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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 6145148" data-attributes="member: 63"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Miller's Pyre</strong></span></p><p><em>Enact subtle changes, focused on making people more empathetic and less susceptible to hypocrisy, so they can more easily pursue goodness and justice.</em></p><p></p><p>Miller's Pyre refers to the philosopher monk William Miller who, five centuries ago, wrote treatises on potential types of societies, discussing their pros and cons. His works were generally critical of the religious establishment, and shortly after he tried to found a nation of his own following his ideals, the Clergy burned him as a heretic atop a pyre of his own books.</p><p></p><p>[align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57778&d=1371144111[/align]The Pyre's spokeswoman, Kasvarina Varal, knew Miller and recalls his teachings fondly. She was one of the original founders of the Obscurati centuries ago, and her opinion holds great weight. However, she is absent from the Convocation. The Pyre's members hope she will appear before the vote occurs.</p><p></p><p>In the view of the Pyre, most suffering is due to misunderstandings between people with very different backgrounds. They seek to improve the world with invisible changes that will make people more aware of the thoughts and emotions of those around them. They would make people particularly keen at detecting hypocrisy.</p><p></p><p>The Pyre would replace the current plane of Space with one that has an 'Empathy' aspect. This would give people mild psychic powers to detect emotions, but tests show that the effect is not obvious. Test subjects brought into the sample demi-plane simply found themselves coming to agreement more easily, or at least were more amenable to discuss problems rather than view a stranger as an enemy.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, with a bit of clever orbit-tracing, the Pyre will remove the current planes of Air and Fire and replace them with a binary world, the air plane possessing a Speech trait, the Fire plane possessing an Expression trait. This causes those who speak to have their true emotions more easily sensed, and likewise causes words themselves to carry more weight, making it easier for a strong argument to sway a person's opinion.</p><p></p><p>The last change is that the plane of Earth will be replaced with one that has the traits Logic, which the Pyre hopes will lead people to appeal to reason in their arguments. Otherwise they worry that the strengthened emotional connection might have negative consequences.</p><p></p><p>Drawbacks include stronger storms, and weather that will respond to local moods. As with Colossus's plan, the world will again become vulnerable to extraplanar visitors, but the Pyre takes an optimistic view of what civilization will be capable of if it is attacked.</p><p></p><p>The other drawback is not one the world will experience, but rather a concern of the Obscurati, albeit one no one is voicing publicly. There are many who worry that in this new world, there will be no place for them. The Pyre's advocates can only hope that their arguments will sway those who might selfishly reject this ideal solution.</p><p></p><p>Finally, the binary pairing opens up a slot for a potential extra plane. It would need to be fairly weak -- perhaps a moon rather than a full planet -- but it would be possible to add some extra trait. The Pyre is open to making agreements with other factions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 6145148, member: 63"] [size=3][b]Miller's Pyre[/b][/size] [i]Enact subtle changes, focused on making people more empathetic and less susceptible to hypocrisy, so they can more easily pursue goodness and justice.[/i] Miller's Pyre refers to the philosopher monk William Miller who, five centuries ago, wrote treatises on potential types of societies, discussing their pros and cons. His works were generally critical of the religious establishment, and shortly after he tried to found a nation of his own following his ideals, the Clergy burned him as a heretic atop a pyre of his own books. [align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57778&d=1371144111[/align]The Pyre's spokeswoman, Kasvarina Varal, knew Miller and recalls his teachings fondly. She was one of the original founders of the Obscurati centuries ago, and her opinion holds great weight. However, she is absent from the Convocation. The Pyre's members hope she will appear before the vote occurs. In the view of the Pyre, most suffering is due to misunderstandings between people with very different backgrounds. They seek to improve the world with invisible changes that will make people more aware of the thoughts and emotions of those around them. They would make people particularly keen at detecting hypocrisy. The Pyre would replace the current plane of Space with one that has an 'Empathy' aspect. This would give people mild psychic powers to detect emotions, but tests show that the effect is not obvious. Test subjects brought into the sample demi-plane simply found themselves coming to agreement more easily, or at least were more amenable to discuss problems rather than view a stranger as an enemy. Additionally, with a bit of clever orbit-tracing, the Pyre will remove the current planes of Air and Fire and replace them with a binary world, the air plane possessing a Speech trait, the Fire plane possessing an Expression trait. This causes those who speak to have their true emotions more easily sensed, and likewise causes words themselves to carry more weight, making it easier for a strong argument to sway a person's opinion. The last change is that the plane of Earth will be replaced with one that has the traits Logic, which the Pyre hopes will lead people to appeal to reason in their arguments. Otherwise they worry that the strengthened emotional connection might have negative consequences. Drawbacks include stronger storms, and weather that will respond to local moods. As with Colossus's plan, the world will again become vulnerable to extraplanar visitors, but the Pyre takes an optimistic view of what civilization will be capable of if it is attacked. The other drawback is not one the world will experience, but rather a concern of the Obscurati, albeit one no one is voicing publicly. There are many who worry that in this new world, there will be no place for them. The Pyre's advocates can only hope that their arguments will sway those who might selfishly reject this ideal solution. Finally, the binary pairing opens up a slot for a potential extra plane. It would need to be fairly weak -- perhaps a moon rather than a full planet -- but it would be possible to add some extra trait. The Pyre is open to making agreements with other factions. [/QUOTE]
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