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Post by colfoley on Mar 2, 2019 23:00:44 GMT
It would be fairly straightforward to do both actually. If they retain the concept of the Mage/Warrior/Rogue class, a Human character who picks the "Altus origin" or whatever would have a different starting experience depending on their class. Imagine a scene where you are to meet you and your sibling are to meet your mother before you do something. If you're a Mage, the scene involves you mother being proud of you and showering you with a kind of self-serving love. If you're a Warrior or Rogue, your mother treats you almost with disdain and disappointment. Your sibling has the opposite experience, and you react to it differently depending on your personality. Bonus points if your sibling is a sweetheart as a warrior/rogue but a complete jerk if they're a mage, just to drill how being a mage in Tevinter can change you. indeed. In such a case though I'd like it if one (or both) of the parents were actually proud of you and supportive but because of your birth you are kind of relegated to being a glorified guard. And then some other people, either cousins or just random party goers, express open disdain for you.
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Post by Zemgus on Mar 3, 2019 6:33:06 GMT
It would be fairly straightforward to do both actually. If they retain the concept of the Mage/Warrior/Rogue class, a Human character who picks the "Altus origin" or whatever would have a different starting experience depending on their class. Imagine a scene where you are to meet you and your sibling are to meet your mother before you do something. If you're a Mage, the scene involves you mother being proud of you and showering you with a kind of self-serving love. If you're a Warrior or Rogue, your mother treats you almost with disdain and disappointment. Your sibling has the opposite experience, and you react to it differently depending on your personality. Bonus points if your sibling is a sweetheart as a warrior/rogue but a complete jerk if they're a mage, just to drill how being a mage in Tevinter can change you. indeed. In such a case though I'd like it if one (or both) of the parents were actually proud of you and supportive but because of your birth you are kind of relegated to being a glorified guard. And then some other people, either cousins or just random party goers, express open disdain for you. In MEA you could kind of choose what kind of relationship you had with your dad so I hope it's the same for DA4 in such a situation. Our player character has had loving, proud parents in every single Bioware game so far so it would be nice to try something different.
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Post by Sifr on Mar 3, 2019 6:52:20 GMT
*Pure - new class, given titan powers like Valta, alternately a unique spec for warrior and rogue available to this background What if rather than being a "pure mage" like Valta, the Sha-Brytol spec was more of pseudo-mage class, allowing them to use their extensive knowledge of lyrium to replicate magical effects in combat?
By speccing into that tree, you'd gain the ability to infuse lyrium directly into your weapons. This would grant you the ability to randomly generate various elemental effects without the use of traditional runes. Further unlockable skills in the tree would let you buff and heal yourself, while the upgraded versions let you apply this to your entire party.
(Essentially, what if the Encore staff from Inquisition was it's own class?)
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Mar 3, 2019 7:10:26 GMT
Our player character has had loving, proud parents in every single Bioware game so far so it would be nice to try something different. Unless you play a castless dwarf in DAO, in which case your dad is nowhere to be found and your mother is awful.
The usual BioWare pattern holds true for the other origins, though, or at least the ones where there's any contact between the PC and their parents. To find another departure you have to go all the way back to Baldur's Gate, where your dad is an evil god and your mother tried to sacrifice you to him.
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Post by Sifr on Mar 3, 2019 7:30:14 GMT
Our player character has had loving, proud parents in every single Bioware game so far so it would be nice to try something different. Unless you play a castless dwarf in DAO, in which case your dad is nowhere to be found and your mother is awful. Rica is lovely though... and honestly seems like more of a parent to to her half-sibling than their mother ever was.
There were some other Wardens without any parents;
Mahariel's parents are confirmed to be dead. Their father was murdered by humans and their mother was so grief-stricken, she abandoned them to wander off to die somewhere. You were instead raised by a (proud and supportive) family friend, along with the rest of your clan.
Amell's parent's whereabouts are unknown, as we never hear of any other Amells besides Gamlen still living in Kirkwall in DA2. The implication seems to be that branch of the family left the city, sometime after their children were all taken into the Circle. But we don't know where they went or if they're still alive?
Surana's parents are also complete mystery, along with pretty much everything else about their background prior to them joining the Circle?
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Post by Nightscrawl on Mar 3, 2019 9:51:09 GMT
Our player character has had loving, proud parents in every single Bioware game so far so it would be nice to try something different. I don't know about other DAI origins, but you get an option for Trevelyan in a conversation with Josephine. Regardless of mage or non-mage, since you come from nobility, she brings up the idea of your parents in wondering how they would be politically receptive to use their influence. You have a bunch of different options including being protective, stating that they love politics, and that you have no relationship. (There are a few, I don't remember them all.)
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Post by Zemgus on Mar 3, 2019 10:21:48 GMT
Our player character has had loving, proud parents in every single Bioware game so far so it would be nice to try something different. I don't know about other DAI origins, but you get an option for Trevelyan in a conversation with Josephine. Regardless of mage or non-mage, since you come from nobility, she brings up the idea of your parents in wondering how they would be politically receptive to use their influence. You have a bunch of different options including being protective, stating that they love politics, and that you have no relationship. (There are a few, I don't remember them all.) I was talking about when the parents are actually present as real characters and not just mentioned in one conversation like that. I totally forgot about Cadash though. Also the City Elf's relationship with their father can grow cold if you accept the nobleman's bribe and leave your cousin behind.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Mar 3, 2019 10:30:02 GMT
I was talking about when the parents are actually present as real characters and not just mentioned in one conversation like that. I totally forgot about Cadash though. Also the City Elf's relationship with their father can grow cold if you accept the nobleman's bribe and leave your cousin behind. "Every single Bioware game so far." Also, even though you can choose certain dialogue options in scenes to make it better/worse, it's clear that the relationship with Dad Ryder in MEA is strained. I prefer they not be present. I don't want family forced on me at all. If they're not present, I'm free to make it whatever type of relationship I want.
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Post by Gwydden on Mar 3, 2019 21:34:48 GMT
I prefer they not be present. I don't want family forced on me at all. If they're not present, I'm free to make it whatever type of relationship I want. But being forced on you is what family's all about!
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Post by Walter Black on Mar 5, 2019 20:53:52 GMT
My choice would be to start as a valued slave to the Archon; high enough to be believably capable and familiar with the major players, but still low enough for a satisfying Hero's Journey. The PC's age would be vague, but I see us having belonged to Radonis at least eight to ten years. Also, we could have at least one proper Origin, even with slightly altered dialogue for each race and class. Beyond that, a few ideas off the top of my head:
Human Mage- Scion of an influential reformist House, we were suddenly guilty by association when our family was "discovered" to be malificarum. After being imprisoned and almost made tranquil, Radonis buys us, claiming to have "great plans for one such as you"...
Human Warrior or Rogue- Born on the streets and did whatever we had to to survive, until ultimately being made a gladiator. Rising through the ranks, our performances impressed Radonis so much that he bought and trained us for greater things.
Elf- For generations we've known nothing but servitude to human masters. Even our very conception was at the behest of a curious Magister, if rumors are to be believed. With or without magic, we were trained to be a powerful tool for the Archon. Some fellow elves resented our favored status, while others spoke to us of using that influence for revolution...
Dwarf- Eldest child of ambitious Ambasidora nobles, our father lost a power grab and found himself on the run. Radonis agreed to help our desperate parent, if he sold us to him as collateral. The father agreed, and years later we still wonder if he did it so we would have the Archon's protection, or just to save his own skin.
Qunari- Bought by the Archon as a young Prisoner of War, most simply see us as an exotic "pet", rather than the instrument Radonis is forging. Are we a window into the Qunari mindset, or something more?
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Post by duskwanderer on Mar 6, 2019 15:24:09 GMT
I'm not interested in "background", I'd prefer to develop the character as they go along with interests, sort of like the Inquisition points.
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