Is Reynard Dead?

[Teralitha]

I have started over my game several times, and Ive noticed that sometimes the event with reynard on the road doesnt always happen. Or ive somehow missed it. When I dont see him on the road from cassardis, he doesnt seem to ever appear in the game at all. Does this mean he is dead and ill never find him? Does he show up later if I missed the road encounter?

[Grr. [SG CMD] Majah Lazah]

It's possible. He is one of the few NPCs that can permadie.

[Pendergast891]

if you dont save him he will get killed by the goblins and be permadead

[zadymek]

Your game seems to be missing a lot of features ;)
Well, when you first leave Cassardis Rook hurries to the Raynard being attacked by goblins event. It's even marked on the minimap so it's easy to tell if "something bugged".
This is a one time opportunity, if you will decide to take a detour and reach the Encampment first then the marker will dissapear and you will miss the opportunity to save the peddler and Reynard will be removed from the game.

[Calior]

Without you, Reynard never made it to the city 😭

[Teralitha]

Am I missing out on anything important with his absence? Any unique quests or items?

[Clockwerks]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

Am I missing out on anything important with his absence? Any unique quests or items?

Aside from doing his dealing quests and collecting the journal entries about his dad, no. It counts toward the quest achievement but that's it afaik.

[Old Goat]

I've never had Rook attempt to lead me to Raynard, never saved him from goblins. I just buy 10 things from him, one item at a time, at the encampment, give him a misamite or scrap metal before going to GS for the first time. He's there in GS and the escort mission to the Great Wall is on the notice board at the Inn. I've started a new game hundreds of times and this always works.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by Old Goat:

I've never had Rook attempt to lead me to Raynard, never saved him from goblins. I just buy 10 things from him, one item at a time, at the encampment, give him a misamite or scrap metal before going to GS for the first time. He's there in GS and the escort mission to the Great Wall is on the notice board at the Inn. I've started a new game hundreds of times and this always works.

Are you saying that you trade with him while he i being attacked by the goblins?

[zadymek]

Originally posted by Old Goat:

I've never had Rook attempt to lead me to Raynard,

This https://youtu.be/fSTjUWNCaUA?t=95 (1:35)
never happened in your entire gaming history? Hmm.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by zadymek:

Originally posted by Old Goat:

I've never had Rook attempt to lead me to Raynard,

This https://youtu.be/fSTjUWNCaUA?t=95 (1:35)
never happened in your entire gaming history? Hmm.

This video clearly shows that reynard isnt always on the road. Why is that. A bug? A timed encounter maybe? If you spend too much time lingering in the town before leaving? In the video he has 505 hp, which clearly means they spent some amount of time in town before going out.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

This video clearly shows that reynard isnt always on the road. Why is that. A bug?

This video clearly shows a cut. Player exits Cassardis at level 1 (430 HP) and enters the trail at level 4 (505 HP).

[Teralitha]

So in other words, the video is a FAKE.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

So in other words, the video is a FAKE.

No, it's cut to emphasize just a single quest.
Now, my point was to show how Rook basically drags the Arisen straight toward Reynard event. And upon first leaving the village there's even a camera shot empasizing that Rook wants the player to follow.

[Teralitha]

It still begs the question, where was reynard. He wasnt in the video.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by Yggranya:

Originally posted by Teralitha:

It still begs the question, where was reynard. He wasnt in the video.

He was there the first time he left Cassardis. Are you dense or something?

Im sorry, but how do you leave cassardis without triggering the encounter with rook. I mean, maybe you are the one who is dense for not understanding the question.