The Retcher is a creeper variant that doesn't directly replace the creeper but spawns alongside it in jungle and swamp biomes. However the Retcher doesn't blow up like the creeper destroying blocks, it blows up when it come in close quarters with the player and gives nausea and poison for 12 seconds, it also leaves behind a poisonous area of effect similar to a lingering potion of poison. You can use a water bottle on it to get a potion of poison and to reduce the negative effects by 50%. Killing it before it explodes gives you gunpowder and green dye with a 10% chance of also giving lime dye
by Mavor466
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I like when people come up with solutions for problems. This one is the creeper is too iconic problem. This also could expand the if a creeper has a potion effect and explodes it lingers mechanic.
Because the creeper being able to kill you in “shot” (blowup) wasnt hard enough
Then Mojang would call it as The Sludged or something like the horrid names they gave to Swamp & Desert Skeletons etc if they ever accept it for some reason