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Post by vertigomez on Jan 13, 2018 4:09:37 GMT
Ok, why don't I remember this? Seems like a pretty big easter egg. Since we're speaking of prophecies, we can't forget "The Tiniest Cave" "Pulling back the curtain. Let the light in. Let it burn." "He'll remake the world to suit his desires. His chosen to reign." Sounds rather familiar, no? Anyone remember the Nexus golem? The Stone lives beneath Orlais. Mathas gar na fornen pa salroka atrast.Amgarrak tapped the blood, spilled within the Stone.The Gauntlet is passed. Only a Shaperate can bring the light. Conversion begins...We were once more than we are.This is what it feels like to me. I'm kind of cringing because I think a setting where everyone has magic is boring and the fact that not everyone in Thedas is capable of magic is something that endears me to the setting and sets it apart. But if they've had this in mind all along, I'm sure they're going somewhere with it... Of course, Solas could be a red herring. Maybe I just don't consume enough fantasy, but the current setup of DA, where magical ability is granted to a rare few, seems far more common to me. I would be way more interested in a setting where magic is something that anyone can have/learn, and how such a society might differ from the stock fantasy worlds with which I am familiar. I don't consume a ton of fantasy either, but I grew up on D&D and Elder Scrolls and they've got magic out the wazoo. Arcane magic, divine magic, infernal magic, archers shooting magic arrows, dozens of races that have magic as an innate ability... as mentioned above, there are a lot of settings where learning magic is as simple as opening a book. I don't like the idea because I like what Gaider cited as his inspiration for magic in DAI - basically, what would realistically happen in a world where "Charm Person" was an actual spell anyone could just whip out? Hence the Circles and blood magic and all the zany magical backstory of Dragon Age. I also just don't like it because it disrupts party balance when everyone and their mom is a mage. I don't want Iron Bull or Sera to zap enemies with lightning. I want them to crush heads and shoot arrows at people. BUT those are just my own feelings and I do feel that Thedas is headed in a magic-is-widespread direction whether I like it or not, so.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 3:54:02 GMT
It seems they're going for a synthesis ending for DA but with more set-up. So yes. Probably. I absolutely cannot wait for the RGB where I get to destroy all magic(and mages/possibly elves get sacrificed because reasons), control all magic and lord over Thedas like a disembodied Stalin with wizard abilities, or forcibly turn everyone into a mage and somehow that makes it where we all live happily ever after (even tho mages fight each other and try to destroy the world over non-muggle related power struggles all the time). Maybe if I complain enough they'll even give me a DLC option to do nothing or try to shoot a little magic kid and then rocks will fall and magic kills everyone anyway.
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