Posted by SphereMaker on October 15, 1999 at 11:29:18:
In Reply to: Something that needs a good looking at: Sylvan Philosophy posted by The Ponderer(VIP) on October 15, 1999 at 11:08:30:
> Question #1: Is the Sylvan of today the Sylvan that the creators had in mind when they established it as a cabal? If not, what has it evolved into? Is this good or bad? I think the cabal itself is close; we originally intended it to be a more defensive cabal. Unfortunately, the cabal powers were used for kicking everyone's asses and it ended up looking like a PK cabal. I think this answers my opinion of question 2 as well. The original vision was a cabal of Elves, Half-Elves, Rangers, Druids, etc. that were defensively housed in the wilderness but could repel/expel intruders or make life hell for them easily. > Question #3: Was the Sylvan cabal set up to fail by the powers that were chosen for them? Should Sylvan powers be more closely geared towards protection of the forests or are they ideal the way they are? It's probably damaged by the way the powers are used, though you could argue that "if I have this power, why not use it all I can" is a valid approach to the game - thus blaming the powers themselves. Certainly the vision didn't include a cluster of camouflaged folks sitting in a wall of thorns in the dwarf forest, ready to kill anything that entered their little trap.