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Post by TheEmptyRoad on Jan 17, 2018 6:16:08 GMT
After playing the game with my obligatory self-insert Human Mage, and now knowing what really went down at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, a Qunari(Technically Vashoth) Inquisitor seems the most likely to me, even though non-human races weren't added until later. (It of course has NOTHING to do with the fact that we've never been able to play Qunari before in Dragon Age...nope not one bit)
Who would be more likely to stumble upon The Elder One's ritual-in-progress involving the Divine? A Human Mage at the Conclave? A Human non-mage at the Conclave? Both would be more likely to be hob-nobbling and intriguing upstairs with the other diplomatic mucky-mucks, and thus the least likely of any of the races to discover Coryphishit’s shenanigans.
Any of the other races is more likely though certain class combinations wouldn’t make sense.
A Dalish Elf spy/agent/representative should be up around the mucky-mucks to observe and report, but might get bored/sense something amiss downstairs. – Spy-type: Rogue, Representative type: Mage (First to the Keeper and all that)
A Carta Dwarf there to secure some Lyrium profits on the sly would likely hang around the fringes and hang out closer to the ritual than the Conclave. – Rogue most likely
A Qunari Mercenary brought in to be neutral Security would most definitely be on patrol throughout the Temple and likely to be a ‘first responder’ type, especially if it was noticed that the Divine was missing. – Any class.
My Canon Inquisitor will be a Qunari of some type. Apocrypha playthrough will likely another class of Qunari or Carta Dwarf.
As far as Origins, I agree with OP on the Dwarf Commoner, and a Brosca Rogue is my Apocrypha for Origins. My Canon however is Circle Mage, I agree with tacsear on that front. With Jory and Daveth being a warrior and a rogue and Duncan specifically mentioning the Warden’s lack of Mages…yeah.
As far as Dragon Age 2. I went back and forth several times on Canon vs Apocrypha Hawkes between Warrior and Rogue, because mage makes no sense (oodles of fun to play as though). In the end my canon is Rogue to complete the class trio of the Hawke siblings, and because after playing it several times, it just feels like a Rogue’s story. Apocrypha is a Reaver who drank the blood of the Dragon you find at the mine, with a little help from everyone’s favorite Blood Mage, Merrill.
Since I like the class trifecta thing my Canon Inquisitor will likely be a Warrior since: Warden – Mage and Champion – Rogue. My Apocrypha Inquisitor will likely be a Mage since: Warden – Rogue and Champion – Warrior.
Maker, I’m such a dork.
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Post by tacsear on Jan 17, 2018 22:00:00 GMT
DAO:Male Human Warrior. Because, come on Cousland is so canon it hurts. DA2: Female purple mage Hawke. The dynamic between Varric and FemHawke is better imo. DAI: Rogue male Trevelyan. Being a human makes more sense in the game especially when you master the Game in Winter Palace.
I make all my characters different classes and human noble. Because you don't start as a noble in DA2 Hawke can be a mage, which also completes my different class for each game obsession.
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Post by Lazarillo on Jan 17, 2018 22:06:27 GMT
DAO:Male Human Warrior. Because, come on Cousland is so canon it hurts. I feel like Dalish feels more "right" for a Warden than Cousland. It's the only origin without a personal sidestory, but it also has the strongest ties to the main one, since the origin specifically deals with the effects of the Blight, and since the goal in Witch Hunt is to find an Eluvian, bringing things full circle. It also, by being the one with the fewest connections to the rest of the setting, ends up being the one with the most excuse to really try and collect all the various codex and ask all the questions about the world, just like a new player would presumably want to do for the first game in a series. Cousland tells an awesome personal story for the Warden, but it doesn't feel quite as tailor-made to the rest of the game as a whole.
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Post by tacsear on Jan 17, 2018 22:12:42 GMT
DAO:Male Human Warrior. Because, come on Cousland is so canon it hurts. I feel like Dalish feels more "right" for a Warden than Cousland. It's the only origin without a personal sidestory, but it also has the strongest ties to the main one, since the origin specifically deals with the effects of the Blight, and since the goal in Witch Hunt is to find an Eluvian, bringing things full circle. It also, by being the one with the fewest connections to the rest of the setting, ends up being the one with the most excuse to really try and collect all the various codex and ask all the questions about the world, just like a new player would presumably want to do for the first game in a series. Cousland tells an awesome personal story for the Warden, but it doesn't feel quite as tailor-made to the rest of the game as a whole. I think Cousland comes a full circle as well. Especially with the Howe storyline. You see that slimy looking dude in the cinematic and if you're not a Cousland it doesn't have the same effect. And in Awakening, you get Howe castle as your base which you can ask from Alistair/Anora if you're Cousland at the end of base game. Plus people remembering you at various points is also very appealing for me.
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Post by eskiya on Jan 17, 2018 22:58:43 GMT
For Origins Humans make most sense, imho. Cousland just seems to 'fit' into the story the best, though I do enjoy me an elf play through. So canon for me in Origins has always been female rogue (archer) Cousland.
For 2, canon has been a male mage with healer as his primary focus. To me, a healer just fits with Hawke's background. His sister was killed and he's watched his whole town fall wanting to learn healing arts is a logical choice.
Inquisition...both humans and elves seem to fit snug into the story. Humans Because, uh...they always seem to, and Elves Because of all the elvish lore and the whole tie in to the old elven gods. As for class, I'm biased towards mages but all 3 seem to fit. My canon is a non-specialized male elf mage.
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Post by warden on Jan 17, 2018 23:08:20 GMT
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Post by Mir Aven on Jan 18, 2018 9:30:02 GMT
I just pick the one I like. In DA it's human mage. Which is funny because in fantasy games I usually don't pick humans. Yet in this case it was rather a process of elimination. I don't like elves. I don't have anything against dwarfes, yet I don't like them enough to dedicate a whole plathrought to one. After playing DA2 I was interested in picking a qunari, when I heared that Bioware is adding them to the selection, but when I saw how much they changed them in DAI I lost interest. So I'm sticking with playing humans.
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Post by cszoltan on Jan 18, 2018 16:32:47 GMT
It used to be a human male warrior self insert in DAO and DA2, but I got bored of male protagonists so lately I roll with elven female archers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 5:23:36 GMT
Either human/elven mage or human warrior.
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Post by Fredward on Jan 19, 2018 5:29:07 GMT
Almost never humans and never warriors, I think I've at least tried everything else.
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Post by aslightjump on Jan 19, 2018 6:58:16 GMT
For story value, in DAO I'd pick Warrior Cousland. For myself, specifically, my favorite rolls are Female Rogue Couslands and Female Suranas, though I am quite fond of the Tabris origin. The Warden is always female.
Conversely, Hawkes are always male, in part because I can't stand Jo Wyatt's voice, and typically mages, because Carver is better than Bethany. Purple-leaning Red Mage Hawkes, in particular.
DAI I'm less set in my preferences, but I had a blast playing a warrior Cadash (itty bitty woman, HUGE FREAKING SWORD). I've also really enjoyed my two male Trevelyans, but can't quite connect to any of my Lavellans. Haven't played an Adaar yet. I prefer Rogues/Warriors for DAI, because I enjoy the outsider-looking-in perspective on the Mage-Templar War.
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Post by Ahriman on Jan 19, 2018 10:16:02 GMT
Usually don't bother with humans/warriors, ended with elf mage in DAO and qunari mage in DAI. Though if DA4 is indeed set in Tevinter, I might finally make main playthrough with a human, a blood mage naturally. Old creepy family secrets and all that.
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Post by wickedcool on Jan 19, 2018 16:04:37 GMT
Bioware did an excellent job at immersion compared to every rpg out there that lets you choose a race. For me it’s a strength and not a weakness. Didn’t bioware choose elf as canon for dao so I don’t buy that theory for what they expected
My canon Human mage however played every race through ending Hawke female mage Undecided on dai-either dwarf rogue or human mage. Would have gone with elf if not for the broken shoulder. Also finished game as dwarf warrior but don’t want as canon
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Post by XJlock on Jan 20, 2018 1:35:29 GMT
DAO:Male Human Warrior. Because, come on Cousland is so canon it hurts. I feel like Dalish feels more "right" for a Warden than Cousland. It's the only origin without a personal sidestory, but it also has the strongest ties to the main one, since the origin specifically deals with the effects of the Blight, and since the goal in Witch Hunt is to find an Eluvian, bringing things full circle. It also, by being the one with the fewest connections to the rest of the setting, ends up being the one with the most excuse to really try and collect all the various codex and ask all the questions about the world, just like a new player would presumably want to do for the first game in a series. Cousland tells an awesome personal story for the Warden, but it doesn't feel quite as tailor-made to the rest of the game as a whole. Perhaps Bioware would approve of your belief, since the default race for the Warden in Dragon Age Keep is Dalish elf. Regarding this thread's question, it is human mage.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Jan 20, 2018 1:54:21 GMT
Making my character a horned giantess who wields magic, aka female Qunari mage, turned into one of my most fun and best characters I ever made in a video game, partly because shes such a hated character. Playing a horned gray-skinned giantess everyone sees as a strange, dangerous invader, who wields powerful magic which is another super big no-no for pretty much everyone in Thedas, including her own people, was just awesome. Plus Qunari are plain and simply cool because Elves, Humans and dwarves are a thing in almost all fantasy games, the Qunari are a somewhat unique race and this was the first opportunity to actually make a character using this race. I do hope we will get the chance to choose QUnari as race in the next DA game.
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 20, 2018 2:48:51 GMT
Elves, again. No other race holds my interest as long as they do. I am glad that the game gives us players options but yes, Elves are the only race I have ever finished a playthrough with. I think that speaks volumes.
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Post by davesin on Jan 20, 2018 6:26:39 GMT
I prefer human and dwarf characters. Human PC is usually a default and has understandable lack of knowledge in some fields and dwarves are simply awesome (and again, especially Carta boys and girls are going to not know some "obvious" things). I'm not certain about choosing Warrior or Rogue, though. When I'm building a character, I try to give them as additional edge and complexity, e. g. Rogues having Parry to stand toe-to-toe with those big guys with swords and Warriors using Battlemaster abilities and craftable bombs as some form of dirty tricks. And that's why I hope for classless system in DA4
I don't play Qunari because I'm not interested in them as playable characters. I used to play lots of elves... but I've got disinterested in their culture over time and I don't like their body structure.
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Post by mictlantecuhtli on Jan 22, 2018 18:04:02 GMT
Dwarf.
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Post by boxofscreaming on Jan 22, 2018 18:41:10 GMT
I generally prefer dwarves and elves to humans. Mage Trevelyan was pretty cool though. Oh, and Hawke of course!
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Post by inquisitor007 on Feb 3, 2018 0:37:52 GMT
It wasn't what I played as, but imo the best 'canon' Inquisitor would be a female elf, especially a mage. With that you get the best tragic/epic romance (Solas), which culminates in the final moment of the game. You also get the rather rich irony of someone from a downtrodden race/class becoming the most powerful political figure in Thedas. The elf angle also works well with the whole Flemeth/Mythal/Well of Sorrows subplot. It's also rather ironic that the Herald of Andraste might be someone who doesn't consider herself Andrastian. That's the kind of thing you might see in an interesting tale.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2018 1:00:18 GMT
Anything but human.
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Post by Jarovbees on Feb 3, 2018 1:08:45 GMT
The vast majority of the time, I prefer a non-human mage protagonist. I might as well go with all the things I can't do or be in real life!
I have a soft spot for dwarves, too, but unless they can gain magic somehow, I'm just not as invested.
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Post by warrior on Feb 3, 2018 7:48:45 GMT
I play humans and elves, usually mage or rogue. Never warrior.
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Post by duskwanderer on Feb 4, 2018 1:59:17 GMT
DA:O - In order, I liked: Dwarven Commoner > City Elf > Mage > Human Noble > Dwarven Noble > Dalish Elf
The Dwarven Commoner can only be male for me (I would see a female as another noble hunter) and City Elf must be female (I mean, he can be male, but it so much better as female). There's no other distinct differences for me. The one I ported over to use in subsequent games, however, was female City Elf. She romanced Zevran.
DA2 - Mage. If you're not the mage, then it feels like you're the supporting protagonist to Bethany. Speaking of, I console the game to keep Bethany alive. And no one can convince me it's not canon otherwise. He was a Blood Mage who romanced Merrill.
DAI - Dwarven Warrior - The whole purpose of the Inquisitor is that he was unconnected. He had no stake in the Mage/Templar conflict and came into the Anchor accidentally. As such, the Human can't be used. The elf has promise, but becomes too connected later on because the magic of the anchor is elven. And the qunari are just stupid. So, dwarven male S/S who romanced Cassandra and became a Templar.
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Post by M A Y A N F O R E S T on Feb 5, 2018 22:35:27 GMT
I like playing as all races, but I prefer the rogue and mage classes. I can't get into being a warrior for some reason. I've played as a sword and shield warrior once in DAI and I found it very boring. Rogue and mage are more fun to me.
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