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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 820580" data-attributes="member: 6533"><p>Less specialized civilizations actually have a higher possibility of collapse since the dependence on the specialized components that remain is greater.</p><p></p><p>This collapse would be very different from the social collapses we're used to seeing in our era. Very low likelihood of mass starvations and the total destruction of functional local infrastructure. More like the collapses you see at the end of the Mycenean era in Greece or the collapse of the Roman Empire. </p><p></p><p>There's still a lot going on, but the centralization that characterized the prior era is compromised as our most of the institutions that provided the hard core education.</p><p></p><p>Interesting point about druids. I would think that the death of the high level mentors and the relative silence from the gods would put them in a nasty spot in terms of maintaining the highly ecologically structure civilization that was Cressia at its height. On the other hand I imagine that even a few high level druids are much more capable of sustaining an area's civilization than the equivalent number of wizards or clerics due to their increased mobility through wilderness. So I don't know. I would guess that Cressia would certainly loose much of its ability to govern its people, and that the culture would become broader and shallower as a result.</p><p></p><p>I think the Formain/Ausel invasion, the destruction of much of the government, civil strife, and the high number of mauraders/refugees caused by the fall of Ausel would certainly represent a civilazation shifting event for near everyone involved.</p><p></p><p>I don't see the Ta'jinn as becoming collapsed simply quiet as they turn their attentions to the new goal of defending the near planar territories from incursion. Probably also a little Xenophobic what with the marauders/refugees listed above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 820580, member: 6533"] Less specialized civilizations actually have a higher possibility of collapse since the dependence on the specialized components that remain is greater. This collapse would be very different from the social collapses we're used to seeing in our era. Very low likelihood of mass starvations and the total destruction of functional local infrastructure. More like the collapses you see at the end of the Mycenean era in Greece or the collapse of the Roman Empire. There's still a lot going on, but the centralization that characterized the prior era is compromised as our most of the institutions that provided the hard core education. Interesting point about druids. I would think that the death of the high level mentors and the relative silence from the gods would put them in a nasty spot in terms of maintaining the highly ecologically structure civilization that was Cressia at its height. On the other hand I imagine that even a few high level druids are much more capable of sustaining an area's civilization than the equivalent number of wizards or clerics due to their increased mobility through wilderness. So I don't know. I would guess that Cressia would certainly loose much of its ability to govern its people, and that the culture would become broader and shallower as a result. I think the Formain/Ausel invasion, the destruction of much of the government, civil strife, and the high number of mauraders/refugees caused by the fall of Ausel would certainly represent a civilazation shifting event for near everyone involved. I don't see the Ta'jinn as becoming collapsed simply quiet as they turn their attentions to the new goal of defending the near planar territories from incursion. Probably also a little Xenophobic what with the marauders/refugees listed above. [/QUOTE]
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