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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8464552" data-attributes="member: 57383">Not keen on tying them directly to the Far Realm.  I have no objection to the flavour saying they consider the Far Realm as being part of the "natural order" but that the Pine Kindred's druidic practices seem to be about "Trees and Undeath", while the Far Realm is more "Madness and Tentacles".Remember, it's not necessary to write out a whole Circle, we can just give the Pine Kindred Thane and Jarl a few "Circle like" abilities.  That means we won't restrict our thinking that they can only a few Circle specified alternative spells or abilities from Dark Druidic Mysteries as opposed to my preference of "give them whatever seems appropriate, so long as it's roughly balanced".Since we've got all those Scandinavian titles, could we tie the "Circle" to Norse myth?Hmm…The mythic dragon Nidhogg or Nidhug (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidhogg" target="_blank">Níðhöggr</a>) is a terrible monster that lives in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1str%C3%B6nd" target="_blank">Náströnd</a> (literally "Corpse Shore", a place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(realm)" target="_blank">Hel</a>). When not chewing corpses he gnaws at the root of the World Tree (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil" target="_blank">Yggdrasil</a>) with his venomous teeth.Maybe this Druid Circle was once a cult of Nidhogg, and (according to their legends at least) the first Pine Kindred was created with the poisonous sap that bled from Yggdrasil were Nidhogg was chewing it?Well it's got a tree, sap, hell and corpses in it, that's most of the elements we need!</blockquote>

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