ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Had a player survive ambush ON THERE FIRST TRY the other day, was very confused in chat, since they didn't know what they needed to do next. Checking journal did not show them anything about last hope, or what they should be doing next. (topic here, though for a different group of people.)

Can we get some sort of better defined journal entry for these people, or a dialog box, or something that people can't miss?

How about picking up the lore that the orc boss drops give a journal entry, prompting the player to tell the elder in last hope about the orcs.

Oh, that ambush.

You know, there are loads of ambushes, when your character runs into an unfriendly party.

But only one that leaves you stumped as to what to do after clearing it (one way or the other.)