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[SamSpeeds]

I like the Taurgorn/Ents! Will the elves we already have serve as infantry support for them?

[Madman198237]

Sort of....because most of the elves we have can *fly*.

The ones that can't will be skirmishers. We need to upgrade the tree so that its Elves are more like Tolkien's Elves, as in "not easily killed by iron and not generally weak".

Honestly, I'd love to make flesh-and-blood Elves just because Tolkien, but the better option is probably to just revise our Elves to not be weak.

[Glass]

Maybe Tolkien-elves are just wingless angels.

Anyway, names. Opinions on "Calad Aranarth" for the plane, and "Fervain Eryn" for where the elves are?

[NUKE9.13]

Anyway, names. Opinions on "Calad Aranarth" for the plane, and "Fervain Eryn" for where the elves are?

I can get behind these names.

[frostgiant]

I can get behind that name. Looks good.

[Madman198237]

Reconsidered how to do the Ents. I'll leave them as is, we can prototype them, then use a revision on the Bow Trees as follows:

Arantawar, or Monarchs of the Forest
A modification to the Sylvari Bow-Trees, the Arantawar are giants among trees. The growth of trees that are near them is accelerated, and can be sped up more through the use of Wands of Growth. Trees around them can "talk", in the language of trees, and slowly become more and more "alive", until they pull their roots from the ground and become Taurgorn in full.

DESIGN/REVISE/PROTOTYPE
Design Taurgorn (Ents): (1) Madman
Sgiath Sky Tree: (0)
LET'S PLAY NAME THAT PLANE
Calad Aranarth, within which lies Fervain Eryn (the realm of the Elves): (1) Madman

[frostgiant]

Hmm, going with redwood ents this turn.

DESIGN/REVISE/PROTOTYPE
Design Taurgorn (Ents): (1) Madman
Sgiath Sky Tree: (0)
Redwood Ents: (1) Frostgiant
LET'S PLAY NAME THAT PLANE
Calad Aranarth, within which lies Fervain Eryn (the realm of the Elves): (2) Madman, Frostgiant

[NUKE9.13]

DESIGN/REVISE/PROTOTYPE
Design Taurgorn (Ents): (1) Madman
Sgiath Sky Tree: (0)
Redwood Ents: (2) Frostgiant, NUKE9.13
LET'S PLAY NAME THAT PLANE
Calad Aranarth, within which lies Fervain Eryn (the realm of the Elves): (3) Madman, Frostgiant, NUKE9.13

I linked to the proposal for Redwood Ents, since it was a ways back in the thread.

[SamSpeeds]

DESIGN/REVISE/PROTOTYPE
Design Taurgorn (Ents): (2) Madman, SamSpeeds
Sgiath Sky Tree: (0)
Redwood Ents: (2) Frostgiant, NUKE9.13
LET'S PLAY NAME THAT PLANE
Calad Aranarth, within which lies Fervain Eryn (the realm of the Elves): (4) Madman, Frostgiant, NUKE9.13, SamSpeeds

[zomara0292]

DESIGN/REVISE/PROTOTYPE
Design Taurgorn (Ents): (2) Madman, SamSpeeds
Sgiath Sky Tree: (0)
Redwood Ents: (3) Frostgiant, NUKE9.13, zomara
LET'S PLAY NAME THAT PLANE
Calad Aranarth, within which lies Fervain Eryn (the realm of the Elves): (4) Madman, Frostgiant, NUKE9.13, SamSpeeds

[NUKE9.13]

DESIGN/REVISE/PROTOTYPE
Design Taurgorn (Ents): (2) Madman, SamSpeeds
Sgiath Sky Tree: (0)
Redwood Ents: (3) Frostgiant, NUKE9.13, zomara
LET'S PLAY NAME THAT PLANE
Calad Aranarth, within which lies Fervain Eryn (the realm of the Elves): (4) Madman, Frostgiant, NUKE9.13, SamSpeeds

Just fixing the votebox formatting.

[Madman198237]

Hey guys, for future reference: When voting, use the "Quote" function to copy all the formatting from the previous votebox, instead of copy-pasting it into a new quote-box votebox.

[SamSpeeds]

Would I just quote the entire post and cut out the author info and whatnot?

[Madman198237]

Yes, that's a better way of summing it up.

[johiah]

My attempt to keep the ent theme but fix the biggest weakness they might have.
Someone PLEASE come up with a better name.

Crusta Ents
Crusta ents are essentially the same as redwood ents, but for one major difference. If necessary, they can shed their outer bark layer. When the inner layer is exposed to air, it will rapidly harden and become the new outer layer, causing a new inner layer to grow. This functions as a defense against barbed weapons that could be used to pull the ent over, and if it was somehow put on fire, the shedding of the outer bark would snuff any extant flames. This also makes it far more difficult for enemies to climb the ent as they can become buried in a cascade of dense iron like bark.