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Synopsis:

In SwA, Scratch speaks like a human. He doesn't have any kind of dog-like affectation, nor is he stupid - he's well-spoken, even when he's saying 'dog' things. Throughout the dialogue, he's stoic but heartbroken, deluding himself into believing that his master is not dead.
We come across the corpse of a man being protected by his loyal dog, Scratch.The dog refuses to let us near the dead man or his belongings, forcing us to try and win him over (or else just kill him). We can use Speak with Animals to get further insight into the dog's perspective. If we cast Speak with Dead upon the courier, we can learn the dog's name and use this as an additional way to win it over.

15.
Scratch
: Leave us alone.FOR_CourierDog_State_AngeredDog, PETPAL
End
22.
Narrator
: *The dog flashes its teeth in a snarl - he wants you gone.*FOR_CourierDog_State_AngeredDog, PETPAL = False
End
24.
Scratch
: *Grrr!*SFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_Dog_HasMet, FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm = False, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful = False, PETPAL = False
- 14. [Jump] Jump to Node 51 (2)
30.
Scratch
: Keep moving, stranger. Quietly.^devnoteFOR_CourierDog_HasMet_SpeakWithAnimals = False, PETPAL
- 50. Player: What happened here?
  - Link to Node 40
- 31. Player: Who is that?
  - 40.
    Scratch
    : I told you to go!^devnoteFOR_CourierDog_HasMet_SpeakWithAnimals
    
    81. Player: You're Scratch, aren't you? Come here. It's all right.FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName
    
    69.
    Scratch
    : You know my name? Interesting - a predator wouldn't care to learn it.FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm
    
    114. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (1)
    
    126. Player: Peer at his collar.FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName = FalseRoll (Wisdom, Perception) vs 10 (0)
    
    19. [RollResult] True
    
    125. [Alias] FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName
    
    Alias to Node 35
    
    127. [RollResult] False
    
    11.
    Scratch
    : What are you doing? Get back!
    
    106. Player: If I wanted to hurt either of you, I'd have done it already.BARBARIAN = FalseRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 15 (0)
    
    Link to Node 72
    
    Link to Node 27
    
    119. Player: I could snap you in half, if I wanted to. I don't., REALLY_HALFORCRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 10 (0)
    
    Link to Node 27
    
    25. [RollResult] True
    
    47. [Jump] Jump to Node 62 (1)
    
    36. Player: I don't want to hurt you. BUT I CAN. , BERSERKER^devnoteBARBARIANRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 10 (1)
    
    36. Player: You don't want me angry. Trust me - one animal to another.^devnoteBARBARIANRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 10 (1)
    
    72. [RollResult] True
    
    39.
    Scratch
    : Perhaps that's true. Your scent is thick with blood.FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm
    
    29.
    Scratch
    : Still, you should go. My friend is injured. He needs rest.
    
    17. Player: I don't think he's going to wake up.
    
    80.
    Scratch
    : Of course he will. And then we'll return home.FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful
    
    123. Player: What's your name?FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName = FalseFOR_Courier_Knows_DogName
    
    98.
    Scratch
    : He calls me Scratch. You can do the same.
    
    46. Player: What happened to your friend, exactly?<br>
    
    111.
    Scratch
    : We were attacked. Cackling, furry things on two legs.
    
    86.
    Scratch
    : And their smell... it was strange. Rotten. Evil.
    
    32. Player: [PassiveRoll] Roll (Intelligence, Nature) vs 5 (0)
    
    49. [RollResult] True
    
    61.
    Narrator
    : *You know the creatures he describes - gnolls.*
    
    41. [RollResult] False
    
    110. [Jump] Jump to Node 80 (2)
    
    91. Player: Come on, you can travel with me if you like.FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning = FalseFOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning
    
    42.
    Scratch
    : No. I won't leave him.^devnote
    
    87. Player: If he doesn't wake up, follow my scent. I have a camp.FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning, FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_InvitedToCamp = FalseFOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_InvitedToCamp['Gale 1', 'Shadowheart 1', 'Wyll 1', 'Karlach 1']
    
    97.
    Scratch
    : If it comes to that... I may. Thank you.
    End
    
    115. Player: Prove the man is dead - shout at his corpse.['Gale -1', 'Wyll -1', 'Karlach -1']
    
    18.
    Scratch
    : That's enough!FOR_CourierDog_State_AngeredDog, FactionHostileToIndivPlayerAfterDialog
    End
    
    103. [Jump] Jump to Node 8 (1)
    
    120. Player: Rest? He needs a grave.
    
    16.
    Scratch
    : Just go. I won't ask you again.FOR_CourierDog_State_AngeredDog
    End
    
    43. Player: It's noble to protect one of your clan, but he's gone.<br>REALLY_DRAGONBORN
    
    68.
    Scratch
    : He's not my clan. He's my friend.
    
    93. [Jump] Jump to Node 80 (1)
    
    94. Player: Stop deluding yourself - you are guarding a corpse.REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    37.
    Scratch
    : Your words are uglier than the rest of you.
    
    55.
    Scratch
    : Go back to whatever hole you slithered out of.FOR_CourierDog_State_AngeredDog
    End
    
    38. Player: He's with his god now. I'm sorry., CLERIC_GOOD, CLERIC_NEUTRALCLERIC
    
    28.
    Scratch
    : It's not over yet. He'll wake up.
    
    3. [Jump] Jump to Node 80 (1)
    
    88. Player: Leave.
    End
    
    27. [RollResult] False
    
    54.
    Scratch
    : You snarl, but you have no teeth. FOR_CourierDog_Event_SwASkillcheckFail
    
    66. Player: I'm not an enemy, I promise.RANGER = False, DRUID = False, PALADIN = FalseRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    Link to Node 108
    
    Link to Node 10
    
    75. Player: Calm, friend. I mean you no harm.DRUIDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (1)
    
    Link to Node 108
    
    Link to Node 10
    
    109. Player: I understand your fear, but I promise I mean you no harm.DRUIDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (1)
    
    Link to Node 108
    
    Link to Node 10
    
    64. Player: Calm yourself. I harm only those deserving of it.PALADINRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (1)
    
    108. [RollResult] True
    
    62.
    Scratch
    : Hm. There's death in your scent, but not in your words.FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm
    
    83. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (1)
    
    10. [RollResult] False
    
    6.
    Scratch
    : These wilds crawl with monsters. You could be one of them.FOR_CourierDog_Event_SwASkillcheckFail
    
    8. Player: Leave.
    End
- 26. Player: Leave.
  End
48.
Narrator
: *The dog remains at the dead man's side, as if in mourning.*8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess, FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_InvitedToCamp, PETPAL = False
End
59. [Alias] FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful, 8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess = False, PETPAL = False
- Alias to Node 60
- 0. [Jump] Jump to Node 121 (2)
60.
Scratch
: *Whine.*SFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_State_DogCalm, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful = False, 8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess = False, PETPAL = False
- 90. [Jump] Jump to Node 58 (2)
73.
Scratch
: Please, let him rest.FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful = False, PETPAL
- 128. [Jump] Jump to Node 29 (2)
78.
Scratch
: Stay back!FOR_CourierDog_HasMet_SpeakWithAnimals, FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm = False, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful = False, PETPAL
- 2. [Jump] Jump to Node 40 (2)
79. [Alias] FOR_CourierDog_State_AngeredDog, 8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess = False, PETPAL = False
End
- Alias to Node 24
84.
Narrator
: *The dog watches the corpse, a quiet whine escaping with every breath.*NARRATIONFOR_Courier_State_DogCalm, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful = False, 8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess, PETPAL = False
- Link to Node 90
95.
Scratch
: *Arf! Arf! Grrrrrarf!*^devnoteSFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_Dog_HasMet = False, PETPAL = FalseFOR_Courier_Dog_HasMet
- 53. Player: Reach out to pet him.
  - Link to Node 51
- 122. Player: Sidestep him to get to the corpse.
  - Link to Node 51
- 20. Player: Shoo him away.
  - 51.
    Scratch
    : *Grrrr-arf! Arf! Arf!*<br>^devnoteSFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_Dog_HasMet
    
    52. Player: It's all right, Scratch. I'm not going to hurt you.FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName
    
    89. [Jump] Jump to Node 56 (1)
    
    118. Player: Kneel - you mean no harm.FOR_Courier_Dog_Event_Skillcheck_Fail = False, FOR_CourierDog_State_AnimalHandlingFailed = FalseRoll (Wisdom, AnimalHandling) vs 10 (0)
    
    34. [RollResult] True
    
    102.
    Narrator
    : *The dog lowers his hackles, his head tilted inquisitively.*^devnoteNARRATION8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess
    
    58.
    Narrator
    : *Convinced that you're harmless, he turns his attention back to the corpse.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_Courier_State_DogCalm
    
    45. Player: You're all right, Scratch.FOR_Courier_Knows_DogNameFOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful
    
    121.
    Narrator
    : *With a deep, heartbroken whine, the dog bows his head.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    76. Player: Come on, Scratch. Follow me.FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning = False, FOR_Courier_Knows_DogNameFOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning
    
    Link to Node 124
    
    Link to Node 70
    
    12. Player: Motion him to follow.FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning = False, FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName = FalseFOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning
    
    124.
    Narrator
    : *The dog looks at his owner with sad eyes. He does not move.*^devnoteNARRATION8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess
    
    70.
    Narrator
    : *He whines, but remains rooted by the corpse's side.*^devnoteNARRATION
    
    65. [Jump] Jump to Node 4 (1)
    
    100. Player: Hold out your hand so he can follow your scent to camp.FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_FinishingMourning, FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_InvitedToCamp = FalseFOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_InvitedToCamp
    
    104.
    Narrator
    : *The dog sniffs your hand, his tail swung low in understanding. He knows how to find you.*NARRATION8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess
    End
    113.
    Scratch
    : *Sniff.*SFX_Only
    End
    
    13. Player: Leave him to his sorrow.
    End
    
    92. Player: Take a closer look at him.FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName = False
    
    44.
    Narrator
    : *Around his neck is a collar, etched with a name - 'Scratch'.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_Courier_Knows_DogName
    
    85. Player: Shake your head - the man is gone.8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccessFOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful
    
    Link to Node 121
    
    4. Player: Pet him.FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful, HUMANOID
    
    33.
    Narrator
    : *The dog whimpers nervously, as if to urge you on.*^devnoteNARRATION8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess
    
    Link to Node 67
    
    9.
    Scratch
    : *Whimper.*SFX_Only
    
    67. [Jump] Jump to Node 121 (2)
    
    112. Player: Leave.
    End
    
    7. [RollResult] False
    
    74.
    Narrator
    : *The dog's hackles raise.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_CourierDog_State_AnimalHandlingFailed
    
    116. Player: Peer at his collar.FOR_Courier_Knows_DogName = FalseRoll (Wisdom, Perception) vs 10 (0)
    
    82. [RollResult] True
    
    35.
    Narrator
    : *You see a name etched into the leather - 'Scratch'.*^devnoteNARRATIONFOR_Courier_Knows_DogName
    
    117. [RollResult] False
    
    77.
    Scratch
    : *Grrrrafff!*SFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_Dog_Event_Skillcheck_Fail
    
    57. Player: Stand down!BARBARIAN = FalseRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 10 (0)
    
    99. [RollResult] True
    
    56.
    Scratch
    : *Whine.*^devnoteSFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_State_DogCalm
    
    1.
    Scratch
    : *Arf! Arf!*^devnoteSFX_Only
    
    21. [Jump] Jump to Node 58 (2)
    
    96. [RollResult] False
    
    5.
    Scratch
    : *Grrrrrr.*^devnoteSFX_OnlyFOR_Courier_Dog_Event_Skillcheck_Fail
    
    63. Player: ROAR., BERSERKERBARBARIANRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 5 (0)
    
    63. Player: Growl.BARBARIANRoll (Charisma, Intimidation) vs 5 (0)
    
    Link to Node 99
    
    Link to Node 96
    
    23. Player: Leave.
    End
101.
Scratch
: Go on. If he doesn't wake... I'll find you.FOR_Courier_Dog_Knows_InvitedToCamp, PETPAL
End
105. [Alias] FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful, 8e73965a-3b0f-d812-15f1-2e9d011144f0_AHSuccess, PETPAL = False
- Alias to Node 84
- Link to Node 0
107. [Alias] FOR_Courier_State_DogCalm, FOR_Courier_State_DogPlayful, PETPAL
- Alias to Node 73
- 71. [Jump] Jump to Node 80 (2)