Blessed Dew Talisman

[Brian]

Does getting the Blessed Dew Talisman advance the story? As in, does it start the festival or does it count as getting past Godrick, and thus, taking you to Roundtable Hold?

[königplatzen]

That's the one, you get by teleporting to the isolated part of Leyndell from the tower in Weeping, right?
Afaik, it does not affect any questlines, but who can be 100% sure...

[Duchess Thy Strength]

Talismans, weapons, armor do not change anything story/quest-wise.

[Brian]

Originally posted by Duchess Thy Strength:

Talismans, weapons, armor do not change anything story/quest-wise.

Not the talisman itself, but rather teleporting to the Divine Bridge and then having to sit at the site of grace there.

[Wild]

It should activate the festival, since you went to Altus to get it.

[Amble]

It doesn't as far as I can tell. Went there on a recent playthrough and the game never acted as if I had entered Altus Plateau or Leyndell. Radahn's castle was still full of enemies with no festival.

[Duchess Thy Strength]

Originally posted by Brian:

Originally posted by Duchess Thy Strength:

Talismans, weapons, armor do not change anything story/quest-wise.

Not the talisman itself, but rather teleporting to the Divine Bridge and then having to sit at the site of grace there.

Understood.
I used that shortcut numerous times. From what I remember, it does not count as an 'Altus Plateau' visit. Also, when checking the summoning pools list, that has been added as a feature when the DLC came out, the Leyndell area is not part of the Altus Plateau.
If you don't mind spoilers:

If you manage to activate the lift at the Divine Bridge without entering Leyndell in the 'traditional' way, it means you can access Leyndell without 2 Great Runes, which is the normal 'prerequisite'. (Only an invader would be able to activate the lift if you got to it from the Tower of Return)

[Brian]

Interesting. Okay cool thanks!

[Meewec]

Originally posted by königplatzen:

That's the one, you get by teleporting to the isolated part of Leyndell from the tower in Weeping, right?
Afaik, it does not affect any questlines, but who can be 100% sure...

might move rya

[2001 Space Oddity]

Originally posted by Meewec:

Originally posted by königplatzen:

That's the one, you get by teleporting to the isolated part of Leyndell from the tower in Weeping, right?
Afaik, it does not affect any questlines, but who can be 100% sure...

might move rya

It doesn't move Rya, nor does it advance any other quests. It won't get you to the Roundtable Hold either because it is not an open world grace.