Clove and Fern had to rein in their presence for my sake. If not, we'd never encounter any monsters weak enough for me to fight.
Alas, even when they retracted their presence, few monsters approached us.
I found a group of Skaborn Salamanders, a few Esar Boars, and a lone Onyx Panther all day. And except for the Onyx Panther, everything else was too weak to experiment with. Still, we managed…somehow.
First, we used a few Skaborn Salamanders to test out if I had to fight them alone or if others were allowed to participate in the hunt to trigger Shift. The result was fairly straightforward; it didn't matter how many people participated in the fight. That was in line with my expectations. After all, I gained many new Accessible Shifts – Hnolls – when I fought with the Empire's soldiers against the Hnoll army.
