Dragon's Dogma 2 players using rotten food to warn of afflicted Pawns

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The Dragon's Dogma 2 community is devising a way to warn other players of an infected Pawn.

Please note, there will be spoilers for Dragon's Dogma 2 below.

If you are one of the 2.5 million users currently making your way through Dragon's Dogma 2, you may have heard some rumblings about a Pawn affliction known as Dragonsplague, which left unchecked can result in some devastating consequences.

There are some early warnings of this affliction that players can look out for, such as a red glow in a Pawn's eyes or a more abrasive change in attitude. Pawns will also start to discuss the plague during their ambient dialogue. When these Dragonsplague signs start to show, it is time to swap out the infected Pawn before it is too late. Otherwise, the only alternative is engineering that they fall in battle.

But, what of those Pawns that have the plague, and have been dismissed as a result? Well, Dragon's Dogma 2 players have started to send those infected Pawns off with a parting gift to serve as a warning to others.

Since the game's release last month, players on Steam and Reddit have been discussing the best way to alert others that a Pawn is infected with Dragonsplague, and therefore should not be added to a party or at least cleansed by their creators. So far, the most popular option has been to dismiss a Pawn with something in their inventory that shows discontent.

«When I recruit a pawn that is clearly exhibiting plague signs, I want to 'return to sender' with a gift that says 'hey, your pawn is about to explode, you might want to throw their ass in a lake',» a Dragonsplague discussion on Steam states, with the original poster asking for suggestions on how to get this message across.

Replies to this particular thread suggest something rotten, be it fruit or flesh. «I would suggest any rotten food along with a