Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-39089622-20190713225830

I didn't see this discussed on the forum so I shall write here. Seeing how players are able to grow and hire huorns but not yet ents I have few ideas I'd like to share about the matter.

Ents would be the pledge-limited troop of Fangorn. They'd require quite a high amount of alignment (around 1000-1500?) They could be hired from all ents or alternatively there could be so called "elder ents" which would have a low chance of spawning (1/8-1/10?) compared to regular ents. This would make sense lore-wise since there were only 3 left when Merri and Pippin arrived in the Fangorn forest. They could be distinguished from others by having darker skin/longer beard/different coloured eyes, something else or they could look exactly the same and a player would be able to recognise them only after talking to them.

The cost of hiring an ent could be a large amount of coins (800-1000?) but as this wouldn't make sense lore-wise since ents had no use for coins, there could alternative options. For example they could cost large amounts of certain items which ents would find desirable. Examples include flowers, draughts and saplings. To not make it too easy the amount required should be high, maybe between 40-64 items? Alternative option would be a giving of a quest. Ents would use this as a sign of loyalty; they could set a player off to hunt orcs or wargs or ask them to bring items.

And while on the topic of Fangorn I'll throw few more ideas around which likely have been brought up in the past but I'll shed a bit of light onto them: Players being able to grow the giant trees of Fangorn. This could be a pledge-only addition as well. Since ents are treeherders they would likely possess the knowledge of how to grow such things. Another small and nice addition would be a few new Fangorn-specific flowers. They don't necessarily need to grant players extra powers but just exist for aesthetics. 