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Post by pavellaning on Feb 23, 2018 19:00:58 GMT
Alexandra Cousland slayed an arch demon with her new boyfriend Loghain. Then they had tent sex.
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Post by warden on Feb 23, 2018 19:02:34 GMT
Huh. If you recall T12 started with a US dwarven princess who romanced Alistair. It turns out he's not mourning because he never mentioned her at all. It's a personal thing and he might have moved on, but not even, a "um, yeah, she was great" line? Weird. I thought that maybe the keep import was to blame, but I triple checked it before starting and all the relevant choices were fine. Well boy you just foked up your chance to get into a canon ws with a femwarden, dead or alive. DAO Morrigan +10 I guess. Alistair cameo in DAI it's only worth it as a king. As a Warden is a big disappointment, his humor it's whiny cheap instead of sarcastic dumb and he is even more cry baby than he was in DAO.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 23, 2018 20:11:11 GMT
Alexandra Cousland slayed an arch demon with her new boyfriend Loghain. Then they had tent sex. DILF squad, assemble! :dirty:
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 24, 2018 0:39:58 GMT
If you visit Redcliffe first, find out about the whole Tevinter occupation thing, meet Dorian in the Chantry... and then decide to play it safe and recruit the Templars, does that change Dorian's other intro scene where he comes to warn you that the Elder One is coming..? iirc he introduces himself by name in both so I'm confused...
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 24, 2018 0:45:48 GMT
If you visit Redcliffe first, find out about the whole Tevinter occupation thing, meet Dorian in the Chantry... and then decide to play it safe and recruit the Templars, does that change Dorian's other intro scene where he comes to warn you that the Elder One is coming..? iirc he introduces himself by name in both so I'm confused... Not his first scene, but his dialogue in the Chantry is slightly different, IIRC.
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Post by vertigomez on Feb 24, 2018 0:52:38 GMT
If you visit Redcliffe first, find out about the whole Tevinter occupation thing, meet Dorian in the Chantry... and then decide to play it safe and recruit the Templars, does that change Dorian's other intro scene where he comes to warn you that the Elder One is coming..? iirc he introduces himself by name in both so I'm confused... Not his first scene, but his dialogue in the Chantry is slightly different, IIRC. Bet he's pissed. I'm pretty sure you take an approval hit, but hey, I can live with that. (Thanks btw! I'm playing the games in order and DAI is a looooong ways away but I was curious.) edit: this sort of seems like the player went to Redcliffe first and then went after the templars. "There you are! I came to tell you what happened with the mages at Redcliffe. You're not going to like it."
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Post by q9j9p on Feb 24, 2018 7:39:11 GMT
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Post by mechalynx on Feb 24, 2018 13:53:27 GMT
Just saved a Halla, then stumbled on this particular effigy. Pardon the hasty MSPaint edit.
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Post by davkar on Feb 24, 2018 18:11:31 GMT
"Solas says my vallaslin is a slave marking. Nah, he's just trying to be smart. He wants to remove my tattoo and put his 'mark' on my face instead. That dog. All right, I'm game! *Giggling*, is that his hand on my...? Woohoo, elven gloooo ... What just happened? Did he dump me? Dammit, no arrow's getting in the quiver tonight. " Base game is finished, only trespasser remains.
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 24, 2018 20:03:11 GMT
Well a mod that I've been waiting for has been completed and released* - so it looks like poor Keska Brosca is going to get put on the backburner yet again while I complete my Evuniala Mahariel playthrough. Say hello to my little murder knife wielding, shem hating, archer. She's not exactly the most mentally stable of my wardens (I think it's a combination of her actual personality and the fact that she was tainted even before becoming a Warden - not sure which is more to blame though), which makes her interesting to play The day started off like any other, doing some hunting with Tamlen. The "prey" they came across though wasn't what they expected. Once they killed the intruders, the pair decided to see if there was any truth to their claims of ancient ruins in the forest. Not only did they find the ruins, but a mysterious mirror as well, surprisingly intact. Thinking they saw something moving beyond the surface, they decided to take a closer looks. As soon as Tamlen touched the mirror, everything went to the Void. Evuniala woke up in camp almost 3 days later. The keeper told her she had been very sick and barely survived. All Evuniala remembered was blacking out when Tamlen touched the mirror and someone carrying her out of the ruins to the forest**. Even after traveling back to the ruins with Fenrael and Merrill and finding no sign of Tamlen, she refuses to give up hope - despite what the Grey Warden says. This same warden claims that the only cure for her sickness is to join the Grey Wardens, leaving her clan forever. If she had been alone with Keeper Marethari, Evuniala might have refused and begged the Keeper to let her stay, however she refuses to show any form of weakness in front of the Shem. Marethari convinces her that joining the Wardens is her duty and a way to protect her clan from the coming Blight. Evuniala assures the Keeper that she will fulfill her duty and make her proud. Once the clan holds a service for Tamlen, she says goodbye to her clan - her family and the only life she's known. Arriving in Ostagar, Evuniala is less than impressed with the shem king and lets both him and Duncan know it. She's also not very impressed with Alistair or the other recruits and lets them know it too. She gets tired of dealing with a prisoner and takes the key herself (hey, he was probably going to be executed anyway). {Murder-knife 1, Alistair's sensibilities 0} After that they head into the Wilds to acquire some darkspawn blood. It's then that Alistair starts to seriously doubt Duncan's wisdom in recruiting her. I don't any other the men will sleep very soundly tonight, regardless of who is one watch. {Murder-knife 2, Alistair's sensibilities 0} Just a few feet into the wilds and she's already at a -8 approval rating with Alistair. Just think Alistair, about a year from now you'll look back on this and think of it as "the good old days when we used to get along"... * If anyone plays their Dalish warden as having had a romance with Tamlen, I highly recommend SarahCousland's series of mods: www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/users/33254105?tab=user+files** I fully subscribe to the theory that Tamlen carried Mahariel out of the ruins before the corruption within him made him run away.
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 25, 2018 3:32:51 GMT
The Deep Roads certainly are deep. Not that Kallian’s got a ton of experience with caverns, but these certainly seem particularly cavernous, too. That said, she’s days into this journey, probably crossed half the distance of Ferelden, and nothing much to show for it. Well, there was one ‘almost’ moment. Freaking Archdemon! Right in their freaking faces! Jerk flew off too fast to stick a dagger in him, which was a shame, it might’ve been nice to end the Blight right there, and retire off somewhere with her new girlfriend. Plus, the nightmares have only been getting weirder. The sooner she can kill it, the better, but since she missed her chance, she pressed onwards.
…and that’s when things got much worse. The Darkspawn…just…there aren’t any words for that. Now Kallian really regrets letting the Archdemon get away. Knowing that those...things exist, and knowing that that could be her fate, too, if this goes badly…Kallian put it out of its misery, and she’s pretty sure that’s what she would want in that position, too.
As for Paragon Branka, she turned out to be nuts. Probably no less than either Bhelen or Harrowmont deserve, but still. She felt a little bad when Branka said that no one helps Oghren. Kallian’d rather be helping Oghren, honestly, then either of the ticks she actually has to help. Then again, the way Oghren smells, that might be damning them with faint praise. He’s loyal, at least, she’ll give him that. If only he weren’t so loyal to a woman who apparently wants to enslave people’s souls. In the fight between fleshy Paragon and metal Paragon, it only seemed right to side with the metal one. In the end, Oghren made the right choice too.
With everything settled, Kallian took her shiny crown back to Orzammar and gave it to Harrowmont because he seemed a little shady, but not as bad as “my birth gives me the right to punch down”-Bhelen. Before she could get all her affairs in order, though, Shale piped up and wanted to go back into the Deep Roads to learn more about its past. Well, while we’re here…
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Post by q9j9p on Feb 25, 2018 5:25:28 GMT
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Post by davkar on Feb 25, 2018 19:11:49 GMT
TP done. Still the favorite part of the pts. That music...just wow! T12 was a highly anticipated ws and while DAI Al foked up the romanced US overall it was still worth it. Archer Hawke was a pleasant surprise. Inqi had trouble with her face in the beginning but she turned out fine (ha, damn right! ). I might promote her to be the face of canon2.
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Post by q9j9p on Feb 25, 2018 19:23:54 GMT
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Post by Curious Crow on Feb 26, 2018 0:45:13 GMT
Loaded up an old Cousland save and found him on his underpants in the main hall. His father, Duncan and Howe were all dressed, but the rest of the guard had no armor. Oops. Wandered around giggling until he reached the kitchen and I realized I had no idea what to name the dog. So shelved it for later. Then mucked around with Sigurd Aeducan. Picked a wrong save and redid some content, then the game crashed and on reload I picked the proper save. So technically no progress lost, but Dog did not get his bath after supper. But the stench repels the darkspawn from the camp. Or lures them in. Either way is fine. Storywise Sigurd killed some Darkspawn planning to be merchants and that poser Weylon. Then he visited the pleasant town of Haven, where he shopped for some arrows, defiled a Chantry and rescued himself an elderly man in distress. Took Genetivi to the Temple and let him study the walls while the team scoured the lower floors. Then told him to go home (he was drunk, hehe) and he left with surprisingly little fuss. So the gang headed back to camp to clear out their pockets and recharge for the next session they'd be summoned.
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Post by Lazarillo on Feb 26, 2018 4:14:37 GMT
After helping Shale get in touch with its…her(?) feminine side, Kallian figured it was time to run more errands. She had been both anxious to return to Denerim to check on her family, but also apprehensive, fearing something may have gone wrong without her there. Knowing that Leliana had a pressing need to go, however, was enough to tip the scales and convince her to ‘scout’ Loghain’s forces on their turf. It was also an excuse to visit the supposed “Brother Genitivi” that Eamon’s knights said needed to be found for the sake of curing the noble (although Kallian still is dubious as to how helpful a human noble will actually be).
Things started out a resounding success. Marjolaine succumbed to a terminal dagger allergy, and though Genitivi was missing, there was an assassin with similar allergies in his house, who left a few leads (to be followed up on eventually, Kallian guesses). She even got a chance to rob a bunch of noble arseholes of their shiny things. Unfortunately, having brought up her courage to check in at home, she found the Alienage sealed off and…purged. It was only the calming effect of having Leliana around that prevented a murder spree. She convinced Kallian not to kill anyone for now, that nothing could be done, and that their best course of action was to head south and find any Dalish elves that would honor the remaining treaty.
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Luckily, the Dalish weren’t too hard to find, and were actually quite friendly. Of course, they were having their own problems, too. Kallian mused that if Leliana ever convinces her to believe in the Maker, it’ll probably only be as a god of misfortune, the way everyone seems to have trouble all at once. After a few good shows of Elven solidarity, Kallian and her friends went deeper into the woods. It’s probably at this point important to note she’s definitely a city girl, too. Giant talking wolves, giant-er talking trees, riddle-crazed Blood Mages, and more all awaited her, and she really wasn’t quite sure what to do with any of them (other than put daggers in them if they got her mad, which most of them did, except the big tree, he was still weird, but helpful). Things were similarly weird upon finding the werewolves’ hidey-hole. Apparently, they used to be humans, but they raped an Elven girl, got cursed for it, and then tried to spread the curse back to the elves…and they thought Kallian would be sympathetic. Negotiations broke down quickly and she skewered the lot of them, including their weird spirit guide.
(player sidenote: I’d never skipped bringing Zathrian to the Lady before, but I found it hilarious how she’s all “I will NEVER summon Witherfang unless you bring Zathrian here” but the moment you tell her you won’t do it, she’s like “Screw it, I’mma summon Witherfang!”)
With the Dalish on their side now, too, Kallian headed further south, back towards Ostagar, and confronted Flemeth as well, over Morrigan’s accusations. Unfortunately, Flemeth was uninterested in productive discussion, so Kallian decided to kill her as Morrigan had advised. Doubly unfortunately, Flemeth is apparently a High Dragon. Oh shit.
…but luck was on Kallian’s side, because a High Dragon is no match for a Mabari, it turns out. With arrows flying in support, Kallian’s wily war dog kept at Flemeth’s heels, and the dragon was bested surprisingly easily. Some wonderful goodboy got an extra Mabari Crunch at dinner tonight.
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Post by pensieve on Feb 26, 2018 13:47:35 GMT
I haven't played DA in a while (I haven't played anything in a while, now I think of it) but I'm starting to make plans for another playthrough. I still want to finish Terence, but now I'm thinking about an anti-mage Sera-romance. I've always been pro-magic but I've been itching to try the anti magic approach. I think she'll be a human warrior, destined to be a Templar.
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Post by AnDromedary on Feb 26, 2018 18:54:19 GMT
So, on the weekend, I forced a truce between Empress Celene and her cousin Gaspard. Fun fun fun. Even on a second playthrough, I still think "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" is the highlight of the entire game. This quest really ahs it all. complex dynamic and interacting gameplay mechanics, a number of interesting choices, dialogue where you can actually fail to an extent and a flawless presentation (the dance with Florianne is really well done). Great stuff all around.
After that, Blackwall left and I had to figure out what was going on. Dam! I actually had completely forgotten that he wasn't a Grey Warden after all. It's like someone hit me with Men in Black's flash device. Pretty cool to go through that twist a second time. I kept him though, to give him a chance to atone for his sins. It was a tough choice though. My pious Inquisitor got very close to just throw him in jail or leave him with the Orleseans. In the end though, did not Andraste herself convince the Maker to show mercy and to give those who had done wrong a second chance?
So Blackwall stayed around. Actually, his banter with Cassandra and Vivienne is very interesting after the reveal.
Speaking of Vivienne, I am currently deciding on whether to support Cassandra or Vivienne for the position of the new Divine. As my Inquisitor had great confidence in the Chantry and not a lot of confidence in free mages, I am leaning towards Vivienne (also, I supported Cassandra in my last playthrough, so I want to try something different).
I also crafted equipment for my entire party. Using the schematics that come with the gold edition of the game almost feels like cheating. My Asassin Archer Protagonist now does up to 10.000 damage with a single hit. After my initial attack (full draw from stealth, mark of death, leaping shot (so back in stealth) then long shot), even high dragons already lost almost a quarter of their health. My companions are barely less powerful, I think. Ah well, I don't mind. I don't particularly like the combat in this game anyway, so it's better to get over with quickly.
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Post by Curious Crow on Feb 26, 2018 19:18:06 GMT
Had a dragon age dream last night. Was just about to face the Archdemon, but we were in a boat which was stuck half way into the wall and joined by some inquisition scouts. Sten was in my party and another Qunari who I have no idea who he was, but he was very dapper. Might have been an Inquisitor, since he was wearing the red formal outfit. Anyways, I was at a negative approval with Sten, so suddenly he looses it and tosses the Inquisition scout group off the boat and into the abyss, like a humanoid wrecking ball. Other qunari guy manages to calm him down, or wrestle him down or something. And as he's being dragged away, the other qunari just looks at me and shrugs. Then I woke up and remembered that negative approval was just pretty lackluster.
Anywhos. Gamewise I played a bit more with Sigurd (gasp, two sessions with the same warden. Granted I spent time beforehand rating the hot or not rating on the billion others I have in my save folder, but still). The ponderings while playing: No Sten, reaching for a ladies breast is not calling for you. What wont take long Zevran? to find out that you can't pick the damn lock? We should take the goats and pigs. Either let them free or eat them. Dragons are wasteful beasts. The remains on those carcasses could feed Dust Town for weeks and they'd be grateful for it. I like to headcanon that the two Cultist assassins that ambush you in the tunnels with the mage are sisters. Then I try to think up cool stories about them and feel sad that they must die. Snerk, Zevrans sigh as I tried to remember the bridge puzzle was so fitting. Used to be pretty good at it. Killed the guardian since Sigurd was not going to strip for Andraste. Let the ashes be, because he also killed Kolgrim, who was a big baby and attacked after being lightly teased. Alistair got the stone statue, just because of where it was found. Got +8 approval for that as well. Was tickled pink to see that there were golems in the Arls courtyard. Oh and woke the Arl up. Ended the session with a request to kill Flemeth. No sure if he'll do it or just say he did. Because I dislike fighting Dragons. They are the worst.
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Post by Catilina on Feb 26, 2018 19:23:32 GMT
So, on the weekend, I forced a truce between Empress Celene and her cousin Gaspard. Fun fun fun. Even on a second playthrough, I still think "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" is the highlight of the entire game. This quest really ahs it all. complex dynamic and interacting gameplay mechanics, a number of interesting choices, dialogue where you can actually fail to an extent and a flawless presentation (the dance with Florianne is really well done). Great stuff all around.
After that, Blackwall left and I had to figure out what was going on. Dam! I actually had completely forgotten that he wasn't a Grey Warden after all. It's like someone hit me with Men in Black's flash device. Pretty cool to go through that twist a second time. I kept him though, to give him a chance to atone for his sins. It was a tough choice though. My pious Inquisitor got very close to just throw him in jail or leave him with the Orleseans. In the end though, did not Andraste herself convince the Maker to show mercy and to give those who had done wrong a second chance?
So Blackwall stayed around. Actually, his banter with Cassandra and Vivienne is very interesting after the reveal.
Speaking of Vivienne, I am currently deciding on whether to support Cassandra or Vivienne for the position of the new Divine. As my Inquisitor had great confidence in the Chantry and not a lot of confidence in free mages, I am leaning towards Vivienne (also, I supported Cassandra in my last playthrough, so I want to try something different).
I also crafted equipment for my entire party. Using the schematics that come with the gold edition of the game almost feels like cheating. My Asassin Archer Protagonist now does up to 10.000 damage with a single hit. After my initial attack (full draw from stealth, mark of death, leaping shot (so back in stealth) then long shot), even high dragons already lost almost a quarter of their health. My companions are barely less powerful, I think. Ah well, I don't mind. I don't particularly like the combat in this game anyway, so it's better to get over with quickly. Your Inquisitor doesn't trust the free mages, but trust in a Magister-Divine?
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Post by Liadan on Feb 26, 2018 21:54:25 GMT
Bhelen asked Maeve Brosca to destroy the Carta and she agreed, she hated the idea of killing her ex-colleagues in crime but she knew that stopping Jarvia was the right thing to do (and she never liked Jarvia anyway). But Maeve never though that her old friend Leske was working for Jarvia and was heartbroken to see him turned against her giving her no choice. Killing Jarvia and destroying the Carta influence was not enough to put Bhelen in the throne, they had to go to the Deep Roads in search of Paragon Branka. They found a lot of Darkspawn, spotted the Archdemon, met some members of the Legion of the Dead, heard a spooky poem and found a terrifying creature. They finally found Branka who was so obsessed with the Anvil of the Void that allowed the members of her expedition to be captured by darkspawn in order to breed more darkspawn to go against Caridin`s defense mechanisms. Maeve and friends were forced to go through all the traps and reached the Anvil location. The Anvil was guarded by Caridin himself and he asked them to destroy it. They agreed to do it but were unable to convince Branka that destroying the Anvil was the best course of action. Branka was defeated, Caridin forged a crown for the new Orzammar king and afterwards Maeve destroyed the Anvil and travelled back to Orzammar. With her sister in mind Maeve gave Caridin's crown to Bhelen.
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Post by AnDromedary on Feb 26, 2018 21:54:46 GMT
So, on the weekend, I forced a truce between Empress Celene and her cousin Gaspard. Fun fun fun. Even on a second playthrough, I still think "Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts" is the highlight of the entire game. This quest really ahs it all. complex dynamic and interacting gameplay mechanics, a number of interesting choices, dialogue where you can actually fail to an extent and a flawless presentation (the dance with Florianne is really well done). Great stuff all around.
After that, Blackwall left and I had to figure out what was going on. Dam! I actually had completely forgotten that he wasn't a Grey Warden after all. It's like someone hit me with Men in Black's flash device. Pretty cool to go through that twist a second time. I kept him though, to give him a chance to atone for his sins. It was a tough choice though. My pious Inquisitor got very close to just throw him in jail or leave him with the Orleseans. In the end though, did not Andraste herself convince the Maker to show mercy and to give those who had done wrong a second chance?
So Blackwall stayed around. Actually, his banter with Cassandra and Vivienne is very interesting after the reveal.
Speaking of Vivienne, I am currently deciding on whether to support Cassandra or Vivienne for the position of the new Divine. As my Inquisitor had great confidence in the Chantry and not a lot of confidence in free mages, I am leaning towards Vivienne (also, I supported Cassandra in my last playthrough, so I want to try something different).
I also crafted equipment for my entire party. Using the schematics that come with the gold edition of the game almost feels like cheating. My Asassin Archer Protagonist now does up to 10.000 damage with a single hit. After my initial attack (full draw from stealth, mark of death, leaping shot (so back in stealth) then long shot), even high dragons already lost almost a quarter of their health. My companions are barely less powerful, I think. Ah well, I don't mind. I don't particularly like the combat in this game anyway, so it's better to get over with quickly. Your Inquisitor doesn't trust the free mages, but trust in a Magister-Divine? Only because she herself actively wants the circles and the templars back more than anyone else the Inquisitor knows. Basically, Vivienne stands for returning to the old status quo and that's pretty much exactly what my current protag wants as well. Also, as a human noble who enjoys the game, my Inquisitor admires Vivienne for her political prowess. Basically, the two really are on the same wavelength on a lot of things. Still, it was a very close call between her and Cassandra. My Inquisitor admires Cassandra a great deal, as she seems to be this embodiment of virtue and clearly she is a devote believer as well (btw, Vivienne seems to think so too, if you listen to their banter). But Cassandra keeps talking about how she wants to change the Chantry and how the mages should govern themselves. That frighten's my Inquisitor. EDIT: It's ironic that you have to put a mage on the sunburst throne in order to confine the mages again (I guess this was done very deliberately by the authors). If I could choose freely as to who my Inquisitor should support, she would probably have gone with someone from the Chantry hierarchy itself, like Mother Giselle. Alas, that's not an option. And as I wrote, in terms of meta-gaming, this is probably the only character I'll ever play who would even consider Vivienne, so I am gonna give her that one, just to see what it does to the game (e.g. I am curious if/how Cassadra/Leliana will react to my decision).
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Post by Catilina on Feb 26, 2018 22:17:45 GMT
Your Inquisitor doesn't trust the free mages, but trust in a Magister-Divine? Only because she herself actively wants the circles and the templars back more than anyone else the Inquisitor knows. Basically, Vivienne stand for returning to the old status quo and that's pretty much exactly what my current protag wants as well. Also, as a human noble who enjoys the game, my Inquisitor admires Vivienne for her political prowess. Basically, the two really re on the same wavelength on a lot of things. Still, it was a very close call between her and Cassandra. My Inquisitor admires Cassandra a great deal, as she seems to be this embodiment of virtue and clearly she is a believer as well (btw, Vivienne does too, if you listen to their banter). But Cassandra keeps talking about how she wants to change the Chantry and how the mages should govern themselves. It's ironic that you have to put a mage on the sunburst throne in order to confine the mages again (I guess this was done very deliberately by the authors. If I could choose freely as to ho my Inquisitor should support, she would probably have gone with someone from the Chantry hierarchy itself, like Mother Giselle. Alas, that's not an option. And as I wrote, in terms of meta-gaming, this is probably the only character I'll ever play who would even consider Vivienne, so I am gonna give her that one, just to see what it does to the game (e.g. I am curious if/how Cassadra/Leliana will react to my decision). Yes, Vivienne's the most conservative (Cullen also wonder...), but still a power-hungry mage, with an army: Mages and Templars. And: keeps the Templars on tight, strong leash. And I think, she much more Viviennian, than Andrastian. Not even so believable: seems every pious Andrastian's nightmare. But it's just me.
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Post by AnDromedary on Feb 26, 2018 22:30:01 GMT
Only because she herself actively wants the circles and the templars back more than anyone else the Inquisitor knows. Basically, Vivienne stand for returning to the old status quo and that's pretty much exactly what my current protag wants as well. Also, as a human noble who enjoys the game, my Inquisitor admires Vivienne for her political prowess. Basically, the two really re on the same wavelength on a lot of things. Still, it was a very close call between her and Cassandra. My Inquisitor admires Cassandra a great deal, as she seems to be this embodiment of virtue and clearly she is a believer as well (btw, Vivienne does too, if you listen to their banter). But Cassandra keeps talking about how she wants to change the Chantry and how the mages should govern themselves. It's ironic that you have to put a mage on the sunburst throne in order to confine the mages again (I guess this was done very deliberately by the authors. If I could choose freely as to ho my Inquisitor should support, she would probably have gone with someone from the Chantry hierarchy itself, like Mother Giselle. Alas, that's not an option. And as I wrote, in terms of meta-gaming, this is probably the only character I'll ever play who would even consider Vivienne, so I am gonna give her that one, just to see what it does to the game (e.g. I am curious if/how Cassadra/Leliana will react to my decision). Yes, Vivienne's the most conservative (Cullen also wonder...), but still a power-hungry mage, with an army: Mages and Templars. And: keeps the Templars on tight, strong leash. And I don't think, he much more Viviennian, than Andrastian. Not even so believable: seems every pious Andrastian's nightmare. But it's just me. Theoretically, I agree but here is the thing about my Inquisitor: She may be pious but she also thinks she really is the Herald, the chosen one by Andraste herself. As such, she got a massive boost in self confidence. You could almost describe her as the stoutest believer in a religion about her own persona. Basically, she thinks that whatever she decides, it is the will of Andraste and the Maker. As such, it never even occurs to her that she might actually choose wrong and ruin the Chantry by selecting Vivienne. She believes that Vivienne will do the right thing as Divine, just because my Inquisitor made the decision to get her into that position in the first place. Whether it turns out that way or not, only the epilogue slides will show ... but I am sure whatever happens, my Inquisitor will find a way to convince herself that it is the will of the Maker and that therefore, she made the right decision. Ah, the circular logic of religious fanatics. It can be so comforting.
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Post by Catilina on Feb 26, 2018 22:31:30 GMT
Yes, Vivienne's the most conservative (Cullen also wonder...), but still a power-hungry mage, with an army: Mages and Templars. And: keeps the Templars on tight, strong leash. And I think, she much more Viviennian, than Andrastian. Not even so believable: seems every pious Andrastian's nightmare. But it's just me. Theoretically, I agree but here is the thing about my Inquisitor: She may be pious but she also thinks she really is the Herald, the chosen one by Andraste herself. As such, she got a massive boost in self confidence. You could almost describe here as the stoutest believer in a religion about her own persona. Basically, she thinks that whatever she decides, it is the will of Andraste and the Maker. As such, it never even occurs to her that she might actually choose wrong and ruin the Chantry by selecting Vivienne. She believes that Vivienne will do the right thing as Divine, just because my Inquisitor made the decision to get her into that position in the first place. Whether it turns out that way or not, only the epilogue slides will show ... but I am sure whatever happens, my Inquisitor will find a way to convince herself that it is the will of the Maker and that therefore, she made the right decision. Ah, the circular logic of religious fanatics. It can be so comforting. Exactly so!
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