Alrighty! So, as you all know by now, there have been several threads concerning Ender-pearl nerf/replacement/removal. A bunch of ideas have been tossed around, including a cooldown, race/class limitation, and even a whole new siege plugin. So, I'm here to express what I've caught.
A problem. Ender-pearls render almost all proper medieval defenses obsolete, and they sort of screw up roleplay, allowing any sort of folk, ordinary or not, to disappear and appear somewhere else at the blink of an eye. This seems sort of odd, right? I mean, in real life, my aunt can't just teleport wherever the hell she wants, nor can I, nor anyone I know for that matter.
An idea. Instead of Ender-pearls teleporting you, that could be disabled and replaced with a ability to temporarily climb 3-4 blocks, like a spider would (Pretty sure this is possible, as I've seen it done in other plugins), and every time you stand on a solid block, it resets, so you can climb further up if you find a ledge to grab on to. This effect would last for, say, 45 seconds, and for the duration of the effect the player would be surrounded by the Enderman particles, this would help distinguish the difference between Pearl-climbers and spider-hackers.
My pathetic excuse for this to fit into lore: As w all know, Endermen are really the demons from wheretheheckinstan (No proper name for it I don't think), leaking out to destroy/corrupt and generally make the world go boom. When you kill them, their soul solidifies into a soft stone, which can be shattered and rubbed on one's hands to make them sticky enough to climb most surfaces for a short while.
...Like it?
Finally, my statement, which is more of a quote than anything.
PS: Thanks to MonMarty, I never thought I'd say this, but for once your lore actually helped me instead of making me rage
A problem. Ender-pearls render almost all proper medieval defenses obsolete, and they sort of screw up roleplay, allowing any sort of folk, ordinary or not, to disappear and appear somewhere else at the blink of an eye. This seems sort of odd, right? I mean, in real life, my aunt can't just teleport wherever the hell she wants, nor can I, nor anyone I know for that matter.
An idea. Instead of Ender-pearls teleporting you, that could be disabled and replaced with a ability to temporarily climb 3-4 blocks, like a spider would (Pretty sure this is possible, as I've seen it done in other plugins), and every time you stand on a solid block, it resets, so you can climb further up if you find a ledge to grab on to. This effect would last for, say, 45 seconds, and for the duration of the effect the player would be surrounded by the Enderman particles, this would help distinguish the difference between Pearl-climbers and spider-hackers.
My pathetic excuse for this to fit into lore: As w all know, Endermen are really the demons from wheretheheckinstan (No proper name for it I don't think), leaking out to destroy/corrupt and generally make the world go boom. When you kill them, their soul solidifies into a soft stone, which can be shattered and rubbed on one's hands to make them sticky enough to climb most surfaces for a short while.
...Like it?
Finally, my statement, which is more of a quote than anything.
For all those who say EnderPearls don't mess up roleplay, I'd like to see you argue with thatGuidelines on Magic
Forms of magic not possible include, but are not limited to:
- Instant death or resurrection spells. Cheating death is not possible. If it was attempted, instant death is the result.
- Waking up spells or altering the comatose state of another.
- Mind control spells or anything related to the mind
- Altering or increasing the defence to the veil connection of another person or your own
- Making stuff appear or disappear from thin air (limited transmutation is possible but not to the point where you turn dirt into gold)
- Summoning, for example fire or water from your hand (it always needs a conduit like a sword or staff and high forms of focus)
- Visions of the future
- Teleportation
- Immortality (even temporarily)
PS: Thanks to MonMarty, I never thought I'd say this, but for once your lore actually helped me instead of making me rage