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Companions
| The gods have
ever so graciously bestowed the gift of companions upon us. Right now,
we only have two types of companions, raccoons and
wolves.
They are similiar to a War Mage's familiar but have no magical ability
to "speak" to someone else. We can communicate to them when they get old
enough to deliver messages to people, or pick up and retrieve items via
signals.
Also at this time, we are only allowed one or the other of companions.
In other words, you cannot have a Raccoon AND a Wolf, like a War Mage can
have multiple familiars. Hopefully this will someday change and we will
also get more choices of companions.
Update 5/03: DO NOT EVER take your companion with you when you go scouting on a trail...else you will lose it! |
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Around the 13th and 17th circle, we Rangers become more attuned with the wild life of Elanthia and earn the trust and friendship of an animal companion. I won't give away the "secret" as to where you can find them, because it is much more fun to find out for yourself! I will say it is located south of Leth Deriel, but not on the Southern Trade Route. And make sure you have plenty of wild corn!
I probably have been through more raccoons then any Ranger in the Realms, so far I'm up to number 10. My last one, actually made it to the senile stage. So here is my advice on the proper care of a baby raccoon. First and foremost, they require alot of attention and affection. Petting your baby tends to quiet it down when it starts pacing or becomes nervous. As for feeding, raccoons tend to start whimpering when they are hungry and they usually greedily eat it. I try to carry four ears of corn on me when my raccoon is with me. It also seems they want to eat every hour you are in game, real life time. They will eat corn their whole lives so you don't have to worry about feeding it meat. A baby grows to young raccoon after it has been with you for 24 hours (this means actually by your side with you in the game, not while you were logged off). The life stages of both Raccoons and Wolfs is as follows: Baby to Young, Young to Full-grown, Full-grown to Senile. When a companion reaches senile stage of life, it's best to return him/her to the wilds. To do so, go visit Kalika and RETURN COMPANION TO KALIKA. She will take it out to the wilds herself and release it. You can then either get another raccoon or wolf if you so choose.RUB or TOUCH CORN
KNEEL
PUT CORN ON GROUND
STAND
HIDE
When you see the Baby Raccoon, APPROACH it.
*Becareful a Hawk doesn't come and eat your baby RaccoonWhat Is Needed:
- At least 13th Circle
- 80 lessons total in tracking and perception (any combination as long as it adds to 80)
- 50 lessons in hiding
- 36 total between charisma, intelligence and wisdom
Care
If, under any circumstance, the raccoon feels it isnt receiving the correct attention or is going hungry, it will return to its natural habitat of the deep woods. Should you happen to lose your coon for some reason, don't panic...you CAN get another. If you are out hunting, your baby will get scared and hide in the shadows when it sees a critter. If you are swamped with critters, you may miss Junior's feeding time...and not even know he's gone until you look for him! Your best bet is to have the baby on the ground, leave the realms, go out and hunt; and then call him back after you finished hunting. One point to note is that when you leave the realms your raccoons are sometimes unaware that you have left causing their death from starvation or their returning to the wilds. One way to combat this is to hold the raccoon in your arms when you leave for good. Raccoons are creatures of the wild and not fond of city life; you CAN lose your raccoon just from being in a store or city too long. I had number five leave me while I was shopping in Knife Clan, even though he was petted and feed...I thought he just didn't like the merchandise <shrugs>.
On your return to the realms you just WHISTLE FOR RACCOON and he/she will come back to you. The only way to communicate with a companion is to use SIGNALSand, although while they are young they try hard to please, they are often unsuccessful in their attempts to carry out your wishes. Typing SIGNAL allows some brief in game advice on companion signals.
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You can find
the wolves near the Knife Clan, but as with the Raccoons, it's more fun
if you find them yourself.
I will say
you should keep an eye out for animal tracks in the mud.
Get out
your milk and put it in your right hand.
Kneel
Wait
- Before too long, a wolf pack should come along. If you are ready to get
a wolf, one will seem to smile at you. If not, then one will sniff at you
with disinterest. If one of them smiles at you, stand up, and APPROACH
the pack and the mama will leave behind a baby for you!
Requirements:
If your baby paces, that means that it is nervous, so you need to pet it. If it whimpers, it means that it is hungry, so you need to feed it some milk. When wolves grow up and they become "young wolf", they no longer drink milk, so you either need to send them on a hunt, or carve them food from bears or hogs, cougars, snowbeasts, or, (on the islands), peccaries and la'tamis. Young wolves are usually unsuccesful during their hunts, and that they rely solely on your ability to hunt for them. I'm not sure how long it takes for wolves to grow up, but am told a rough estimate is 50 hours (by your side) per each growth stage (i.e. baby to young; young to full-grown; full-grown to senile)
NOTES:
Be VERY careful when feeding your young or full-grown wolf meat. First carve the meat, smell it to make sure that it's fresh, then immediately feed it to your wolf. If you don't, your wolf may get poisoned from the meat! Also, when trying to befriend a wolf, if you have committed a crime, or your bonus isn't intact, you won't be able to get one.
As babies there is not much companions really do, but once they get older there are many things they can do. To find out all the things type SIGNAL. There are a few things you should know though:
Companion slates:
These are
mini chalkboards that allow you to send small messages to folks. It is
best to train folks a little before you use'em or your gonna lose your
slate. When you send your companion to someone with a slate the syntax
you use is: SIGNAL COMPANION TO FIND <Name> AND WAIT
This ensures
that they can get the slate, read the message, clean the slate, and write
a reply. Then they: GIVE SLATE TO <companion>
The slates
are available for sale in the Lang Ranger Guild, assorted colors too for
around 6 plat lirums.
If you just
want to send a friend (or an empath or cleric that wouldn't accept a tip)
a present just :
SIGNAL
COMPANION TO FIND <Name>
Check out SIGNAL
to see other things they will do.
Drop - Signals
your companion to drop the item that they are carrying in their mouth.
Feed item
to companion - Feeds your companion. Eases their whimpering.
Find - Signals
your companion to find a person and deliver the item that they are carrying
in their mouth to that person.
Get - Signals
your companion to pick up an object from the ground to carry it in their
mouth.
Hide - Signals
your companion to hide.
Hunt - Wolf
only signal - Signals your wolf to find it's own dinner.
Jump - Signals
your companion to either jump into or out of your arms.
Sit - Signals
your companion to sit.
Stand - Signals
your companion to stand.
Stay - Signals
your companion to remain in one room while you travel to another.
Stop - Signals
your companion to stop what it is doing.
Unhide - Signals
your companion to come out of hiding.
Wait - Signals
your companion to wait.
NEWER VERBS
FOR COMPANIONS!
Exhale companion
- Blows a kiss to your companion!
Kiss companion
- Kisses your companion!
Pet companion
- Pets your companion. Calms them when they pace.
Signal companion
- Sleep Signals your companion to lie down and sleep
Tickle companion
- Tickles your companion. 2 different messages, depends if you have the
companion in your arms or not.
Signal Wolf
Howl - Wolf only. Signals your wolf to howl!
Tease - Tease
that lil rascal!
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