Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-34241117-20181025161453

"And the trees do not like strangers. They watch you. They are usually content merely to watch you, as long as daylight lasts, and don't do much. […] But at night things can be most alarming, or so I am told. […] I thought all the trees were whispering to each other, passing news and plots along in an unintelligible language; and the branches swayed and groped without any wind."

You see, the Old Forest was indeed very strange and "queer". However, the trees do NOT run faster than the player, and can easily kill a player in full dwarven armor. The trees moved and did not like people, yes, but never did it say that they went after hobbits throughout the shire with the speed of the wind.

I am here to fix this, and I believe it can be done very easily. Here we goooo!


 * 1) 1) Dark Huorns chasing the player; this is impossible. The trees moved, yes, but they could never sprint that fast. I suggest that when the trees move, they would only move 2-6 blocks in any direction they wish, and freeze again. This is possible, as in the book it did say the trees once just decided to grow right over the hedge, and all the hobbits ran and cut them down. Never does it say that a tree just chased a hobbit halfway through the shire. So, they will only walk over a couple blocks at a time, and freeze again. Otherwise, they would not move.


 * 1) 2) The huorns and damage: again, they WOULD NOT SPRINT AFTER THE PLAYER. When the player comes within 2 or 3 blocks of the huorn, there is a 80% chance that the huorn will "attack". It will just do simple damage to the player, and if the player hits the tree, he will get hurt again. I would say 2-6 damage.


 * 1) 3) Any hobbit which comes within 2 or 3 blocks of the huorn will also recieve damage. The huorns will be angry, and they will move more during the night, but again, they will not chase the players or hobbits.


 * 1) 4) "the rudest of them may drop a branch or trip you with a root, but otherwise it isn't that bad." I think it would be fun if the huorns would actually do things other than just simple "bump into and hurt" damage. I think that huorns should be able to throw conkers at the players and hobbits. (perhaps, if possible, they could also throw sticks at the player?) this wouldn't happen very often, but once in a while a conker or stick would get thrown at you.

So guys, here we go! I think this would solve the problem of trees just sprinting out after the players and hobbits at a hundred miles per hour. So now, the player will walk through the forest, seeing trees moving around side to side, blocking the player from easy passage, and getting the occasional conker thrown at him. Simple, easy, annoying, BUT NOT DEADLY. I don't believe it has ever been said that a hobbit has been killed in the Old Forest, but on the edge of the Old Forest in the shire, it is an everyday thing.

Also, if possible, I think the same thing should happen with the huorns in Fangorn, as they were "trees which lived" but they DID in fact move, as an entire forest came to help the battle at Hornburg.

Thats it guys! I hope you all understand, kudos is very appreciated, constructive criticism appreciated as well! 