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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 6143261" data-attributes="member: 63"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Arboretum</span></strong></p><p><em>Order nature so it can spread and be controlled like industry.</em></p><p></p><p>[align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57760&d=1371016777[/align]The proposal of the faction known as the Arboretum comes from an odd alliance of druids and industrialists from the nation of Risur, and is represented by the ghost of Reed Macbannin, a former mayor in the city of Flint.</p><p></p><p>The goal of the Arboretum is to increase the bounty of nature, to reduce the impact of natural disasters, and to have them both be under the control of the Obscurati. They see it as poor design that weather and the earth are so unpredictable, and that horticulture progresses so slowly, generation by generation.</p><p></p><p>Their proposal would replace the current planes of air, earth, water, and life with new ones. Key will be replacing the moon -- the current plane of life, which has Dream and Mirror aspects -- with one that has aspects of Craft and Artifice. The other elemental planes will have to include slight Lawful traits, which will make them more susceptible to magical control, as well as making it easier to predict them with divinations.</p><p></p><p>The Arboretum feel the drawbacks of their plan are minor. The new plane of Life will yield somewhat weaker harvests if nature is not tended, so areas lacking civilization will tend to become deserts. Likewise, storms will actually be more intense unless they are controlled, but it would only require moderate effort to distribute trained mages throughout the land to deter this.</p><p></p><p>The most significant change would be the severance of two realms known as The Dreaming and The Bleak Gate, which are the fey and shadow mirrors of the real world. The replacement of our current moon would remove and possibly destroy these two realms. Reed Macbannin, never a fan of fey meddling in his homeland, sees this as perhaps the greatest benefit of the plan.</p><p></p><p>Artists and explorers who have visited the pocket dimension crafted by the Arboretum claim that they felt a malaise, like the world was lacking in surprises, but Arboretum representatives claim those with the complaints were simply biased.</p><p></p><p>When properly tended, nature in this paradigm is significantly more bountiful, which would reduce the competition for resources that drives warfare. Additionally, Arboretum inventors have already created new lifeforms in their pocket dimension. You can see their showcase by visiting the Portal Gallery.</p><p></p><p>Compared to other faction proposals, the Arboretum plan may be the most modest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 6143261, member: 63"] [b][size=3]Arboretum[/size][/b] [I]Order nature so it can spread and be controlled like industry.[/I] [align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57760&d=1371016777[/align]The proposal of the faction known as the Arboretum comes from an odd alliance of druids and industrialists from the nation of Risur, and is represented by the ghost of Reed Macbannin, a former mayor in the city of Flint. The goal of the Arboretum is to increase the bounty of nature, to reduce the impact of natural disasters, and to have them both be under the control of the Obscurati. They see it as poor design that weather and the earth are so unpredictable, and that horticulture progresses so slowly, generation by generation. Their proposal would replace the current planes of air, earth, water, and life with new ones. Key will be replacing the moon -- the current plane of life, which has Dream and Mirror aspects -- with one that has aspects of Craft and Artifice. The other elemental planes will have to include slight Lawful traits, which will make them more susceptible to magical control, as well as making it easier to predict them with divinations. The Arboretum feel the drawbacks of their plan are minor. The new plane of Life will yield somewhat weaker harvests if nature is not tended, so areas lacking civilization will tend to become deserts. Likewise, storms will actually be more intense unless they are controlled, but it would only require moderate effort to distribute trained mages throughout the land to deter this. The most significant change would be the severance of two realms known as The Dreaming and The Bleak Gate, which are the fey and shadow mirrors of the real world. The replacement of our current moon would remove and possibly destroy these two realms. Reed Macbannin, never a fan of fey meddling in his homeland, sees this as perhaps the greatest benefit of the plan. Artists and explorers who have visited the pocket dimension crafted by the Arboretum claim that they felt a malaise, like the world was lacking in surprises, but Arboretum representatives claim those with the complaints were simply biased. When properly tended, nature in this paradigm is significantly more bountiful, which would reduce the competition for resources that drives warfare. Additionally, Arboretum inventors have already created new lifeforms in their pocket dimension. You can see their showcase by visiting the Portal Gallery. Compared to other faction proposals, the Arboretum plan may be the most modest. [/QUOTE]
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