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Millennium Tree Question

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I seem to remember reading that MTrees can produce any kind of tree-born fruit or seed, ie an apple or an acorn, a pear or a pine cone, etc. So firstly I am wondering if I am correct on that? With the proposition that MTrees can do that. Would they also be able to produce the fruit or seed of a magical tree? I'm toying with the idea for a game.
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Welcome to the forum, Azrael605.

I reread the Millennium Tree section in the England World Book and didn't see anything that suggests they produce fruit or seeds at all, at least on a time scale relevant to players. The Biomancers of South America 1 and Lemuria can transmute plant matter into producing a fruit, but it leaves the specifics of such vague save to say it can feed a person for a day and be done a certain number of times safely. I'd say one of the Memory Trees found on Maga Island could have the Code of Life/DNA of other plants on record, and might be coaxed by a Jungle Elf or Biomancer to produce it.
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WB8 (Japan) pg29 specifically says "Note: No seeds. there is no known way to grow a Millennium Tree.". That bit would IMHO seem to imply it doesn't grow tree born fruit (carries seed) or pine cone (again to distribute seed).
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Azrael605 wrote:I seem to remember reading that MTrees can produce any kind of tree-born fruit or seed, ie an apple or an acorn, a pear or a pine cone, etc. So firstly I am wondering if I am correct on that? With the proposition that MTrees can do that. Would they also be able to produce the fruit or seed of a magical tree? I'm toying with the idea for a game.


They cannot do any such thing. They don't produce their own seeds or fruit let alone any other kind.
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Everything said so far is true. However, there are a few other factors to consider:

1. It is possible to plant a Staff of Prosperity in the ground, creating super-fertile soil that yields crops that are highly resistant to pests/diseases.

2. A staff of purity can be planted, sort of, in a stream source or well to make it guaranteed pure, clean, and delicious (as much as water can be, anyway).

3. The PFRPG book on Bizantium has a tree related to Millennium Trees that does yield some seeds. I don't think those can be planted conventionally, but they are magical and useful to people.
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Well I dont know about sees but Millennium trees can be planted.

PFRPG Eastern Territory: "The great Tree was planted by the legendary Arch-Mage Lictalon as a living reminder of the defeat of the Old Ones by the forces of Light."

He may have dug up a tree and re-planted it. You'll have to ask him.
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