Ok I know its on a feature freeze and I'm sure this might even exist in mod form but I'd rather see this come from notch.
New Mob: Gremlins.
Size: Small, somewhere between a chicken or a pig.
Disposition: Scared of everything until there are 4+ in the area. Then they'll throw rocks/flint at you.
Abilities: Able to dig through drit or gravel and open wood doors.
Behavior: Loves chests / breaking into chests to steal stuff that shines. Because of their size they can't take much but they'll grab the shiniest thing in your chest and take off w/ it (i.e. Diamonds will go first, Rock goes last.)
Player interaction: You can catch them and turn them into lil pack mules. (Maybe a new item would be needed, traps that you have to load a diamond with.)
Point: A reason to beef up your doors/walls once you get some better stuff. Would also give a valid reason to set up piston traps to kill the lil buggers. In addition, these lil guys will make moving to a new area a lil easier since you can pack things onto them, but expensive since it will cost at least one diamond to capture one.
New Mob: Gremlins.
Size: Small, somewhere between a chicken or a pig.
Disposition: Scared of everything until there are 4+ in the area. Then they'll throw rocks/flint at you.
Abilities: Able to dig through drit or gravel and open wood doors.
Behavior: Loves chests / breaking into chests to steal stuff that shines. Because of their size they can't take much but they'll grab the shiniest thing in your chest and take off w/ it (i.e. Diamonds will go first, Rock goes last.)
Player interaction: You can catch them and turn them into lil pack mules. (Maybe a new item would be needed, traps that you have to load a diamond with.)
Point: A reason to beef up your doors/walls once you get some better stuff. Would also give a valid reason to set up piston traps to kill the lil buggers. In addition, these lil guys will make moving to a new area a lil easier since you can pack things onto them, but expensive since it will cost at least one diamond to capture one.
That wouldn't be funny I would probably **** my pants!
Being honest, not trying to be rude.
"Mod idea" is a type-o, meant to be MOB idea. Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd... thats why I said I want to see this come from notch.