Druidism Q&a

[danic 352]

Are we the most awesome magic-group?

Roughly how many Druids are there at present?

How many Inner Circle members?

 

1.) death to the void slinging heretics that oppose us

 

2.) There are 38 druids total at this moment, encompassing Heirophants, Archdruids, Guide druids, and regular druids. Not including any of the Lost or Forgotten. Though this number does change regularly :)

 

3.) There are 7 Inner circle members at this very moment.

[Katherine1 362]

+1 for Frank the Scholarly Scorpion

 

Also for the sake of new players, can you explain why Void magics and Druidism are different/why they cannot mix? Examples of contrast being channeling the void and being attuned to the aspects, purposes and motives, etc.

 

Void magic comes from the void. Druid magic comes from the Aspects, which are dieties. Void magic is inherently a temporary magic, because when the mage is done, the magic returns to the void. Druid magic is able to make permanent changes to the world. Druid's ICly have the belief that the void and natural world are not supposed to mix, leading to the magic is bad mentality that often gets seen, though this is specifically on void magic. Druids are on decent terms with other diety magic users like Clerics and Shamans.

 

What is the spirit-tree thing I've heard hints about in RP?

That's a druid secret ;)

 

Are we the most awesome magic-group?

Roughly how many Druids are there at present?

How many Inner Circle members?

 

My bias says yes.

38 druids according to the thread. That doesn't include dedicants or druids who have fallen into lost or forgotten status ( lost and forgotten are basically inactive druids )

 

 

What ever happened to Samuel the Turtle? D:

 

Unfortunately Samuel the Turtle was unable to it through the portal to Thales, so he was unable to follow us, but he did give us an egg. There will be a Samantha the Turtle :D

 

 

Also two questions I think would help out new players:

 

How does one become a rouge druid?

 

What is a blood druid?

 

To be frank, I myself at the time of the blood druids talking 'bouts with Respiren, I never really asked what it was or what they do.

 

A rouge druid is a druid that breaks away from the order.

That's something that either doesn't exist, or is a secret. We do have a Blood Druid, but that's because Blood is her totem. A totem is just a little identifier That's why you see things like The Pine Druid or The Apple Druid, or the Rose Druid. Those are all different totems. You choose your totem at attunement. Basically the only real rules to that are that the totem should be something natural, and it is rude to pick the totem of an active druid.

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

Haha! Looks like this is one we beat you to!

What's the very top limit of the capabilities of a top-of-the-line Druid?

It varies incredibly. One of the fun things about druidism is it is mostly limited purely by your imagination. A highly powerful druid would be considered totally one with nature. They can commune with any plant of animal with no effort, and can control plants for a variety of purposes. On a rare occasion where two very old druids were fighting, they used their powers to lift one of the massive roots of the Anthos Mother Grove to encase each other with, and grew smaller trees almost instantly.

 

As Arik said, however, due to the dedicancy process ensuring that a druid is indoctrinated to druid beliefs it is extremely rare that a powerful druid uses their abilities offensively or powergames with it.

 

+1 for Frank the Scholarly Scorpion

 

Also for the sake of new players, can you explain why Void magics and Druidism are different/why they cannot mix? Examples of contrast being channeling the void and being attuned to the aspects, purposes and motives, etc.

Druidic power is drawn from the Druid deities known as the Aspects (Aengudaemons according to server lore). In druid lore and teaching, the Aspects created and maintain all of nature, and have their servants (the druids) help them take care of nature.

 

Void magic, or Arcane, is drawn from the void, which is a realm separate from the rest of nature. In druidic teaching, the void is an unnatural place and using it will corrupt and harm both the caster and all of nature. This is technically supported in server lore as a whole, as mages generally become physically weaker as they practice magic, and many Arcane influences on the world can have unnatural consequences.

 

Because of this, Druids believe very strongly that the use of the Arcane is bad for nature, therefore condemned by the Aspects and one of the biggest crimes against nature you can commit. Each druid has different ways of dealing with Arcane Mages, from trying to convert them, ignoring them, fighting them, and so on. If you actively practice arcane magic you won't be accepted into the Order, though sometimes you'll be taken in if you promise you've given up its use. And if a druid is found to be practicing Arcane magic they will almost certainly be shunned from the order and have their attunement removed.

 

 

Also two questions I think would help out new players:

 

How does one become a rouge druid?

 

What is a blood druid?

 

To be frank, I myself at the time of the blood druids talking 'bouts with Respiren, I never really asked what it was or what they do.

 

 

1. A rogue druid is simply someone who has veered away from the Order and it's teachings. Not associating with the Order won't make you rogue, however if you start doing this like: abusing your powers to murder innocents, harming nature, using void magic, or associating too closely with void mages/dark mages you will be considered rogue. One of the most recent examples of this was when a druid in Anthos joined the Scourge and another began to kill people using his magic.

 

2. The only blood druid I know is Briza the Blood Druid, and that is simply her Totem. (A totem being the special name or identifier a druid gains upon attunement. It doesn't tie in with their powers or standing in the Order, it's simply a word used for symbolism.) I might be wrong, but so far as I know that's the only example of a 'Blood Druid'.

[KarmaDelta 969]

At the time of Asulon, Respiren was talking about the creation of blood druids for events and stuff. I do not actually know if he went through with it or not, but I did here about them in Asulon from someone. I don't know if that was just whisperings of something that didn't happen or it did but was in a small area of the server.

 

I feel like Arik, Ouity, or Alan may be able to confirm my thoughts, since they were around at that time I believe when they were being talked about.

[Sambosefus 47]

4) How's Frank the Scholarly Scorpion doing?

He is doing fantastically in his new home I made for him in my room at the grove! Oh and by the way, IT'S MISTER FRANK! 

[Samson Option 9652]

#1: Is it true that Respiren based some of his ideas for LotC Druidism in the neo-pagan movement in Great Britain.

 

#2: Can a druid tinker with the biological flora inside of the gut of an animal or person?

 

#3: Can there and has there been a cannibis druid?

 

#4: I've heard druids call themselves mystics, explain how they can justifiably say such?

[KarmaDelta 969]

 

 

#3: Can there and has there been a cannibis druid?

 

 

 

 

I am pretty sure that was Hempshine at one point in time before, my time at the druids. Respiren always made jokes about both of them in RP getting off on the herb grown in the Laurelin Grove.

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

He is doing fantastically in his new home I made for him in my room at the grove! Oh and by the way, IT'S MISTER FRANK! 

^can confirm.

 

#1: Is it true that Respiren based some of his ideas for LotC Druidism in the neo-pagan movement in Great Britain.

 

#2: Can a druid tinker with the biological flora inside of the gut of an animal or person?

 

#3: Can there and has there been a cannibis druid?

 

#4: I've heard druids call themselves mystics, explain how they can justifiably say such?

 

1. To an extent I'm sure, but from what I've heard he based them a lot more on the druids of DnD. The Aspects, Cernunnos and Cerridwen, are based on Celtic dieties.

 

2. Possibly if you were talking about plants that they had recently eaten. Gut flora... it hasn't been tried or discussed but I would have to say no.

 

3. No, but there's a Shroom Druid.

 

4. I've never heard a druid call themselves a mystic.

[Samoblivion 532]

Has a druid ever gone full Malfurion and grown freakin' antlers? Any stag riding?

 

[Samson Option 9652]

#1. Can a druid, through his means of nature communion, make a ceremony of conjured frankincense?

 

#2. If you can do the above, have you ever tried opening trade with Oren selling incense to Humans for church use?

 

#3. Explain to the Druidic view on deity[ies].

[Samoblivion 532]

Another question! Do the Druids view clerical or other aengudaemonic magic as void magic and therefore evil?

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

 

Has a druid ever gone full Malfurion and grown freakin' antlers? Any stag riding?

 

 

Druids can't grow horns. However, there have been some instances where a druid wore horns or branches on their head as a fashion statement. There is a Stag Druid and Callax had an elk friend in Anthos.

 

#1. Can a druid, through his means of nature communion, make a ceremony of conjured frankincense?

 

#2. If you can do the above, have you ever tried opening trade with Oren selling incense to Humans for church use?

 

#3. Explain to the Druidic view on deity[ies].

1. If they had access to the right trees then sure, they could cause that tree to produce frankincense. It's probably never been done, though.

 

2. Hasn't been done, but not a bad idea. Oren tends to view druids as heretics/heathens though so interractions are usually tense.

 

3. The Druids worship the Aspects of Nature, Cerridwen and Cernunnos. They are considered to be both seperate entities and nature itself. Cerridwen is known as the Mother of the Harvest and embodies the more peaceful side of nature. Plants, flowers, childbirth, growing things. Cernunnos is the Father of the Hunt, and represents the more savage aspects like hunting and predatory animals. Some druids gravitate more toward one or the other, but as a whole they follow both in order to maintain the balance of nature.

 

Druids don't teach about the Creator, and they believe the Aspects created all of nature. Some probably acknowledge that the Creator exists but don't worship or really care about him. They also acknowledge that other deities or patrons exist for other groups like the Clerics or Ascended. They simply don't worship or revere them.

 

Another question! Do the Druids view clerical or other aengudaemonic magic as void magic and therefore evil?

Deity magic is generally considered okay because it's not drawn from the void. And actually, druids usually have a pretty good relationship with clerics! They work together frequently to heal tainted land or fight other evil beings. Any dark magic is of course considered bad, with necromancy rated as even worse than arcane.

[Song Druid 1486]

One thing I love about Druid culture is that it's fundamentally flawed.  In much the same way High Elven culture is designed to be what we in OOC consider "morally wrong" (aka racism and general master race stuff) the Druids are very much like that.  I like to think of them as old people culture.  For instance, we have no quarrel with Clerics.  It's actually a Druid belief that Clerics serve the Aspects but just don't realize it.  xD

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

One thing I love about Druid culture is that it's fundamentally flawed.  In much the same way High Elven culture is designed to be what we in OOC consider "morally wrong" (aka racism and general master race stuff) the Druids are very much like that.  I like to think of them as old people culture.  For instance, we have no quarrel with Clerics.  It's actually a Druid belief that Clerics serve the Aspects but just don't realize it.  xD

 

I've never actually heard that IC and now I wish I had.

[Baconthief 682]

1)What was Haelphon? The tree lords?(An Aegis group) And how do they relate to druidism?