Dorian Pavus Thread "He's More Handsome Than A Cockroach"

There are two options for the first kiss.

The first comes when you're back at Skyhold immediately following the meeting with Halward. In that scene, you choose the and the Inquisitor initiates a kiss. Even though the Inquisitor initiates here, they do come together mutually and share a nice kiss.

The second option comes after the Giselle conversation. In the previous scene (post-Halward), you need to choose the "brave" option. After the Giselle conversation, if you choose the , the game will pop a dialogue box asking you to confirm whether or not you want to start a romance with Dorian yes/no. On hitting yes, the Inquisitor says a sort of flirty thing and Dorian initiates the kiss. This is a surprise kiss, and the Inquisitor just stands there while Dorian presses his lips to the Inquisitor's for several seconds; the Inquisitor does not kiss back and appears a bit stunned, even though he obviously liked it.

There is a bit of trickiness with getting the game to recognize the romance if you take the second route, but it's not too difficult.

Normally, with the first option, if you have enough approval the NPC for the romance quest is available immediately in the room below with Solas. With the second option, you need to talk to Dorian again and say that you want to start the romance. There is another yes/no confirmation dialogue here. After that, the tricky part is that you need to LEAVE SKYHOLD; go to some other map (Hinterlands, wherever), and then go back. After you do that, if you have enough approval the romance quest NPC will appear near Solas.

Unfortunately, this is one of those things that you don't know about unless you know about it. For many players doing the Dorian romance, it would seem natural to pick the in the post-Halward scene, so it's easy to miss. In addition, the post-Giselle conversation plays out a bit differently for each path you take.

Because of my Inquisitor's roleplay, I prefer the surprise kiss route.