Talk:Grandfather Tree

do we treat the grandfather tree as location or as inhabitant/creature? any advices? ItalianDM (talk) 12:42, June 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * I vote to use the person template since this page sounds like a named creature. Artemaz (talk) 12:50, June 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * i think it's a sacred place filled by magic. Check page 54 of the North guide to savage frontier, it says it's a holy tree it never mention "holy treant" or refer to it as living creature... i don't know.. i will wait for more sages providing answers. ItalianDM (talk) 13:18, June 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * Ah, I don't own that sourcebook. I was just going off what's cited on the page calling it an elder form of a treant. Let's see what others have to say. Artemaz (talk) 13:37, June 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier and the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition just say it is a tree, while Serpent Kingdoms and The Grand History of the Realms say it is an arakhor, a form of elder treant. If it is a creature, then it is dormant. Since it covers an enormous area and affects people and magic in that area, I think the Location template would be more appropriate (also because you can have "Inhabitants" of a location). Of course, the article should mention the possibility of sentience/intelligence etc. &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:12, June 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * Why don't we have both? :) Separate pages for Grandfather Tree the organism and the Grandfather Tree settlement or site would resolve the issue. — BadCatMan (talk) 14:15, June 18, 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing that a creature article will be extremely sparse (we don't know anything about arakhor other than what is stated here, and the specific creature that is the Grandfather Tree doesn't have many (any?) creature-like qualities) and/or almost completely redundant with the location article, since everything we do know pertains to the location. If someone thinks they can squeeze a creature article out of this, more power to them. :-) &mdash;Moviesign (talk) 14:42, June 18, 2016 (UTC)

i don't know maybe this discussion on Candlekeep forum might be useful? Candlekeep forum Topic regarding arakhora ItalianDM (talk) 15:27, June 18, 2016 (UTC)