diff --git a/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/regions/TownyFeature.java b/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/regions/TownyFeature.java
index c3a5bdad2..587dda379 100644
--- a/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/regions/TownyFeature.java
+++ b/worldedit-bukkit/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/bukkit/regions/TownyFeature.java
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import com.boydti.fawe.bukkit.FaweBukkit;
 import com.boydti.fawe.object.FawePlayer;
 import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.Towny;
 import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.exceptions.NotRegisteredException;
-import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.PlayerCache;
-import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownBlock;
-import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.TownyUniverse;
-import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.WorldCoord;
+import com.palmergames.bukkit.towny.object.*;
 import org.bukkit.Chunk;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
@@ -28,18 +25,30 @@ public class TownyFeature extends BukkitMaskManager implements Listener {
         if (block == null) {
             return false;
         }
+        Resident resident;
         try {
-            if (block.getResident().getName().equals(player.getName())) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        } catch (final Exception ignore) {}
-        if (player.hasPermission("fawe.towny.*")) {
-            return true;
-        } else try {
-            if (block.getTown().isMayor(TownyUniverse.getDataSource().getResident(player.getName()))) {
+            resident = TownyUniverse.getDataSource().getResident(player.getName());
+        try {
+            if (block.getResident().equals(resident)) {
                 return true;
             }
         } catch (NotRegisteredException ignore) {}
+            Town town = block.getTown();
+            if (town.isMayor(resident)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (!town.hasResident(resident)) return false;
+            if (player.hasPermission("fawe.towny.*")) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            for (String rank : resident.getTownRanks()) {
+                if (player.hasPermission("fawe.towny." + rank)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (NotRegisteredException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -57,21 +66,7 @@ public class TownyFeature extends BukkitMaskManager implements Listener {
                 if (myplot == null) {
                     return null;
                 } else {
-                    boolean isMember = false;
-                    try {
-                        if (myplot.getResident().getName().equals(player.getName())) {
-                            isMember = true;
-                        }
-                    } catch (final Exception e) {
-
-                    }
-                    if (!isMember) {
-                        if (player.hasPermission("fawe.towny.*")) {
-                            isMember = true;
-                        } else if (myplot.getTown().isMayor(TownyUniverse.getDataSource().getResident(player.getName()))) {
-                            isMember = true;
-                        }
-                    }
+                    boolean isMember = isAllowed(player, myplot);
                     if (isMember) {
                         final Chunk chunk = location.getChunk();
                         final Location pos1 = new Location(location.getWorld(), chunk.getX() * 16, 0, chunk.getZ() * 16);
diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/pattern/PatternTraverser.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/pattern/PatternTraverser.java
index dfbcba8ee..2e4b701b5 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/pattern/PatternTraverser.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/boydti/fawe/object/pattern/PatternTraverser.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class PatternTraverser {
                     Field field = current.getDeclaredField("extent");
                     field.setAccessible(true);
                     field.set(pattern, newExtent);
-                } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException ignore) {
+                } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException | ClassCastException ignore) {
                 }
             }
             try {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class PatternTraverser {
                 field.setAccessible(true);
                 Object next = field.get(pattern);
                 reset(next, newExtent);
-            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException ignore) {
+            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException | ClassCastException ignore) {
             }
             try {
                 Field field = current.getDeclaredField("mask");
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class PatternTraverser {
                 field.setAccessible(true);
                 Pattern next = (Pattern) field.get(pattern);
                 reset(next, newExtent);
-            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException ignore) {
+            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException | ClassCastException ignore) {
             }
             try {
                 Field field = current.getDeclaredField("patterns");
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class PatternTraverser {
                 for (Pattern next : patterns) {
                     reset(next, newExtent);
                 }
-            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException ignore) {
+            } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException | ClassCastException ignore) {
             }
             current = current.getSuperclass();
         }
diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/world/block/BlockTypes.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/world/block/BlockTypes.java
index 98af0cd99..2f084df28 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/world/block/BlockTypes.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/world/block/BlockTypes.java
@@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ public enum BlockTypes implements BlockType {
             int size = blockMap.size();
             for (BlockTypes type : oldValues) {
                 if (!blockMap.containsKey(type.getId())) {
+                    type.init(type.getId(), 0, new ArrayList<>());
                     Fawe.debug("Invalid block registered " + type.getId());
                     size++;
                 }