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[frostgiant]

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.

Hmmm for a name, I think that something like, Barkfall ent?
Shellshedder Ent?
Autumn's fury Ents?
Ents of Wild growth?

I'm not the best at names. I like them, but I think I prefer my solution to the fire problem so I'll stick to Redwood ents.

[Madman198237]

That's begging for extra difficulty and also extra cost, while not actually being very useful.

[johiah]

I feel like the redwood ents don't have any real defense against a fire that can actually catch and burn. They just are incredibly hard to light in the first place. But this is darkness we are fighting, and I wouldn't be surprised if they have supernatural fire.

[Madman198237]

I thought Redwood Ents had an anti-fire coating or some such. My Ents (Taurgorn) are the ones with the magically hardened bark that basically won't (well, shouldn't. A wizard did EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME, after all. So all bets are off) catch fire.

[johiah]

The redwood ents just have dense bark and a watery second layer. Personally I think ents that can rapidly regrow limbs would be pretty handy.

[frostgiant]

The redwood ents just have dense bark and a watery second layer. Personally, I think ents that can rapidly regrow limbs would be pretty handy.

We can do that by making better rods of growth, mass heal or items imbued with regeneration. we already have plenty of healing options for ents.

[crazyabe]

Light clashes and creaks ominous, then disperses.

Spoiler: Untested (click to show/hide)

Redwood Ents (5 UWP)

Spoiler: Units (click to show/hide)

Sgiath Elves, tall wooden humanoids with leaves for hair. upon their backs they have simple wings formed from leaves, they are decent with ranged weapons and have a slight affinity to Nature magic, although they are harmed by the common metal “Iron” and are rather light as well as somewhat weak physically. (2 UWP)
>continuous flight longer than 1 hour Exhausting
>Gliding is possible for several hours
>Wings somewhat fragile

Elves, tall humanoids with leaves for hair made from wood, Elves are decent with ranged weapons and have a slight affinity to Nature magic, although they are harmed by the common metal “Iron” and are somewhat weak physically. (1 UWP)

Angelic War leaders 8 feet tall with large wings similar to that of the archangel, strong physical strength and an acute mind for war. Can have the mental matrix for the Mass heal Spell applied. (10 - 40)

Spoiler: Structures (click to show/hide)

Sylvari bow tree (100)
>a tree which produces Ten Elves each era.
>Produces A customized Bow for each Elf as well. (Bows can’t be reused after unit death, can be fixed with magic if damaged)

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

Light bows wooden bows with an accurate range of roughly 90 meters, and a max range of roughly 120 meters (1 UWP)
Rods of growth short, silver sticks which increase the speed at which plants grow (2 UWP)

Spoiler: Enchantments (click to show/hide)

Growth Causes plants exposed to items thus enchanted to grow, or regrow, at a faster pace than normal (4x Price)

Spoiler: Champions (click to show/hide)

The Archangel, a Master of healing magic, as well as many charms to repulse those formed by the darkness. His wings allow him to traverse where others would have a hard time moving, and his spells may save many from death. (3000 UWP)
>Knows the healing spells "Regenerate" "Mass heal" and "Blessing"
>Knows the charm "Protection from darkness"

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Healing
Regenerate Restores health to a single unit for several minutes. (?)
Mass Heal Painfully restores the body's of several units to full structural integrity, does NOT restore lost blood. (4X Price)
Blessing Clears Debuffs from the target (?)
Charms
Protection From Darkness Designates a small area which causes pain to opposing units who enter it (?)

Spoiler: Army stats (click to show/hide)

1 Sylvari bow tree

2950 Sgiath Elves

10 Elves W Sylvari bows

100 Angelic War Leaders
Moral: 6
Loyalty: 5

Special Event: The troops are Fond of the name, and agree that it sounds good. [+1 Moral]
It is now the Second era, Second development phase.
Central thread
Discord

[Glass]

It is now the Second era, first development phase.

It is now the Second era, first development phase.

...
Yeeeeessss, it's definitely the first development stage and we still have 3 more things to do. That's totally the case.

[frostgiant]

prototype ents
Sgiath trees
Increased Flight time for Sgiaths
Refine the mass heal spell

Just some ideas for this phase.
Personally I want to prototype the ents

[NUKE9.13]

Alright, well, I'm too tired to write it up right now, but put me down for Sgiath improvements when it gets written.

[zomara0292]

prototype ents: (2) zomara, frostgiant
Sgiath trees: (1) Nuke
Increased Flight time for Sgiaths: (0)
Refine the mass heal spell: (0)

[Glass]

prototype ents: (2) zomara, frostgiant
Sgiath trees: (0)
Increased Flight time for Sgiaths: (2) NUKE9.13, Glass
Refine the mass heal spell: (0)

[frostgiant]

Improved Sgiath Wings: To increase the strength of leaflike wings and put less strain on the muscles of the Sgiath, branches of woodlike bone are added to the leaves, providing more structure to the thin Wings. This branch-like structures in the wings ensure that the wings are stronger, reducing the amount of tearing that an injury can cause. These hard structures in the wing also ensure that the elves will need to put less effort into catching the wind, increasing the amount of time they can fly before they become tired.

From page 4.

I'm pretty sure this is what Nuke and glass were voting for sooo. Ya, just in case of any confusion and so the GM knows which one in particular.

EDIT: Nuke and glass said they were fine with this one so I'll just change the vote box.

prototype ents: (2) zomara, frostgiant
Sgiath trees: (0)
Improved Sgiath Wings: (2) NUKE9.13, Glass
Refine the mass heal spell: (0)

[johiah]

prototype ents: (2) zomara, frostgiant
Sgiath trees: (0)
Improved Sgiath Wings: (3) NUKE9.13, Glass, Johiah
Refine the mass heal spell: (0)

[crazyabe]

A Simple flaw, Corrected with a small change, (10) And fixed quite well too, the new elves will be far stronger then the previous version.

Spoiler: Untested (click to show/hide)

Redwood Ents (5 UWP)

Spoiler: Units (click to show/hide)

Sgiath Elves, tall wooden humanoids with leaves for hair. upon their backs they have simple wings formed from leaves, they are decent with ranged weapons and have a slight affinity to Nature magic, although they are harmed by the common metal “Iron” and are rather light as well as somewhat weak physically. (2 UWP)
>continuous flight longer than 3 hours Exhausting
>Gliding is possible for several hours

Elves, tall humanoids with leaves for hair made from wood, Elves are decent with ranged weapons and have a slight affinity to Nature magic, although they are harmed by the common metal “Iron” and are somewhat weak physically. (1 UWP)

Angelic War leaders 8 feet tall with large wings similar to that of the archangel, strong physical strength and an acute mind for war. Can have the mental matrix for the Mass heal Spell applied. (10 - 40)

Spoiler: Structures (click to show/hide)

Sylvari bow tree (100)
>a tree which produces Ten Elves each era.
>Produces A customized Bow for each Elf as well. (Bows can’t be reused after unit death, can be fixed with magic if damaged)

Spoiler: Equipment (click to show/hide)

Light bows wooden bows with an accurate range of roughly 90 meters, and a max range of roughly 120 meters (1 UWP)
Rods of growth short, silver sticks which increase the speed at which plants grow (2 UWP)

Spoiler: Enchantments (click to show/hide)

Growth Causes plants exposed to items thus enchanted to grow, or regrow, at a faster pace than normal (4x Price)

Spoiler: Champions (click to show/hide)

The Archangel, a Master of healing magic, as well as many charms to repulse those formed by the darkness. His wings allow him to traverse where others would have a hard time moving, and his spells may save many from death. (3000 UWP)
>Knows the healing spells "Regenerate" "Mass heal" and "Blessing"
>Knows the charm "Protection from darkness"

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Healing
Regenerate Restores health to a single unit for several minutes. (?)
Mass Heal Painfully restores the body's of several units to full structural integrity, does NOT restore lost blood. (4X Price)
Blessing Clears Debuffs from the target (?)
Charms
Protection From Darkness Designates a small area which causes pain to opposing units who enter it (?)

Spoiler: Army stats (click to show/hide)

1 Sylvari bow tree

2950 Sgiath Elves(V1)

10 Elves W Sylvari bows

100 Angelic War Leaders
Moral: 6
Loyalty: 5

It is now the Second era, Third development phase.
Central thread
Discord