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Post by Andraste_Reborn on Jan 23, 2018 0:19:45 GMT
I believe there is some trickery involved like disallowing a hard lock on Blackwall relationship. And something about not doing the Winter Palace until later. There is some quest progression. Also, can you give him free will and break up, or is taking him down or keeping as prisoner the only way to break up. Andraste_Reborn may know the answer to this To the best of my recollection - and keeping in mind it's been a while since I last played that scene! - you can break up with him no matter which option you choose. I definitely had the option of splitting up with him after making him a Warden, so I can't see why you wouldn't be able to pardon him fully but still break off the romance. The romance choice comes after the choice of what to do with him.
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 23, 2018 0:56:00 GMT
I took a lot of pictures of Aoife's face.
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Post by Lazarillo on Jan 23, 2018 1:32:58 GMT
Well, since Sera doesn't want to have any bad dreams, apparently (and is making me feel really guilty for wishing such on her! ), I swapped Dorian for Cassandra did the Emprise dragon battles, despite being only level 18 (and starting at the Highland Ravager, of course!). Was good for experience, at least. Then we went on to the Exalted Plains (my least favorite area in the game, but I'm a completionist, what can I say), and I stuck Solas in the party because apparently he doesn't like Herah as much as he likes most of my characters, and I figured I might find a Veil artifact here or there that could help with that (nothing so far). But here's the kicker...we're walking around, right? And Solas starts getting all melancholy that all these battles have weakened the Veil and how demons will probably have the run of the place for "ages". And I'm just like, "you cagey little ****, you're the one that wants to let all the demons out in the first place!" While my Quizzies tend to be the sorts that get along with him mostly in character, it's amazing how the more I'm exposed to him, the more I find myself, the player, just want to kick him in the jimmies 'til his Fade comes out the other end.
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Post by melbella on Jan 23, 2018 2:22:18 GMT
Psst... should I smooch Zevran with a casteless dwarf or a dwarven princesa? The obvious answer is: Yes.
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Post by vertigomez on Jan 23, 2018 2:32:56 GMT
Psst... should I smooch Zevran with a casteless dwarf or a dwarven princesa? I am wrought with indecision edit: OR SHOULD I KISS MORRIGAN INSTEAD Augh, I need to stop trying to play Origins and instead go back to the safe and happy canon realm of DA2 and DAI. Is this a trick question? The answer is THREESOME! Zevran is game, but alas, Morrigan doesn't share. Psst... should I smooch Zevran with a casteless dwarf or a dwarven princesa? The obvious answer is: Yes. I guess I should have asked, which one should I play first.
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Post by melbella on Jan 23, 2018 2:39:38 GMT
If you haven't played either yet, I'd go with casteless. Returning to Orzammar had a whole different feeling for me with that background. It also gave me a non-meta reason to pick Bhelen.
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 23, 2018 2:59:16 GMT
Aoife confronted the Chantry in Val Royeaux. Recruited Vivienne and Sera. Recruited Blackwall and made him hate her. She admitted that she enjoys the worship despite being an Atheist.
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Post by vertigomez on Jan 23, 2018 3:31:09 GMT
If you haven't played either yet, I'd go with casteless. Returning to Orzammar had a whole different feeling for me with that background. It also gave me a non-meta reason to pick Bhelen. I've actually played both waaaay too many times bc I'm dwarf obsessed, but I've never finished a Zevmance on either. I think you're right, though. Casteless is the way to go. Plus there's kind of a cool parallel. Rica, beautiful and poised, ends up with the King and enjoying family life. Little sister ends up punching darkspawn in the face and marrying a man that tried to assassinate her LOL.
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Post by natetrace on Jan 23, 2018 13:01:16 GMT
Beat trespasser again. Now I just need a machine to bring me about two years into the future. Tom Petty was right, the waiting is the hardest part!
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 23, 2018 13:17:02 GMT
Aoife walked into a very obvious trap in Redcliffe and while the Tevinter Mage Dorian was exceedingly charming she decided to go to find the Templars. Vivienne, Sera and Cassandra seemed to think it to be a good idea as well.
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Jan 23, 2018 13:45:00 GMT
Remi and company met Hawke and her Warden ally in Crestwood, and then followed them to Western Approach facing off against Erimond. They cleared all of Crestwood, the Exalted Plans, the Western Approach, and took down the dragon of the Storm Coast. Remi finished the day helping Cass find out the fate of the Seekers, afterward the pair moved from flirting to a full romance. Couples that slay dragons together stay together! Dragon Fire meets Ice Armor! And Cass with, "Who needs Ice Armor." The Birds and the Bees and Poetry! Getting a bit burnt out with working to clear all the zones before progressing the main story more. I may take a break and finally play through Rise of the Tomb Raider(my wife bought it for me two weeks ago), or I may start a DAO Male Amell and play through the origin & Ostagar before switching back to DAI.
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Post by Curious Crow on Jan 23, 2018 17:41:59 GMT
Itty bitty playing today. First up was Sabrae, who did some judgement via coin tossing. Samson was given to Dagna instead of the hole and John cut Gregory's head off instead of mailing him to the Wardens. Then went and talked to everybody, except for Blackwall, who was hiding. Sutherland seemed to have something on his mind, since he called for the Inquisitor as she walked by, but had nothing to say for himself when confronted. Next up, some comapanion quests. Took Varric to the Deep Roads and dreamed for the option to punt Bianca into the Chasm. Constantly having my belief reaffirmed that if she didn't threaten my precious jelly orbs, I would probably like her just fine. Dorian's dad bailed on us, but didn't want to talk to him anyways. Went with Leli to the Chantry and she got her murder on. Sabrae did try (in a disinterested manner) to keep Natalie alive, but was fine with the disobedience when she pulled a brand new dagger out of her corpse.
Second up was Hamin, who also got social and chatted to everybody. Except for Cullen and Blackwall...kind of forgot about them. Gave Cole some jewelry and made him more human. Am still sad you couldn't make him more demon like. Or at least have him kill the templar and then oops, you've done goofed. Back at Skyhold, Solas seems to have buggered off. Which is fine. Either way, ended the session by playing cards with Varric and requesting a book for Cassandra, even if she didn't want to join the group. To busy reading I guess.
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Post by House Targaryen on Jan 23, 2018 18:24:05 GMT
Did In Hushed Whispers. Took the mages as conscripts. Sticking them in towers is the best place for them. I'll have to wait to start the trek to Skyhold. I have to leave for work in an hour. So in the mean time, I'll just wander around the Hinterlands. Talking to Sera Recruited Bull Sera closes her eyes after Miriam demanded the peasant to announce her arrival to Alexius. Talking to Josie
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Post by fylimar on Jan 23, 2018 18:46:02 GMT
Psst... should I smooch Zevran with a casteless dwarf or a dwarven princesa? I am wrought with indecision edit: OR SHOULD I KISS MORRIGAN INSTEAD Augh, I need to stop trying to play Origins and instead go back to the safe and happy canon realm of DA2 and DAI. I'm biased, because I don't like Morrigan and Zev is one of my alltime favorites - but of course go for Zev. I would go with the casteless dwraf , one of my favorite origins
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Post by vertigomez on Jan 23, 2018 18:56:04 GMT
Psst... should I smooch Zevran with a casteless dwarf or a dwarven princesa? I am wrought with indecision edit: OR SHOULD I KISS MORRIGAN INSTEAD Augh, I need to stop trying to play Origins and instead go back to the safe and happy canon realm of DA2 and DAI. I'm biased, because I don't like Morrigan and Zev is one of my alltime favorites - but of course go for Zev. I would go with the casteless dwraf , one of my favorite origins This plan is a good plan!
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Post by fylimar on Jan 23, 2018 19:04:19 GMT
I'm biased, because I don't like Morrigan and Zev is one of my alltime favorites - but of course go for Zev. I would go with the casteless dwraf , one of my favorite origins This plan is a good plan! Fylimar Greatly Approves Speaking of adorable dwarves. Lia Cadash was busy. She talked to all companions after Halamshiral and was surprised that her girlfriend fancies Celene, Solas likes intrigues (the first and only time, I buyed tha the is a trickster god), Cass and Leli are both not sure about being candidates for becoming the next Divine and Cole said the wisest thing in the whole Castle:'Why can't they just say, what they want? It would make things much more easier.' (paraphrazing a bit here) Lia convinced Cullen, that it was right to quit taking Lyrium and that she will help him getting through. After that, she got informed, that Sutherland and his crew went missing at the Stormcoast. Of course she packed her bags, companions and glowing hand and rushed to the rescue, killing a few Darkspawns on the way. best friends Badass look Don't worry Viv, I'll get that snowy wyvern heart for you. No reason to look so troubled
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Post by Rascoth on Jan 23, 2018 19:29:00 GMT
I'm biased, because I don't like Morrigan and Zev is one of my alltime favorites - but of course go for Zev. I would go with the casteless dwraf , one of my favorite origins This plan is a good plan! This is too cute! Another vote for Zev, because you know... it's Zev.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 20:54:01 GMT
Part 14 Hawke Log
+ The missing recruit's friends tell boogeyman stories about a new secret initiation into the Order conducted by their boss lady that must turn them into zombies. + One of the initiates came back all weird and went for a walk followed by Knight-Captain. He might know where the other missing guy is. + It must be a friendly Templar tradition for the Captains to punch recruits and for recruits to turn into abominations to slay them. + Could have scolded Captain Cullen for this tradition, but he's rather cute and claims the only sinister initiation ceremony they have would be putting everyone to sleep after reciting five hundred verses of the Chant of Light. + The cute Captain hadn't found any of the missing recruits either. Seems they've been running off on their own and Meredith had nothing to do with it. Got all flustered how the Blooming Rose ladies with whom the missing recruits hung out haven't succumbed to any of his interrogation methods. Whelp, how can I abandon the good Captain to face such a treacherous task all alone when he's hopeless at it.
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 23, 2018 23:40:33 GMT
Aoife got the Templars as allies to the Inquisition.
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Post by Lazarillo on Jan 24, 2018 0:22:55 GMT
Whelp, finished Emprise and Exalted Plains. Solas still won't take me to Dream!Haven and Sera still won't let me commit (even though she also won't let me flirt with Harding anymore), so I'm debating whether it'd be better to go ahead and move on to WEWH or to do Emerald Graves first (which is normally how I play through). Decisions, decisions.
In the meantime, I finally found a Dwarf look I liked no matter how many times I go back to her, so at least I already know what I'm doing next!
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 24, 2018 1:59:12 GMT
Aoife led everyone out of Haven with Solas, Varric and Cassandra on her team.
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Post by melbella on Jan 24, 2018 2:05:49 GMT
I don't understand how people can play so many different characters at once. I need to play 1 char all the way thru, then start a new one, or I'd get them confused. For sure with the number of different ones some people have going on. Not to mention quickly run out of save game slots (and deciphering which save is for which char is a nightmare with DAI since the code is in the middle of the file name).
How do you do it??!
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Post by pavellaning on Jan 24, 2018 2:20:31 GMT
I don't understand how people can play so many different characters at once. I need to play 1 char all the way thru, then start a new one, or I'd get them confused. For sure with the number of different ones some people have going on. Not to mention quickly run out of save game slots (and deciphering which save is for which char is a nightmare with DAI since the code is in the middle of the file name).
How do you do it??! A lot of tender love and care.
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Post by Catilina on Jan 24, 2018 2:27:07 GMT
I don't understand how people can play so many different characters at once. I need to play 1 char all the way thru, then start a new one, or I'd get them confused. For sure with the number of different ones some people have going on. Not to mention quickly run out of save game slots (and deciphering which save is for which char is a nightmare with DAI since the code is in the middle of the file name).
How do you do it??! I have a folder for my saves, with the name of the characters.
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Post by lilyenachaos on Jan 24, 2018 2:34:36 GMT
I don't understand how people can play so many different characters at once. I need to play 1 char all the way thru, then start a new one, or I'd get them confused. For sure with the number of different ones some people have going on. Not to mention quickly run out of save game slots (and deciphering which save is for which char is a nightmare with DAI since the code is in the middle of the file name).
How do you do it??! I have a folder for my saves, with the name of the characters. I have a notebook where I write everything down for all of my games. I'm such a nerd. :ulikeit:
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