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The Smog Heaps—A new Nether biome w/ mobs, blocks (Concept art included)

Please view the concept art for any mob to get all of the details. The Imgur links have all of the information.

The Smog Heaps would be a new biome scattered around the Nether, usually away from lava.

This biome would contain three new mobs (the Smog Imp, the Pollutant, and the Smogling), a Volcanic Vent block, and a new Smog block.

Terrain Generation and Blocks

The Smog Heaps have a large amount of “hills” of sorts with what equate to thin valleys between them. The entire biome consists of Smog and its variants (which, similarly to sand, are Smogstone and a few types of “brick” blocks, like Smogstone Bricks, Chiseled Smogstone, etc.).

Smog is a block that looks a bit like an ashy gray Sand block. The actual Smog makes up the hills in the biome, whereas the more rock-like Smogstone more or less lines the valleys.

Occasionally, Volcanic Vents will generate within this biome. The Vent block is almost two blocks high (not unlike a door) and tapers towards the top. It will also sometimes release a cloud of ash that poisons and blinds the player for a bit. This is telegraphed by smoke particles coming up from the Vent prior to a more major blast.

Mobs

This biome has a variety of dangerous mobs, albeit somewhat uncommonly spawning. These include the Smog Imp, the Smogling, and the Pollutant.

Smog Imps

Concept art: https://imgur.com/a/AjAMAoK

Smog Imps are somewhat uncommonly spawning mobs that are able to transform into a ball of smoke to move around quickly and harm the player. They are unusually tall and attempt the outmaneuver the player.

They will coordinate with other Imps in their attacks.

Smoglings

Concept art: https://imgur.com/a/fT3zm7e

Smoglings are tiny mobs with very little health and small amounts of damage. Their main danger lies in the fact that they are able to multiply when not destroyed quickly enough, which can be quite bad despite their individual weakness.

Pollutants

Concept art: https://imgur.com/a/TEpgCrJ

Pollutants are large hovering mobs that can spawn Smoglings every now and then as minions. They move quite slowly. They will also occasionally exude a cloud of smoke that inflicts blindness and a minor potion effect. Should the player get close enough to be hit, they deal excessive damage.

Pollutants take reduced damage from projectiles.

Thank you for reading this post—if you could, please comment your opinion on it and anything that could be done to improve my suggestions going forward.

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    You like the concept art, the mobs and blocks are interesting, however I think that the Smogling Storage should remain infinite. It would already be hard enough to have many of the bottled smoglings if they take up one slot in your inventory and do not stack. If the smoglings were to be released without your consent as well, it would make them more trouble that they are worth. They already don't do much damage, doing a maximum of 6 prior to their death. If they are stored en mass, it wouldn't be too much of an issue. If you are perhaps hoping they aren't spammed against a boss, allowing its easy death, remember the smoglings will turn on the player afterward, and the work required to aquire many smoglings, not to mention the very little damage done by a smogling before death.
    TLDR; I like this post, but bottled smoglings shouldn't release themselves from their bottles but shouldn't stack.