Eep. One at a time. In order;<br/><br/>Assuming you asked all the questions available with commune with nature, you'd probably get the following facts;<br/><br/><strong>The ground or terrain;</strong>Plains with light vegetation. More and more trees as you approached Golgarath.<br/><strong>Plants, minerals, bodies of water;</strong>Vegetation is maybe... 20% blighted. The ground is pretty soft, there's a few rivers around.<br/><strong>People;</strong>Mostly just the fourteen of you.<br/><strong>General animal population;</strong>normal at the onset, but less and less animals live around Golgarath.<br/><strong>Presence of woodland creatures;</strong>Same.<br/><strong>Presence of powerful unnatural creatures; </strong>There's been two unintelligent demons around, you think.<br/><strong>General state of the natural setting; </strong>This is how the world will end, slowly consumed in blight. Is this really a bad thing?<br/><br/>On most days, you can stare directly at the sun for a few seconds without burning your eyes. It's not terribly bright.  ...Praise the sun!<br/>Also, Vwyn does not hide the fact that he looks at her naked. Rysinder does, but avoids Jahtera like the plague afterwards. Myrunue, Vaelor, Grant, and Daedius disapprove.<br/><br/>Poor Vaelor. He seems hurt at Jahtera's growls and distance, but accepts it solemnly. :P<br/><br/>In the future, hunting for food or providing for the pack animals isn't a given. When foraging or hunting, most people have to carve away the corrupted bits for it to be of any use- some of it just plain inedible no matter how much you purify it. It'll be done by survival checks, the DCs are on the Elliuki page. Once supplies run out, the group will need to find a way to feed 12 people and about as many animals. To be able to do so single-handedly... you'd have to make a Survival check DC 50. Or several characters making enough survival checks to add up to 50. (This DC would shrink as you lose pack animals/party members. :P)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Other post;<br/><br/>I am aware of the Maltese tiger, but... well, the color's certainly unusual. Generally, the more extraordinary things in the world haven't survived,<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;"><em>almost by virtue of them being extraordinary.</em></span>Granted, the fact that she has any kind of animal and one under her protection a la the druid/companion bond is 'different.' :P<br/><br/>Most of the horses and pack-animals have some degree of blight already in them, possibly in their brains. People fear ordinary animals because even a herbivore scratching you can lead to a nasty infection. An unblighted animal companion<em>is</em>extraordinary by itself.<br/><br/>An awakened animal is fine with me, it's just an NPC and will be treated differently. Like I said, the animal companion page on the wiki already explains most of that. I just wanted you to be sure of all the pros and cons if you wanted to do that. :P<br/><br/>Take your time, though... the second thread occurs in a time vortex. :P If you'd like, you can even set aside a different day to initiate a scene. All I ask is not to get ahead of the time in the main thread, since it's possible that events have dramatically altered one's perceptions and outlook.