I want to share my funniest Cernd story here. I've no idea if this has happened to anyone else, but it was so funny I remember it to this day.
It all started when we returned to Athkathla for the first time with Cernd in the party. I didn't intend to keep him permanently, just use every NPC a little while to do their personal quests. So if you've done Cernd's quest before you know the drill: Cernd meets old friend, old friend rejects him, Cernd visits old house, random beggar there insults him, Cernd visits old maid, old maid refuse to talk to him, Cernd visits his wife's new husband, who has their baby - we kill him, Cernd leaves the party to take the baby to the Druid Grove and asks us to meet him there.
Only it didn't happen that way. For some reason once we killed the guy holding the baby hostage, Cernd left the party but dropped the baby on his way out! I'd wager some of you didn't even know that there was an item for Cernd's boy as he essentially leaves the party with it and it's at the Grove by the time you recruit him back. But because of some full inventories and key items getting juggled around, we were left with a little baby-shaped sprite on the floor of Deril's estate.
Naturally, we picked up the child, wondering how Cernd could've been so remiss as to leave his son lying there. Strangely when we got to the Druid Grove, Cernd acted like he'd dropped the child off at the Grove and everything was fine. So we carried on our journey, only with a little baby tagging along.
The time came, as it does in every Cernd user's life, when we had to let him go. We put the baby into his inventory and bid him a fond farewell, removing him from the party. But again, we were thwarted - he thrust the baby back into our pockets before beating a hasty retreat!
Undeterred, we followed the deadbeat dad back to the Druid Grove. Since any attempt to give him his firstborn would result in a frustrating game of hot potato, we did the only thing we could: placed the child at his feet and left. When we returned to tie up some loose ends months later, we found the baby was still lying there, only now it was raining. Cernd didn't seem to notice.
It all started when we returned to Athkathla for the first time with Cernd in the party. I didn't intend to keep him permanently, just use every NPC a little while to do their personal quests. So if you've done Cernd's quest before you know the drill: Cernd meets old friend, old friend rejects him, Cernd visits old house, random beggar there insults him, Cernd visits old maid, old maid refuse to talk to him, Cernd visits his wife's new husband, who has their baby - we kill him, Cernd leaves the party to take the baby to the Druid Grove and asks us to meet him there.
Only it didn't happen that way. For some reason once we killed the guy holding the baby hostage, Cernd left the party but dropped the baby on his way out! I'd wager some of you didn't even know that there was an item for Cernd's boy as he essentially leaves the party with it and it's at the Grove by the time you recruit him back. But because of some full inventories and key items getting juggled around, we were left with a little baby-shaped sprite on the floor of Deril's estate.
Naturally, we picked up the child, wondering how Cernd could've been so remiss as to leave his son lying there. Strangely when we got to the Druid Grove, Cernd acted like he'd dropped the child off at the Grove and everything was fine. So we carried on our journey, only with a little baby tagging along.
The time came, as it does in every Cernd user's life, when we had to let him go. We put the baby into his inventory and bid him a fond farewell, removing him from the party. But again, we were thwarted - he thrust the baby back into our pockets before beating a hasty retreat!
Undeterred, we followed the deadbeat dad back to the Druid Grove. Since any attempt to give him his firstborn would result in a frustrating game of hot potato, we did the only thing we could: placed the child at his feet and left. When we returned to tie up some loose ends months later, we found the baby was still lying there, only now it was raining. Cernd didn't seem to notice.