Mimik
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Health Points: 50 (heart x 25)
Attack Strength: fist-3 hearts
weapons-same as player + 3
Spawn: Anywhere (except water) when it is raining
Drops: Whatever it last held in its hand before dying
------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance:
When a Mimik first spawns it has white skin as blank as paper and eyes as black as night, all of which appear on the same model as the player. But once the player has come within 5 blocks of the Mimik, the Mimik will immediately change it's skin to the player skin. Unlike any other mob, the Mimik is also able to switch to the same item the player has held in their hand (Example: when you switch from a apple to a bow, so will the Mimik). The Mimik is 2 blocks tall, 1 block wide, and 0.25 blocks thick.
Uses:
When a Mimik is killed, it will drop whichever item it held last in it's hand. Because of the Mimik's ability to change the item in their hand to the one that is currently being held by the player, you could kill the Mimik while holding a diamond and the Mimik would drop a diamond. But If the player is holding a stack of 25 the Mimik will still only drop one of that item.
Behavior:
A Mimik is a rare souless creature who's only purpose is to steal the identity of the player, then kill him/her. Mimiks can only spawn when it rains/snows. Once the player has been seen, the Mimik will relentlessly follow the player until it gets within 5 blocks of him/her. The Mimik then transforms it's skin into the player's and will attack. After it has changed, if the player is holding a weapon, the Mimik will be able to attack with that weapon, which will deal the same damage. However, if the Mimik isn't able to get within 5 blocks of the player, it is defensless. This makes bows a very efficient weapon to use against the Mimic if you don't mind getting nothing in return. In SMP, if the Mimik spots two or more players at the same time, it will choose to turn into and attack one of them randomly. If a Mimik kills you, when you respawn you will have the default skin of the Mimik. There are 2 ways to reverse this effect: 1-Kill the Mimik which originally killed you. 2-Let another steal your skin, which will replace the Mimik skin you currently have with you original skin. 3(Best Way)-Get a block of soulsand and hold it while standing within 5 blocks of the Mimik that originally stole your skin. The Mimik will copy the soulsand that you have in your hand and will be given its own soul, thus turning into a villager and giving you your skin back. You can then be able to trade with the villager.
Combat & Defensive Measures:
While Mimiks may sound like something from a nightmare, they can be easily dealt with. To keep your house safe and Mimik free, just make sure that there are no holes or ladders which could lead them to the inside of your house. It is also recommended that you make a platform where you can shoot them with a bow from a far distance. If you want to, you can also surround the house with things such as lava and cactus. Both you and a Mimik take damage from the same things. If you find yourself in the middle of a fight with a Mimik armor helps greatly, since Mimiks are unable to copy your armor it can give you a much better chance. In SMP fighting a Mimik with friends can be a very good strategy. While one friend distracts the Mimik by holding a diamond the others can kill the Mimik. This yields one diamond for the friends to share.
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A very interesting idea. The only thing that concerns me about this is how easy it could potentially be to abuse. For example, if a player sees a Mimik, it would be rather easy to get it to chase you and then simply pillar up a few blocks and beat it to death, switching to the item you want to dupe at the last hit.
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I wonder where the heck it got that Enderdragon egg?
Maybe not EVERY item... Just things that are supposed to be rare and finite, like the Enderdragon egg.
Also, they should employ more tactics to get to the player when the Mimik hasn't duplicated the player yet. As in, it should climb walls, you know, things like that.
I like the idea a lot, but it could be abused. If a player sees one and they have a diamond sword, they could easily build a "murder hole" and get a free diamond. I think if this were added by a mod, it should be a slim chance that they drop rare items like diamonds. For example, instead of dropping a diamond if the player had a diamond sword, it could drop an iron ingot most of the time, and then sometimes drop the diamond. Obviously for less valuable things such as coal, it would probably drop coal. But, then again, who goes fighting mobs with lumps of coal?
Wouldn't the Mimik need to connect to Minecraft.net to change its skin to something other than Steve? If not, then I think its a good idea.
I assume that it could read it directly off the player's data, so the only time you need to connect to Minecraft.net is logging in.
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This is a great idea apart from the item dropping. Its slightly overpowered. Like has been stated several times items like the enderdragon egg shouldn't be duplicatable through the mimik.
This is a great idea apart from the item dropping. Its slightly overpowered. Like has been stated several times items like the enderdragon egg shouldn't be duplicatable through the mimik.
But you did a great job!
Thank you One solution I thought of that would maybe make the item drops harder to obtain is by making each item have a certain chance of of being dropped based upon its rarity. For example if the Mimik has a wood sword in its hand, the likelihood of it dropping a wood sword is about 100/100, while the chance that it will drop a stone pickaxe while holding a stone pickaxe would be about 90/100. The chances would get slimmer and slimmer as the items became rarer. The rarest items would include things such as a diamond, emerald, diamond pickaxe, diamond block, and the enderdragon egg would only have a 1-5 chance of dropping. If you have any other ideas I'd like to hear them
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Health Points: 50 (heart x 25)
Attack Strength: fist-3 hearts
weapons-same as player + 3
Spawn: Anywhere (except water) when it is raining
Drops: Whatever it last held in its hand before dying
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Appearance:
When a Mimik first spawns it has white skin as blank as paper and eyes as black as night, all of which appear on the same model as the player. But once the player has come within 5 blocks of the Mimik, the Mimik will immediately change it's skin to the player skin. Unlike any other mob, the Mimik is also able to switch to the same item the player has held in their hand (Example: when you switch from a apple to a bow, so will the Mimik). The Mimik is 2 blocks tall, 1 block wide, and 0.25 blocks thick.
Uses:
When a Mimik is killed, it will drop whichever item it held last in it's hand. Because of the Mimik's ability to change the item in their hand to the one that is currently being held by the player, you could kill the Mimik while holding a diamond and the Mimik would drop a diamond. But If the player is holding a stack of 25 the Mimik will still only drop one of that item.
Behavior:
A Mimik is a rare souless creature who's only purpose is to steal the identity of the player, then kill him/her. Mimiks can only spawn when it rains/snows. Once the player has been seen, the Mimik will relentlessly follow the player until it gets within 5 blocks of him/her. The Mimik then transforms it's skin into the player's and will attack. After it has changed, if the player is holding a weapon, the Mimik will be able to attack with that weapon, which will deal the same damage. However, if the Mimik isn't able to get within 5 blocks of the player, it is defensless. This makes bows a very efficient weapon to use against the Mimic if you don't mind getting nothing in return. In SMP, if the Mimik spots two or more players at the same time, it will choose to turn into and attack one of them randomly. If a Mimik kills you, when you respawn you will have the default skin of the Mimik. There are 2 ways to reverse this effect: 1-Kill the Mimik which originally killed you. 2-Let another steal your skin, which will replace the Mimik skin you currently have with you original skin. 3(Best Way)-Get a block of soulsand and hold it while standing within 5 blocks of the Mimik that originally stole your skin. The Mimik will copy the soulsand that you have in your hand and will be given its own soul, thus turning into a villager and giving you your skin back. You can then be able to trade with the villager.
Combat & Defensive Measures:
While Mimiks may sound like something from a nightmare, they can be easily dealt with. To keep your house safe and Mimik free, just make sure that there are no holes or ladders which could lead them to the inside of your house. It is also recommended that you make a platform where you can shoot them with a bow from a far distance. If you want to, you can also surround the house with things such as lava and cactus. Both you and a Mimik take damage from the same things. If you find yourself in the middle of a fight with a Mimik armor helps greatly, since Mimiks are unable to copy your armor it can give you a much better chance. In SMP fighting a Mimik with friends can be a very good strategy. While one friend distracts the Mimik by holding a diamond the others can kill the Mimik. This yields one diamond for the friends to share.
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If I were to ever see one I'd love to get an extra diamond sword. :33
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Maybe not EVERY item... Just things that are supposed to be rare and finite, like the Enderdragon egg.
Also, they should employ more tactics to get to the player when the Mimik hasn't duplicated the player yet. As in, it should climb walls, you know, things like that.
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ModeratorI assume that it could read it directly off the player's data, so the only time you need to connect to Minecraft.net is logging in.
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But you did a great job!
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1401777-earn-a-good-or-evil-reputation-with-the-villagers/
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