Talk:Company for the Road/@comment-208.38.195.120-20120703015243/@comment-5166842-20131213184546

If you're just after the rewards that's^ definitely the way to go, but escorts can be pretty entertaining sometimes by doing them without ferrying. Some of the soldiers will fight with you, some won't, some even cower. I've escorted barmaids who are still holding their dish tray for the final cutscene. I found what might be a unique 'run' animation while escorting the drunk in Cassardis. Some cool stuff.

Once, I'd swear, I even had an NPC die of fright. I was escorting Fedel to... Prayer Falls, I think? when my pawns said, "Griffins!" and a shadow crossed over us. I saw Fedel collapse. I was so excited, I thought I'd found a fainting animation. Quest failed. I realized he was actually dead. I thought maybe the Griffin did some kind of electricity attack, but no other party members took damage. I half expected to see his corpse develop the soaked status from him peeing himself.