Talk:New Olamn

Since I still had some lore on hand for the Council of Musicians, Instrument-Makers, & Choristers project, I added it and a bit more to this article. There's still more to say from the old Waterdeep books, but I didn't want to get deep into it.

It might be worthwhile splitting this into two pages: Olamn/College of Olamh for the old college and New Olamn for the new college. But I don't know how close a connection is meant to be drawn between the two, whether New Olamn is simply reusing the name of it's a full revival. The old editions barely mention the original college. — BadCatMan (talk) 07:45, May 9, 2017 (UTC)


 * I was wondering the same thing when creating the article. Unlike Fochlucan, which the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide explicitly states is a full revival of the original college, the entry on New Olamn only states that it is named after the original college, so it might not be meant as a revival. However, since the book mentions that there are bards who wish to restore the tradition of a student attending all the great colleges in order, it seemed like the intent (at least of some bards) is to revive the original one. &mdash; Sirwhiteout (talk) 21:43, May 9, 2017 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the 2e/3e sources for New Olamn speak of re-establishing the old bardic colleges, but it's treated as a new school rather than a recreated old one. In any case, there's so little lore on "Olamn" and not much more on "Olamh", and a lot of overlap with New Olamn for the sake of including background, that there might not be a benefit to splitting them. I think we might leave them as they are until more lore on the old school turns up. — BadCatMan (talk) 23:55, May 9, 2017 (UTC)