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<title>Natural Fantasy Guidelines</title>
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<h1>A RAW BEAUTY</h1>
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<p>
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The natural fantasy style relies on a careful balance between moments of
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calm, serenity and beauty, alternating with moments of raw and direct
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contact with the inevitable facts of life. Neither of these aspects can be
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sacrificed: keeping only the first means presenting a false and “sanitized”
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version of nature; keeping only the second leads to self-indulging
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morbidity.
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<div class="note">
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<p>
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This doesn’t mean that you have to include explicit or particularly gory
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descriptions. On the contrary, discussing how to handle scenes of violence
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and death is paramount, especially when they involve people or animals
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(see Core Rulebook, page 147).
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</p>
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</div>
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<h2 class="section-header">THE HUNT</h2>
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<p>
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Killing other living creatures to protect your community or provide
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resources is a common theme of natural fantasy and should be handled with
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care.
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<ul>
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<li>
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<strong>Never minimize.</strong> Be it that of an animal, a plant, a
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person, or a spirit, death is a significant event that should be
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dignified. It should never be cold or systematic, especially in a natural
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fantasy game, where it should have ecological, emotional or spiritual
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consequences. As explained on page 86 of the Core Rulebook, there is no
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obligation to kill an enemy reduced to 0 Hit Points. It is a choice.
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Never demonize.</strong> If necessity demands it and proper
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respect is shown for the consequences, killing another creature to save
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lives, protect the ecosystem, or transform their body into nourishment,
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tools or instruments is an integral part of the cycle of life, not a
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violation.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 class="section-header">EVERY LIFE MATTERS</h2>
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<p>
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Even when the world revolves around the cyclical return of every lifeform to
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the stream of souls (one of the Eight Pillars of Fabula Ultima, as shown on
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page 9), one should never downplay the value of life. While it’s true that
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life (as a form of energy) lasts for eternity across countless incarnations,
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this life (the memories, personality, and feelings of a specific individual)
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is unique and irreplaceable, and the moment it leaves us should never not be
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seen as a tragedy.
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</p>
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<div class="start-note">
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<h3>BEFORE WE START</h3>
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<p>
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<em
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>(Note: The following text appeared in the raw source but was separated
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from the main document flow.)</em
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