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Wandering Traders breeding with villagers

Right now, the wandering traders might not be that useful to some people, so this post might fix that. Wandering traders might be special villagers, but they're still human like the other villagers. I think the wandering trader should be able to gossip with other nearby villagers, and breed with them. If the wandering trader breeds with a villager, there could be a particle effect and the wandering trader will turn into a nitwit or unemployed villager. This would be very helpful to someone who only has one villager either if they only healed one zombie villager or if their village was attacked. If a wandering trader comes by, they have a chance to get more villagers. The wandering trader will still despawn if he doesn't breed and convert into a villager, so the player will have to make them breed before he does.

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    I agree that they should be able breed, but not change to a normal villager. I think when they breed they should no longer despawn allowing you to keep them if they have a good trade like sand or packed/blue ice (especially sand, since it's the only renewable way to farm it). In doing so, you will earn an advancement (possibly called  "Stay a While") for breeding a wandering trader with a villager or another wandering trader. The child will always be a villager, even if both parents are wandering traders, because the point is they have settled down. Breeding two wandering traders could be another way of getting villagers if you don't have a village nearby or the ability to cure zombie villagers. 

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    I had the idea that if there are not enough Villagers in a Village (AKA work stations available) Wandering Traders will become normal Villagers and take the job. Also, if there are too many Villagers in a Village (AKA all work stations are filled and there are still extra Villagers), then jobless Villagers and/or Nitwits will become Wandering Traders and leave the Village

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    Good idea

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    This would be an excellent way to mitigate the "mending books only come from swamp librarians" bull crap. 

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    I really like that idea