Talk:Reynard/@comment-5337347-20130113211239/@comment-5847779-20130113224546

He died on my first playthrough and with it cancelling the search party quest. That sucked. After two playthroughs I gave up on escort quests altogehter unless I'm planning to get there myself and feel confident to be able to keep the escort alive.

You need a mage with healing spells for all escort quests and make sure the escort doesn't die. The problem with Reynard is that he likes enemies, so when you get into a fight he'll hang around enemies as close as he can. Even if you keep your distance he will still walk into the fray. If you want to do his escort quest it may be easier to get a Ferrystone (or two) and clear the whole route of boss-type enemies first. There will be two Cyclopses and two Chimera's on this route and also some Sulfur Sauriens and some other annoying enemies. Kill everything and then teleport back, pick up the quest and have a lovely peaceful stroll towards the Greatwall Encampment.