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Post by ewigDunkelheit on Feb 15, 2019 2:17:37 GMT
Unfortunately I haven't actually played Inquisition for myself yet. Sorry I can't be of more help. Even opinions uninformed of the mechanics are valued. So, thank you. I am not really looking for advice about how the build plays, whether one is stronger than the other, or gameplay differences or difficulty. If someone has a strong opinion about one of the builds like, "I played something similar, and I hated it," then that is something to consider. Otherwise, I am mostly looking for opinions about what sounds more interesting, seems or is fun, or stands out as being unique. ...perhaps the mage could build as full Spirit plus Rift Mage and Mark of the Rift.
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Post by Noxluxe on Feb 18, 2019 2:58:50 GMT
I just sketch out a series of protagonists and rough character themes that suit what interests me these days, and get started on playing the kind of story that appeals to me. And then that becomes my canon for a few years until my interests have drifted enough to warrant another approach to each main character.
My current crop is a regal and ruthless warrior dwarven princess warden, a mercenary and tough-as-nails archer rogue Hawkess, and a yet-to-be-started self-sacrificing take-charge keeper-in-training inquisitor willing to throw away her birthright and live in a culture she has little respect for with people who don't know her to try to mitigate the disaster and help her people from afar.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Mar 27, 2019 21:36:06 GMT
I usually...don't? I have a few set choices that I pick every game with each game coming out I just try to find the right choices for my world state, generally they stay the same but I do change them around frequently quite frankly the only constants are the romance options I pick
these days I do try to balance things out, at least regarding to classes as for characters builds...I'm terrible at them as is, so I just put some stuff together and hope not to die every ten seconds (so far that works out just fine ) (also probably 'cause I only play on casual )
though I'm thinking I'll go back to my 'roots' for my canon world state (except for Inquisition since I've only finished once (currently on playthrough 2) meaning Human Noble Warden and a mage Hawke
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Post by Iddy on Mar 28, 2019 17:01:50 GMT
I like the letter from the HoF, but it also makes it harder for me to choose my canon Warden, because they have to be someone who writes in that particular way and they have to be someone who actually WOULD go out and seek a cure for the Calling.I mean... is wanting to stay alive so uncommon?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Mar 28, 2019 17:34:21 GMT
I like the letter from the HoF, but it also makes it harder for me to choose my canon Warden, because they have to be someone who writes in that particular way and they have to be someone who actually WOULD go out and seek a cure for the Calling.I mean... is wanting to stay alive so uncommon? I don't think so, I mean they can do more alive then when they're dead...at least that's how my Wardens view it besides, who says the Hero is the one that wrote that particular letter?
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Post by vertigomez on May 6, 2019 17:56:14 GMT
I like the letter from the HoF, but it also makes it harder for me to choose my canon Warden, because they have to be someone who writes in that particular way and they have to be someone who actually WOULD go out and seek a cure for the Calling.I mean... is wanting to stay alive so uncommon? I work in hospice, so my perspective is probably skewed.
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Post by vertigomez on May 27, 2019 23:26:55 GMT
I'm struggling with which of these to make my "main" canon Warden.... as in, the one I'll use going into DA4. I'm torn between my male blood mage Amell and my female assassin rogue Tabris. Either of them would be followed by the exact same DA2 and DAI word state (so, male force mage Hawke who romances Fenris, Carver's a Warden, Hawke and co. side with the mages, and female rift mage Adaar who romances Sera, pardons the Wardens, eventually disbands the Inquisition). So I made a (mostly meta) list of pros and cons to help work it out in my head. Input is welcome. 😛 Amell Pros: - MORrigan!!1 - Ties to DA2 - If he's Kieran's father, Skyhold is like one big family reunion with Hawke showing up, Charade being part of a war table operation, and Carver being mentioned - He's different from many of my other protagonists because he's more ruthless, openly practices blood magic, defiled the Ashes, willingly took part in a ritual to stuff the soul of an eldritch horror into a baby à la Naruto. I just mention this because I like having my protagonists have various perspectives on things, and he stands out from the rest. - I could actually see him going on a search for the Calling, since he'd love to be immortal and spared Avernus and is just fascinated by magical study in general - I cannot stress this enough: MORrigan!!1 She's a LONELY ACERBIC SWAMP WITCH WHO TURNS INTO A DRAGON AND MAKES HORRIBLE LIFE DECISIONS. I love her and so does he. - I feel like a more "magical" world state (with three mage protagonists and one mage LI who's obsessed with the past and ~dark secrets~ and the world not being mundane) would help ease the transition to a post-Veil world if it comes to that......
Amell Cons: - Human. We already have an obligatory human protag with Hawke, and for all we know DA4 will do the same, so it seems a waste for the hero to be "yet another human dude" - The origin story itself bores me to tears. The only thing I liked was talking to that statue of Eleni Zinovia bc creepy Tevinter magic - I feel like Leliana is going to kill him in his sleep for defiling the Urn..... and killing its Guardian....... and all in all, theoretically being responsible for the explosion at the Conclave
Tabris Pros: - One of the best origin stories, imo. - Because Tevinter slavers were operating in the alienage, there are sorta-kinda ties to Tevinter and DA4 - Is different from most of my other protagonists in that she's deeply religious. Awed by the Ashes, isn't about to save Connor via blood ritual - If Hawke and the Inquisitor are humans (and qunari) smooching elves, it's nice that the protagonist can be the elf smooching a human for once?? So that elves can be Heroes and not just relegated to LIs lol - Ties to Sera! Because Sera says that she spent time in Denerim's alienage and there's that whole Red Jenny quest that's like a reverse easter egg - Get to be GAY and hook up with the Pope, aka livin the dream - The healthy version of Celene and Briala
Tabris Cons: - No Morrigan romance - LOGHAIN. Look, there's no way she's not going to execute him or at least feed him to the Archdemon (probably the latter), but that means no Kieran because I can't bring myself to make Alistair do that, so... - No Kieran 😢
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Post by copper on Jun 9, 2019 17:06:29 GMT
Well I’ve tweaked a few things. My canon warden will be Runa Aeducan, a warrior who’d probably be lawful neutral, sometime leaning toward good or evil. Bhelen will be king of Orzammar with no golems, Alistair and Anora will rule Ferelden together, she’ll go to the circle to get help for Connor, leaving a few companions with Teagan with instructions to kill Connor if he gets out of control before she gets back. Probably gonna cure werewolves I guess. She will survive origins either due to sacrificing Loghain or having him knock up Morrigan. I just can’t decide whether she should romance Leliana or Zevran. They’re both sooo great.
Marian Hawke will be a mage and Carver will be a grey warden. She’ll probably be chaotic neutral more than anything; she values her own freedom from the circle and will help fellow mages when it’s convenient (and when it comes down to the final battle), but she’s not about to take up a crusade like Anders. In general she’ll take any job that pays, barring slavery. I’ve accepted that Fenris is my favorite romance for Hawke so she’ll end up with him.
The inquisitor will depend largely on who the DA4 protagonist ends up being. There are some canon choices though that I’m pretty sure I’ll make regardless. Softened Leliana Divine, chargers spared, Briala will have some power in Orlais somehow.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2019 3:04:37 GMT
I build various world states. My defaults ones, would be where I made mostly positive choices and are based on what I consider happy endings.
In DAO I very strongly dislike any rogue classes, but my primary happy ending world state is my rogue Cousland married to King Alistair <- I guess this is my #1.
However, I also consider good endings where my elf arcane warrior ends up with Zevran and hardened King Alistair ruling or my mage warden ends up with Alistair as Wardens with Anora ruling. I guess in none of these scenarios AD gets to eat anyone.
In DA2 Sarcastic Hawke hands down. I haven't picked my fav romance as I like both Fenris and Isabella. I love playing mages and this fits very well with me considering that the best ending for our sibling would be turning Carver into a Warden. Side mages. Meredith is just too batshit.
Inquisition ending is the best where Inky and Cullen end up married and retire to a happy farm with their Mabari. The rest of the world can buuurnnn hue he hue... idk either softened Leli or Cass as Divine and disband Inq is better than subjugate to Chantry. Like I said I love mages everywhere, but this one I don't really care about which class.
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Post by ewigDunkelheit on Jun 18, 2019 21:57:04 GMT
Input is welcome. 😛 Tabris Pros: - One of the best origin stories, imo. - Because Tevinter slavers were operating in the alienage, there are sorta-kinda ties to Tevinter and DA4 - Is different from most of my other protagonists in that she's deeply religious. Awed by the Ashes, isn't about to save Connor via blood ritual - If Hawke and the Inquisitor are humans (and qunari) smooching elves, it's nice that the protagonist can be the elf smooching a human for once?? So that elves can be Heroes and not just relegated to LIs lol - Ties to Sera! Because Sera says that she spent time in Denerim's alienage and there's that whole Red Jenny quest that's like a reverse easter egg - Get to be GAY and hook up with the Pope, aka livin the dream - The healthy version of Celene and Briala
This response is a little late to the decision-making process, and not substantially persuasive or complex, but I would vote for Warden Tabris. I like a lot of the parallels in her overarching story to some of the other characters and relationships. I am also a big fan of character diversity, and having the different race and belief and personality traits with the addition of Tabris draws my support.
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Post by Doominike on Aug 9, 2019 14:15:48 GMT
I'm not entirely sure but I'd probably pick based on how it makes the World State as a whole. I really like my Cousland warrior who has all teh titles, and my Amell would be a fun canon because I think it's hilarious and awesome if a teen girl (well young adult by now) is the HoF, Warden-Commander of Ferelden, Arlessa of Amaranthine and Royal Chancellor/Court Mage of Ferelden, plus being basically the most powerful mage in Thedas. I like my Mahariel too but she wouldn't care to be given fancy human titles like W-C and Arlessa, she's a hunter, hunting darkspawn is fine, she doesn't want to rule anything.
The issue with having The Warden around, nice as it is that they're alive, is it kind of mitigates threats if there's an invincible living legend lying around. DAI had the excuse of the Anchor being needed to close the Breach but you can't do that forever. And making them canon die offscreen no matter what would be bullshit.
The World State I played my favorite Inquisitor on was the Default but I'd prolly headcanon/DA Keep a few amendments to that. The HoF being a dalish who sacrificed themselves to save the world having essentially zero effect to the general opinion and status of elves plays well into my Lavellan's growing indifferent-status-quo induced "well fuck all o' y'all then" attitude.
The issue with *that* is that DAI's stubborn enforcement of similar World States (always a new Circle and a College, Inquisition still unofficially exists if disbanded, etc) means the Inquisitor can never canonically agree with Solas' plan, even when they do. Like it goes "I agree, let me help" -> "No, something something something, Dark Path" -> "Oh well never mind, that completely changed my mind, I'll redeem/stop you then"
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Post by revelationeffect on Aug 24, 2019 22:39:30 GMT
I don't really feel the need to have a canon, personally, I'm happier having several worldstates, the only exception being that if I'm really unhappy with how a playthrough turns out roleplay-wise I might cut it out of the pseudo-canon of several universes I have.
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Post by Iddy on Aug 25, 2019 17:52:17 GMT
It's a combination of whatever seems more fitting for the story and what I find enjoyable.
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Post by LogicGunn on Aug 29, 2019 14:10:26 GMT
My canon is is a character that makes choices that I would make if I was in the game. So, class and abilities, any moral decisions, relationships, and choices are the ones I would personally make, and it's usually the first playthrough that's my canon. (Then I'll do the antithesis in my second PT).
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Post by mikoto on May 8, 2020 0:08:40 GMT
Huh, an old thread but an interesting one. Okay let's see....
How do I choose my 'canon' worldstate?
I don't really have a single 'canon' worldstate really. I actually have seven. One for each Origin. (Counting the human mage and elf mage as seperate despite basically being the same origin.) I use the different worldstates to allow myself to make certain different choices for different outcomes though honestly many decisions are universal to all worldstates. I always side with the mages, protect Redcliff, save both Isolde and Connor, I never taint the urn, I always side with Caridin and Bhelen, I always make peace between the werewolves and Dalish. I always kill the Arishok and his men in DA2 and always side with the mages. I always full ally the mages in Inquisition. Most of my Inquisitors reconcile Briala and Celine, a few just put Celine on the throne. All but one file did the puzzles in Mythal Temple. Only one of my elf Inquisitors drank from the Well of Sorrows.
That being said I do have a few worldstates I do prefer and focus on more than others. My current favourite goes...
Spirit Healer/Shapeshifter Eliza Surana who had a fling with Zevran and did the choices I named above. At the landsmeet she recruited Loghain, made Alistair marry Anora and refused Morrigan's dark ritual. Loghain died killing the Archdemon. She killed the Architect and let Morrigan walk through the Eluvian unharmed. This was followed by Spirit Healer/Force Mage Sophie Hawke who killed the Arishok and his men, and sided with the mages at the end. She didn't romance any of her companions though was a semi-frequent customer at the Blooming Rose. (In both their cases I simply didn't like the romance options available to me.) Which of course leads to Rift Mage Natasha Trevelyan who romanced Cullen. She full allied the mages, reconciled Briala and Celene and didn't drink from the Well of Sorrows. In Trespasser she disbanded the Inquisition. (I also have a variation where literally the only difference is that the Warden was Elizabeth Amell instead of Eliza Surana.)
Berserker/Templar Demiriz Aeducan who bedded that noble hunter and had a baby named Duncan. He romanced Morrigan and made all the same decisions as Eliza until we got to the Landsmeet. He had Loghain executed, made Alistair marry Anora and accepted Morrigan's dark ritual. I reused the diplomatic Sophie Hawke and decisions for DA2 and the Inquisitor was the dual wielding rogue assassin Tasha Lavellan. She romanced Solas and pretty much made all the same decisions as Natasha until they got to the Well of Sorrows of which she drank from. Again in Trespasser she disbanded the Inquisition.
Assassin and I honestly can't remember what Oliviae Tabris's second specialization was. Duel wielding rogue though. She had a full romance with Zevran and pretty much made all the same decisions that Eliza did. Including during the Landsmeet and killing the Architect. Diana Hawke was a spirit healer/force mage who played out much like Sophie Hawke, including Carver becoming a Templar. She did romance Anders though as I wanted to see what it was like. And while Sophie was mostly disapproving of blowing up the Chantry she accepted something major like that was needed. Diana fully supported Anders though and would have helped him even if he'd told her the truth. I pretty much remade Natasha Trevelyan except she was Sophie Trevelyan who was a warrior instead of a mage for Inquisition though. Oh and she romanced Blackwall instead of Cullen.
Of course there were other variations based on the different Warden worldstates though my Hawkes pretty much remained identical. The only variations was sometimes I switched out the classes to warrior or rogue though they were basically the same overall "Hawke" identity. I had a very fixed idea of what Hawke was as a character. A diplomat with black hair, blue eyes and pale skin with a dislike for Qunari. So I had a warrior Cousland female, mage Hawke and female warrior Qunari Inquisitor, a male Mahariel, mage Hawke and female mage Lavellan, or a rogue Brosca, mage Hawke and a male Trevelyan warrior and all sorts.
As for romance I generally selected love interest that I felt best for the character I was playing or I wished to see how the romance would play out. My female Cousland romanced Leliana for example because I liked Leliana and wanted to see what her romance was like. Similarly I made a male warrior Trevelyan just so I could see Cassandra's romance. My Qunari female Inquisitor romanced Iron Bull. The only time I ever chose a romance option for the plot was for my two male Wardens Aeducan and Mahariel as I wanted at least two worldstates where the dark ritual was performed. Similarly I wanted an elf Inquisitor who drank from the well and one that didn't. (My female rogue Lavellan did, my female mage Lavellan didn't, and my male rogue Lavellan also did.)
I think overall my race/job/sexuality selection for my protagonist is... complicated. Lol. I have a distinct preference for mages and enjoy that class more than the other two and about the only hard and fast rule is that in each worldstate at least one protagonist must be a mage. The rest is affected by what kind of person I'm shaping that protagonist or world state to be. The other prevailing trait is that my protagonists tent to be straight. The one exception to that is my female Cousland warrior.
As for DA4, if I end up playing it and liking it (and I have my doubts judging from certain rumours of it being "Anthem with dragons" and enforced multiplayer/MMO) eventually I'll probably end up playing most if not all the variations on offer since I'll have at least seven worldstates to play with and try out different options on. That being said I know I'll be playing a human female mage first as that's my preferred 'go to' choice.
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Post by Remmirath on May 18, 2020 4:19:23 GMT
The simplest answer is that I choose whichever character I liked the most by the time the next game came along. For both DA:O and DA2 that ended up being the first character I played through them (well, I've only played DA2 twice with the same character - the second time to remind myself of the right choices for the Keep - so I had only the one choice there), whereas for DA:I it's probably going to be my second character. I do have some themes going on, however, most notably that so far each consecutive character makes at least a few major decisions that the previous character(s) would really not agree with. They also all happen to be a different class at this point, although unless another class is added for the next game that can't continue. Each character so far has also made at least one or two choices that I don't consider at all ideal, and that I wouldn't have selected if I were just picking choices; but I want my ongoing canon worldstate to feel organically influenced by very different heroes from the different games, so that's all good. For details about the canon I've got going, see below: Hero of Ferelden: Zemariel Tabris, male dual-wielding city elf rogue (assassin/duelist/legionnaire scout); romanced Zevran, got along well with everyone in the party who wasn't Oghren, and tried really hard to do the right thing throughout the game - but ended up falling short of that rather often. Kind of a well-meaning screw-up, in a lot of ways. Had Jowan sacrifice Isolde, saved the mages from the Circle Tower, broke the werewolf curse, supported Bhelen and sided with Caridin, killed the dragon cult and let Genitivi spread the word about the Ashes, killed Loghain and put Anora as queen, reluctantly did the Dark Ritual out of fear and may have forgiven Morrigan for that by the time of DA:I, let Avernus live and continue his research supposedly more ethically (and drank the blood), let the Architect live, burned Amaranthine because he thought it was lost. His going off to look for a cure to the Calling and still being with Zevran as of DA:I works out completely, luckily; I didn't plan it that way, since I'd've had to be looking several years into the future for that.
Champion of Kirkwall: Thanatos Hawke, male sword-and-shield warrior (Templar); romanced Fenris, got along well only with Varric and Aveline and had little use or an active dislike for everyone else, and was motivated primarily by protecting his family and friends, although he did have an altruistic streak and often ended up trying to help people... even if his notion of problem-solving typically involved a sword. Bethany died in the Deep Roads, Bartrand was killed, sent Feynriel to the Dalish, trusted Larius, didn't help Tallis, didn't help Merrill, rescued Nathaniel, dueled the Arishok, sided with the Templars, killed Anders. Easily the most introverted and reluctant to be seen as a hero of the three. It's completely appropriate for his character that he wouldn't have remained Viscount for long - he was done with Kirkwall after all that, really after his mother died - but the rest of the DA:I cameo is... iffy. He wouldn't have kept Fenris from coming with him to kill Corypheus again, there's precisely one person left living he would even consider sacrificing himself for (who wasn't there), he has nothing against the Wardens, and he would've either stuck with the Inquisition until actually fighting Corypheus or just left if that wasn't an option.
Herald of Andraste: Yara Trevelyan, female human mage (Knight Enchanter); no interest in romance, got along well with almost everyone in the party, and actually started believing that she was the Herald of Andraste. That couldn't be sustained past a certain point, but she still felt that she'd been chosen somehow and needed to live up to that and use the Inquisition to do the Maker's will and make the world a better place. Her notion of that aligned less and less with the Chantry as the game went on, however. This is still a playthrough in progress, but as of yet: sided with the Templars, saved the Chargers, Alistair charged the Nightmare (not considered optional in my canon state), the Wardens were exiled, Blackwall will become a Grey Warden, Cole more of a spirit, generally encouraged/helped all party members, talked with Calpernia at the Temple of Mythal, Morrigan drank from the Well, saved Celene who continues to rule, and... that's about where I'm at. She's generally been pro-mage from a Circle point of view, and has been where possible focused on peace and mercy, but is also adept at politicking. She's still a bit naive in some ways, believing that everything will somehow work out for the best.
I really don't know what kind of character I'll play in DA4. That depends on what I know of the game mechanics for class choice, what options as regards species and background as are available, and what I'm feeling like at the time. Probably also the voice options. If the option is there, not a human, but other than that... who knows?
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Post by kalreegar on Sept 25, 2020 15:39:47 GMT
1. 80/90% is the outcome of my very first playthrough, because I believe that the choices made without knowing the consequences, without preconceptions and without hindsight, are the most authentic, genuine, the most suitable to reflect what "I would have actually done".
For exemple, I very much regret to have made my inquisitor drink from the wheel of sorrow... but hey, that's the way it is. Slave of Mythal for life.
Bethany's death in the deep roads was hearth-breaking.. my hawke was destroyed, ... but taking his sister with him was a free and conscious choice. He knew the risks and underestimated them. That's it.
2. 10/20% are corrections of choices that I wanted to make but due to gameplay limitations/mechanics (that I consider stupid, or unfair, or not properly clarified), I was prevented from making.
in DA2 I wanted to kill Merrill, stop her eluvian madness, or at least that Merrill sided against my pro-templar hawke... but being full rival (!) and her subquest completed, she remained loyal to hawke. WTF. Nonsense.
in DA:I I wanted Vivienne to become Divine, but Leliana was elected, I didn't know why or how, even though I did everything in my power to dissuade her, support other candidates, etc.... but I still didn't know certain hidden mechanics, the possibility of supporting a candidate with a mission on the war table. Well, my inquisitor, rather than putting Leliana on the Sunburst Throne, would have her arrested and locked up in the skyhold cells, or thrown her down from the tower faking an accident).. so, corrected that one too.
But mostly I stick to my first playthrough, and more than change it, I tend to refine and complete it.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 25, 2020 17:01:55 GMT
kalreegarI had the opposite happen for me once concerning the Divine in Inquisition, wanted Leliana but got Vivienne I'm not sure what main quest choices you made, but these are the once I had for my playthrough with Vivienne as Divine: Recruited the Templars and kept them as allies, Celene + Briala as rulers of Orlais...though I suspect having only Celene will also do the trick, kept the Grey Wardens aside from that I dissuaded Cassandra from becoming Divine (since that particular Inquisitor was romancing her), and was civil to both Vivienne and Leliana (she was softened), even so the game chose the former as Divine in this instance. I once had a conversation with someone about this, and it seems recruiting the mages gives Leliana a head start to be chosen as Divine, whilst recruiting the templars gives one to Vivienne. Though I'm not really sure what the criteria is for Cassandra (I haven't had her as Divine yet).
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 30, 2020 1:41:26 GMT
kalreegar I had the opposite happen for me once concerning the Divine in Inquisition, wanted Leliana but got Vivienne I'm not sure what main quest choices you made, but these are the once I had for my playthrough with Vivienne as Divine: Recruited the Templars and kept them as allies, Celene + Briala as rulers of Orlais...though I suspect having only Celene will also do the trick, kept the Grey Wardens aside from that I dissuaded Cassandra from becoming Divine (since that particular Inquisitor was romancing her), and was civil to both Vivienne and Leliana (she was softened), even so the game chose the former as Divine in this instance. I once had a conversation with someone about this, and it seems recruiting the mages gives Leliana a head start to be chosen as Divine, whilst recruiting the templars gives one to Vivienne. Though I'm not really sure what the criteria is for Cassandra (I haven't had her as Divine yet). Usually if I choose th etemplars it's normally Cassandra that gets the nod. It ma yhav something t odo withthe choice yo umake on the wartable as t owh oyo uwantto declareyour support for as well. But I'm not certain
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 30, 2020 8:24:34 GMT
Usually if I choose th etemplars it's normally Cassandra that gets the nod. It ma yhav something t odo withthe choice yo umake on the wartable as t owh oyo uwantto declareyour support for as well. But I'm not certain That's the thing, I didn't declare I'd support Vivienne, in fact that particular Inquisitor endorsed Leliana (though Leliana doesn't have a war table support mission)
though it likely had to do with some of the dialogue options I picked when talking to Vivienne, for example "we need mages in the Chantry" gives 5 points toward her being elected I just looked at the page on the wiki...and some of the points don't add up, however I was quite surprised with my game picked Vivienne as Divine, but seeing as it wasn't my canon run I wasn't too mad about it
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Sept 30, 2020 11:34:43 GMT
Usually if I choose th etemplars it's normally Cassandra that gets the nod. It ma yhav something t odo withthe choice yo umake on the wartable as t owh oyo uwantto declareyour support for as well. But I'm not certain That's the thing, I didn't declare I'd support Vivienne, in fact that particular Inquisitor endorsed Leliana (though Leliana doesn't have a war table support mission)
though it likely had to do with some of the dialogue options I picked when talking to Vivienne, for example "we need mages in the Chantry" gives 5 points toward her being elected I just looked at the page on the wiki...and some of the points don't add up, however I was quite surprised with my game picked Vivienne as Divine, but seeing as it wasn't my canon run I wasn't too mad about it Yeah I thought you'd have t ob estrong towards the mages t oget viv an dsay yea hw eneed mages in the chantr. Who knows the dangers o fmagic better than a mage stuff. I've had all 3 but then I've played the game over 30 times.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 30, 2020 11:48:27 GMT
That's the thing, I didn't declare I'd support Vivienne, in fact that particular Inquisitor endorsed Leliana (though Leliana doesn't have a war table support mission)
though it likely had to do with some of the dialogue options I picked when talking to Vivienne, for example "we need mages in the Chantry" gives 5 points toward her being elected I just looked at the page on the wiki...and some of the points don't add up, however I was quite surprised with my game picked Vivienne as Divine, but seeing as it wasn't my canon run I wasn't too mad about it Yeah I thought you'd have t ob estrong towards the mages t oget viv an dsay yea hw eneed mages in the chantr. Who knows the dangers o fmagic better than a mage stuff. I've had all 3 but then I've played the game over 30 times. I've only played 3 times, twice I got Leliana and that other time I got Vivienne, I've yet to get Cassandra as Divine but in my canon world Leliana is Divine.
(Mostly because I like that type of journey for her )
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