Pâté de Rolo is Laudna's familiar, who started as a puppet created by her with a raven skull affixed to the body of a dead rat. Pâté is named after the de Rolo family of Whitestone, where the sorcerer is from. When she puppeted Pâté, Laudna spoke through him using ventriloquy in a deeper pitched accent. When Pâté became an independent being, his voice was very similar.
Description[]
Pâté de Rolo was a small puppet created by Laudna made out of the body of a rat and the skull of a raven that died after flying into a wall inside Laudna's home.[5] In official art, the puppet was depicted wearing a red ribbon around its neck.[6] She carried him on her belt.[7]
Laudna puppeted him using magical tendrils from her fingers as strings like a marionette. She performed ventriloquy through him using a deeper pitched, almost Cockney accent.[5] She stated that he can be puppeteered a maximum of six inches away from her fingertips, though she is "working on" extending that range.[8]
After Laudna's return from dying at the hands of Otohan Thull, she shared that while in the shadow plane, one of the memories she relived was of creating Pâté. She thought that memory might have been reworked into a more positive form. Casting Find Familiar, she tossed Pâté into the air, where the back of the lifeless body tore open to reveal a pair of awful-looking, tattered skeletal wings. Hovering in the air, Pâté greeted them in the raucous Cockney accent that Laudna had used for him.[9]
During the apogee solstice in Pâté's eye sockets there was a strange blue-purple energy.[10]
History[]
Before 841 PD,[11] Laudna created Pâté to keep her company alongside "the voice inside her head" to prevent her from going mad in her solitude.[5] She seems proud of the work she did in creating Pâté herself.[7]
Campaign Three Arc 1: Jrusar[]
Pâté was introduced to the yet-to-be-named Bells Hells in "Trial by Firelight" (3x02). Though Laudna was excited to show him off, reaction to Pâté among the group was mixed: Fresh Cut Grass and Ashton Greymoore reacted positively, Dorian Storm was polite but disliked him, and Imogen Temult remarked that she had not gotten used to Pâté in the two years she's known Laudna. When Laudna, speaking through Pâté, told the group that he kept her company to maintain her sanity in solitude, Orym whispered to the puppet that he did a good job.[5]
Laudna later excitedly introduced Pâté to Little Mister, Fearne Calloway's monkey-shaped wildfire spirit. Little Mister screeched at Pâté, and Fearne attempted to encourage Little Mister to befriend Pâté by petting Pâté, which only made Little Mister jealous.[12] Later that day, Laudna showed him to Milo Krook. Thrilled, Milo called Laudna "cool" and became inspired to create similar rat-creature hybrid constructs.[13]
Laudna presented Pâté to Chetney Pock O'Pea, who was initially delighted to make the acquaintance but was more hesitant when Laudna proclaimed that he and Pâté were now friends.[14] When the group considered having Chetney pay them for their help by making toys, instead of in gold, Laudna asked if he could make a girlfriend for Pâté. Chetney said he could and, when Laudna through Pâté said he was "quite horny", Chetney added he would consider that in the design.[15] The next day, when Fearne used Wild Shape to become a rat, Pâté said she was "a fresh hunk of meat"; Imogen said this was inappropriate to say, and Laudna admonished Pâté for offending Imogen.[16]
When Laudna returned to Trove of Marwa alone, she offered to take Marwa Endalia's "trash" (valuables without current uses) to make masks for Bells Hells and a tiny bowtie for Pâté in order to pay for a too-expensive purchase. Once she revealed Pâté, Marwa sold her the goods for all her gold and threw in free scraps for such arts and crafts.[17]
Arc 2: Ruidus Rising[]
After Laudna died at the hands of Otohan Thull and was resurrected, one of her first acts was to cast Find Familiar, causing Pâté to animate. His ribcage separated and turned into tattered wings, and he began talking to Bells Hells in the same accent Laudna had used as his voice.[18]
Back in Jrusar Laudna used Pâté as a scout to explore the mansion of the recently murdered Ariks Eshteross, and although she kept him with her at all times, many times he hid under her hair because he made the other adventurers nervous, and especially Fresh Cut Grass, who was questioning the value of his own soul seeing that Pâté had come to life so easily. While Bells Hells were camping in the Gloomed Jungles Pâté did an interpretive dance by the fire to entertain Laudna, just as he did as an inanimate puppet when she lived hidden in the forest years ago. In their last morning before leaving the Gloomed Jungles Laudna tried to put the heart of a rabbit Manad had hunted for breakfast in Pâté's ribcage, but it didn't seem to have any effect on him.
After arriving in Yios Bells Hells went to a casino for a last night of fun before starting their mission in the city. While watching the gambling games Laudna proposed Chetney that they could use Pâté's invisibility magic and psychic bond with the warlock to cheat in those games in order to win, and the familiar was willing to participate; however, they postponed the plan since the adventuring party had too much attention as newcomers at that moment. When they were in their room, Ashton Greymoore talked to Pâté and asked him to protect Laudna; during the same conversation they also threatened Delilah Briarwood just in case she was somehow listening through the familiar, which left Pâté quite confused. The next day, after Bells Hells fought Shithead, an undead bird that was chasing Fresh Cut Grass, Laudna pointed out the similarities between the avian creature and Pâté and asked her familiar to follow it as it was fleeing, saying that they could become friends. However, Pâté soon returned, having lost Shithead's track.
When the party found themselves trapped in the cellar of Ebenold Kai's home, Laudna changed Pâté into a spider to scout upstairs. However, he eventually became trapped within an air elemental.[19] He managed to get out of his wind prison only to be sent back by the warlock so she could cast Shocking Grasp through him;[20] he was blown out of the house by the wind, and when he was reunited with Bells Hells Laudna quickly silenced him, as they were trying not to attract attention as they took the unconscious mage away to a discreet place for questioning.[21] Later, after Ryn left their prisoner in an apathetic state, Bells Hells visited the Aydinlan Seminary before meeting with the Planerider again, and Laudna gave responsibility to Pâté by leaving him in charge of watching over Tuldus. The familiar did so, amusing himself by poking his fingers into the hostage's face, until Laudna summoned him back to her side (making him explode to reform him next to her), proud of the good job he had done.[22]
When Bells Hells were sent to the Fey Realm and they visited Ligament Manor (the home where Fearne had grown under her grandmother's protection), Laudna, noticing that Morrigan had an appreciation for crafts, introduced Pâté to the Fatestitcher. The familiar, who was napping, woke up and tried to be nice, but got scared when Morri trapped him between her fingers and briefly considered keeping him as part of her collection; however, to Laudna's relief, the hag discarded the idea shortly afterward because she didn't own Pâté, and he hastily returned to the warlock and hid under her clothes.
The next day, on their way to the Sablecast Grounds, Bells Hells came across strange towers and Laudna sent Pâté in bird form to explore; despite its difficulty in flying in this way, the familiar revealed that the towers marked the presence of those who approached them for ten minutes. Soon after, while Pâté was flying, Laudna lost her connection with him, as his physical form had been destroyed when Gloamglut ate him. Laudna summoned him again when Bells Hells returned to Exandria (using for the ritual the decomposed and headless corpse of a squirrel), and Pâté told her that being swallowed by the fey dragon had been an enlightening experience for him.
Days later, while Laudna, Imogen, Orym, Ashton and Chetney were infiltrating the Tishtan excavation site, they had to fight some enemies and Laudna used Pâté as a thrown weapon a couple of times, harnessing the electricity from one of Imogen's attacks to launch her familiar into an enemy automaton and cast Shocking Grasp through him, defeating the construct. While in the ruins Laudna noticed that Pâté's familiar form wasn't being dispelled by the antimagic waves in the area, and asked him about it; he explained that those waves made him feel woozy, like being kicked in the nuts, which led to a brief conversation with Chetney about how "having nuts" felt and whether or not Pâté had rodent genitalia (he did). After that the warlock sent her familiar scouting, using his invisibility to avoid being detected, and during a brief battle she used him to cast Shocking Grasp again to electrocute a half-giant. Later, during Ludinus Da'leth's speech and after the failed attempt of crashing the Silver Sun into the Malleus Key, Laudna talked to Ira and when he was too far to cast Message she sent Pâté after the fey, confirming thanks to the familiar that the Nightmare King was actually helping with the sabotage. After Liliana Temult Banished Ira, Pâté returned with Laudna.
Arc 3[]
Pâté was transported to Issylra along with Laudna, Ashton and Orym. The warlock, after making sure that her familiar was okay, sent him to survey the area in advance, which helped the party decide that they should scale the cliffside they were on and head into the forest. When the adventurers met Deni$e Bembachula, Bor'Dor Dog'Son and Prism Grimpoppy, the first two found Pâté disturbing, but the latter found him charming, as he reminded her of certain creatures from the Shadowfell. After Bor'Dor's reindeer, Ratchet, left during a battle with some plant monsters, Laudna sent Pâté to find the animal, but the familiar returned the next morning, unsuccessful. While Bells Hells were following the Outerwalk Road Laudna sent Pâté as a scout with Mother, and he was very interested in flirting with the raven; when they found an abandoned gallows, the warlock's familiar danced on the graves to check if there was something attracted to the movement, but nothing happened.
That night, when the adventurers went to a secret reunion in Hearthdell Pâté stayed in Orym's backpack so he would be able to communicate with Laudna while they were in different places.
While Bells Hells were travelling through the Serratus Wilderness Pâté and Mother were sent together again to look for a good place to spend the night, and although she acknowledged him with some bird noises, she wasn't very impressed by his flirting or his success finding a good place. When the group found a crater full of flowers in the forest, Laudna sent her familiar with Orym to assist him, and once they made sure there was nothing dangerous there, the halfling decided to adorn Pâté by putting flowers in his empty eye sockets, which caused a tingle, but he thanked the adventurer. That night he searched again for a good place to camp.
When the adventurers reached the Irriam Canyon they found a strange flowery hill, and Pâté was sent to investigate, confirming the flowers weren't really there (it was, in fact, the camouflage of a large sleeping creature, but they managed to get past it without waking it up) before continuing advancing to the cave that was their objective.
When Bells Hells reunited in Jrusar Laudna started making plans to update her outfit, and as part of it she combined her belt and her wooden dollhouse to create a backpack. Later Pâté said that despite the constant movement the change seemed good to him; Imogen told the familiar that she had missed him, and he responded with a comment implying that he had seen the kisses the two sorcerers had shared that day, which is why Laudna silenced him and quickly changed the subject before before the rest of Bells Hells asked questions.
When Bells Hells traveled to Zephrah, while some members of the group were running errands, Laudna snuggled up with Imogen and Fearne while holding a string to which Pâté was tied, flying him like a kite. He was somewhat nervous about this since a hawk was flying nearby. Later, when Maeve (Orym's sister-in-law) sent them to the Grey Valley with her magic, Laudna confirmed with her familiar that he was able to understand Infernal, since they could potentially find fiends in the region. Laudna scouted through Pâté's eyes until they found the blue perennem flowers they were looking for (to use them to heal the Voice of the Tempest); in the process, the adventurers discovered that the familiar, despite its usefulness in warning them of nearby danger, had some difficulty distinguishing colors. When they were attacked by several undead and a devourer-like demon, Laudna cast Shocking Grasp through Pâté into Imogen's Watery Sphere to finish off the devourer.[23]
While Bells Hells were moving, Pâté acted as a scout and Laudna wondered if she should get actual eyes for his bird skull, which led her friends to say that he would look even more unsettling. She later left her familiar with Chetney, which proved useful when the party approached the Iridon Bastion from two different directions, communicating thanks to the telepathic bond between Laudna and Pâté.[24]
After Bells Hells helped Keyleth recover from her wounds they Teleported with her to Yios, looking for Dancer. While they were there the Voice of the Tempest transformed into a dormouse for a few minutes and Pâté tried to flirt with her. He tried flirting again later when he met Pussy II, Dancer's small bat-like automaton, but it shot a laser at the familiar as a response.[25]
When the group traveled to Bassuras and fought General Ratanish and his mercenaries Laudna summoned Pâté to have his assistance while they killed the goliath; later, when the newly rescued Imahara Joe and Verna were talking about tinkering, Percival de Rolo III was mentioned, so Laudna took the chance to introduce her own familiar as "Pâté de Rolo III". When Ashton left with Imogen for a bit the warlock was very anxious, even wondering if the genasi had kidnapped her girlfriend; Chetney asked Pâté to calm his master down, but he replied he only took orders from Laudna (who in fact got angry at him when he said Ashton was nice).[26]
After Keyleth sent Bells Hells to Slival Laudna used Pâté as a scout, first sending him with the Flying Imogen and Orym (he immediately went with the halfling), and later while they were in the forest; there the warlock asked him to be quiet, and her familiar didn't say a word until he finished his work, after which he asked permission to be loud again. This led to a brief conversation about how Laudna had made Pâté to be noisy, and she showed some regret for trying to change who he was; he, however, reassured her by telling her he was proud of who he was. That night, when FCG interacted with the local dolabos the familiar, who was also awake, asked if he could eat one of the creatures, but the cleric said no. Later, when the group was attacked by Bari Mondolo, Pâté helped in the fight, channeling Laudna's spells.[27]
When Bells Hells were in the Crimson Abyss, Captain Urlu Novos and navigator Cyrillia ended up spending some private time together after Fearne encouraged them to do so. Laudna sent an invisible Pâté to check what the two skeletons were doing, but the window he found was quite steamy; the familiar offered to get closer, but the warlock asked him to come back. Later when they were in Kalutha, Laudna sent him to scout a cliff area with several caves, but Pâté failed to notice that there was a basalt caecilian in one of them; after Bells Hells fought and killed the monster Imogen scolded the familiar for not warning them about the creature, before letting him return to her girlfriend.[28] However, after Pâté helped them while they were crossing a river, the following day Imogen felt bad for scolding him and relying on him for dangerous tasks, and hugged him while they were next to the sinkhole where Evontra'vir was; there, Laudna asked if the familiar felt anything otherworldly about that place, but he wasn't able to tell.[29]
Arc 4[]
After Bells Hells Teleported to Whitestone and retrieved the Quintessence Array, Percival de Rolo and Allura Vysoren (who had helped repairing it) were left in the workshop to talk, and Laudna left Pâté behind to spy. After some exchanges in which Lord de Rolo expressed his concern about their enemies attacking Whitestone and his family, Allura noticed Pâté (who played dumb and started doing dances) and recognizing him as Laudna's familiar, she sent him away. Pâté reunited with Laudna, who praised him for being able to improvise like that. Not long after she called for him again when the adventurers were talking to Gwendolyn de Rolo, although in that situation the warlock reminded him to behave in front of the child.[30]
When Bells Hells were in the Fey Realm, FCG and Nana Morri organized a scavenger hunt so that the adventurers could reconnect with each other. In the first trial of the event (that had "honesty" as the theme) the different members of Bells Hells started confessing secrets, and as part of the process Pâté was asked how he felt about Laudna (by Fresh Cut Grass) and if he was being controlled by Lady Briarwood (by Ashton); the familiar stated that the warlock was his creator and he didn't have deeper feelings because he was a construction, and showed confusion about the mention of Delilah. In the second trial of the event (that had "communication" as the theme) Laudna tried to send Pâté to fight the thunder wasps that were attacking their friends, but an invisible barrier set by Morri prevented him from doing so.[31] In the third trial of the event (that had "trust" as the theme) Laudna was paranoid and even asked Pâté if he was a doppelganger (which made the familiar suspicious as well) before sending him to look for one of the ivory branches required to complete the test; at some point a fey thief stole one of them, and the warlock sent Pâté to chase it, although later she sent him to FCG instead, to check if they were made of metal or of squishy shapeshifting meat (they were the real them).[32] After the trials were successfully completed, and before the adventurers went to bed in Ligament Manor, Fresh Cut Grass prepared for them a Heroes' Feast, and both Pâté and Little Mister joined, getting the benefits of that magical meal.[33] The following day, however, when Bells Hells were trying to move stealthily through the Tishtan excavation site, a reilora noticed Pâté's presence and destroyed his physical form.[34]
When Bells Hells arrived on Ruidus and hid inside a cave Laudna summoned Pâté again to scout inside their Bag of Holding to see if he could find the Reiloran Juggernaut they had trapped inside. The familiar wasn't able to find it, but eventually they realized the Ruidian warrior had suffocated inside the bag.[35] Later that same day, in the village of Razora, Laudna introduced Pâté to Dono, a local bormodo, after he showed them his cytaa Kaniey, but immediately told the familiar to shut up, since he was too loud in his initial greeting.[36]
During the adventurers' brief visit to Ria'Doin through a portal, during the night some of them started hearing things outside. Suspicious, Laudna sent Pâté to investigate, but he didn't see anything; shortly afterwards, when Orym, FCG, Chetney and Ashton started walking towards Lake Umamu, she sent Pâté with Ashton. He followed them underwater and saw the dark tendrils trying to grab and keep them at the bottom. After they returned to Ruidus, Laudna spoke with Pâté for a bit alone during her watch, maintaining a surprising existential conversation that lost solemnity when the familiar broke wind, after which the warlock sent him away for the rest of her watch.[37]
When Bells Hells were in Tyran A, an outpost of Kreviris, Laudna sent an invisible Pâté to scout, allowing her to learn a bit about the state of the area. Later, after the adventurers battled an Imperium party in the street, Laudna sent Pâté to intimidate an old civilian that had witnessed the battle from a window. Pâté did so, although he was little excessive in his use of words, according to Laudna.[38] The following day, while Bells Hells were running away after completing a mission in Vaterra Kreviris, Laudna sent an invisible Pâté to act as their scout in the streets, asking him to be quiet; later, after a magical wave released from the Prime Pillar dispelled illusion magic through the city, Laudna asked her familiar to turn invisible again as they kept moving.[39]
After Bells Hells returned to Exandria Fearne was lured into a meeting with her father, Sorrowlord Zathuda, but she was followed by Orym, who used his sending stone to alert the rest of Bells Hells. When they were tracking them, Laudna sent Pâté as a scout to find them faster (which they did, minutes later).[40] Hours later, after the group Teleported to Zadash and prepared for a crafting session to improve their outfits before going to Aeor, Laudna took the chance to introduce Dorian Storm to her now-living familiar. While initially horrified, the bard tried to be polite, but when Pâté started behaving too friendly and moving across his arm, the interaction came to an end, and the familiar focused on helping with the crafting, joining the objects Laudna had Animated for the task, which really impressed him.[41]
When Bells Hells were exploring the ruins of Aeor Laudna called Pâté to send him as a scout, and when he appeared, speaking very loudly, the warlock scolded him, asking him to be quiet; however, when she noticed he felt bad she apologized, explaining she was just tense. She sent the invisible familiar ahead while the group explored the eighth floor of the Genesis Ward of Aeor. Pâté explored a storage area and a laboratory-like chamber, until he found a chain-filled room holding a dozen still-bloody bodies dangling from hooks in the ceiling, and as he reported back to Laudna, their connection was suddenly severed.[42] When the group entered the room, they found Pâté's lifeless body on the ground in two separate pieces, with the spell animating him dispelled.[43]
Later that day, after the adventurers left the ruins and successfully performed a ritual to seal Delilah in a way that would still allow Laudna to access her power, the warlock decided to try her powers, and she summoned Pâté, who appeared asking if they had messed up; when he noticed Braius Doomseed, the new ally of the group, he got tense, and so did the minotaur, who assumed the familiar was somehow another aspect of Delilah and attacked, destroying Pâté's physical form.[44] Laudna summoned Pâté once more when they were visiting Ligament Manor, while Braius and Ira Wendagoth were competing for Morri's attention by kissing her hands. The familiar asked for a kiss too, and the hag presented one of her feet, that Pâté kissed. Later that same day, while Bells Hells were exploring the ruins of Pravenier, they noticed a hawk patrolling the area, and Laudna sent the Invisible Pâté to follow it; the familiar noticed some heavily armored Unseelie fey and a Yeth hound, but shortly after he landed his physical form was destroyed.[45] Later that day, however, after they returned to Ligament Manor, Laudna summoned him back, and played with him in the hot tub before going to bed.[46] The next day, when they returned to Exandria and visited the Raven's Crest, Pâté was encouraged to play with echo, and he shouted "dick" with confidence.[47]
Abilities[]
Functionally, Pâté is now an imp familiar granted by Laudna's warlock pact boon, and uses the imp stat block.[48] The following is drawn from the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual, 5th ed.:
- Armor Class: 13
- Hit Points: about 10
- Speed: 20 feet, 40 feet flying
- Darkvision: 120 feet
- Actions:
- Shapechange: Pâté can use an action to Polymorph and appear to be a rat, raven, or spider.
- Invisibility: Pâté can turn invisible, but becomes visible if he attacks or loses concentration.
- Attack: Pâté can attack a creature, causing piercing and poison damage on a hit.
Behind the scenes[]
Pâté was created during the development of Laudna's character design for her official portrait. Artist Hannah Friederichs added scissors, yarn, and other objects hanging off Laudna's belt, prompting Marisha to remember Taliesin's advice on Renaissance Faire costumes: "You need more dead things hanging off of you." Hannah added a dead rat, and Marisha had a raven skull added to make it more "crafty". Marisha settled on Pâté's name well before she decided Laudna's because she wanted to "fuck with Taliesin", and the decision to use Pâté as a puppet was felt out in the moment rather than decided in advance.[49]
Appearances[]
- As an item
- Campaign Three
- "The Draw of Destiny" (3x01) (first appearance as an item)
- "Trial by Firelight" (3x02)
- "On the Trail of a Killer" (3x04)
- "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08)
- "Ghosts, Dates, and Darker Fates" (3x10)
- "Make It Fashion" (3x12)
- "A Dance of Deception" (3x13)
- "In Too Deep" (3x14)
- "The Tunnels Below" (3x15)
- "The Shade Mother" (3x16)
- "Heart-to-Heartmoor" (3x17)
- "Omens Above" (3x19)
- "To The Skies" (3x23)
- "The Hellcatch Valley" (3x24)
- "Hidden Truths" (3x26), mentioned only
- "A Race for the Prize" (3x27)
- "Breaking Point" (3x31)
- "Blood and Dust" (3x33), mentioned only
- "What Dreams May Come" (3x34)
- "Pyrrhic Return" (3x35)
- "From the Boughs" (3x37), mentioned only
- "A Dark Balance" (3x38) (last appearance as an item)
- As a character
- Campaign Three
- "A Dark Balance" (3x38) (first appearance as a character)
- "The Momentum of Murder" (3x39)
- "Compulsions" (3x40)
- "Call of the Wild" (3x41)
- "The City of Flowing Light" (3x42)
- "Axiom Shaken" (3x43)
- "Bawdy Basement Belligerence" (3x44)
- "Ominous Lectures" (3x45)
- "Night at the Ligament Manor" (3x46)
- "The Fey Key" (3x47)
- "An Exit Most Fraught" (3x48)
- "The Aurora Grows" (3x49), mentioned only
- "Red Moon Rising" (3x50)
- "The Apogee Solstice" (3x51)
- "Somewhere Out There" (3x59)
- "Faith or Famine" (3x60)
- "Crisis of Faith" (3x61), mentioned only
- "A Long Walk of Reflection" (3x62)
- "A Path of Vengeance" (3x65)
- "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66)
- "Bloody Flowers" (3x67)
- "For The Tempest" (3x68)
- "Nice" (3x69)
- "Embattled in Bassuras" (3x70)
- "Mist and Whimsy" (3x71)
- "Kindling the Spirits" (3x73)
- "Roots Between Worlds" (3x74)
- "An Ancient Flame" (3x75), mentioned only
- "A Gathering of Heroes" (3x76)
- "To Hurt Is to Heal" (3x79)
- "A Test of Trust" (3x80)
- "The Eve of the Red Moon" (3x81)
- "Rush for the Bloody Bridge" (3x82)
- "Ruidus" (3x83)
- "Red Rural Revelations" (3x84)
- "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86)
- "Arrival at Kreviris" (3x87)
- "Seeking Sedition" (3x88), mentioned only
- "Mission Improbable" (3x90), mentioned only
- "True Heroism" (3x91)
- "Where The Red Fearne Glows" (3x94)
- "Gathering of Needs" (3x95)
- "Ancient Sins" (3x97)
- "Cages" (3x103)
- "Unseelie Interrupted" (3x106)
- "Looming" (3x108)
- "A Test of Fate" (3x109)
Trivia[]
- A pâté (French: "paste") is a food made from a seasoned mixture of ground meat and fat, usually slow-cooked and served cold. Given Laudna compared the puppet to liver, pâté de foie gras is made of the livers of fattened ducks or geese and is considered a delicacy associated with the rich and noble.
- He is named after the noble de Rolo family of Whitestone, where Laudna is from. She recalled there being many de Rolos whose names began with the letter P (likely the multiple Percivals) and felt that the puppet looked like dead liver, so she named him Pâté.[5]
- He talks in a strong Cockney accent.
- Pâté's raven skull is reminiscent of Percival de Rolo's personally crafted bird-beaked mask and his raven skull clasp crafted using a skull given to him by Keyleth, who like Laudna was played by Marisha.[50][51]
- His skull seems to remain when he transforms into other creatures.[52]
- Marisha suspects Pâté is an extension of Laudna's consciousness rather than an independent mind.[53]
- A suspicion Ashton Greymoore had was that Delilah was somehow able to control and/or watch through Pâté, but when Laudna confronted her patron about it, Delilah told her that despite the magical link connecting them, the familiar wasn't Delilah in the same way that Laudna wasn't Delilah.[54]
- Apparently, in order to cast Find Familiar to summon Pâté the corpse of some sort of critter is needed.[55]
- Laudna called her familiar "Pâté de Rolo III" as a direct reference to the current Lord de Rolo mentioned in the same conversation.[56] Interestingly, when he was told this Pâté was, in a way, the third version of himself, having existed as a puppet and as a familiar that was destroyed and had to be re-summoned by his warlock master once.
- According to Prism Grimpoppy there are creatures in the Shadow Realm that look very similar to Pâté, and they love corn nuts.[57]
- Pâté is colorblind.[58]
- Due to the internal decomposition still taking place inside his body despite his magical familiar nature, Pâté is capable of farting.[59]
References[]
- ↑ See "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 1:04:06.
- ↑ See "Embattled in Bassuras" (3x70) at 3:41:39.
- ↑ See "Roots Between Worlds" (3x74) at 0:44:33. Although mechanically Pâté is supposed to work like an imp familiar, he also described himself as a construct created by Laudna.
- ↑ See "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 3:50:45. Pâté uses the imp statblock.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 See "Trial by Firelight" (3x02) from 1:30:44 through 1:31:57.
- ↑ HYPE: Check Out Our Official Campaign 3 Character Art by Hannah Friederichs and Jrusar Art by Clara Daly! on CritRole.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 See "The Draw of Destiny" (3x01) at 0:19:10.
- ↑ See "On the Trail of a Killer" (3x04) at 1:27:05.
- ↑ See "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 1:21:02.
- ↑ See "Somewhere Out There" (3x59) at 0:25:29.
- ↑ Imogen remarks that she hasn't gotten used to Pâté in two years in "Trial by Firelight" (3x02) at 1:31:36 establishing that Pâté was created at least two years before the episode, which is set in 843 PD.
- ↑ See "On the Trail of a Killer" (3x04) at 1:13:39.
- ↑ See "On the Trail of a Killer" (3x04) at 3:15:16.
- ↑ See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) from 0:27:23 through 0:27:46.
- ↑ See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) from 0:44:11 through 44:55.
- ↑ See "A Woodworker's Quandary" (3x08) from 3:12:50 through 3:13:08.
- ↑ See "Make It Fashion" (3x12) at 3:27:20.
- ↑ See "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 1:22:39.
- ↑ See "Bawdy Basement Belligerence" (3x44) at 0:22:13.
- ↑ See "Bawdy Basement Belligerence" (3x44) at 2:08:02.
- ↑ See "Bawdy Basement Belligerence" (3x44) at 2:36:09.
- ↑ See "Ominous Lectures" (3x45).
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66).
- ↑ See "Bloody Flowers" (3x67).
- ↑ See "Nice" (3x69) from 3:12:36 through 3:34:37.
- ↑ See "Embattled in Bassuras" (3x70).
- ↑ See "Mist and Whimsy" (3x71).
- ↑ See "Kindling the Spirits" (3x73).
- ↑ See "Roots Between Worlds" (3x74).
- ↑ See "A Gathering of Heroes" (3x76).
- ↑ See "To Hurt Is to Heal" (3x79).
- ↑ See "A Test of Trust" (3x80).
- ↑ See "The Eve of the Red Moon" (3x81).
- ↑ See "Rush for the Bloody Bridge" (3x82).
- ↑ See "Ruidus" (3x83).
- ↑ See "Red Rural Revelations" (3x84).
- ↑ See "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86).
- ↑ See "Arrival at Kreviris" (3x87).
- ↑ See "True Heroism" (3x91).
- ↑ See "Where The Red Fearne Glows" (3x94).
- ↑ See "Gathering of Needs" (3x95).
- ↑ See "Ancient Sins" (3x97) from 1:50:19 through 2:49:23.
- ↑ See "Ancient Sins" (3x97) at 2:51:10.
- ↑ See "Cages" (3x103).
- ↑ See "Unseelie Interrupted" (3x106).
- ↑ See "Looming" (3x108).
- ↑ See "A Test of Fate" (3x109).
- ↑ See "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 3:50:45.
- ↑ See "4-Sided Dive: Silken Secrets" (4SDx01) from 1:00:52 through 1:02:52.
- ↑ See "Whispers" (1x29) at 3:22:39.
- ↑ See "Duskmeadow" (1x57) at 3:33:03.
- ↑ See "Bawdy Basement Belligerence" (3x44) at 0:22:55.
- ↑ See "4-Sided Dive Episode 20: Discussing Up To C3E82" (4SDx20) at 1:36:58.
- ↑ See "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86) at 3:11:04.
- ↑ See "An Exit Most Fraught" (3x48) at 1:24:29.
- ↑ See "Embattled in Bassuras" (3x70) at 3:41:21.
- ↑ See "Somewhere Out There" (3x59) at 2:01:43.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 2:51:25.
- ↑ See "Doorways to Darker Depths" (3x86) at 3:06:41.
Art:
- ↑ Official art of Pâté de Rolo (cropped from a larger image), by Hannah Friederichs (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
- ↑ Official art of Pâté de Rolo, by Hannah Friederichs (source). This file is a copyrighted work. Its use in this article is asserted to qualify as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
- ↑ Fan art of Laudna and Pâté, by Linda Lithén (source). Used with permission.
- ↑ Fan art of Pâté, transformed, by Ashley Stoddard (source). Used with permission.
- ↑ Fan art of Pâté as a kite, by Elaine Tipping (source). Used with permission.
- ↑ Fan art of Pâté de Rolo, by Sam "Qelric" Spencer (source). Used with permission.
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