Hey everyone. I have a neat little idea I'd like to suggest. I searched for a similar idea but couldn't find anything so forgive me if it has been suggested before.
I call them Soulsand Souls. [Try saying that five times fast]
They are created in your furnace!
First you need go to the Nether and brave the ghasts long enough to get a decent bundle of its resources. You need soulsand [of course] netherrack OR glowstone.
Second, toss the soulsand in your furnace, and put either netherrack or glowstone in the fuel area. Coal cannot be used as a fuel for this.
Now, depending on which fuel you used you'll have better chances at getting a Soulsand Soul. Netherrack has a 98% chance of getting NOTHING. It's too easy too mine, and using it to burn those souls out of there is just cruel. However using glowstone blocks, not dust, blocks, you have a 65% of getting nothing, but let's say today you have luck on your side and you successfully save a trapped soul from its tortured afterlife.
There it is in your furnace. Take that sucker out of there. You may only have ONE in your inventory at a time. Smelting more will cause you to lose half a heart for each time you do it. That's the price to pay for greed.
This Blank Soulsand Soul is your ticket to a second chance at life. Right click while it's in your hand and you will have a little soul flying by your side, you have now just bonded your soul to it, you may now create another one to hold in your inventory for later use, but don't try to right click with the new one or your soul will be torn in half and you'll die. The soul glows in the dark and is about the size of your head. "Well this seems useless..." you might say. Not true. This guy will follow you around wherever you go until that fateful day when a creeper explodes and sends you flying into lava. This is when the magic happens. You will still drop your stuff as usual but the soul will enter your body and revive you with half a health bar. If you died by lava you'll just burn in the lava one more time, if you die by drowning you'll revive with full air, if you die by gravel or sand you'll die again by it unless you manage to save yourself, if you die by lightning your soul will be destroyed and you won't revive, but if you die by monsters the soul will emit a small insta-kill aura [3 high and 3 or 4 in each direction] to void the area of the beasts, and you may safely gather your items.
And a nice little bonus here. You may bond your dog's soul to them as well to keep your best friend alive to fight another battle. All death conditions apply the same way to the dog.
I've tried not to overpower these things and they might still need some balancing out.
Feel free to suggest modifications.
great idea. Love the visual. Im not sure if it would really "fit" with how things operate in minecraft currently. I hate suggesting that an idea should go the 'mod route' because it usually means the death of the idea; but i sincerely think that this would make an awesome mod.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Please stop crying. I can't interrogate you while you're crying.
I call them Soulsand Souls. [Try saying that five times fast]
They are created in your furnace!
First you need go to the Nether and brave the ghasts long enough to get a decent bundle of its resources. You need soulsand [of course] netherrack OR glowstone.
Second, toss the soulsand in your furnace, and put either netherrack or glowstone in the fuel area. Coal cannot be used as a fuel for this.
Now, depending on which fuel you used you'll have better chances at getting a Soulsand Soul. Netherrack has a 98% chance of getting NOTHING. It's too easy too mine, and using it to burn those souls out of there is just cruel. However using glowstone blocks, not dust, blocks, you have a 65% of getting nothing, but let's say today you have luck on your side and you successfully save a trapped soul from its tortured afterlife.
There it is in your furnace. Take that sucker out of there. You may only have ONE in your inventory at a time. Smelting more will cause you to lose half a heart for each time you do it. That's the price to pay for greed.
This Blank Soulsand Soul is your ticket to a second chance at life. Right click while it's in your hand and you will have a little soul flying by your side, you have now just bonded your soul to it, you may now create another one to hold in your inventory for later use, but don't try to right click with the new one or your soul will be torn in half and you'll die. The soul glows in the dark and is about the size of your head. "Well this seems useless..." you might say. Not true. This guy will follow you around wherever you go until that fateful day when a creeper explodes and sends you flying into lava. This is when the magic happens. You will still drop your stuff as usual but the soul will enter your body and revive you with half a health bar. If you died by lava you'll just burn in the lava one more time, if you die by drowning you'll revive with full air, if you die by gravel or sand you'll die again by it unless you manage to save yourself, if you die by lightning your soul will be destroyed and you won't revive, but if you die by monsters the soul will emit a small insta-kill aura [3 high and 3 or 4 in each direction] to void the area of the beasts, and you may safely gather your items.
And a nice little bonus here. You may bond your dog's soul to them as well to keep your best friend alive to fight another battle. All death conditions apply the same way to the dog.
I've tried not to overpower these things and they might still need some balancing out.
Feel free to suggest modifications.
Also, concept art!
I'd love to see this as mod however.