[Suggestion]: Pets (dogs, cats, wolves, horses, etc) panic within a certain range of a Wither Storm
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Description of feature request
In media and folklore, there is a trope of animals being able to detect evil or bad things before humans can, e.g. "canary in a coalmine", ship's cats being believed to detect bad weather, etc. Having pets panic within a certain distance of a Wither Storm could be interesting to:
- increase immersion and spectacle
- serve as a rudimentary alarm system, as a "simple" version to redstone alarm systems that have been suggested
- making pets valuable to keep while adventuring
In particular, here's what I'm thinking:
- All pets refuse sit/stay commands and stand up on their own after a certain distance (should probably be a config)
- Wolves howl and whine, cats hiss and spit, parrots scream and imitate the Wither Storm, horses and other tamable equine animals squeal and roar
- Agaited animal noises increase in volume, intensity, or frequency the closer the Wither Storm is
If redstone alarm systems are present, I think the tradeoff between pet detection and redstone detection is portablity/range- pets being more portable but having a shorter detection range, and redstone being less portable but having a greater detection range.
Could also be a pet enchantment for Domestication Innovation if this detection ability is overpowered for all pets to have from the get-go; enchantment levels increase detection range.