Onyx Panther

Onyx Panther

Onyx Panther's Contract Description

Onyx Panther's Focus Orb

Name: Onyx Panther

Race: Panther

Gender: Female

Description:
A miniature statuette of a panther. When tossed down and the command word is spoken, it becomes a living panther that obeys and serves its owner.

Hireling Details:
Level 20 Fighter with 638 HP and no SP, offering the following commands on the hotbar:

Cost:

• N/A pp
• N/A AS
• N/A DP

General Information:
Onyx Panther is a special Fighter hireling - pet that players will receive if they pre-ordered the collectors edition of Menace of the Underdark. Each character receives this bonus. This hireling contract goes into hireling contract folder if a character owns one. Unlike other hireling contracts, it never expires.

Onyx Panther is a level 20 Gold Seal hireling. She can be used at level 18 and later. Note that her high level might affect quest experience.

She is treated as a Gold Seal hireling for a couple of purposes:

• This affects Dungeon Scaling like any Gold Seal hireling (i.e., less than an extra player or regular hireling).
• This also allows you to summon her anywhere in any dungeon - but not raids.
• The panther acts as a party member, and takes up a party slot.

Unlike all other hirelings, multiple party members can summon their own panther.

Attack

• Claw/Bite - Piercing/Slashing
• Manslayer (vorpal vs. Humanoids, but reported to work on Cannith WF and Sands Hyenas too, possible bug), Improved Destruction, Tendon Slice 10%, Aligned, Metalline, Crystal, All regular Bane types

Qualities

• Evasion
• Natural Armor +5 (or higher)
• +4 or higher STR/CON items
• Deathblock
• Heavy Fortification
• 638 HP normally (700 HP with Augment Summoning).
• STR 34 DEX 23 CON 34 INT 10 WIS 19 CHA 14

Developer Confirmation

Quote:

Originally Posted by (former developer) Feather_of_Sun on March 5, 2012 The Onyx Panther is a level 20 fighter. In all respects, it is treated as a Gold Seal hireling, except that the contract (the figurine used to summon it) has an unlimited duration. The figurine can be stored in a Hireling Contract Folder. The Onyx Panther (or Battle Cat, as we like to call it) has, among other effects, Manslayer (vorpal vs. Humanoids), Improved Destruction, and Tendon Slice 10%. Because, really, how could we make a giant panther and not give it Manslayer? It was too awesome an opportunity to pass up.

Quote:
Originally Posted by (former developer) Eladrin on March 5, 2012 The Panther has a number of "useful items" equipped, including ability score bonuses. (And deathblock, and heavy fortification, and a few other "standard adventuring items".)

Trivia

• This panther is a reference to Drizzt Do'Urden's panther named Guenhwyvar which he summons from a small statue.