon with a few arrows.
The drops should be a claw. This claw will have some special uses. By crafting
With the mushroom being leather(from cow) and the skeleton being the claw, it would make a climbing glove. This glove, when right clicked on a block, will make you "stuck" to the block and allow you to climb it, sort of like a ladder except it is portable and can move in any direction. The glove however, have 128 uses, so it can only climb 128 blocks, with every block climbed decreasing the number of uses by 1.
So... what do you think?