Entities

An Entity is a term used to encompass all moving objects in Middle-Earth.

General properties
All entities have these properties:
 * A position, velocity, and rotation (as according to ordinary Newtonian physics).
 * A specific volume they occupy, which is a 3-dimensional box with a fixed height and width (square when viewed from the top, and not rotating).
 * Current health.
 * Whether they are on fire. Fire reduces health gradually and displays flames covering the entity.
 * Effects, caused mainly by splash potions.

Most entities can be pushed around by water currents.

Entities cannot pass through solid blocks. Most types of entities prevent blocks from being placed in the space they occupy, except for resources (dropped items) and experience orbs, which are automatically pushed out of the block to open air. Also, if an entity does overlap a block, (due to falling sand or a door being swung), then it is free to move out of the solid block but not back in. (For example, if a door is closed on you, you can jump up and stand on top of the bottom half-door block, if there is air above the door.)

Entities are lit according to the light level of the block their position is in. For example, if a minecart runs over a non-straight track directly into a solid block, it will turn black (since solid blocks always have a light level of 0); arrows are also sometimes seen to turn black (especially if fired shallowly into the ceiling).

Vanilla entities
Many of the entities found in vanilla exist in Middle-Earth. For a list of them see here, and the list of mobs.

Middle-Earth entities
The following types of entities are added by the Lord of the Rings Mod:
 * Ring Portal. Teleports the player into Middle-Earth.
 * Lit Orc Bomb. Explodes after about five seconds.
 * Thrown Plate. Can break glass panes, and breaks upon hitting anything.
 * Thrown Spear. Can be picked up by any player.
 * Thrown Throwing Axe. Can be picked up by any player.
 * Thrown Exploding Termite. Explodes upon hitting the ground.
 * Shot Pebble. Fired out of a Sling, breaks upon hitting anything.
 * Shot Conker. Drops as an item upon hitting an entity or the ground.
 * Shot Crossbow Bolts, same as Vanilla arrows.
 * Shot Mace of Sauron magic. Damages good NPC's and animals in the area.
 * Shot Staff of Gandalf the White magic. Damages evil NPC's in the area.
 * Armour Stand. Same as Vanilla Item frame.
 * Banners. Can protect land if they are put over a Bronze, Silver, or Gold block.