And the OOC Thread to this quest is now open! ^_^

I guess now is a good time to mention how I intend for Sylvan Oath to work.

Preface: I don't assume for this to have any mechanical benefits or penalties, but I'm not opposed to it, either. Frankly, it's a very straightforward effect [I call it an effect, because it's not just a way for me to shoehorn in extra abilities for my character, if anything, it could be harmful to his decision-making], so there may be no need to include any mechanics to it. Though, since it's supposed to be rather powerful, it may.

Basically, Tidelan will be unable to willingly break the oath. His oath being to defend Galenna, means that he would have to give anything away to do so. Likely, this won't matter overmuch, but I mostly included it for flavor, since I'm sort of taking Tidelan away from being so elementally-inclined, and more fey-inclined. That's why he's been using the term 'sylvan' in so many contexts.

Also, my original inspiration for Sylvan Oath came from the irish idea of Geas, which I believe was something attributed with the fair folk [or maybe it was the Tuatha de Danan?].

I think this makes sense for a druid who basically worships Gaea, since the original concept of the Feywild was that of the welsh Otherworld, aka Annwn. And, in those times [or maybe even earlier] the idea of beings who lived there were of nature spirits, kind of.

So, it makes sense for a druid to have connections to the fey.

Of course, a lot of these things are not really from any specific DND setting, but since the GMs were allowing us to help develop this setting as we go, I didn't think it was a stretch to also let us develop parts of the outer planes.

Especially the Feywild and Shadowfel, since they overlay this prime material anyway.

TL;DR - Sylvan Oath was an idea I thought of that relates to my concept of the Feywild, and I decided it was okay for me to include it in this game, and that Tidelan had a decent reason to introduce it.

I did this because I liked the idea, and wanted to roleplay it.

No problems here about the Sylvan oath. And sorry guys it seems we've hit a last minute delay as I try and sort something out, but hopefully we can square it out soon.

Why do we all need to post in Hexia's Shop? Do we really need to post there just to say we walk through the portal? I thought we already started the quest?

Also, I thought Brohm decided not to join this quest? If he's just tailing us around, that may lead to some major issues...

Oh, I forgot to respond earlier, but yeah, I don't mind the delay. Stuff comes up in real life all the time.

Edit: It's actually possible you meant something else than requiring us all to post in Hexia's Shop thread, since it's not 100% clear what you meant by "We will continue once you've all officially left Hexia's Shop"

Why... why does that matter? Are we backtracking right now?

Actually, I'm confused about this portal? Where is it, and where does it lead to? We left from Smith's Gambit, and Galenna wants us to head into unexplored lands, so is this portal to Fierce Heart's Tribe for our convenience?

I thought we already took the portal since the quest thread something about "You've all gathered through the portal"

I'm not trying to be stubborn, but what is with this frivolous roadblock so early?

Once things are clarified, I might want to make a post with some decisions. Otherwise, I'll still give generic travel log lip service if you insist such.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:47, Thu 04 Mar 2021.