The Pawn system in DD2 has a lot of depth, with gamers in a position to make their very own Pawn together with summoning different gamers, with all kinds of particulars making each summon distinctive. For essentially the most half, summoning a Pawn is an easy course of, providing you with a further occasion member for nonetheless lengthy the participant would really like.
Whereas exploring with Pawns, gamers might hear one discuss a illness that Pawns can decide up past the rift and switch to different Pawns. This rumor could be very true and might have devastating penalties for any unprepared occasion.
What Is Dragonsplague
Dragonplague is a actual illness that any Pawn can get, with it passing randomly to a different Pawn within the occasion or progressing throughout the authentic Pawn. There’s no easy method of figuring out if certainly one of your Pawns has it. The illness does not unfold, and extra so transfers from one Pawn to a different, with passing it curing the unique host.
Regardless of the hidden and difficult-to-understand nature of this illness, it may be extremely harmful and should find yourself with dozens of NPCs killed in a city if left untreated. Dragonsplague initially comes from Pawns preventing Drakes, and shut contact might end in pure Dragonsplague, with them being summoned to a different world, transferring the an infection.
How To Determine Dragonsplague
Pawns affected by Dragonsplague will turn out to be extra agitated and will not take heed to the Arisen’s instructions. All the time take heed to what your Pawns say as they speak whereas exploring, as these stricken by Dragonsplague will probably be extra aggressive, taunting, and fewer devoted to the Arisen. To additional assist establish Dragonsplague, always challenge your Pawns instructions in fight and watch to verify all obey. Ought to one not obey, remember to make an observation and start remedy straight away.
How To Deal with Dragonsplague
Ought to a summoned Pawn be stricken with Dragonsplague, dismiss them straight away. Make certain in that point earlier than you dismiss them they do not go it on to your essential Pawn, as curing them is way more troublesome.
Ought to your essential Pawn be stricken, the solely strategy to remedy them is to go the illness alongside to a different Pawn or demise. Passing the illness alongside is dangerous, because it does not at all times occur, and leaving an contaminated in your occasion will increase the possibilities of the illness progressing. The opposite choice is demise, not simply happening, however full demise. Ought to your essential Pawn totally die, they’ll simply be respawned at any Riftstone, however that is, sadly, the one positive remedy for Dragonsplague.
What Occurs If Dragonsplague Progresses
Each second a Pawn has Dragonsplague, the illness will progress and develop. The precise timeline is not clear and appears to differ, however one of many subsequent instances gamers keep at an Inn with a Pawn who has Dragonsplague, a cutscene will play the place they may flip right into a shadowy dragon-like creature and off-screen and go on a rampage by the city. The Arisen will get up the next morning to see dozens of lifeless NPCs all through the city, with necessary story and quest NPCs being at equal danger.
