Mysterious Viral Dragons Dogma 2 Mechanic Infecting Players Pawns
Confirmed cases of Dragonsplague detected.
Reports of a mysterious affliction infecting the Pawns of Dragon's Dogma 2 players, the AI-assisted NPC companion each player creates, have begun to trickle in. This sinister disease is known as Dragonsplague and affected Pawns will exhibit red glowing eyes, incoherent speech, disobedience, and increased aggression. Letting one into your party can have catastrophic, permanent consequences for your game world and inadvertently spread to others. This is an evolving situation. Vague mechanical spoilers for Dragon's Dogma 2 to follow!
According to IGN, currently, there's no way to tell if a Pawn is infected before hiring them within the Rift, where the Pawns of other players gather, but the signs above will quickly become known upon hiring. If left unchecked, resting in an inn can result in the infected Pawn transforming into some kind of shadow dragon and destroying the settlement, potentially offing some still-useful normal NPCs. It sounds pretty draconian to us (if you'll pardon the pun), but it's an incredibly cool addition to an already compelling, emergant game.
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