Well, it's hard to say for sure, but I feel pretty confident that some of Gilda's followers will be stronger than others.  So while they all follow her, they won't all necessarily be equal under her.<br/><br/>I understand where you were going with the overloaded commitments, and exploration was really the only one with limited resources (only so many secret chambers, after all).  The rest are really just ways to tie different PCs and NPCs together, so kinda the more the merrier.  He may end up exploring after all, given that he is uniquely suited to go into the woods, though I don't have any plans for that yet.