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Post by phoray on Jul 10, 2017 22:09:33 GMT
My internet in my hotel room was pretty much non existent for many hours yesterday evening, so I didn't get to post my pics with my writing. Winter Palace: Writing 1Writing 2Writing 3Writing 4So now I will post the pictures, with descriptions. This is the window I imagined Varas and his mother discussed "things" at. I was pleased that I could actually see Dorian from this window so it was perfect. Being a human noble with experience in the Game, he definitely knew how to dance. He admitted to trusting Celene during the conversation, which got him a -10 in approval. But it was irrelevant considering it was ridiculously easy as a Game playing human male to be at max at the end of the evening. He even intentionally made himself late so he could search every corner. have to say, the dance moves look so much better for a human male. Group having a pow wow in their new modded finery. I get an extraordinary amount of pleasure from yelling at Leliana and telling her NO. We ain't killing Celene, ya crazy bitch. Specifically Cullen, looking so much better with this trimmed scruff mod and a darker coat. I still smile when I call her out. I really like her sobs. Love this line from Celene. "Enough! I will not bicker while Tevinter plots to destroy our nation!" She loves Orlais so much, and has sacrificed her soul to keep her vision of it going. Respect, man. Respect. Unfortunately, the dance scene on the balcony is not quite as good as the one out with Florianne. And I took a terrible shot of it. Oh well.
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Post by phoray on Jul 10, 2017 23:32:22 GMT
!!!!!
This is the 5th! Time I've gone through the Cass book scene and suddenly Cole?! Is in it?!!
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Post by tacsear on Jul 10, 2017 23:43:54 GMT
!!!!! This is the 5th! Time I've gone through the Cass book scene and suddenly Cole?! Is in it?!! If you do Champions of the Just, Cole appears instead of Dorian in that scene
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Post by phoray on Jul 11, 2017 0:52:08 GMT
so annoyed. I can't tell if my game glitched. Viv gave me her wyvern heart quest, I go to the exalted plains, I click on the rock to open an opertion. There is no operation at the War Table. I'll reload a save and see how it goes.--- oooooooo it's because I lack power.
Varas returned back to Skyhold to a flurry of activity. Firs thing he did was donate the Orlesian furniture in his room that his mother had purchased---elsewhere./ Lots of gossip about the new Divine. Cass found time to read a book. Varas ordered the building of a small chantry. He's certain he's ready- Ready to move beyond duty and seek some of his happniness as well. But he wants to pray in a proper chantry about it. And the people in Skyhold need the Maker as well, in their lives. While that gets built, the War Room was where he spent most of his time, working with his advisors to advance the Inquisition.
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Post by Lazarillo on Jul 11, 2017 1:53:29 GMT
So after many half-finished attempts at re-doing Origins, I just said to heck with it, and made a bunch of new Inquisitors to do that instead. Leaning kinda elf-y at the moment, not sure if I'm gonna stick with a guy or a gal. I'm leaning towards the guy but am having trouble deciding, even though I've done a lady Lavellan many, many times before, and never a male one. I have this weird thing where I actually find myself enjoying it when I replay mostly the same way...
One thought I'm having repeating the prologue a couple times, though, is just how EXPLEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTIIIIVVVE good the music is. Man, speaking of mods like was discussed the other day, I really wish I had one that kept the music always on.
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Post by phoray on Jul 11, 2017 2:02:07 GMT
Almost regret playing HZD. It's opened my eyes to what battle in a video game can be and going back to DA battle mechanics makes me You know , yesterday, I saw these demons coming for me so I waited till lost moment then clicked to roll out of the way. Except no, this wasn't HZD. This was DA. The world where only rogues can fall sideways out of the way IF you install the right skills. The absurdity. Varas' friends are Sera, Dorian, Cass, and Viv. Didn't recruit IB, going to ignore Jose, Solas, and Varric for the rest of the game pretty much. IT's kinda weird-- Fade Dream only happens if Solas likes you enough, but aren't you Fade Walking regardless of his approval? I'd like to think after the Winter Palace and the side quest with Viv, he'd really appreciate that love can be a fleeting thing. He should grasp it as passionately as those women did, eh? He sentenced Florianne to the Chantry. HE visited his single prisoner, Ex Knight Captain blah blah blah. I find it weird that they stored the first prisoner in that portion of the prison. Especially consdering the roar of the water fall interferes with clear audio. Cullen's game of chess seems so weird as a non romance scene. It really feels like it was meant to be a date- built for the romance. I felt a bit lost. Drifting from the main story can do that to a person. I really need to make my own version of a Walk through for trying out the final two romances. Most of the mods are working, although the improved Banter one doesn't seem to be. I think my upcoming plans are: Sera side mission, Promote Ser Barris (how do you do that?), Take the Templar Spec, officially have the romance scene with Dorian (even though I've watched it 20 times.) And finely go to Crestwood and beyond for the Warden part of the story. But I feel unexcited. Pondering my disinterest. Is is because I want to play HZD for the second time, but I'm waiting till next week? Is it because this is my 5th PT? (kinda regret romancing Solas and Cass with characters I didn't love.) I do wonder if the stories I write in the RP thread as well as my fanfiction would serve me better in my dragon age love. IF I cut back on the Game play, I may just write and draw more. Ah well. I will cut myself off early for the night.
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Post by Lazarillo on Jul 11, 2017 2:07:08 GMT
Promote Ser Barris (how do you do that?) It only works if you ally with the Templars (supposed to be if you conscript too, but it's bugged and there's no fix). You direct him on a series of War Table missions, and you need to pick the correct advisors for each one. They start in northeastern-ish Ferelden, IIRC. After they're done, you select the throne like a Judgment (there's also a bug where you need to have an active Judgment to do, too...not sure if that one was fixed or not offhand).
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jul 11, 2017 6:43:17 GMT
Almost regret playing HZD. It's opened my eyes to what battle in a video game can be and going back to DA battle mechanics makes me You know , yesterday, I saw these demons coming for me so I waited till lost moment then clicked to roll out of the way. Except no, this wasn't HZD. This was DA. The world where only rogues can fall sideways out of the way IF you install the right skills. The absurdity. Ah ha, now you know how I feel. The inability to dodge roll at will always set me frothing. Why do you think the majority of my Inqs are warriors? I'm so used to it in Guild Wars 2; run, jump, roll (forward, backward, left, right), come back up shooting or whacking or throwing a spell. With the addition of flight ability, combat became more dynamic. Even now when I play the mage in DAI, in my subconscious, when mobs come in close, I want to use the staff to whack. Nope, can't do that.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 11, 2017 15:38:28 GMT
Started a female qunari playthrough Grab my hand I'm not as young as I use to be I have to say I like this playthrough so far. More for the dialogue relating to qunari. I like the line Josie has when first meeting her. Sera seems to drool at the sight of a female qunari. When talking with characters, they are looking up. I will say its funny that a scene can't show the whole female qunari because of height. I'm not sure if I will romance anyone. If I do it most likely will be Bull. Up to this point, there's more qunari related dialogue than dwarf dialogue that I had when playing as one however long ago. As the images above show, I chose the mages, a rarity for me. I conscripted them. The outfit I have her wearing is what the females are seen wearing in the trespasser dlc. So I want her to be like her fellow female qunari.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 11, 2017 19:38:21 GMT
I'm taller than you. I'm taller than you. I will do it for the Qun
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Post by fylimar on Jul 11, 2017 20:49:24 GMT
Today Taenas adventures continued. She did the last job for Slim Couldry and sneaked into the estate of that arl. Unfortunately it was a trap. But our fearless heros did fight their way out and escaped. After that it was time to save Anora from Howe. So into the estate they sneaked (didn't worked as planned, because for some reason, the elven girl didn't distract the guards as promised). After some sneaking and a lot of fighting they found Anora, but her door was magically sealed, so they had to find the mage, responsible and convince him with forceful diplomacy to give it up. He didn't want to, so he died and the madman Howe too. And that spoiled brat, that son of the former arl, who said to Taena, that elves are not people - and her poor Zevran was standing right behind her - lost for words for once. The rest of the prisoners were freed as was the poor son of arl Sighurd, who was in the midst of getting tortured for trying to help a friend. After that, Anora was freed, but Ser Cauthrien stopped them. Luckily, she didn't recognise Anora and only wanted the wardens, so Taena and Alistair surrendered ... only to escape Fort Drakon again a few hours later. I used the method to steal the password from that soldier, who always forgot it and wrote it down this time - never did that before. Usually, I let myself get recruited and trained and walk out the front door with a bunch of soldiers. Funnily enough, when we reached the entry hall of the fort, Morrigan and Leliana where about to break in and rescue us - that was new too. Fighting the arls men (the one we tried to steal from, not Howe) Sneaking in those clunky armors will be a nightmare - the rogues are worried Vaughan is about to get, what he deserves
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Post by phoray on Jul 11, 2017 23:33:20 GMT
Varas Trevelyan prayed to the Maker. Then stepped into his new life as a Templar. (big speech from Ser mad the fact that there wasn't a training montage very underwhelming.) Since he was nearby, he stopped to speak to Cullen. Eerie coincidence, he was arguing with Cassandra about taking lyrium. (This scene included Cassandra saying that Varas might want to stop taking lyrium someday as well. @_@ Won't ever get that line again.) Then it was off to tell Cullen that... he should stop suffering. And just... take the lyrium. That being free from the reigns of the chantry should be enough for him for now. { I'm worried, cuz there is a middle ground here that I didn't see. I said the nice version of take lyrium. } I'd like to imagine that Varas was a bit high off his first draft of the stuff and felt a bit overconfident. Also if he was taking it, and it felt amazing, surely couldn't be all that bad eh? Then to the Quarters for some rest and relaxation with Dorian. ^^ Canon tell him to wait is my thing. They'll bump uglies just fine post Adamant. (in my head--wait that sounds wrong---- or does it? ) Now it's off to Crestwood.
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Post by phoray on Jul 12, 2017 0:05:50 GMT
The Wardens at Weishaupt "considered the matter settled." When Hawke slew Cory. WTF, they didn't remember why they'd built a giant magical prison? Wasn't it just 30 years ago that they friggen had HAwke Sr renew the blood barriers?!
LOL " I was sworn to secrecy so I couldn't tell you we were all hearing the Calling."
*Proceeds to dump several Warden secrets on your head. *
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Post by Jarovbees on Jul 12, 2017 2:12:23 GMT
Snazzy arrival at the Exalted March. Spa Day with Divine Victoria. Best. Present. Ever. Thanks, Varric. The power of love made Buckles grow by another foot.
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Post by phoray on Jul 12, 2017 3:01:17 GMT
Gasp. My inefficient do what I feel like playing left me short Power and I actually had to close rifts. The gall. And then after clearing the western approach of rifts I was short 1 power and I ... *shame* filled a requisition. After being so good to avoid that horror for two games. I imagined that the Req Officer was giddy with delight to finally deliver a message to me. I a lightning idea for what may cause the Blight while playing though Which I will save for my RP thread. I snorted as my super aggro blood mage Hawke who romanced Merril and high fived Anders for blowing up the Chantry... proceeded to rail against all this horrible blood magic. I was like...wow. that really is off on representation. I got Crestwood mayor, but if i can't lock him up in my dungeon, what's the point? Then there was death and exile. The 4th option I won't get access to because I'm exiling the Wardens this go round. Varas respected the Wardens but seriously, as a devout Templar type, he has no acceptance of all this blood magic, no matter the voices in their head. But Adamant, and that decision, is for tomorrow.
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Post by Hrungr on Jul 12, 2017 3:59:05 GMT
Back to dabbling with a Rogue playthrough in DAI. Got a surprise ping on my radar today though. i.imgur.com/B7wXHKj.jpgCan't believe I hadn't found this loot before in all my previous playthroughs...
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jul 12, 2017 8:03:10 GMT
^ I quit looting everything I come across once I began using the more gold mod. Saves me a lot of time. ***** After meeting Loghain at Crestwood, the Inquisitor made tracks for the Western Approach. When she and her companions arrived, a scout passed them a message that Loghain had found the wardens at a abandoned Tewinter outpost. They made haste to meet up with Loghain and Hawke at the outpost. There, they found the wardens performing blood sacrifices with a Tewinter magister overseeing the process. From the blank looks in their eyes, it was clear the wardens were no longer in command of themselves. The magister introduced himself as lord Livius Erimond. Full of arrogance, he began to regale the group with the plans of his master, Corypheus. When he sought to control the mark on the Inquisitor's hand and kill her, she reversed the spell on him. Shocked, he ordered the warden thralls to attack the party as he made his escape. When the wardens were dead, there was no sign of the craven magister. Loghain said he would look for the rest of the wardens with Hawke and send news to the Inquisitor.
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Post by phoray on Jul 12, 2017 11:18:12 GMT
SO, I'm not much of a battle person. Especially of the classes I don't play, like Warrior, how useful some of that stuff is is a mystery to me. So, on my 5th PT, after taking the Templar spec, I review my Templar options. And realize that "dispel" has the same symbol as the dispel as a mage. so I sign up for it, test it out, and lo and behold, I can block monsters coming out with it. Bejeebus, that, plus two mages makes Rift closing so much faster. AND I feel oddly powerful- like I'm a mage that can whack things.
Then the scene where he turns the spell back on Erimund even has a different flavor. " I DENY YOU" mwuahahahah.
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Post by fylimar on Jul 12, 2017 17:33:36 GMT
Taena tried her diplomatic talent today. She convinced Anora and Alistair to marry. Eamon was speechless. Who said that casteless dwarves can't learn the fine art of diplomacy? And to show, that this wasn't a one time success, Taena secured the voices of Bann Sighurd and Bann Alfastanna for the Landsmeet. After that, she took a last contract from the Crows to save a boy. It turned out, the boy was already saved and the father just wanted the kidnapper killed. At least Master Ignacio said, the father was a high ranking noble, so maybe another vote in the Landsmeet? After that, the group went to the alienage, because Anora seems to think, that something is wrong there. WHen we arrived, there was a lot of commotion. There is rumor of a sickness and healers from Tevinter are there to cure it. Strangely few of the cured came back, as Shianni, an elven woman, told Taena. So the group decided to take a look and found a flowering slave trade with the sanction of Loghain. Taena knows how it is, to be on the bottom of society, so she has a lot of compassion for the city elves. They get treated like shit and then sold into slavery - not on her watch. ANd the whole Landsmeet will know about this - as well as about the people tortured in Howes cellar and the murdered Grey Wardens. Loghain has a lot to answer for.
(You might have gotten my decision from that short text: Loghain will not survive the Landsmeet)
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Post by Rascoth on Jul 12, 2017 22:12:06 GMT
Started DA2 as mage. Surprising, I know. Playing with barely modified default Hawke. Got rid of lipstick, darkened eyeshadow, gave her freckles and made sure she got black eyebrows. Small things, but I really see and like the difference.Created DAO save with save generator and I must admit, it's funny to see the game struggle with it. The Warden who - in theory - US'ed (plot flags set to no baby with Morrigan and Warden killing Archdemon). Even checked "Orlesian Warden" for Awakening. Then I got into game and it turned out the Warden somehow survived and became Warden-Commander. Ok. Then Elthina beat everything. Codex refers to the right, Cousland Warden, yet when Elthina talked about the Blight... she mentioned dwarf ending it. I seriously lol'ed. Bless this save generator. Got to Kirkwall (Alistair may say whatever he wants, Flemeth swooping in is bad ass), recruited Aveline, Fenris, finished bunch of side-quests (including Duty and Aveline's quest), now to recruit Merrill. Off we go! It wouldn't be right if I didn't include purple wisdom in this post I love my purple baby.
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Post by deadlydwarf on Jul 13, 2017 1:21:16 GMT
Still procastinating with Taena due to decision making. But I played Alighiera (DAO, the mage, not the rogue Hawke) a bit more. I really like her. She is very sarcastic and sometimes a bit blunt. She told Jory that he is a coward for example. She and Alistair survived the Tower of Ishal thanks to Flemeth, but now she has to take that wannabe chasind girl Morrigan along. Well at least it looks, like she can fight - good. In Lothering people are scared of Bandits and Darkspawn. Ali and group took care of that and recruited some more people: a nutjob named Leliana, a murderer named Sten and a knight, who lost the castle, he worked in, named Ser Gilmore. We might not be the strongest group of Ferelden, but we are certainly the most crazy one. Meeting Leliana or 'She's gotta be kidding me' Morrigan looks a bit ghostly in that shot, maybe she is trying to ecape to the fade to get rescued from zealots who believe, that they talk to the Maker Alistair can be really funny sometimes Looking thoughtful (She was waiting for Dante, her dog, to bring her something, he found) And very seldom, Alistair has actually a clever idea (veeery seldom) Very nice pics! They almost look like paintings; what mods do you use? And your GW is really sharp. Is it the result of your usual magic with the CC? Just curious; I see you have Ser Gilmore in your group, how is that mod?
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Post by cmoe on Jul 13, 2017 2:25:59 GMT
Edric had too many errands to run today. He doesn't like the desert but he had to meet the Champion and Loghain. Much to my shock, he is softening. He had enough approval from Dorian to do his personal quest. Odd considering he barely speaks to his companions. I think Edric has a crush on a certain dashing mage from Tevinter.
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Post by phoray on Jul 13, 2017 17:11:31 GMT
You know, that's not the Quizzes room so... Cullen assumes she's "resting" either in Iron Bull's room or some random room.
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