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Post by azarhal on Sept 19, 2024 21:06:25 GMT
All of the Backgrounds that have been revealed all seem to follow a common theme. Rook doing 'the right thing' despite either orders from on high or ruffling the feathers of nobles. Looks like Rook's personality is more defined from the get-go. Hopefully an event early on in the game cools them off from reckless impetuosity. Thinking about it, Rook's rebellious side is reminiscent of Solas's and in an interview, they said that Solas saw himself in Rook. So it makes sense that the different backgrounds go in this direction. The disadvantage will be to be more limited in our roleplay. We will also have less possibility, I think, to be really evil. Making bad choices or more self-centered yes but evil I don't think so. The advantage is that Rook's story and relationship with Solas could be deeper, more important and linked to the themes of the story.
I assure you Solas wasn't born in a crypt, found by undeads and raised by Necromancers. That's so what I'm playing. I'm even going to aim for a Goth look.
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Post by marikahaliwell on Sept 19, 2024 22:18:11 GMT
Well, my girl will be a Grey Warden mage , like the Hero of Ferelden she admires 🤣.
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Post by themikefest on Sept 19, 2024 22:27:27 GMT
All of the Backgrounds that have been revealed all seem to follow a common theme. Rook doing 'the right thing' despite either orders from on high or ruffling the feathers of nobles. Looks like Rook's personality is more defined from the get-go. Hopefully an event early on in the game cools them off from reckless impetuosity. So I can't play a ruthless character?
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Post by colfoley on Sept 20, 2024 1:41:12 GMT
SO watched the previews for the backgrounds from ghil and the Specializations video from whoever posted it...clarified a few things and muddied a few more things a little bit to.
And I do tend to do this thing where I tend to over estimate and get a little too instantly skeptical when it comes to bad news but then I think about it and realize there is not a lot of reason to be too skeptical. This does come up from my headcanon being obliterated because I realized I kind of was planning for this originally anyways. My original plan was character is a soldier...something happens...goes home to Tevinterr...something happens...goes to the Antivan Crows. But the big part of it is that my backstory/origin story for my Rook can happen before the faction story most likely covered in the backgrounds. So in othre words Oliver will get to choose between going to the Crows at the end of his story or the Shadow Dragons.
For the Specializations this really did highlight where I am going with it. My coin flip was between Saboteur and Veil Ranger and while the Saboteur sounds like it has a few interesting options here and there and the arrow mechanics like splitting it sounds fun...the turret looks fun. But I am sorry that Cannon thing looks utterly ridicilious so Veil Ranger it is.
For background as I said still thinking of doing my initial background idea just that Mercar still sounds a little not like a name of a Tevinter Noble. Could grow on me though. And while as I have mentioned the Crows remain tempting the Crow background also mentioned something about Treviso being their city which implies that it will be like the Shadow Dragon Rook being mentioned as being from Minrathous, and my boy is a Tevinter boy.
And a note about said backgrounds people are afraid that it automatically points Rook as being a hero...and I disagree. There is still a lot of wiggle room in it because while Rook did something that went against the grain of leadership, which is something they advertized way back as being a theme of the game, this didn't really have the best result. Variations on the theme yes but the theme was that this either led to them being disliked by their factions leadership, or even in getting some of their faction killed in the process. There is a lot of room here for potential regret, guilt, and nuanced RP that maybe a Rook can be confronted about these choices and then we the player get to chose how our Rook responds...not to mention this event could even jade them to stuff. At the end though this does remind me of their connection with Solas and suddenly the mirroring between the two look a lot more solid.
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Post by ewigDunkelheit on Sept 20, 2024 2:38:11 GMT
After watching through some of the previews, I am actually going to rally against some of my earlier concerns and criticisms, and try the mage out after all. Especially as it looks like all classes are saturated with magical effects, so, why not? While not thrilled with some of the action-oriented basic attack gameplay loop, I will shy away from utilizing that fully by avoiding the dagger and orb set (no swapping), and primarily utilizing the pure-ranged options. I am annoyed that rogues are locked to both weapon styles (also visually always equipped), but if a player still wants to commit to one style, the warrior and mages classes don't show your additional weapon set choice as equipped.
I will drop my investment in having a full array of races for canon (I don't have an elf yet), and repeat a Qunari. A lot of criticisms have been leveled against the appearance for the race, so I might have to fight and tinker for a while to achieve a more traditional, rougher look, but I am eager to try.
My Rook's personality will remain unchanged (flippant and charming), and the romance path will still be Taash, or potentially Harding if Taash is underwhelming to me for some reason. The faction choice went back and forth, but Shadow Dragons or Mourn Watch still seem the biggest contenders. However, I am actually considering choosing for mechanical reasons. I may have Rook be another Grey Warden, just to make my Death Caller a little more robust, and to gain the bonus against Darkspawn. I am not a big fan of the common elemental triumvirate, so I am excited to exclusively use Necrotic (Nature?) staves, but Darkspawn are strong against Necrotic, so the faction bonus could offset my self-imposed weakness.
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Post by illuminated11 on Sept 20, 2024 2:47:14 GMT
I'm torn on the backgrounds. On the one hand, I like the parallel to Solas by having Rook involved in some sort of rebellion against authority. On the other hand, they do all feel rather uniform when viewed from a holistic perspective. That said, the Mourn Watch background is pretty damn close to perfect for my qunari Rook (although the CC for qunari has dampened my enthusiasm somewhat) which is fantastic.
The Lord of Fortune background will require a bit more fiddling on my part, but ultimately they're all still open ended and flexible enough to work with a wide variety of roleplay concepts.
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Post by luketrevelyan on Sept 20, 2024 3:59:33 GMT
Hmm well I read the faction backgrounds and I can't help but feel a bit bummed. I wasn't expecting all six to be so similar. It seems like it could be limiting from a roleplaying perspective and Rook might have too much built-in personality for my tastes. I tend to prefer more blank slate protagonists, but it can still work out as long as the game itself provides a good variety of choices. I had been leaning towards Crow but with that background...I'm not so sure.
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Post by sloth on Sept 20, 2024 5:13:45 GMT
Hmm well I read the faction backgrounds and I can't help but feel a bit bummed. I wasn't expecting all six to be so similar. It seems like it could be limiting from a roleplaying perspective and Rook might have too much built-in personality for my tastes. I tend to prefer more blank slate protagonists, but it can still work out as long as the game itself provides a good variety of choices. I had been leaning towards Crow but with that background...I'm not so sure. I guess I could read about the factions backgrounds and it would not be a huge spoiler? Afterall, I think it is probably one of the first things we are going to see/read when starting the game? know somewhere I could read it that is not spoilery about other things? I'm still deciding which faction I'm going to choose, and I was also thinking about the Crows, but the background could make me pick another one
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Post by luketrevelyan on Sept 20, 2024 5:48:45 GMT
Hmm well I read the faction backgrounds and I can't help but feel a bit bummed. I wasn't expecting all six to be so similar. It seems like it could be limiting from a roleplaying perspective and Rook might have too much built-in personality for my tastes. I tend to prefer more blank slate protagonists, but it can still work out as long as the game itself provides a good variety of choices. I had been leaning towards Crow but with that background...I'm not so sure. I guess I could read about the factions backgrounds and it would not be a huge spoiler? Afterall, I think it is probably one of the first things we are going to see/read when starting the game? know somewhere I could read it that is not spoilery about other things? I'm still deciding which faction I'm going to choose, and I was also thinking about the Crows, but the background could make me pick another one I saw them in a YouTube video for CC I think but I found this reddit thread that has just the backgrounds. I'm pretty spoiler averse but was ok seeing these because I figured it would help create my character. https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/1fkpbfd/datv_spoilers_rooks_background/
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Now that I've seen more: torn between two long(ish) hairstyles. Kinda wish they were longer, ngl, but they're the best options for what I'm envisioning. Low-key I'm loving the ponytails, too... if you know me, you know I liiive for a good pony all day everyday. They're practical and they're pretty. I like the first human preset (the redhead) - sorta kinda reminds me of Deborah Ann Woll from Daredevil, with some alterations, of course. But I've got something different in mind, going back to my roots quite literally with Rook, like I haven't played a blonde since my very first character back in DAO. And finally lighter hair won't look like ass because we've got some amazing hair tech this time! Mercar: that's a tough surname, oof. I don't know what I was expecting, but doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Gotta find a good first name to go with it. How about: "Meghan Mercar" - Prince Harry Greatly Disapproves. Thorne: Now this one, I love. My only complaint so far about the CC: everyone looks short and stumpy, like stocky, stout... I dunno. We needed a leg length or torso-leg ratio slider... because there's no apparent way to change that besides increasing height, and even then not really, you're just like, a taller dwarf. They went with a big head and a short, stumpy body that lends itself to like even more of a cartoonish look, IMO... yeah, I don't love that. And finally: we've gotta talk about the fashions! We need a thread for this. All the armors, aspirational, casual, underclothes, transmog... all of it! I've so many thoughts! 😱
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Sept 20, 2024 6:14:09 GMT
SO watched the previews for the backgrounds from ghil and the Specializations video from whoever posted it...clarified a few things and muddied a few more things a little bit to. And I do tend to do this thing where I tend to over estimate and get a little too instantly skeptical when it comes to bad news but then I think about it and realize there is not a lot of reason to be too skeptical. This does come up from my headcanon being obliterated because I realized I kind of was planning for this originally anyways. My original plan was character is a soldier...something happens...goes home to Tevinterr...something happens...goes to the Antivan Crows. But the big part of it is that my backstory/origin story for my Rook can happen before the faction story most likely covered in the backgrounds. So in othre words Oliver will get to choose between going to the Crows at the end of his story or the Shadow Dragons. For the Specializations this really did highlight where I am going with it. My coin flip was between Saboteur and Veil Ranger and while the Saboteur sounds like it has a few interesting options here and there and the arrow mechanics like splitting it sounds fun...the turret looks fun. But I am sorry that Cannon thing looks utterly ridicilious so Veil Ranger it is. For background as I said still thinking of doing my initial background idea just that Mercar still sounds a little not like a name of a Tevinter Noble. Could grow on me though. And while as I have mentioned the Crows remain tempting the Crow background also mentioned something about Treviso being their city which implies that it will be like the Shadow Dragon Rook being mentioned as being from Minrathous, and my boy is a Tevinter boy. And a note about said backgrounds people are afraid that it automatically points Rook as being a hero...and I disagree. There is still a lot of wiggle room in it because while Rook did something that went against the grain of leadership, which is something they advertized way back as being a theme of the game, this didn't really have the best result. Variations on the theme yes but the theme was that this either led to them being disliked by their factions leadership, or even in getting some of their faction killed in the process. There is a lot of room here for potential regret, guilt, and nuanced RP that maybe a Rook can be confronted about these choices and then we the player get to chose how our Rook responds...not to mention this event could even jade them to stuff. At the end though this does remind me of their connection with Solas and suddenly the mirroring between the two look a lot more solid. But wasn't Mercar "a foundling adopted into a military family"? They could still be of noble birth, no? Headcanon, low-key...? 🤔
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Post by colfoley on Sept 20, 2024 6:19:38 GMT
SO watched the previews for the backgrounds from ghil and the Specializations video from whoever posted it...clarified a few things and muddied a few more things a little bit to. And I do tend to do this thing where I tend to over estimate and get a little too instantly skeptical when it comes to bad news but then I think about it and realize there is not a lot of reason to be too skeptical. This does come up from my headcanon being obliterated because I realized I kind of was planning for this originally anyways. My original plan was character is a soldier...something happens...goes home to Tevinterr...something happens...goes to the Antivan Crows. But the big part of it is that my backstory/origin story for my Rook can happen before the faction story most likely covered in the backgrounds. So in othre words Oliver will get to choose between going to the Crows at the end of his story or the Shadow Dragons. For the Specializations this really did highlight where I am going with it. My coin flip was between Saboteur and Veil Ranger and while the Saboteur sounds like it has a few interesting options here and there and the arrow mechanics like splitting it sounds fun...the turret looks fun. But I am sorry that Cannon thing looks utterly ridicilious so Veil Ranger it is. For background as I said still thinking of doing my initial background idea just that Mercar still sounds a little not like a name of a Tevinter Noble. Could grow on me though. And while as I have mentioned the Crows remain tempting the Crow background also mentioned something about Treviso being their city which implies that it will be like the Shadow Dragon Rook being mentioned as being from Minrathous, and my boy is a Tevinter boy. And a note about said backgrounds people are afraid that it automatically points Rook as being a hero...and I disagree. There is still a lot of wiggle room in it because while Rook did something that went against the grain of leadership, which is something they advertized way back as being a theme of the game, this didn't really have the best result. Variations on the theme yes but the theme was that this either led to them being disliked by their factions leadership, or even in getting some of their faction killed in the process. There is a lot of room here for potential regret, guilt, and nuanced RP that maybe a Rook can be confronted about these choices and then we the player get to chose how our Rook responds...not to mention this event could even jade them to stuff. At the end though this does remind me of their connection with Solas and suddenly the mirroring between the two look a lot more solid. But wasn't Mercar "a foundling adopted into a military family"? They could still be of noble birth, no? Headcanon, low-key...? 🤔 yes, that did catch my eye to of being the second part of the SDs that match up with my headcannon. And I don't know what 'foundling' is but another name for a noble? On the hair front did mention giving Oliver a short cropped beard and a buzz cut initially then having him grow his hair out...but ironically the buzz cut options I saw looked kind of...helmet headed? Oh the irony. May have to rewatch the hair style video of course. Edit hot damn I completely missed the 'adopted' part. Oh that is so juicy.
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Sept 20, 2024 6:19:52 GMT
All of the Backgrounds that have been revealed all seem to follow a common theme. Rook doing 'the right thing' despite either orders from on high or ruffling the feathers of nobles. Looks like Rook's personality is more defined from the get-go. Hopefully an event early on in the game cools them off from reckless impetuosity. So I can't play a ruthless character? You can be a total b*tch. I really wanted to play my Rook as a calculated icy mf'er... and I always say that, but can never do it. They all end up being diplomatic, wise, sweet, warm, caring and inviting... a fuck*n' delight. Llke yours truly. That's what my tombstone will say: "She was a motherfn' delight".
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Post by luketrevelyan on Sept 20, 2024 6:28:58 GMT
But wasn't Mercar "a foundling adopted into a military family"? They could still be of noble birth, no? Headcanon, low-key...? 🤔 yes, that did catch my eye to of being the second part of the SDs that match up with my headcannon. And I don't know what 'foundling' is but another name for a noble? On the hair front did mention giving Oliver a short cropped beard and a buzz cut initially then having him grow his hair out...but ironically the buzz cut options I saw looked kind of...helmet headed? Oh the irony. May have to rewatch the hair style video of course. Edit hot damn I completely missed the 'adopted' part. Oh that is so juicy. Uh oh I need a good buzz cut option please. No lie, I played with a hat on the whole time in Starfield because I hated the short hair options so much lol. People always complain about long hair but sometimes short hair doesn't get the love either. I'll withhold judgement for now on Veilguard though because people were scrolling way too fast through those hair styles to tell what they are were. But BioWare overcompensating wouldn't surprise me at all.
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Sept 20, 2024 6:31:35 GMT
But wasn't Mercar "a foundling adopted into a military family"? They could still be of noble birth, no? Headcanon, low-key...? 🤔 yes, that did catch my eye to of being the second part of the SDs that match up with my headcannon. And I don't know what 'foundling' is but another name for a noble? On the hair front did mention giving Oliver a short cropped beard and a buzz cut initially then having him grow his hair out...but ironically the buzz cut options I saw looked kind of...helmet headed? Oh the irony. May have to rewatch the hair style video of course. Foundling: an infant abandoned or rejected by their parents, into the care of others. (Perhaps even an orphan headcanon would work here, no? Like... I dunno, Batman. No, wait... he's just a rich orphan. The old dude is his butler). lol IDK But yeah, I think a Mercar of noble birth is totally possible. Maybe what drove them to join the Shadow Dragons in the first place, is because of that past. They've experienced both worlds, seen what Tevinter's slaver Magocracy is capable of and the pain they cause, they know and felt it firsthand... maybe it destroyed their family and childhood... ?
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Sept 20, 2024 6:33:38 GMT
yes, that did catch my eye to of being the second part of the SDs that match up with my headcannon. And I don't know what 'foundling' is but another name for a noble? On the hair front did mention giving Oliver a short cropped beard and a buzz cut initially then having him grow his hair out...but ironically the buzz cut options I saw looked kind of...helmet headed? Oh the irony. May have to rewatch the hair style video of course. Edit hot damn I completely missed the 'adopted' part. Oh that is so juicy. Uh oh I need a good buzz cut option please. No lie, I played with a hat on the whole time in Starfield because I hated the short hair options so much lol. People always complain about long hair but sometimes short hair doesn't get the love either. I'll withhold judgement for now on Veilguard though because people were scrolling way too fast through those hair styles to tell what they are were. But BioWare overcompensating wouldn't surprise me at all. Don't worry, I saw a buzzcut. I think at least 3 very short / shaved hairstyles that I can remember.
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Sept 20, 2024 6:39:55 GMT
I liked the faction backstories, personally. They give just enough info, but leaving room to fill in the blanks, one's imagination / headcanons and stuff. I found them to be a lot like Shepard's Earthborn, Spacer, Colonist, Sole Survivor... etc, backgrounds. A starting point, not too rigid or limiting, just flexible enough.
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Post by gervaise21 on Sept 20, 2024 7:02:37 GMT
All of the Backgrounds that have been revealed all seem to follow a common theme. Rook doing 'the right thing' despite either orders from on high or ruffling the feathers of nobles. Looks like Rook's personality is more defined from the get-go. Hopefully an event early on in the game cools them off from reckless impetuosity. There is a theme going on with these backgrounds. However, there is one exception to the general trend. With the exception of Shadow Dragon the trend with the others is that they are a bit of a maverick, who either disobeyed orders from their superiors or ruffled the feathers of the ruling elite that the organisation needs to keep on side, or both, and thus essentially they have been punished for their actions by their own faction in being sent away. Only with the Shadow Dragons did you complete your mission successfully, as approved of by your leadership, but as a result have brought you to the attention of their enemies, so they have directed you to step back for your own safety.
It also makes more sense to me that the Venatori would have tracked you to the rendezvous with Varric and attacked you en mass if you are that Shadow Dragon rather than some random person from a faction with no real connection to Tevinter. Perhaps it will be explained in game but, with the exception of the Crows, there doesn't really seem any reason why the Venatori would object to you, although I suppose they could have been aiming for Varric. For this reason I have returned to my original choice of faction: Shadow Dragon.
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Post by colfoley on Sept 20, 2024 7:08:40 GMT
yes, that did catch my eye to of being the second part of the SDs that match up with my headcannon. And I don't know what 'foundling' is but another name for a noble? On the hair front did mention giving Oliver a short cropped beard and a buzz cut initially then having him grow his hair out...but ironically the buzz cut options I saw looked kind of...helmet headed? Oh the irony. May have to rewatch the hair style video of course. Foundling: an infant abandoned or rejected by their parents, into the care of others. (Perhaps even an orphan headcanon would work here, no? Like... I dunno, Batman. No, wait... he's just a rich orphan. The old dude is his butler). lol IDK But yeah, I think a Mercar of noble birth is totally possible. Maybe what drove them to join the Shadow Dragons in the first place, is because of that past. They've experienced both worlds, seen what Tevinter's slaver Magocracy is capable of and the pain they cause, they know and felt it firsthand... maybe it destroyed their family and childhood... ? That is more or less where I was thinking of going anyways. Just not with the Mageocracy in total but the Venatori in particular. But as he reckons with the corruption of the Venatori it forces him to ask questions about larger Tevinter society. I liked the faction backstories, personally. They give just enough info, but leaving room to fill in the blanks, one's imagination / headcanons and stuff. I found them to be a lot like Shepard's Earthborn, Spacer, Colonist, Sole Survivor... etc, backgrounds. A starting point, not too rigid or limiting, just flexible enough. Precisely. Especially with the ME backgrounds because they were able to give us a lot of variance because we got two, but the principle is still largely the same and people usually can react in a lot of different ways to trauma and failure. Which it seems like Rooks character is being set up with two big factors 1. Has the best intentions but 2. things tend to go wrong despite them...remind you of anyone? *** More hair talk. The idea has seized me a little bit I wonder if I shouldn't go opposite direction. Have Oliver start off with a long hair look as he is trying to be on the run/ on the down low and then shorten his hair to match. And it would be easier to justify him getting a hair cut off screen then his hair suddenly getting longer to. So concept one his hair starts off looking like: b Versus concept 2. c
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Post by colfoley on Sept 20, 2024 7:11:21 GMT
All of the Backgrounds that have been revealed all seem to follow a common theme. Rook doing 'the right thing' despite either orders from on high or ruffling the feathers of nobles. Looks like Rook's personality is more defined from the get-go. Hopefully an event early on in the game cools them off from reckless impetuosity. There is a theme going on with these backgrounds. However, there is one exception to the general trend. With the exception of Shadow Dragon the trend with the others is that they are a bit of a maverick, who either disobeyed orders from their superiors or ruffled the feathers of the ruling elite that the organisation needs to keep on side, or both, and thus essentially they have been punished for their actions by their own faction in being sent away. Only with the Shadow Dragons did you complete your mission successfully, as approved of by your leadership, but as a result have brought you to the attention of their enemies, so they have directed you to step back for your own safety.
It also makes more sense to me that the Venatori would have tracked you to the rendezvous with Varric and attacked you en mass if you are that Shadow Dragon rather than some random person from a faction with no real connection to Tevinter. Perhaps it will be explained in game but, with the exception of the Crows, there doesn't really seem any reason why the Venatori would object to you, although I suppose they could have been aiming for Varric. For this reason I have returned to my original choice of faction: Shadow Dragon. My thought was that they were there for Varric in the first place but you are right. I do like at least some of the implications which again could fit with my headcanon where Oliver was missing presumed dead at the end of his Origin story and now that we have the Shadow Dragon background goes off to join them officially so if the Venatori start getting a sniff that he is alive it would be even more reason for him to hide.
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Post by TabithaTH on Sept 20, 2024 8:14:15 GMT
Imho, the faction backgrounds feel a bit too similar, but mostly they all seem to point to a rook that’ll sacrifice themselves for others.
However, I’m interested in how self-serving we can play our Rook in the actual game. I can always headcanon that the faction thing is how others have perceived their actions. That they just play into it, because it makes people think they’re a hero, when they were just looking out for their own interest.
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Post by kotoreffect3 on Sept 20, 2024 8:23:46 GMT
I was going to go with human Lord of Fortune but now I am leaning toward Dwarven Warden.
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Post by illuminated11 on Sept 20, 2024 8:26:05 GMT
Imho, the faction backgrounds feel a bit too similar, but mostly they all seem to point to a rook that’ll sacrifice themselves for others. However, I’m interested in how self-serving we can play our Rook in the actual game. I can always headcanon that the faction thing is how others have perceived their actions. That they just play into it, because it makes people think they’re a hero, when they were just looking out for their own interest. Yeah what’ll make or break the similarities between faction backgrounds comes down to how robust the dialogue options are. If I can clarify and put my own stamp on whats already outlined, then it’ll be fine. How it interacts with lineage will also be important. A shadow dragon elf or qunari should have very different experience in their upbringing from dwarf or human.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Sept 20, 2024 8:30:05 GMT
I've narrowed my Rook's name down to two possibilities, depending on whether Mercar has a soft or a hard c.
Seia and Atia.
I still don't know what class she's going to be >.<
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Post by Ice-Quinn on Sept 20, 2024 8:52:06 GMT
Foundling: an infant abandoned or rejected by their parents, into the care of others. (Perhaps even an orphan headcanon would work here, no? Like... I dunno, Batman. No, wait... he's just a rich orphan. The old dude is his butler). lol IDK But yeah, I think a Mercar of noble birth is totally possible. Maybe what drove them to join the Shadow Dragons in the first place, is because of that past. They've experienced both worlds, seen what Tevinter's slaver Magocracy is capable of and the pain they cause, they know and felt it firsthand... maybe it destroyed their family and childhood... ? That is more or less where I was thinking of going anyways. Just not with the Mageocracy in total but the Venatori in particular. But as he reckons with the corruption of the Venatori it forces him to ask questions about larger Tevinter society. I liked the faction backstories, personally. They give just enough info, but leaving room to fill in the blanks, one's imagination / headcanons and stuff. I found them to be a lot like Shepard's Earthborn, Spacer, Colonist, Sole Survivor... etc, backgrounds. A starting point, not too rigid or limiting, just flexible enough. Precisely. Especially with the ME backgrounds because they were able to give us a lot of variance because we got two, but the principle is still largely the same and people usually can react in a lot of different ways to trauma and failure. Which it seems like Rooks character is being set up with two big factors 1. Has the best intentions but 2. things tend to go wrong despite them...remind you of anyone? *** More hair talk. The idea has seized me a little bit I wonder if I shouldn't go opposite direction. Have Oliver start off with a long hair look as he is trying to be on the run/ on the down low and then shorten his hair to match. And it would be easier to justify him getting a hair cut off screen then his hair suddenly getting longer to. So concept one his hair starts off looking like: b Versus concept 2. c I like it. And not even necessarily to show a passage of time (the world’s ending and all, it’s more immediate unlike in Inquisition), but often a change in one’s look accompanies an internal one. Perhaps after the events of the Prologue and Rook becoming the de-facto leader of the Veilguard, he decides to go with the buzzcut. I like a shaggy, short-ish ‘do for a character such as this one, looks rather Rogue/Archer-y, very “Robin Hood”… ^^
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