Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26564307-20170524045734

Hello! Fronacen here!

Today, I hope to talk about the Fallen Leaves block that this mod adds. The beautiful blocks create a great feeling for the mod, however they only really serve as decoration. Of course, them not doing anything isn't harmful or anything, and if nothing is ever done with them, I would be perfectly fine. However, the idea I'm going to propose is this: what if Fallen Leaves could produce saplings when brocken?

The basic idea is that it makes since if the saplings can come from leaves, why is it not reasonable for Fallen Leave blocks to have have gotten the sapling.

I figure that the likelyhood of getting a sapling would be half of the likelyhood that exist when punching leaves. I choose half because 3 leave blocks equals 6 fallen leave blocks (crafting-wise), so each leave block equals 2 fallen leaves. The likelyhood could be made even less though in theory (1/3rd, 1/4th, etc.)

So why do this? Why not just punch a tree's leaves? First, it helps preserve the enviorment. I'm guilty of getting impatient when waiting for a tree's leaves to decompose, and then just leaving that tree there. By adding this, this could help out servers preserve natural spawning. (I recognize this won't solve the issue, but it still may help with it.) Second, some trees are huge, and it takes a lot of time to cut them down and for the leaves to all fall off. Some mods obviously do automatic leave-decomposition, but since that is not part of the mod (and I don't feel it is what the mod should do personally), this will help enable a quicker collection of saplings. Finally, some factions could be improved by this feature.

How though? Well, Mallorns currently requires posative Galadhrim alignment to be able to peacefully cut them down. What if the player lost alignment by cutting down mallorn wood up until +100 alignment? This makes since, doesn't it? After all, if people I didn't know/trust much came into my backyard and started cutting down my trees, I'd be pretty mad.

Then, what if this was extended to a couple of other factions? Special trees could be added to Fangorn that can only be gotten with Ent approval by getting saplings from the Fallen Leaves perhaps. Other Elven Factions could also gain from this (Wood-elves and Green/Red-Oaks, Averi and special Wild Wood trees, High Elves and special Lindon trees...). Possibly maybe even Gondor could get mad at players if we go in and cut down Lebanoth Trees without a certain allignment. Or the Tauredain with Mahogany trees. Honestly, doing this with any faction that deeply values nature would work for this system. (I recognize the last two I give are a farther stretch, but they're still options if they wanted to be explored.)

Of course, none of this is nessisary for the enjoyment of the mod, but I think it would be a fun way to bring even more detail.

I hope you all enjoyed! 