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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 2417732" data-attributes="member: 1231"><p><strong>Uh...</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not quite what I had in mind :\ . Putting the elf tree completely underground wouldn't work out, this thing is... awesome.</p><p></p><p>But to borrow from your post, perhaps only 1d4+6 fruit grow each year, and they are all poisonous, carrying a venom that can only be partially neutralized by spells like neutralize poison, as it is a powerful, cursed venom (spider demon was not your average, run of the mill bebelith or something like that). Only a few centuries after the elf tree fell asleep, the circle of druids and rangers that had protected it for so long was driven out by primitive gnoll shamans and their tribes. Only a lone defender remained, an elderly human male who used his powers of shapeshifting to hide from the invaders. When he died, his ghost remained to protect the elf tree from direct threats. </p><p>The gnolls eventually discerned the secrets of the tree, and while their initial attempts to take the fruit were rebuffed, they eventually learned that they could appease the spirit of the old druid, allowing them to take one ripened fruit a year. They built a temple not far from the base of the tree, and the mightiest of their warriors and the wisest of their shamans were stationed here, to keep any others from the trees wealth.</p><p></p><p>Now, among the gnolls, their might be one high level adept, and a handful of mid level warriors, but the rest have only a few NPC class levels. They certainly wouldn't pose a substantial threat to the Defenders, even en masse. The ghost on the other hand, might take some convincing. Though it certainly isn't evil, it won't hesitate to fight should it feel the elf tree could be threatened in any manner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 2417732, member: 1231"] [b]Uh...[/b] Not quite what I had in mind :\ . Putting the elf tree completely underground wouldn't work out, this thing is... awesome. But to borrow from your post, perhaps only 1d4+6 fruit grow each year, and they are all poisonous, carrying a venom that can only be partially neutralized by spells like neutralize poison, as it is a powerful, cursed venom (spider demon was not your average, run of the mill bebelith or something like that). Only a few centuries after the elf tree fell asleep, the circle of druids and rangers that had protected it for so long was driven out by primitive gnoll shamans and their tribes. Only a lone defender remained, an elderly human male who used his powers of shapeshifting to hide from the invaders. When he died, his ghost remained to protect the elf tree from direct threats. The gnolls eventually discerned the secrets of the tree, and while their initial attempts to take the fruit were rebuffed, they eventually learned that they could appease the spirit of the old druid, allowing them to take one ripened fruit a year. They built a temple not far from the base of the tree, and the mightiest of their warriors and the wisest of their shamans were stationed here, to keep any others from the trees wealth. Now, among the gnolls, their might be one high level adept, and a handful of mid level warriors, but the rest have only a few NPC class levels. They certainly wouldn't pose a substantial threat to the Defenders, even en masse. The ghost on the other hand, might take some convincing. Though it certainly isn't evil, it won't hesitate to fight should it feel the elf tree could be threatened in any manner. [/QUOTE]
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