{"id":781225,"date":"2025-12-01T14:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gjsSRuJKa94nGyZRviEUo3"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:47:56","slug":"peak-dragons-dogma-2-is-only-recruiting-the-freakiest-pawns-in-the-realm-like-my-best-friend-frog-nasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/peak-dragons-dogma-2-is-only-recruiting-the-freakiest-pawns-in-the-realm-like-my-best-friend-frog-nasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Peak Dragon’s Dogma 2 is only recruiting the freakiest pawns in the realm, like my best friend Frog Nasty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I started my Dragon's Dogma 2 playthrough, I modeled my main pawn after the creature I know best in this world: my cat Riley. In real life she's a short, wide-faced buffoon with a knack for napping, but for the purposes of serving the Arisen, videogame Riley is a beefy beastren mage who manages healing on the battlefield. I was happy with my choice of main companion until I started recruiting pawns created by other players and realized just how freaky you can get with the Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like, lugging my cat around is cute and all, but I could've been more creative, like the Arisen who designed my favorite pawn. His name is Frog Nasty, and he's been in my party for the majority of my 20 hours with Dragon's Dogma 2. Frog Nasty (pictured with me above) is a tall, lanky fella with unpredictably angular features, a receding hairline, rosy red cheeks, and a sickly green complexion. He's a work of art, and a master Thief.<\/p>\n

I picked up Frog Nasty because he was the first pawn to make me laugh, but as Dragon's Dogma fans probably could've predicted, I quickly got attached.<\/p>\n

Frog Nasty is always the first to spring into action when a gang of goblins accost us on the road. In combat, he's more proactive and deadly than the Warrior and Archer pawns I've paired with him. He overwhelms small enemies with dual blade combos, yanks harpies out of the sky with a grapple hook (that move alone makes me want to switch to Thief myself), and true to his moniker, he's the only pawn I've seen leap onto large monsters of his own volition. When the dust settles, his nasally announcement that the coast is clear is as healing as a Mage's magick.<\/p>\n

Our strongest bonding moment came during a fight with a griffin that ambushed our ox cart. Frog Nasty was struggling to get a decent hit on the beast hovering out of reach, so when it finally touched the ground, I used a neat Fighter ability to launch Frog Nasty upward with my shield. He landed dead center on the griffin, which promptly abandoned the battle with Frog Nasty still hanging on. I thought he'd eventually let go, but he just hung on tight, soaring away until the pair was just a speck on the horizon. My favorite pawn had been kidnapped! Except, a moment later Frog Nasty appeared behind me and greeted the party like nothing had happened.<\/p>\n

Dragon’s Dogma 2 griffin fight”<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n