The extensive dialogue with NPCs gives away plenty of clues as to what to do.
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Hey Hodslate,
So I put some more time into Bane of Oakenshade. I actually figured out quite a bit (found the shrine, got a bunch of levels and the next spell). I had wanted to put about two hours into it, but about an hour and 25 minutes in the game crashed on me and I lost a LOT of progress. Overall, though, I like this a lot and, if you're interested, I'd love to be able to play more while talking with you live some day.
When the VOD with this gameplay releases (which, I'll admit, I did go through our history in FQ events because I do want to be clear about this for folks new to my stream so they understand why this game is such a big deal to me personally), you can check it out on my Youtube. I do hope you'll give it a check and see where the crash happened. I also want you to know, I changed my rating for this game and made it higher than I had originally done.
While I know you said you won't submit games for a while, I do hope if you get some time you'll be able to improve this title even more. I do legitimately like it and want to play through to the end of the story (I know From Software games tend to never have "happy" endings, though I am hoping you've put one in this).