Curse

Aromane · Jun 03, 2005, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Alright all, I'm about to solve all your problems. You're looking in the wrong place. Little Thorn is outside the Fort Ranik Mission. Warp to Fort Ranik, go outside, and you'll get your arrow. You find Little Thorn. It's not a bug, you just haven't looked hard enough. It's true he is a henchman later on, which...doesn't make much sense, but I'll let you figure out the rest for yourselves. So, for those of you who don't like to read let me compile.

Get the mission from Farrah Cappo
Warp to Fort Ranik
Exit Fort Ranik
Follow your Arrow
Deliver the Message
Warp Back to Piken Square.

Best of luck to you all.

Drakron · Jun 03, 2005, 01:01 PM // 13:01

You cannot deliver the message, the mission is finding a dead boby and its completed ... as said the end of the mission explains why Little is alive and a henchman later in the game.

psycore · Jun 03, 2005, 01:32 PM // 13:32

Does it state anywhere officially his name is thorn and not thom? Looks like thom to me though i can see how the two would get mixed up. I consider that the r and n if it was thorn would be spaced slightly further apart if it was thorn as opposed to a m in thom.

egads · Jun 03, 2005, 01:50 PM // 13:50

His name is definitely Little Thom.

In case you're not convinced:

People often get his name wrong.

Lewick · Jun 03, 2005, 06:52 PM // 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by C-Tzar

It's actually all very clear if you read what everybody says when you run a quest instead of just click, accept, click, accept.

The body you find is not little thom, the dead guy just had his badge. And the quest want you to actually find that dead body with the badge, can't just run to where the real little thom is hanging out.

It is most certainly the body of Little Thom. I did the quest with my warrior last night and took a screenshot just to verify. You kill off the nasty Charr up on the hill and when you come around the corner, there's it is, black and grey "Corpse of Little Thom" and when you approach you pick up the badge off him.

I can only assume he had Alesia as his healer.

Drakron · Jun 03, 2005, 11:42 PM // 23:42

No, its not and that is because you did not read.

-spoiler-
When you go back the quest giver says he lost the badge in a bet so it was not him but whoever won that bet.

CatLady · Jun 04, 2005, 05:28 AM // 05:28

His name is Thom, not Thorn? Well, no wonder he's been looking at me funny all this time!!!

Seriously...I guess 1600 resolution and Large fonts makes the text hard to read - it sure looks like Thorn on-screen when it's not blown-up in size. haha!

oh...and ever since one of the streaming updates, I've had the problem with the stars not updating too. For me, it happens if I get a quest and immediately go 'after' it - especially if the quest location is on the same area map. If it doesn't work then I have to tele to a town and try it again...that usually clears it up for me.

Lewick · Jun 04, 2005, 07:58 PM // 19:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakron

No, its not and that is because you did not read.

-spoiler-
When you go back the quest giver says he lost the badge in a bet so it was not him but whoever won that bet.

The body I found at the * on the map in Regent Valley from which it gave me the badge said "Corpse of Little Thom" so regardless of what the quest says, the body says otherwise. I've done this quest three times now. I even took a screenshot, but apparently my mouse moved during the screenshot because it doesn't show the hovered corpse name.

And just for reference, I read everything. I enjoy the storyline. I even read the monument markers. I play with folks that do the same.

Eclair · Jun 04, 2005, 08:23 PM // 20:23

Have any of you noticed that sometimes when you go to outposts you lose a henchment randomly?

I've kept track for a bit, and its always Little Thom! Haha, I wonder if the Devs put this in on purpose, to portray is personality.

dansamy · Jun 04, 2005, 09:14 PM // 21:14

It's not random. That idiot is uselss and I try not to take him along.

Kishin · Jun 06, 2005, 06:57 AM // 06:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lewick

The body I found at the * on the map in Regent Valley from which it gave me the badge said "Corpse of Little Thom" so regardless of what the quest says, the body says otherwise. I've done this quest three times now. I even took a screenshot, but apparently my mouse moved during the screenshot because it doesn't show the hovered corpse name.

And just for reference, I read everything. I enjoy the storyline. I even read the monument markers. I play with folks that do the same.

Yes, it says the corpse is Little Thom. But Farah tells you it is not after you go back to her and show her Thom's badge. She mentions that Thom lost that badge in a bet before he deserted, so that couldn't have been him. Its all in the quest ending text. The corpse is labelled as Thom because at that time, you're supposed to think its Thom. Its just some random Ascalon soldier.

Also, if you notice, Farah is a servant of Duke Barridin, who's holed up in Piken Square. The 'Little Thom' in Pre-Searing who you get the bearskin cloak for, and who teaches Warriors their first axe skill, is the same character model.