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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pickaxe" data-source="post: 3307903" data-attributes="member: 10812">This subject assumes that the only view of mistletoe is that of its biological effect. In a fantasy campaign, it's not a problem to return to a fanatstic view of Nature, rather than deal with a strictly biological view. "The Golden Bough" was, according to the author James Fraser, mistletoe, and it represented the (separable) soul of a tree to the ancient mind. Later, it remained sacred but not necessarily seen as a literal talisman of a soul, so we have it being used in druidic rituals and playing a key role in the story of the death of the Norse god Balder.So, in a fantasy campaign, you could ignore the biology of mistletoe and focus on its spiritual value. A treant might use mistletoe as a place to keep its soul or its power, or it might recognize the magical nature of mistletoe and respect it or even worship it. You could still have plenty of intriguing treant-based plots using mistletoe, except that the treants might be trying to gather more rather than destroy it.--Axe</blockquote>