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<blockquote data-quote="phantomK9" data-source="post: 6556245" data-attributes="member: 6790724"><p><em>All things must decay.</em></p><p><em>In a world where healing spells, regeneration, resurrection are common place, what is a Druid who believes in the great cycle of life and death supposed to do when all around him/her are thumbing their noses at the proper, natural flow. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>This land has become too stagnant. Things are not allowed to die and decay as they are meant to, thus ensuring the next generation is properly nourished. These short-sighted people all around have no idea what calamity they are bringing on themselves by not letting nature take its proper course. But they will soon see. They will understand that all must be brought low, all must crumble, all must decay. Only then will new life be able to flourish. Only then will the Great Wheel be put in balance.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p>A Druid like this would have basically gone off the rails and believes that he or she must take a more active hand in ensuring that things take a "proper course". Death is not a bad thing, death is necessary. He/she would believe that those not of the same mind are doing far too much to preserve those things that naturally should die and decay. This type would not believe in summoning/raising undead, in fact undead would be anathema to his/her world view*. Rather the person would concentrate on spells that cause necrotic damage and withering/decaying effects. The ultimate plan would be to bring everything, including the people and places that the PCs love, down. Crumbling to decaying matter. Only then, in this Druid's eyes, could new life spring up and hopefully create a better world than what currently is here.</p><p></p><p>The Druid and his/her adherents would probably start by attacking houses of healing or cleric-led outposts. Attempting to spread rot and decay as far and as wide as possible.</p><p></p><p>* Although I just got an image of shambling zombies covered in mushrooms, dripping rotting ichor and flesh on the ground while spores sporadically puff off from them. I'm sure there is something like that in a supplement somewhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phantomK9, post: 6556245, member: 6790724"] [I]All things must decay. In a world where healing spells, regeneration, resurrection are common place, what is a Druid who believes in the great cycle of life and death supposed to do when all around him/her are thumbing their noses at the proper, natural flow. This land has become too stagnant. Things are not allowed to die and decay as they are meant to, thus ensuring the next generation is properly nourished. These short-sighted people all around have no idea what calamity they are bringing on themselves by not letting nature take its proper course. But they will soon see. They will understand that all must be brought low, all must crumble, all must decay. Only then will new life be able to flourish. Only then will the Great Wheel be put in balance. [/I] A Druid like this would have basically gone off the rails and believes that he or she must take a more active hand in ensuring that things take a "proper course". Death is not a bad thing, death is necessary. He/she would believe that those not of the same mind are doing far too much to preserve those things that naturally should die and decay. This type would not believe in summoning/raising undead, in fact undead would be anathema to his/her world view*. Rather the person would concentrate on spells that cause necrotic damage and withering/decaying effects. The ultimate plan would be to bring everything, including the people and places that the PCs love, down. Crumbling to decaying matter. Only then, in this Druid's eyes, could new life spring up and hopefully create a better world than what currently is here. The Druid and his/her adherents would probably start by attacking houses of healing or cleric-led outposts. Attempting to spread rot and decay as far and as wide as possible. * Although I just got an image of shambling zombies covered in mushrooms, dripping rotting ichor and flesh on the ground while spores sporadically puff off from them. I'm sure there is something like that in a supplement somewhere. [/QUOTE]
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