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Post by themikefest on Jul 14, 2017 23:05:17 GMT
Started another DAI playthrough. For the first time in any DA game I will play as a warrior using a sword and shield. Will head to Val Roy shortly. Will post drawings later.
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Post by phoray on Jul 15, 2017 1:31:50 GMT
Just realized that Rogue Tempest I would run At a group of baddies and ice them In DAO, as a mage, I would run head long at some baddies and ice them.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 15, 2017 2:51:05 GMT
Here's Satana Trevelyan. Warrior. Sword and shield Grappling Chain in action Look at the intensity the Herald has when closing a rift. The Herald meets Dorian in Redcliffe
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Post by cmoe on Jul 15, 2017 15:08:49 GMT
Wow, Edric is having a bad day in the fade. Poor guy. Well that business is done and rift closed. The champion was left in the fade and the wardens were exiled. Edric is cranky. (First time I let Loghain live, feels wrong ) Winter Palace here comes the grumpy dwarf
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Post by themikefest on Jul 15, 2017 16:28:57 GMT
At last. I've finally come face-to-face with the Herald of Andraste Look ma, no cavities These guys are waiting for someone to bring a tv so they can play DA There you go. Long distance rift closing
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Post by Rascoth on Jul 15, 2017 22:21:59 GMT
Finished Blackpowder Courtesy (nothing like pissed off Arishok) and Offered and Lost (certain Mother really wants to get stabbed). Legacy. Took little brother, brooding boyfriend and dwarven bff. If we're siding with crazy Wardens, better one that wants to kill stuff than the one that wants to bind stuff. So sided with Larius. Kicked ancient magister's ass. Then there was that heartwarming moment back at home. Aww, just look at them. Bonding over assassination attemps, family history and ancient Warden Prison adventures. Back at home Varric had interesting news, which needed checking. Family reunion didn't end well for Bartrand. Purple wisdom of the post day... ...is Hawke actually saing something wise and true for a change.
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Post by congokong on Jul 16, 2017 6:31:41 GMT
I finished a DA2 playthrough that followed the DA:O continuity of a character I posted on this thread a few weeks ago.
Ganondorf Hawke! This aggressive character had the same hairstyle and beard as the Zelda character, and his motivation was purely to gain power. This included turning on fellow mages if it personally benefitted him. As Varric noted, Ganondorf thrived on chaos, and as he told the arishok, weakness provides opportunity. He went from an apostate refugee to a noble, to Champion of Kirkwall, to Viscount.
Like the DA:O playthrough this follows, I wasn't going to manipulate the system to get characters to like/dislike me. I brought whichever companions best suited a quest, said and did what I felt like, and accepted the outcome. To my surprise, Fenris ended up a good friend despite me being a power-hungry blood mage who even kept Orana as a slave ...pretty much everything Fenris ran away from. Merrill ended up a friend too but it got awkward when I did her 50% Questioning Beliefs quest in Act 3 instead of 2 and she wanted to start a romance then. Hawke went for the sex as he did with all the ladies (note: he was the Blooming Rose's favorite customer), but immediately dumped her when the choices were "I love you too. Live with me" or ending it. No way was he giving up his bachelor pad, which was especially more enticing with his mother now dead. Kirkwall's ladies just couldn't resist him as Isabela even came back with the relic simply because they had sex despite only being at around 25% friendship at the time.
Some characters inevitably ended up as rivals since I played aggressive and wasn't going to say something out of character to get them to like me. Varric got to 100% rivalry very easily. Anders was roughly in the middle until Night Terrors where I got 50 rivalry points in that quest alone after making a deal with Torpor. Most things after that only added to his rivalry. Despite earning some friendship through Hawke's flirts and friendliness, Aveline just couldn't look past Ganondorf's highwayman tendencies and got to max rivalry quick. Same with Sebastian. Only Fenris, Merrill, and Grey Warden Carver weren't at max-anything by the end of the game.
It was funny how Ganondorf had a hand in creating much of the chaos he ended up fixing and profiting from. He sided with Petrice which only instigated war with the qunari further, and helped Anders infiltrate the Chantry only to kill him and side with templars because Hawke was unwilling to throw away all the influence he had acquired over six years to save innocents. It was a strategic political move, if an immoral one. Meredith was right when claiming him siding with her proved his cleverness.
I'm tempted to kill him off though in DA:I because it's apparent once Bioware gets its hold on him, he's no longer my Hawke. Am I to believe this man would go on about the moralities of things like blood magic, or sacrifice himself to save Stroud? Oh, and it was interesting seeing Leliana come back from the dead. Choices matter.
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Post by Catilina on Jul 16, 2017 11:58:34 GMT
I finished a DA2 playthrough that followed the DA:O continuity of a character I posted on this thread a few weeks ago.
Ganondorf Hawke! This aggressive character had the same hairstyle and beard as the Zelda character, and his motivation was purely to gain power. This included turning on fellow mages if it personally benefitted him. As Varric noted, Ganondorf thrived on chaos, and as he told the arishok, weakness provides opportunity. He went from an apostate refugee to a noble, to Champion of Kirkwall, to Viscount.
Like the DA:O playthrough this follows, I wasn't going to manipulate the system to get characters to like/dislike me. I brought whichever companions best suited a quest, said and did what I felt like, and accepted the outcome. To my surprise, Fenris ended up a good friend despite me being a power-hungry blood mage who even kept Orana as a slave ...pretty much everything Fenris ran away from. Merrill ended up a friend too but it got awkward when I did her 50% Questioning Beliefs quest in Act 3 instead of 2 and she wanted to start a romance then. Hawke went for the sex as he did with all the ladies (note: he was the Blooming Rose's favorite customer), but immediately dumped her when the choices were "I love you too. Live with me" or ending it. No way was he giving up his bachelor pad, which was especially more enticing with his mother now dead. Kirkwall's ladies just couldn't resist him as Isabela even came back with the relic simply because they had sex despite only being at around 25% friendship at the time.
Some characters inevitably ended up as rivals since I played aggressive and wasn't going to say something out of character to get them to like me. Varric got to 100% rivalry very easily. Anders was roughly in the middle until Night Terrors where I got 50 rivalry points in that quest alone after making a deal with Torpor. Most things after that only added to his rivalry. Despite earning some friendship through Hawke's flirts and friendliness, Aveline just couldn't look past Ganondorf's highwayman tendencies and got to max rivalry quick. Same with Sebastian. Only Fenris, Merrill, and Grey Warden Carver weren't at max-anything by the end of the game.
It was funny how Ganondorf had a hand in creating much of the chaos he ended up fixing and profiting from. He sided with Petrice which only instigated war with the qunari further, and helped Anders infiltrate the Chantry only to kill him and side with templars because Hawke was unwilling to throw away all the influence he had acquired over six years to save innocents. It was a strategic political move, if an immoral one. Meredith was right when claiming him siding with her proved his cleverness.
I'm tempted to kill him off though in DA:I because it's apparent once Bioware gets its hold on him, he's no longer my Hawke. Am I to believe this man would go on about the moralities of things like blood magic, or sacrifice himself to save Stroud? Oh, and it was interesting seeing Leliana come back from the dead. Choices matter. I think, this man wants to die neither for Stroud, nor even for the world...
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Post by themikefest on Jul 16, 2017 14:11:55 GMT
Would you like to be my friend? I'm taking bets on who will drop their weights the first? Will it be the dwarf on the right? Or will it be the dwarf on the left? I'm the King of the Castle. You're the diry rascal. hahahahaha
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Post by Hrungr on Jul 16, 2017 14:58:11 GMT
D'aww... who's a good doggo? A doggo the size of a frikkin' pony... Okay, that's the last straw. I'm sawing those horns off in the morning.
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Post by fylimar on Jul 16, 2017 15:35:52 GMT
I did accidently delete my save for Lìrel, the redhead elven rogue today I played IHW with her and then I was doing a bit of cleaning up in my save files and thats when I deleted her Here are the last pics I'll have to recreate her, because she did grow on me. I was even considering playing her instead of Lyana as my Solas romance
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Post by Trilobite Derby on Jul 16, 2017 19:45:05 GMT
I decided to rerun Dragon Age 2 (of course, if you run Dragon Age 2, before long you'll want to play origins to go with it and then you go down the rabbithole).
Pretty standard playthrough. I am playing an archer, which is unusual in that I'm allergic to ranged and usually don't play maleHawke. Also, Hawke's a naïve idiot and I am going to break this poor boy across the game.
Anyway, original plan was to have him be a total flirt*, but that choked in act 1 because all the flirts seemed awkward, so he just hit on Aveline and was heartbroken. Three years later, he recovered from the traumatic experience of Aveline totally not noticing his massive crush, and hit on Anders.
So right away, I got the "I WILL DROWN THE WORLD IN BLOOD TO KEEP YOU SAFE" line. Oh dear. Poor Hawke may never flirt with anyone again.
Also, he's hiding under his bed forever now.
*Another outlier. I tend to not hit on anyone ever in games, and if I break that, my protagonist sticks faithfully to the ONE TRUE SHIP of the playthrough.
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Post by Catilina on Jul 16, 2017 19:48:19 GMT
I decided to rerun Dragon Age 2 (of course, if you run Dragon Age 2, before long you'll want to play origins to go with it and then you go down the rabbithole). Pretty standard playthrough. I am playing an archer, which is unusual in that I'm allergic to ranged and usually don't play maleHawke. Also, Hawke's a naïve idiot and I am going to break this poor boy across the game. Anyway, original plan was to have him be a total flirt, but that choked in act 1 because all the flirts seemed awkward, so he just hit on Aveline and was heartbroken. Three years later, he recovered from the traumatic experience of Aveline totally not noticing his massive crush, and hit on Anders. So right away, I got the "I WILL DROWN THE WORLD IN BLOOD TO KEEP YOU SAFE" line. Oh dear. Poor Hawke may never flirt with anyone again. Also, he's hiding under his bed forever now. Haha, Anders is not for everyone, yes! I like it. He so romantic!
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Post by fylimar on Jul 16, 2017 20:13:50 GMT
I remade Lírel again - with new hair. And because I can't stop playing with teh CC, I made another human - this time a rogue, Liora. It was just for fun, but I think, I'll keep her and will play her someday. But now, Inara has an appointment with empress Celene
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Post by Iddy on Jul 16, 2017 21:19:24 GMT
It occurs to me that I didn't stop to ask anyone for rumors in Lothering.
Were it not for the fact that I've done Broken Circle three times in a row due to some other roleplay regret, I would be very tempted to reload and do Lothering again.
It seems pretty dumb for the Warden to ignore the obvious and sensible thing to do.
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Post by fylimar on Jul 16, 2017 22:09:09 GMT
Halamshiral went well for Inara. She saved Celene from assassination, found the would be assassin and managed to convince Celene, Gaspard and Briala to work together. And had her dance with Cullen in the end. I had a strange bug in the servants quarters. Normally, the companions are automatically equipped there, but this time, they had their armors not equipped and entered the battles without any protection. I was wondering why they keep getting wounded so badly all the time, until I checked the inventory. The rest of the quest I had to do with two health potions and some regeneration potions CSI Orlais What a coincidence ... not Do I really have to dance with her? Josephine, stop pushing! Getting suspicious or Sherlock Trevelyan at work Making fun of Florienne is much more entertaining Good question - better would have been WTF?? Every good detective get's his or her moment to shine before the audience - Inara honours that good old tradition Tired Ok - I guess one dance is manageable
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Post by melbella on Jul 16, 2017 22:36:04 GMT
fylimar I always have to re-equip everyone (armor and weapons) when entering the servants quarters the first time. Only need to re-equip Inky after that though.
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Post by Rascoth on Jul 16, 2017 22:47:47 GMT
I got heart attack when Merrill appeared in Hawke's mansion. I flirted with her once, once, it wasn't even during Questioning Beliefs! And people say Isabela is the one to jump into your bed really quickly... Well, completed everything that there was to complete in Act II. All companion quests, all side quests, everything. Even - somehow - managed to collect all crafting igredients (I do tend to miss one or two). At one point made Sebastian regret his life choices. The way he says that is the best Then the Arishok decided he didn't like sitting on his butt. So he got said butt kicked. In single combat bless freeze. He shouldn't have demanded Isabela. I've been wearing the same armor since the beginning of the game. And no, it's not modded to evolve with leveling. So at some point in Act 2 assassins started to one-shot me. Twas hilarious. Fortunately rest of my party is more than capable, so Hawke taking a rest on the ground wasn't huge obstacle. But soon... the hunting party for Champion armor starts After all the talking (suddenly everyone wants to talk). Continuing purple tradition. :dumb:
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Post by themikefest on Jul 16, 2017 22:51:02 GMT
This is the first time I've craft Calpony armor. Looks ok You may think my Inquisitor is using horn of Valor, but you would be wrong. She is drinking from her bota bag filled with booze that looks like the Horn of Valor. Walking Fortress to the rescue
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Post by cmoe on Jul 16, 2017 23:39:39 GMT
I really think I'm starting to enjoy the versions of Dragon Age I read in this thread more than the actual games. Edric had a wonderful time at the ball! Almost dropped ya. So close! Venatori wanted the next dance. Weren't we supposed to save her? Judging the culprit Morrigan joins the party and drags Edric through the looking glass. I don't think she likes him.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jul 17, 2017 2:41:27 GMT
The Inquisitor helped Cass in her quest. After considering the facts that seekers could not be possessed, they each have special abilities and they're immune to the effects of red lyrium unless someone forced them to eat it, she encouraged Cass to rebuild the Seekers. She trust that Cass would correct the mistakes the Seekers had committed.
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Post by themikefest on Jul 17, 2017 4:19:38 GMT
Barris gets a promotion Why can't the Inquisitor have a mask like this? INCOMING Adamant and fade I will post this image in the bada** thread as well
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Post by melbella on Jul 17, 2017 4:29:10 GMT
Ugh, those Orlesian armor masks creep me out.
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Post by fylimar on Jul 17, 2017 8:43:32 GMT
fylimar I always have to re-equip everyone (armor and weapons) when entering the servants quarters the first time. Only need to re-equip Inky after that though. Hmm... I was pretty sure, the companions were equipped the last times, I did that quest (This is my fourth go), but I can be wrong of course
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Post by cmoe on Jul 17, 2017 12:29:14 GMT
I will post this image in the bada** thread as well That is a bad@ss screenshot!
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