UniversalWolf

Sounds like not close enough is the answer. Thanks. I will update this post if I succeed so you won't have spend eternity wondering. UPDATE: Following the lead of the annotated map I stood a bit closer, and the rest of the quest triggered normally. Pretty touchy scripting on that one. Orian's demise was fractionally more satisfying as a result. Thanks again.

I've so far spent over two hours (two boring hours) following this guy around, and nothing happens. I tried going back to Eye What's-Her-Name in the castle to tell her nothing happens, but there is no new dialogue. I checked posts about this quest in this forum, read the FAQ, followed the instructions, re-read the FAQ, tried again. I tried staking out all three of Orian's campsites. I let him enter and stop three, four, five times...nothing happens. I follow him from one campsite to the next. Nothing happens. I talk to him, then try again. Nothing happens. He never does anything suspicious. I would appreciate it if someone could give me utterly precise, unmistakably exact instructions. I was rather enjoying the game, but if I can't get this to work I'm going to quit. It's too annoying to keep flailing away, and even more annoying to skip it. Thanks for your indulgence.

Here's what I'd do with the skill trees: hide the top two tiers until they're activated by spending points, and make the skills change depending on what kind of morality the player pursues. Evil flavor versus good flavor, for example. Or more than flavor, if possible.