What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

WHAT? Space hamster is the greatest hero of all in video games. He's the one that rescues Shepard after the reapers are destroyed. He get's his own ticker tape parade. The Milky Way is renamed The Hamster Way.

Dog isn't bad.

I did a bit of googling. Apparently if you DON'T bring your LI you can kiss Tallis regardless of romantic entanglement. So, essentially, you can kiss cheat on your LI. So, I'm guessing Tallis has no effect on relationships in the game, but I'm just not going to RP a cheater o_O My fling with each LI will end the moment they all run angrily from the room after we sleep together. So, MOTA in act 1 with a Tallis Kiss, Flirt with everyone, including Aveline, Fenris->Anders->Merril->Isabella forever! with a threesome with Zevran for good measure.

I didn't let the Chargers die this playthrough though I just sorta...ignored them. Do they die anyway if you flat out neglect IB? I'll have to check out the tavern at the Winter Palace to see if they are there.

And yeah you don't have to finish the game with only two team members like previously mentioned. My Dickquisitor was able to drag Dorian along when he went through the mirror.

I'll have to extra romance IB again down the line to make up for this misstep XD

Pondering differences of this Hawke from the rest.

I wanted him to be anti Qunari but then couldn't figure out why he'd be anti qunari but not also anti dwarf and anti elf if he were just racist. Then, inspiration struck; I'm going to say he knew the Farmer Family that Sten killed. The fact that the Chantry mother then pardoned him was just salt in the wound. Pondering if that would make him anti Chantry but then, i was kinda wanting to side with Petrice this round just to see what awful that would look like. It's going to be interesting to not have the Arishok's respect. I could make him a lapsed chantry guy. Seb will go full Brother, and Merril with be rivaled. poor Merril. Being mean to Merril is rough, I always feet like I'm whapping a puppy. If I rival Merril, that'll make Aveline, Anders, Fenris, Bethany happy. I'm rival mancing Isabella this time too.

Bethany: Friend But perhaps not 100%, who knows.
Varric: Friend
Aveline: Friend
Seb: Friend
Fenris: Friend
Anders: possibly rival. I'm going to see how it shakes out and not metagame it too much. (I meta so hard with DA2 haha)
Merril: Rival
Isabella: Rivalmance

Once I gather everyone up, my team is going to be Isabella, Merril, and--- hmm. I'm a two handed warrior. Bethany will be my third when available. Other than the Deep Roads, I don't much plan to take Anders anywhere this game. I'm even going to take a break from Fenris. Which leaves Aveline, Varric, and Seb; I've hardly brought any of those folk anywhere. Who is good to go with Isabella and Merril?

Who needs a third companion? Make the game more challenging

Anders scold both, but sometimes have good moments. Fenris scold merrill, but fun with Isabela. Aveline fun with Isabela. Sebastian can be interesting with Merrill, but you doesn't like his religious expressions. I don't know, he how related with Isabela. Varric good with everyone, but you don't need two rogue.

It may be Aveline then, just to enjoy her fighting with Isabella. But she doesn't interact with Merrill at all? Does Varric interact with both?

Don't need rogues at all, got the mod to open all chests myself.

Varric or Anders. Edit: yes, Avelinne interacts with Merrill.

Okay, I had a very fun play.

Finally, maxed out the Dalish affection, following deadlydwarf advice to herd the Golden Halla. I kept thinking it will be an epic quest including trudging up and down the place, but it was easy to find and basically just escort it to the camp on the horse. I've also found the bears in the Emerald graves, as well as doing a minor quest on the way (fighting Dalemen and Sister Something). More bears than I wanted, and a couple of giants. A couple of rifts were a bit trying, seeing the critters were level 16, and I am 13, but we cooped. The Knight Enchanter... wub!

I STILL cannot make it North on that Exalted Plains map, though I managed to got as fat as the north-most camp - I guess one of the ops unlocked the passage. But not as far as Cassandra's target. Oh, forget it for now!

Then I relaxed and tried my hand at a Human Female character creation. Liked it more than the elf. She is still a generically pretty waif, but if I ever try to win Cullen's heart, well, I can always park in the Emporium :)

Figure 1. Lariko, my best shot at a human archer (*groan* a pun...). Cullen approves?


Then I went back to Sin Fell. The Dumat Shrine was great, and I warmed up to Sera. Her shrill comment was priceless: Don't ya know shrines are bad?! Ah, was not that bad...

Figure 2. Dorian, wow, blue is your color. Keep talking...


Speaking of Dorian, I am starting to think that Tevinter is more like Bysantium, and Corynpheus is going for the Holy Roman Empire historic analogies. As if I can possibly obsess over Dorian more... Bysantium... my heat is either broken...

Then we ventured to the Western Approach. OMG, love it, love it, love it!!!

Figure 3. Sin Fell is finally dressed for the weather.


And, surprise, surprise, we got another evil mysterious Temple of Doom, this one of extreme stillness. Wow, I finally got a staff update for Sin. I was laughing because Team Inquisition did not like the reopened rift... but I figured, if anyone should be opening the rifts, it's one man on Thedas who can close them. He can do it now with his eyes closed! So, I feel like I am finally moving forward!!!

Figure 4. This does not look ominous at all. Nuh-huh. Not a single bit.

@domi
The Still Ruins is my favorite dungeon in the game. Glad you're enjoying the Western Approach. There's quite a bit to do in that area, even without meeting Hawke. If you like the dragon fights, the one for this area is pretty epic.

PS: Dorian looks good in pretty much everything.....or in nothing.  

Agreed on that last point, though I think rich colours suit him more than the pastels they put him in by default. In other news after a few experiments I found and outfit for Sin that does not clip Dorian's fingers through Sin Fell's hips (by councedence it's the casual deep blue Vivacity). Of course, I had to replay the kissing scene multiple times, but it was for science, and no sacrifice is too great for science. Now, if only I could fix the amatus vo.