Scratch help

[BookishRogue]

Scratch isn't joining my camp. He's still pacing by his master and whenever I try to speak to him he says, "Leave us alone." Is there no way to get him to follow me to camp now?

EDIT: I had long rested several times, so it wasn't a matter of waiting. I was using Speak with Animal and I guess the dialogue choices ended more abruptly than I thought.

SOLUTION: Speaking to Scratch with a different party member worked!

[Ironwu]

Are you speaking to Scratch or his master that says "Leave us alone."?

[Starwight/ttv]

If you went through the dialogue option where you give him your scent and tell him to follow you to camp, he will show up after a long rest or two.

[Lumiere]

Sometimes you can end up choosing the wrong dialogue options and NPCs like that just never end up in your camp.

[BookishRogue]

Originally posted by Starwight/ttv:

If you went through the dialogue option where you give him your scent and tell him to follow you to camp, he will show up after a long rest or two.

This isn't my first playthrough, I've gotten him in camp before that way.

[BookishRogue]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Are you speaking to Scratch or his master that says "Leave us alone."?

Speaking with Scratch using Speak with Animals.

[BookishRogue]

Originally posted by Lumiere:

Sometimes you can end up choosing the wrong dialogue options and NPCs like that just never end up in your camp.

So because I didn't immediately give him my scent he can't ever join? I was trying to explore some other dialogue options that were still respectful to his dead master, but he just doesn't want to talk with me anymore.

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by BookishRogue:

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Are you speaking to Scratch or his master that says "Leave us alone."?

Speaking with Scratch using Speak with Animals.

And what does the master say when you use Speak With The Dead?

I am assuming here that no one in your party actually killed the master.

[BookishRogue]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Originally posted by BookishRogue:

Speaking with Scratch using Speak with Animals.

And what does the master say when you use Speak With The Dead?

I am assuming here that no one in your party actually killed the master.

He just said he was delivering letters when he was attacked by gnolls. No mention of a dog, and Scratch didn't respond to the spellcasting.

The master was already dead in the forest, and I did nothing to make Scratch hostile.

[Ironwu]

Originally posted by BookishRogue:

Originally posted by Ironwu:

And what does the master say when you use Speak With The Dead?

I am assuming here that no one in your party actually killed the master.

He just said he was delivering letters when he was attacked by gnolls. No mention of a dog, and Scratch didn't respond to the spellcasting.

The master was already dead in the forest, and I did nothing to make Scratch hostile.

Should be ok, then. Perhaps he will show up at camp after a long rest or two?

[BookishRogue]

Originally posted by Ironwu:

Originally posted by BookishRogue:

He just said he was delivering letters when he was attacked by gnolls. No mention of a dog, and Scratch didn't respond to the spellcasting.

The master was already dead in the forest, and I did nothing to make Scratch hostile.

Should be ok, then. Perhaps he will show up at camp after a long rest or two?

I've long rested at least 5 times since. He's still pacing around his master's body.

[Razamanaz]

Did you try again with a different team mate? I don't know if that would work but I would try it.

[BookishRogue]

Originally posted by Razamanaz:

Did you try again with a different team mate? I don't know if that would work but I would try it.

That worked! Thank you

[bajah]

Originally posted by BookishRogue:

Scratch isn't joining my camp. He's still pacing by his master and whenever I try to speak to him he says, "Leave us alone." Is there no way to get him to follow me to camp now?

EDIT: I had long rested several times, so it wasn't a matter of waiting. I was using Speak with Animal and I guess the dialogue choices ended more abruptly than I thought.

SOLUTION: Speaking to Scratch with a different party member worked!

Google was failing me, people just saying he was stuck instead of just never showing up. This saved my uh, 4th playthrough. Thanks, enjoy your reward lol

[Ozius]

Funny fact.

If you kill Scratch in the camp, its corpse remains and even gets dragged to the other camps.

Also, you can pick up its body and drop it down and it stands there like it's been stuffed.

[Spooky Sapphic]

Does anyone have any other solutions for this? I went through all the correct motions the first time, ending the convo with giving him my scent but he never showed and is still pacing in the forest, I tried having party members talk to him and they can give him their scent and pet him but he still isn't showing up. I tried resting consecutively 5 or 6 times, had no other scenes those nights and he still isn't showing. Also tried casting animal friendship just to see if that might do something and it didn't. I've never had this happen before, not sure what to do. Also, possibly related or unrelated after resting a few times trying to get Scratch for some reason the oathbreaker knight showed up, mind you I'm in a single player game and my character is a spore druid. I'm starting to wonder if I should just abandon this save.