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Post by sjsharp2010 on Jun 3, 2020 16:45:13 GMT
Today I got started with Raelyn's playthrough She had a lovely day for a wedding, until the local shmuck of a lordling decided to get drunk and take advantage of the female populace of the Alienage Cousin Shianni bottled him across the head, with his lackeys dragging him of...he'll be back later. Then Raelyn and her other cousin Soris talked to Duncan. Raelyn tried to talk him down but he wouldn't budge so she decided that she could take him one barehanded...fun times
local shmuck returned with some guards, dragged Raelyn off to his estate with the other girls -among them was Shianni-, one of the girls died during the turmoil. Raelyn was surprised when Soris appeared and a bit confused why Duncan gave them weapons but didn't come himself. (Soris said he had to stay neutral...arse )
Anyways, Raelyn mowed her way through some more guards, reached the local shmuck's chambers and turned him into Thedas' biggest quiver by filling him with arrows (I made sure Soris was occupied with the other two so she could take the finishing blow) Raelyn and Soris got the other women back home, local guards tried to arrest her for murder, then this happened Duncan: hold it!
Guard captain: what is it now? Duncan: *Duncan uses Right of Conscription, it's highly effective* Guard captain: pff, fine...you can have her
Duncan ended up recruiting Raelyn and brought her down to Ostagar, where she met King Cailan, and told him what she'd done to get there
Raelyn: I killed the arl's son for raping my cousin Cailan: wait...whut?
So yeah...she's at Ostagar now For Raelyn I'll be keeping her mom's boots and Nelaros' ring for the playthrough...and later Fang 'cause she didn't rat out Soris so the family is happy with her
a few random stats
I actually really wanted for Raelyn to use a crossbow, but crossbows are so...meh in this game (so atm. she's using a regular bow) no wonder Varric later has the monopoly on using crossbows later
Also, have a screenshot I head canon she has this really fluffy and stubborn hair that refuses to lay down no matter how much she combs it (actually, combing would make it worse ) She's very pertty regardless I'd as yhe rhair kinda suits her
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 3, 2020 17:03:46 GMT
She's very pertty regardless I'd as yhe rhair kinda suits her Thanks, I'm glad you like her
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Post by Buckeldemon on Jun 3, 2020 17:09:09 GMT
Wesley going "the Order demands..." on the Hawkes is too dumb to live, especially given his condition. Anyway, I've got some backlog to unpack. There is PR check. Considering long casting animation, squichy health, very short duriation effect, many warrior-type enemies (PR check) you still prefer using CoC? Maybe you meant something else of course. The game text states a check, I once read the check is bugged. According to the findings of some wiki editors, it is even more complicated, in that only the selected/locked-on target has a resistance check, everyone else is frozen regarless of PhysRes (as long as spell resistance does not kick in). I usually do not aim/lock cone spells at enemies directly, but on the ground, perhaps that's the reason. And also would like to ask: what difficulty you use during PTs? As it matters for many things as you know, incl resists and mods (and you have mentioned about liking to figure out how things work). The easiest usually, it is called Casual in English if I recall right. Apparently there are some resistances modifers, but this is also different between PC and console versions (I play on PC). Just let us simple folks know about it, if do not change your mind of course. Any plans about apprx timing finishing? Who are the "simple folks"? I cannot make plans. I'd say the player abilities could use a test run to make sure there are no bugs, but when it comes to the hostile assassins, I just disabled their stealth backstab spam for now (they actually have four abilities related to this behaviour) and adjusted their auto-attack damage as a tradeoff. Ideally, I would like for them to be more like Duelists, i.e. using something similar to Flurry, simple offensive melee abilties. I'm not aware if such things exist as NPC abilties (there's a difference to player/party abilites, but some NPC spells can be modified for use by the player) are in-game, but I know that (unlike DAO), one cannot add new active abilities to DA2, due to scripts being not accessible. If you'l like can find that thread, just need some time as ill, but it is not troubling and not difficlut as it is. That case was about mother protecting the child. Simply remember exactly this case because of such "not finished/ignored/unresolved/etc situations". It does not ring a bell for me, sorry. Must have been quite some time ago. So yo do not consider DAO similar to Dark Ages after all (it is not accusation, just interesing)? Of course there are lots of similarities to european medieval times. I'm just not fond of players harping that someone else's roleplay would not fit the setting or whatever. Of course most people in these times were in-line with the prescribed mainstream "state religion" for example. Does not mean I have to play it that. (I cannot RP andrastians. I could click every response with "Maker" in it, but I cannot really get into these mindests, and sometimes I do not even want to) It is everyone's personal view. Issue it creates? Buckeldemon , you do realize you have written exactly my previous post just using other words? That stigma (and, yes, issues it created) could have become her death. She just was lucky about her own fate in the game. Just a note: liking Sera or not, you/me/others - it matters nothing at all now. Does it mean I understood it? [/div] 2) Zeus is a major one...in fact one of the only gods of that pantheon who doesn't follow his dick around is Zeus' big brother Hades (yes technically Hades is the younger brother, but he was born first until their dad ate them...then they came back out in reverse order, don't ask...its Greek mythology) in fact, the poor bloke gets mopey whenever his wife (Persephone) goes top-side to visit her mother only to get all cheery again when she comes back. Also, he's a nerd...the name of his three-headed dog Cerberus translates to something close to spot...aka. Hades, god of the underworld, named his dog "Spots" 3) yeah me neither, as I said...those are the only ones I remember 4) As I said, Sera sometimes has some interesting dialogues...but not enough to justify me loving her. At least my Quizzy's are civil to her 5) yeah, Sten tends to get Reaver from me as well, I mean...it fits with the lore and all of Qunari being Reavers...I think And Isabela never dies that fast for me...also she's a duelist, meaning blades...so lore-wise it makes sense for her to equip daggers as for Cassandra with a two-handed sword...doesn't she use one in one of the trailers? (Yup, found it... The Breach trailer, part where she saves Varric from a demon...I think that's a two-hander) 2) I read about Cronos eating his children and then spitting them out again, but I did not know if the order mattered. Interesting point about Hades' side of his relation with Persephone. I guess I have to renew my mythological knowledge again. But yeah, I'm with both your's and Rascoth's point that Hades gets unecessary vilified at times. I mean, he stole just one woman, and has to let her visit Demeter for half a year. Compared to Zeus and Possy-don, this is tame by Greek standards. Oh, and I'm fully on board with the assessment that mythology does not need to make sense. Even Sera seems to get this at times. I just like to laugh at people who then try to claim that some things do make sense (Christians trying to prove God via logical rules for example). Usually doesn't work. 5) While I never played it, DAI's multiplayer has Isabela use a pistol crossbow as part of some of her abilities. Cass's weapon in that trailer seems to be the standard "Inquisition Longsword" she also has at the start of the game, only that she wields it with both hands. It is certainly large enough to be used in either role, akin to a "bastard sword".
Decided to go the "as is said in the DA Tapestry monologue" route of doing quests for this playthrough aka. Redcliffe > Urn of Sacred Ashes > Circle Tower > Brecilian Forest > Orzammar (doing side quests, dlc and other stuff in between)
I've never seen that order of quests before, but yeah, that is how Keep!Varric narrates it, for some odd reason. In terms of difficulty (minimum level that enemies can have), a commonly stated order is 1. Redcliffe or Circle, 2. Brecilian Forest, 3. Urn, 4. Denerim, 5. Orz. I noticed that you went to Orz quite early on your previous PTs. Is it because of filling the party (Oghren), shopping or RP reasons? I usually tend to make a shopping tour to the Denerim market immediately after Lothering. What did you do to cheat? God mode? OP items? Last time I played this, I did not feel like learning Forcefield (again) just to keep all the dudes alive, but my mage (and Wynne) still regularly tossed Heals, Repulsion and Warding Glyphs at the militia archers. "Well, shit!" Looks as if your Tabris finished her personal crossbow. and Master Ignancio who was less then kind to Zevran who so happened to be along for the ride. Oh. I never had Zevran along for that meeting (so Ignacio would not rocognise him), but that will change my approach, given he is currently my "main rogue". I was looking for a good reason to kill Ignacio off for good mesure anyway. Only a dead Crow is a good Crow. In other news... I loaded up a replay of my Surana and played Stone Prisoner for the first time and I'm already rather fond of Shale. Its/her (?) comments about crushing soft things and especially pidgeons(!) are very entertaining. I shamelessly ripped off LadyofNemesis 's favourite screenshot scenes, plus something extra. Poking a barrier Chicken slush Decoration examination: Andraste (Wynne disapproved by photobombing) Bonus: Leliana's most personal kill. I hope this stays for a while
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 3, 2020 17:31:21 GMT
2) I read about Cronos eating his children and then spitting them out again, but I did not know if the order mattered. Interesting point about Hades' side of his relation with Persephone. I guess I have to renew my mythological knowledge again. But yeah, I'm with both your's and Rascoth's point that Hades gets unecessary vilified at times. I mean, he stole just one woman, and has to let her visit Demeter for half a year. Compared to Zeus and Possy-don, this is tame by Greek standards. Oh, and I'm fully on board with the assessment that mythology does not need to make sense. Even Sera seems to get this at times. I just like to laugh at people who then try to claim that some things do make sense (Christians trying to prove God via logical rules for example). Usually doesn't work. 5) While I never played it, DAI's multiplayer has Isabela use a pistol crossbow as part of some of her abilities. Cass's weapon in that trailer seems to be the standard "Inquisition Longsword" she also has at the start of the game, only that she wields it with both hands. It is certainly large enough to be used in either role, akin to a "bastard sword". 6) I've never seen that order of quests before, but yeah, that is how Keep!Varric narrates it, for some odd reason. In terms of difficulty (minimum level that enemies can have), a commonly stated order is 1. Redcliffe or Circle, 2. Brecilian Forest, 3. Urn, 4. Denerim, 5. Orz. I noticed that you went to Orz quite early on your previous PTs. Is it because of filling the party (Oghren), shopping or RP reasons? I usually tend to make a shopping tour to the Denerim market immediately after Lothering. 7) What did you do to cheat? God mode? OP items? Last time I played this, I did not feel like learning Forcefield (again) just to keep all the dudes alive, but my mage (and Wynne) still regularly tossed Heals, Repulsion and Warding Glyphs at the militia archers. 8) "Well, shit!" Looks as if your Tabris finished her personal crossbow. 9) Oh. I never had Zevran along for that meeting (so Ignacio would not rocognise him), but that will change my approach, given he is currently my "main rogue". I was looking for a good reason to kill Ignacio off for good mesure anyway. Only a dead Crow is a good Crow. -- In other news... I loaded up a replay of my Surana and played Stone Prisoner for the first time and I'm already rather fond of Shale. Its/her (?) comments about crushing soft things and especially pidgeons(!) are very entertaining. I shamelessly ripped off LadyofNemesis 's favourite screenshot scenes, plus something extra. [snip] 1) Hm, Persephone being "kidnapped" it sometimes debated as well , in certain versions of the myth she kinda sorta blackmailed Hades into bringing her to the underworld 'cause she was bored (other versions just say she liked Hades from the start and went willingly). Mama Demeter just came to the conclusion she got kidnapped...and demanded her return. She could return whenever she wanted, but there was one problem. In Greek mythology whenever you eat something in the Underworld you're bound to that realm. Persephone ate some pomegranate seeds while she was there, so was bound to that realm. Eventually Zeus made some sort of deal with Hades and Persephone, telling her to go to her mom while spring started (since Persephone is the goddess of spring) and was allowed to go back to Hades as soon as the harvest season (Demeter's sphere of influence) was over. Thus giving rise to the seasons But yeah, compared to some of the other gods and goddesses, Hades is quite tame 5) hm, I never played DA I's multiplayer, but I believe the crossbow pistol might be the one from Prosper...maybe she took it?
6) generally I tend to go to Orzammar sooner because I hate the Deep Roads, so it's more a personal reason then anything else . At first it was also in order to fill up the party quicker and in order to get some of Oghren's unique comments on certain quests (such as his reference in Awakening about the Fade if he also went during Origins) Technically Orzammar is meant to be played last since the bounty hunter party tends to kill a low level party quite quickly. Though I've found out if you spec well enough that fight is a breeze
7) I've a mod that's simply called " skip fight", it's basically the "kill everything" cheat but with a handy button you can push
8) yes and no, its the Sailor's Crossbow, though the other day I added a new magical effect on it with the Winterforge (healing while exploring) I plan to rename it to Mirabelle today, and also plan to tweak it to oblivion and back
9) Yeah, I thought it was interesting Bit sad as well though -- Also I love your new Warden, she seems fun
I often tend to make Leliana turn Marjolaine away, I mean...I thought it made sense since canonically she goes back to Orlais eventually anyway. But letting Leli kill her is a nice touch (also, love the armor...Duncan's armor right?)
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Post by Sonya on Jun 3, 2020 19:10:37 GMT
Buckeldemon, on purpose arranged my post in that manner to make it more difficult to answer you? Really appreciated. CoC is bugged indeed. There is no point to write details unless bug fix is installed. There are huge differences btw "Casual" and "NM" - play on PC as well. But thank you for the answer. "Simple folks" - people not creating mods. Your mod: your idea to change hostile assassin behavior is very interesting. Those assassins are really annoying and such spammers. "Mother protecting the child" - was not long ago, but if "does not ring a bell" it seems for you it was indeed nothing special unlike me. "Dark Ages - thing": aha, thank you for exactly clarification. Sera - for me it does, for you apparently not. In case of getting an answer could have written more.
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Post by Sonya on Jun 3, 2020 19:54:37 GMT
(after leaving Goldanna's house)
Raelyn: can I say something? Alistair: sure Raelyn: your sister is a bitch Alistair: yep, sad but true I like Alistair (with huge limitations, it is another topic anyway), but that his "family -thing" is just aweful. A person has never known what it means to have a family, just imagined what it could look like at least, and in the end he gets that family/close relations "notions". Know what an asshole he can be, but with such things (family/relationships) feel really sorry for characters, even for such as Alistair. ------ Though that dialogue is hilarious even considering the whole situation. Honestly, none of my Wardens ever seem to want to sleep with her Honestly, can't even understand why people want to sleep with Isi. A half-naked (DA2) duelist young woman responsable in half for deaths of 1/2 of Kirkwall? I am more interested in playing cards with her w/o any flirtings as well. And yeah, outwitting her by grabbing her hand, even if she does not care at all. LadyofNemesis, how does it feel about using CB? Still like it?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 3, 2020 20:30:59 GMT
(after leaving Goldanna's house)
Raelyn: can I say something? Alistair: sure Raelyn: your sister is a bitch Alistair: yep, sad but true 1) I like Alistair (with huge limitations, it is another topic anyway), but that his "family -thing" is just aweful. A person has never known what it means to have a family, just imagined what it could look like at least, and in the end he gets that family/close relations "notions". Know what an asshole he can be, but with such things (family/relationships) feel really sorry for characters, even for such as Alistair. ------ Though that dialogue is hilarious even considering the whole situation. Honestly, none of my Wardens ever seem to want to sleep with her 2) Honestly, can't even understand why people want to sleep with Isi. A half-naked (DA2) duelist young woman responsable in half for deaths of 1/2 of Kirkwall? I am more interested in playing cards with her w/o any flirtings as well. And yeah, outwitting her by grabbing her hand, even if she does not care at all. LadyofNemesis , how does it feel about using CB? Still like it? 1) Yeah, I wish to use the "I'll be your family" line...but it doesn't harden him... and I like him hardened if he's to become King plus what irritates me the most is the fact Goldanna isn't even his real half-sister
2) Yeah I still like using CB...I do die a lot though, more then on a regular archer... I think it's mostly due to the reload animation for the crossbow then the rest of it.
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Post by Sonya on Jun 3, 2020 21:44:41 GMT
and I like him hardened if he's to become King Same here. Do not even remember when was the last time softened him or even made a GW. Hardened king - is my usual choice. plus what irritates me the most is the fact Goldanna isn't even his real half-sister Yes? I do not read add books or something (imposing can be irritating). This info is 100 %? So telling Alistair that info will make him feel like an idiot indeed (there is such dialogue line anyway): thought found a family, she turned out to be a bitch, after tell him he is a very bad detective. Yeeah, who wouldn't feel sorry for him with such family situation and such abilities. 2) Yeah I still like using CB...I do die a lot though, more then on a regular archer... No, actually this info is still inspiring to start CB PT. Challenge. Will ask later anyway about combat part. Curious. Glad you feel (according to smiling faces at least) rather happy and is still interested.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 4, 2020 5:55:33 GMT
plus what irritates me the most is the fact Goldanna isn't even his real half-sister Yes? I do not read add books or something (imposing can be irritating). This info is 100 %? So telling Alistair that info will make him feel like an idiot indeed (there is such dialogue line anyway): thought found a family, she turned out to be a bitch, after tell him he is a very bad detective. Yeeah, who wouldn't feel sorry for him with such family situation and such abilities. It was revealed that Fiona (yes that Fiona) was/is his real mother in one of the books (the Calling) she tells Maric to have people say that she was a human commoner without magic, so as not to jeopardize Alistair's life even more after all, people with elven blood are generally looked down upon. Some even hide the fact they had an elven parent (such as Ser Michel).
and I wouldn't call it bad detective work on Alistair's part, after all...he doesn't know Fiona is his mother, its high likely he'll also never find out. It might be true that Goldanna's mother did indeed die in childbirth along with her baby, and the people at Redcliffe castle likely used this as a ruse to cover up Alistair's arrival as well. If anyone's to blame for either of their predicament, I'd say it was the people who lied to both of them.
I head canon that my Warden sees him as a big brother...and views him as family. I also like to think that after he becomes King and names my Warden Bann of the Alienage he visits the Tabris family every so often.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 4, 2020 18:05:47 GMT
Today Raelyn and company made it to Kinloch Hold...'course the mages were unavailable Turns out one of the mages had decided that during a time of Blight was an excellent time to start a revolt...I'm sensing a trend Raelyn helped out the templars, recruiting Wynne in the process and just killed a lot of abominations and demons. In the end she sided with the mages.
Back from the Circle she returned to Denerim to do some more side quests, delivering some drake scales and other various nonsense. When she returned to camp Morrigan told her about something she'd found in her mom's grimoire (which Raelyn had liberated from the Circle), turns out Flemeth had been making plans to take over Morrigan's body. Raelyn decided to help her out with this (but I'll do the actual fight at a different time).
Tomorrow I think I'll go do Return to Ostagar and the Nature of the Beast questline, along with some various other side quests
This playthrough also gave me quite an interesting conversation with Wynne about how Raelyn was recruited Wynne: So, tell me, how did you become a Grey Warden? Raelyn: Duncan took me from the Alienage and saved me from prison. Wynne: Ah, I see. Do you mind if I ask what you did? Raelyn: I killed the arl's son for hurting my friends and family. Wynne: Oh, I... I'm sorry. I should not have brought it up. It must be an unhappy memory. Raelyn: Bastard deserved it. I'd kill him all over again if I could. Wynne: You say that with such cold satisfaction that it frightens me. But I can see no fault in your actions. I would have done the same. It sickens and saddens me to hear what men in power inflict on those who they ought to serve and protect. I have heard stories that some templars who hunt maleficarum do not end the hunt with a clean death. That they subject the victim to countless... abuses and indignities before they finish it. But this is just a rumor. Regardless of what happened in your past, I am glad you found a place with the Wardens, as I'm sure you are too. Raelyn: I feel like I abandoned everyone in the Alienage. Wynne: Sometimes it gives me comfort to think that everything will end up the way it's supposed to, that it will be all right. You were chosen; you survived the Joining when others did not. Perhaps it was meant to be.
I loved taking the more blunt answers, Wynne didn't seem to mind this time around
Today's stats: And today's screenshot My go to team for this playthrough has finally been completed with the recruitment of Wynne...we sorely needed a healer aka. Raelyn sorely need a healer...going through the Fade solo was tough as a crossbow wielder For some reason the burning man form gave her trouble...I have a mod that allows casting of spells with drawn weapons but it didn't seem to work with my crossbow
I also adjusted Raelyn's crossbow some more with the Winterforge, was able to figure out the option that allows the copying of the magical stats. So I took a strong modded crossbow with some nice stats, copied them to Raelyn's crossbow and renamed it Mirabelle
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Post by Buckeldemon on Jun 4, 2020 19:43:48 GMT
1) Hm, Persephone being "kidnapped" it sometimes debated as well , in certain versions of the myth she kinda sorta blackmailed Hades into bringing her to the underworld 'cause she was bored (other versions just say she liked Hades from the start and went willingly). Mama Demeter just came to the conclusion she got kidnapped...and demanded her return. She could return whenever she wanted, but there was one problem. In Greek mythology whenever you eat something in the Underworld you're bound to that realm. Persephone ate some pomegranate seeds while she was there, so was bound to that realm. Eventually Zeus made some sort of deal with Hades and Persephone, telling her to go to her mom while spring started (since Persephone is the goddess of spring) and was allowed to go back to Hades as soon as the harvest season (Demeter's sphere of influence) was over. Thus giving rise to the seasons But yeah, compared to some of the other gods and goddesses, Hades is quite tame 5) hm, I never played DA I's multiplayer, but I believe the crossbow pistol might be the one from Prosper...maybe she took it? 6) generally I tend to go to Orzammar sooner because I hate the Deep Roads, so it's more a personal reason then anything else . At first it was also in order to fill up the party quicker and in order to get some of Oghren's unique comments on certain quests (such as his reference in Awakening about the Fade if he also went during Origins) Technically Orzammar is meant to be played last since the bounty hunter party tends to kill a low level party quite quickly. Though I've found out if you spec well enough that fight is a breeze 7) I've a mod that's simply called " skip fight", it's basically the "kill everything" cheat but with a handy button you can push 8) yes and no, its the Sailor's Crossbow, though the other day I added a new magical effect on it with the Winterforge (healing while exploring) I plan to rename it to Mirabelle today, and also plan to tweak it to oblivion and back 9) Yeah, I thought it was interesting Bit sad as well though -- Also I love your new Warden, she seems fun I often tend to make Leliana turn Marjolaine away, I mean...I thought it made sense since canonically she goes back to Orlais eventually anyway. But letting Leli kill her is a nice touch (also, love the armor...Duncan's armor right?)
1) Thanks for the info. It is just like the whole Osiris-Seth myth; more differing versions than worshipers. Some go "Persephone the victim", others "Persephone the reckless thrill-seeking teen"
5) That's an idea. I just wanted to point out that she does use ranged weapons at some point, and I'm now dead set to play DA2 with her doing so as well.
6) My line of though was the opposite "It is annoyingly hard, so I do it once my characters have some good abilities (especially if these are level-gated)". Question from a fellow casual player: Does it turn frustrating, especially with regards to Rogues/Warriors? The bounty hunters were obnoxious but manageable, as I usually did those when aiming at Redcliffe (to retreive info on Asala from that schmuck of a merchant), but just thinking of Branka (cheating bitch) and the horrors of Caridin (Golems. In groups!) usually scares me big time.
7) "Everybody around me dies" command turns into and "Everybody around me dies" button. 8) Good, good ; have fun messing around then. Regarding aiming time, Rapid/Faster Aim is a customiseable modifer. Ranged weapons apparently have a specific aiming time for auto-attacks - 0.2 for Shortbows, 0.3 for Longbows and 0.8 for Crossbows, so giving it a 0.8 Faster Aim should cut down the animation time to a minimun. More probably does nothing though. Not sure if it helps, but I just remember that there an info page for the Forge. 9) Hmm... do you two know by chance... is there a way to do Ingnacio's quests and then kill him afterwards or do I need to put him down right away if I want him dead?
Hah, glad you like her, despite that DA2 design and the ass-old "tucked hair" version I used.
To be honest, I never really considered leaving Marjolaine alive. First, she's yet another asshole sending her thugs at you, and since there's no reason to believe she would stop harrassing player and party as long as you keep Leliana around.... Second, after seeing the abusive relationship they had in Leliana's Song, I was even less inclined to let her leave.
Oh, and she mouthed off about Ferelden's dog smell. Apparently, one of the supplementary works has Celene (!) mention her as dead and "good riddance" Yep, that is a modded version of Duncan's attire. I like it quite a lot, as it makes nice "combat ready" mage clothing and is middle ground between "no armour" (or the fugly funky dresses that circle robes are... I never use them on females except Wynne) and looking like a tin man (i.e. massive plates). I'm not quite sure where I got it from, but it could have been this one as it is the only Duncan armour mod I found with a female version. Oh... and talking about more appealing robes. I do have a replacement texture for the Bethany-style Warden robes from another mod. I guess I'm going to headcanon that while searching for Aneirin during her personal quest, Wynne will damage her S-E robe beyond repair and then start wearing the brown Warden robes. I also adjusted Raelyn's crossbow some more with the Winterforge, was able to figure out the option that allows the copying of the magical stats. So I took a strong modded crossbow with some nice stats, copied them to Raelyn's crossbow and renamed it Mirabelle
I also do this at times. For Leliana's armour for example, to prevent myself from making it too strong too quickly, I bought other items (like Siverhammer's Tackmasters) and copied the stats to her gear. Which stats did the original "donour" crossbow had?
1) Buckeldemon , on purpose arranged my post in that manner to make it more difficult to answer you? Really appreciated. 2) CoC is bugged indeed. There is no point to write details unless bug fix is installed. There are huge differences btw "Casual" and "NM" - play on PC as well. But thank you for the answer. 3) "Simple folks" - people not creating mods. 4) Your mod: your idea to change hostile assassin behavior is very interesting. Those assassins are really annoying and such spammers. 5) "Mother protecting the child" - was not long ago, but if "does not ring a bell" it seems for you it was indeed nothing special unlike me. "Dark Ages - thing": aha, thank you for exactly clarification. 6) Sera - for me it does, for you apparently not. In case of getting an answer could have written more. 1) Believe me or not, but that was not intended. Replying to a post of multiple quotes becomes an hassle for me after some time as well, since I spend more time fixing BBcode than typing text. I tried to flap it up into a spoiler before someone calls off-topic.
2) Well, I do like it without physRes checks, beacuse, as ypu pointed out, short range and physRes check would not make it a good life-saver against big oafy enemies. And I prefer something that gives me a chance not to be turned into ogre food. (Golems are even worse, due to multiple quake attacks) 3) Thanks for clearing that up. There are several degrees of simple, I think. I have no clue of modelling/texturing for example, nor any programming language. 4) Good to see I'm not the only one.
5) I' not sure, but I suspect it could be an argument I made about the vicious cycle that the Chantry and the Circle of Magi create for parents. Besides the usual shame of having borne a mage child (see Isolde. Leandra also comments on this), sometimes there are parents who do not want to hand over their children to the Chantry/circles. The Chantry usually reacts with being pushy. The parents hide their children and live in constant fear of templar raids, especially as the children grow older, until the whole situation blows, the poor kid turns abomination and the Chantry exploits it and smugly goes "I told you so".
6) Well, my issues with Sera is not that she does not follow "elven traditions/rituals" (whatever those are), but that she constantly harasses others if she thinks they do. If she would be more "powerful" in this regard, I'd call her a bully. As opposed to some others, she does not even appear to have a good reason, at least not one I was able to find. A Lavellan Inquisitor is probably the first Dalish she ever met. I do like Jack, have no issues with Zevran and even come to not dismiss Fenris as quickly as before (These days, I can stand him more easily than Anders), but Sera annoys me as of now.
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Post by Rascoth on Jun 4, 2020 20:09:46 GMT
more differing versions than worshipers Yup There's a reason why I love Samara's line so much. "If three humans are in the room, there will be six opinions." You can easily replace opinions with versions/stories/etc, and it still works.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 4, 2020 20:15:54 GMT
1) Thanks for the info. It is just like the whole Osiris-Seth myth; more differing versions than worshipers. Some go "Persephone the victim", others "Persephone the reckless thrill-seeking teen"
5) That's an idea. I just wanted to point out that she does use ranged weapons at some point, and I'm now dead set to play DA2 with her doing so as well.
6) My line of though was the opposite "It is annoyingly hard, so I do it once my characters have some good abilities (especially if these are level-gated)". Question from a fellow casual player: Does it turn frustrating, especially with regards to Rogues/Warriors? The bounty hunters were obnoxious but manageable, as I usually did those when aiming at Redcliffe (to retreive info on Asala from that schmuck of a merchant), but just thinking of Branka (cheating bitch) and the horrors of Caridin (Golems. In groups!) usually scares me big time.
7) "Everybody around me dies" command turns into and "Everybody around me dies" button. 8) Good, good ; have fun messing around then. Regarding aiming time, Rapid/Faster Aim is a customiseable modifer. Ranged weapons apparently have a specific aiming time for auto-attacks - 0.2 for Shortbows, 0.3 for Longbows and 0.8 for Crossbows, so giving it a 0.8 Faster Aim should cut down the animation time to a minimun. More probably does nothing though. 9) Hmm... do you two know by chance... is there a way to do Ingnacio's quests and then kill him afterwards or do I need to put him down right away if I want him dead?
10) Hah, glad you like her, despite that DA2 design and the ass-old "tucked hair" version I used.
11) To be honest, I never really considered leaving Marjolaine alive. First, she's yet another asshole sending her thugs at you, and since there's no reason to believe she would stop harrassing player and party as long as you keep Leliana around.... Second, after seeing the abusive relationship they had in Leliana's Song, I was even less inclined to let her leave.
Oh, and she mouthed off about Ferelden's dog smell. Apparently, one of the supplementary works has Celene (!) mention her as dead and "good riddance" 12) Yep, that is a modded version of Duncan's attire. I like it quite a lot, as it makes nice "combat ready" mage clothing and is middle ground between "no armour" (or the fugly funky dresses that circle robes are... I never use them on females except Wynne) and looking like a tin man (i.e. massive plates). I'm not quite sure where I got it from, but it could have been this one as it is the only Duncan armour mod I found with a female version. Oh... and talking about more appealing robes. I do have a replacement texture for the Bethany-style Warden robes from another mod. I guess I'm going to headcanon that while searching for Aneirin during her personal quest, Wynne will damage her S-E robe beyond repair and then start wearing the brown Warden robes. I also adjusted Raelyn's crossbow some more with the Winterforge, was able to figure out the option that allows the copying of the magical stats. So I took a strong modded crossbow with some nice stats, copied them to Raelyn's crossbow and renamed it Mirabelle
13) I also do this at times. For Leliana's armour for example, to prevent myself from making it too strong too quickly, I bought other items (like Siverhammer's Tackmasters) and copied the stats to her gear. Which stats did the original "donour" crossbow had?
1) you're welcome ^^
6) Often its just very annoying with regards to chests...lots of chests in Orzammar have a level 3 or 4 lock, and low level rogues tend to just have enough levels to unlock the first two tiers. Have to say, the open lock spell is quite handy for mages in that regard (plus its usable in all dlc's except Darkspawn chronicles) Some of the fights can be tough to get through, especially the boss fights but if you time things well you should be able to do everything after hitting level 10 at least ^^
9) I do believe you can do the quests and kill him at the end, though the DA Keep doesn't have that option DA keep just has; killed him without doing quests, did quests or didn't do quests, though the game gives you the option to do the quests and kill him afterwards
10) And you're welcome
11) Yeah, I'm considering to kill Marjolaine for my current playthrough...(I've yet to unlock the quest)
12) I once downloaded a mod which had some armors/clothes from the Witcher games...sadly most were tiered toward humans, so no real use for an elven Warden For Wynne I use a mod that gives her a recolor of Bethany's Circle robes to make her look a bit more fancy, they do still have the same stats though As for more appealing robes...hm, these look nice > link , link (just humans), you could also look at the clothing mods on the nexus and add stats with the Winterforge (these dresses look pretty link )
13) the donor crossbow had the following stats: I've no idea if I can add even more to it
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1) Believe me or not, but that was not intended. Replying to a post of multiple quotes becomes an hassle for me after some time as well, since I spend more time fixing BBcode than typing text. I tried to flap it up into a spoiler before someone calls off-topic. And again I regret for not using myself these "smiling faces" (emojies?) people sometimes just throw all over the post that even words can't be seen. That N1 post was sarcastic. I am sorry. 2) Well, I do like it without physRes checks, beacuse, as ypu pointed out, short range and physRes check would not make it a good life-saver against big oafy enemies. And I prefer something that gives me a chance not to be turned into ogre food. (Golems are even worse, due to multiple quake attacks) Alright, this part understand. 3) Thanks for clearing that up. There are several degrees of simple, I think. I have no clue of modelling/texturing for example, nor any programming language. Nevertheless you still have ideas about mods and do something about that. Do not know about others, but for me it tells a lot about a person. 5) I' not sure, but I suspect it could be an argument I made about the vicious cycle that the Chantry and the Circle of Magi create for parents. Besides the usual shame of having borne a mage child (see Isolde. Leandra also comments on this), sometimes there are parents who do not want to hand over their children to the Chantry/circles. The Chantry usually reacts with being pushy. The parents hide their children and live in constant fear of templar raids, especially as the children grow older, until the whole situation blows, the poor kid turns abomination and the Chantry exploits it and smugly goes "I told you so". There was no argument. I was duscussing something else with another person and wrote one sentence for which you reacted with only one "question-sentence" and one particular emojie. There was no chantry/circle involvement. Only my opinion about that "mother protecting the child -thing". As have mentioned: I am rather sensitive to such "unresolved and without letting explain" things, even if it is only one "face" (if in short). Not to leave the rest of your post feeling lonely: agree about the chantry. 100 %. It can be blamed for so many things even in a game and it (people representing it) can't even admit their own fault. It is a very ancient (use this word as connotation is more strong and suitable) thing: "not us. We did everything right". About other things agree as well though with some modifications on ny behalf. 6) Well, my issues with Sera is not that she does not follow "elven traditions/rituals" (whatever those are), but that she constantly harasses others if she thinks they do. If she would be more "powerful" in this regard, I'd call her a bully. As opposed to some others, she does not even appear to have a good reason, at least not one I was able to find. A Lavellan Inquisitor is probably the first Dalish she ever met. I do like Jack, have no issues with Zevran and even come to not dismiss Fenris as quickly as before (These days, I can stand him more easily than Anders), but Sera annoys me as of now. I wrote "In case of getting an answer could have written more". Meant that in case your answer to my question (you wrote "Does it mean I understood it?" instead of answering), I, myself, would have written more (clarification/opinion/qustions/ etc. - such things depending on other circumstances). Opinions about Sera (in this case Fenris/Zevran/Jack/Anders) is a different topic which gladly discuss. In this exact discussion the case was about the following (several things): your post represented exactly my post using other words, but at the same time with your one note "about issues it creates. And the second thing - no full understanding of posts. Instead of an answer I got a question. Thus arise such "unresolved" matters I have mentioned.
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Excerpt from JASMINE’S JOURNAL: She’s gone!
Maker help us all, Divine Justinia is dead and the Temple of Sacred Ashes is gone! People are looking at me, and they wonder if I’m responsible or if I’m some sort of savior. I wish I knew what to tell them. I remember leaving for the Temple to meet Divine Justinia. I remember hoping I would have the opportunity to study the carvings and the architecture more closely without so many people around. It is was such a beautiful building. The next thing I remember is waking in a cell, shackled, and a green, glowing thing in my hand. It hurts and it frightens me. |
| Seeker Cassandra also scared me. She still does, some, a little, a lot. She accused me of killing the Divine. I think she would have hit me if Sister Nightingale didn’t stop her. All those people, dead. Most of the mages and templars hadn’t left. They were staying on the Temple grounds when it exploded. I’m the only survivor. No wonder she thought I was some sort of monster. She told me the sky was broken (my words, not hers) and showed me the rifts. She removed my shackles before we left my cell. I couldn’t run if I wanted to, I was too weak and there were too many people watching me, glaring at me, hating me. I was safer with the Seeker.
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She was suspicious, but to be fair she was not unreasonable or unkind. Brusque, but she helped me when this green thing in my hand pulsed and sent me to the ground. She even seemed concerned. Demons poured out of the rifts, all types and sizes. I really hate the wraiths, the way they can sap me from a distance.
I know I should go look for her, but I want to, I need to write this down. I’ve been sick or asleep for days and I want to finish this before I forget. I need to have my thoughts in order before I talk to anybody.
We met Solas and Varric Tethras on our way to Leliana (or should I continue to call her Sister Nightingale) and the forward camp. Solas is another mage who understands a lot about the Fade. He helped keep me alive after the explosion. He’s an elf, the first one I’ve met or seen who isn’t either Dalish or city. I’m not sure what to make of him; he is probably the most self-contained person I’ve ever met. He did show me how to use the mark to close a small rift.
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I hope I didn’t blush when I met Varric. I’ve had a crush on him since I read his first novel. I think Hard in Hightown is my favorite, even more than his Tale of the Champion. I’ve read it a dozen times. He seems quite nice. I wish I could talk to people as easily as he does. How odd to think he was a prisoner, too.
The Chancellor doesn’t like me. The Divine’s death must have hit him hard; surely he worked for her for years. I don’t blame him for being suspicious. I just wish . . . well, my wishes don’t really matter.
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When I finally saw what was left of the Temple I was stunned. The agony of those charred bodies, some my friends and colleagues, I wanted to cry but it was too much. The only way I could have survived was by the grace of the Maker and Andraste. I don’t know why or why they gave me this mark. I pray I live up to their expectations.
The biggest shock was still to come. When we got to the rift at the Temple . . . I saw Divine Justinia caught in some unholy spell. I saw myself walking into the room, and I still don’t remember. I feel cold just thinking about it. Somehow I must stop this horror. Or find somebody who can. I can’t do it alone. I’m scared. Maker, help me overcome my fear so I can do your will. Andraste, bless me with some of your courage for I am only your humble servant.
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Post by Buckeldemon on Jun 5, 2020 17:34:22 GMT
more differing versions than worshipers Yup There's a reason why I love Samara's line so much. "If three humans are in the room, there will be six opinions." You can easily replace opinions with versions/stories/etc, and it still works. Ah, that's were that signature comes from. If Samara uses such numbers, I need to ramp up my hyperboles though. Something like three humans=nine opinions. Or even twelve. 1) Thanks for the info. It is just like the whole Osiris-Seth myth; more differing versions than worshipers. Some go "Persephone the victim", others "Persephone the reckless thrill-seeking teen" 5) That's an idea. I just wanted to point out that she does use ranged weapons at some point, and I'm now dead set to play DA2 with her doing so as well. 6) My line of though was the opposite "It is annoyingly hard, so I do it once my characters have some good abilities (especially if these are level-gated)". Question from a fellow casual player: Does it turn frustrating, especially with regards to Rogues/Warriors? The bounty hunters were obnoxious but manageable, as I usually did those when aiming at Redcliffe (to retreive info on Asala from that schmuck of a merchant), but just thinking of Branka (cheating bitch) and the horrors of Caridin (Golems. In groups!) usually scares me big time.
7) "Everybody around me dies" command turns into and "Everybody around me dies" button. 8) Good, good ; have fun messing around then. Regarding aiming time, Rapid/Faster Aim is a customiseable modifer. Ranged weapons apparently have a specific aiming time for auto-attacks - 0.2 for Shortbows, 0.3 for Longbows and 0.8 for Crossbows, so giving it a 0.8 Faster Aim should cut down the animation time to a minimun. More probably does nothing though. 9) Hmm... do you two know by chance... is there a way to do Ingnacio's quests and then kill him afterwards or do I need to put him down right away if I want him dead? 10) Hah, glad you like her, despite that DA2 design and the ass-old "tucked hair" version I used. 11) To be honest, I never really considered leaving Marjolaine alive. First, she's yet another asshole sending her thugs at you, and since there's no reason to believe she would stop harrassing player and party as long as you keep Leliana around.... Second, after seeing the abusive relationship they had in Leliana's Song, I was even less inclined to let her leave.
Oh, and she mouthed off about Ferelden's dog smell. Apparently, one of the supplementary works has Celene (!) mention her as dead and "good riddance" 12) Yep, that is a modded version of Duncan's attire. I like it quite a lot, as it makes nice "combat ready" mage clothing and is middle ground between "no armour" (or the fugly funky dresses that circle robes are... I never use them on females except Wynne) and looking like a tin man (i.e. massive plates). I'm not quite sure where I got it from, but it could have been this one as it is the only Duncan armour mod I found with a female version. Oh... and talking about more appealing robes. I do have a replacement texture for the Bethany-style Warden robes from another mod. I guess I'm going to headcanon that while searching for Aneirin during her personal quest, Wynne will damage her S-E robe beyond repair and then start wearing the brown Warden robes. 13) I also do this at times. For Leliana's armour for example, to prevent myself from making it too strong too quickly, I bought other items (like Siverhammer's Tackmasters) and copied the stats to her gear. Which stats did the original "donour" crossbow had?
1) you're welcome ^^ 6) Often its just very annoying with regards to chests...lots of chests in Orzammar have a level 3 or 4 lock, and low level rogues tend to just have enough levels to unlock the first two tiers. Have to say, the open lock spell is quite handy for mages in that regard (plus its usable in all dlc's except Darkspawn chronicles) Some of the fights can be tough to get through, especially the boss fights but if you time things well you should be able to do everything after hitting level 10 at least ^^ 9) I do believe you can do the quests and kill him at the end, though the DA Keep doesn't have that option DA keep just has; killed him without doing quests, did quests or didn't do quests, though the game gives you the option to do the quests and kill him afterwards 10) And you're welcome 11) Yeah, I'm considering to kill Marjolaine for my current playthrough...(I've yet to unlock the quest) 12) I once downloaded a mod which had some armors/clothes from the Witcher games...sadly most were tiered toward humans, so no real use for an elven Warden For Wynne I use a mod that gives her a recolor of Bethany's Circle robes to make her look a bit more fancy, they do still have the same stats though As for more appealing robes...hm, these look nice > link , link (just humans), you could also look at the clothing mods on the nexus and add stats with the Winterforge (these dresses look pretty link ) 13) the donor crossbow had the following stats: I've no idea if I can add even more to it 6) Yes, open lock spell. Have this one in my modstore somewhere, but never got to use it. I guess I would prefer some sort of passive effect (potentially on an tiem) that allows to open locks based solely on magic/spellpower. Oh, wait. Talking about items... there's one accessory in that Surana's backpack, basically a belt with +30 to CUN and +25 to All Atributes. It is called Set of Lockpicks and restricted to rogues. I wonder what it is used for... I guess I'll have to try earlier Orz as well some time. Aeducan princess comes to mind.
9) Seems like the wiki agrees with you, but I'm not sure. I'll try, though killing him will take precedence over the jobs. 12) I saw that about Wynne, though I think Bethany's robe (regardless of colour) is one of the ugliest in all of DA. Fight me. My elf already has some enchanted noble attire (the one Tabris is meant to wear for her wedding, if I recall), but I haven't found a good situtation to show it off yet. Landsmeet or Orzammar coronation probably, but Warden stuff competes. Thanks for the links. Funny thing is, I actually like the general profile of the DA2 style "chantry" mage robes, but the imagery... well I do not want to be an Elthina look-alike. Fortunately, there are reskins for DA2; good to see that someone made some for DAO as well. 13) Well, that looks pretty powerful, even by Awakening standards. You prompted me to do a test run yesterday and I could add a lot of enchantments to the crossbow I used (not sure if there's a limit at all). I stopped after I added most things that actually work (things like +5 damage do nothing on projectile weapons, they'll have to be added to the projectiles themselves, i.e. fire arrows.) The lockpicking hack item I mentioned above? The Winter Forge caps most enchantment's strenght at a certain point, like crit chance at 90%, crit damage at 150% and attributes at 30. Otherwise I would have added like 50-something CUN so poor Zevran can open everything until his attributes can catch up, instead of splitting it up.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 5, 2020 18:07:42 GMT
6) Yes, open lock spell. Have this one in my modstore somewhere, but never got to use it. I guess I would prefer some sort of passive effect (potentially on an tiem) that allows to open locks based solely on magic/spellpower. Oh, wait. Talking about items... there's one accessory in that Surana's backpack, basically a belt with +30 to CUN and +25 to All Atributes. It is called Set of Lockpicks and restricted to rogues. I wonder what it is used for... I guess I'll have to try earlier Orz as well some time. Aeducan princess comes to mind.
9) Seems like the wiki agrees with you, but I'm not sure. I'll try, though killing him will take precedence over the jobs. 12) I saw that about Wynne, though I think Bethany's robe (regardless of colour) is one of the ugliest in all of DA. Fight me. My elf already has some enchanted noble attire (the one Tabris is meant to wear for her wedding, if I recall), but I haven't found a good situtation to show it off yet. Landsmeet or Orzammar coronation probably, but Warden stuff competes. Thanks for the links. Funny thing is, I actually like the general profile of the DA2 style "chantry" mage robes, but the imagery... well I do not want to be an Elthina look-alike. Fortunately, there are reskins for DA2; good to see that someone made some for DAO as well. 13) Well, that looks pretty powerful, even by Awakening standards. You prompted me to do a test run yesterday and I could add a lot of enchantments to the crossbow I used (not sure if there's a limit at all). I stopped after I added most things that actually work (things like +5 damage do nothing on projectile weapons, they'll have to be added to the projectiles themselves, i.e. fire arrows.) The lockpicking hack item I mentioned above? The Winter Forge caps most enchantment's strenght at a certain point, like crit chance at 90%, crit damage at 150% and attributes at 30. Otherwise I would have added like 50-something CUN so poor Zevran can open everything until his attributes can catch up, instead of splitting it up. I've currently got my Tabris equipped with the belt "Andruil's Blessing" , I still haven't really figured out the Winterforge, but I'm getting there I'm already quite happy with my crossbow though
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Post by Buckeldemon on Jun 6, 2020 13:43:50 GMT
I've currently got my Tabris equipped with the belt "Andruil's Blessing" , I still haven't really figured out the Winterforge, but I'm getting there I'm already quite happy with my crossbow though I actually rather liked Bethany's robe...at least it's better then some mods on the Nexus That belt is on Zevran as of now, when the cheat belt is not needed or wanted. Surana has what is basically a modified version of the Archivist's Sash, i.e. more XP from codex and some spellpower. It is her book-bag, I took that idea from Wynne's unique piece, so I changed the name and icon of the sash and added more modifers. You do what? Heresy. You mean better than "nakedness" robes? Of course, it is fitting for Wynne to start out with a circle robe, given they are uniform and rank insignia. It is just... the Chantry sunburst on the crotch-guard (?). Unfortunate implications. As I threatened before, while engaging werewolves in the forest of furry fury, Wynne's robe was eventually doused in too much werewolf blood and damaged beyond resonable repair, so a change was in order (and I allowed her to drop the funny hat). Main question is though: does it look too tight? In other news, while slowly making my way to the wolf den, I had some fun with traps. First, there was this bunch of feisty mercs reacting badly to a signal arrow The immediate surroundings before they appeared: and after... Loved the snapping sound of the claw traps. Next step: Ambushing some possessed flora. Come one me, Treebeard! I'm expandable! While doing this, I noticed that the Sylvan's terrible "Roots of Doom" ability does not need direct line-of-sight and has a pretty generous range (or no limit at all). Regardless, they were turned into firewood. Don't mind me, Maleficars. I'm just burying some litter... (I have come to place traps with more sturdy characters as it appears that the threat created by trap damage is drawn by the character who placed them.) (A smiliar approach was used on the two tombstones, before they got disturbed. My stack of 99 Fire traps was down to 20-something at times. Of course, most were not triggered and the poor rogues had to pick them up again.) All that icky outdoor activity is just too much for an ex-circle mage. So Surana appears to be kinda pissed by a one of these trees starting to talk. Just a short grasp over the shoulder and there will be cinders... but she'd pull herself together until taking a look at that supposed hermit.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 6, 2020 17:18:43 GMT
That belt is on Zevran as of now, when the cheat belt is not needed or wanted. Surana has what is basically a modified version of the Archivist's Sash, i.e. more XP from codex and some spellpower. It is her book-bag, I took that idea from Wynne's unique piece, so I changed the name and icon of the sash and added more modifers. You do what? Heresy. You mean better than "nakedness" robes? Of course, it is fitting for Wynne to start out with a circle robe, given they are uniform and rank insignia. It is just... the Chantry sunburst on the crotch-guard (?). Unfortunate implications. As I threatened before, while engaging werewolves in the forest of furry fury, Wynne's robe was eventually doused in too much werewolf blood and damaged beyond resonable repair, so a change was in order (and I allowed her to drop the funny hat). Main question is though: does it look too tight? In other news, while slowly making my way to the wolf den, I had some fun with traps. First, there was this bunch of feisty mercs reacting badly to a signal arrow The immediate surroundings before they appeared: and after... Loved the snapping sound of the claw traps. Next step: Ambushing some possessed flora. Come one me, Treebeard! I'm expandable! While doing this, I noticed that the Sylvan's terrible "Roots of Doom" ability does not need direct line-of-sight and has a pretty generous range (or no limit at all). Regardless, they were turned into firewood. Don't mind me, Maleficars. I'm just burying some litter... (I have come to place traps with more sturdy characters as it appears that the threat created by trap damage is drawn by the character who placed them.) (A smiliar approach was used on the two tombstones, before they got disturbed. My stack of 99 Fire traps was down to 20-something at times. Of course, most were not triggered and the poor rogues had to pick them up again.) All that icky outdoor activity is just too much for an ex-circle mage. So Surana appears to be kinda pissed by a one of these trees starting to talk. Just a short grasp over the shoulder and there will be cinders... but she'd pull herself together until taking a look at that supposed hermit. Heh, lol
I've been cleaning out my mods folder a bit today (far too many hair mods that I don't use)
I also need to set my character up for her fight with Flemeth...I really want to solo her this time around, but I'm afraid she's going to decimate Raelyn
maybe a bunch of frost traps along with warmth balms will do the trick
Flemeth: *casually waiting while Raelyn is setting up traps* you missed a spot! Raelyn: thanks! *puts down another trap*
Edit: so put down a whole bunch of traps, the battle starts...and she triggers one trap... ONE! Edit 2: turned out three time's a charm, the third time around I made sure to use a Greater Warmth Balm and widdled her down with my crossbow
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Post by Buckeldemon on Jun 6, 2020 20:42:23 GMT
Heh, lol I've been cleaning out my mods folder a bit today (far too many hair mods that I don't use)
1) I also need to set my character up for her fight with Flemeth...I really want to solo her this time around, but I'm afraid she's going to decimate Raelyn 2) maybe a bunch of frost traps along with warmth balms will do the trick Flemeth: *casually waiting while Raelyn is setting up traps* you missed a spot! Raelyn: thanks! *puts down another trap* 3) Edit: so put down a whole bunch of traps, the battle starts...and she triggers one trap... ONE! 4) Edit 2: turned out three time's a charm, the third time around I made sure to use a Greater Warmth Balm and widdled her down with my crossbow 1) First crossbows, then the Forge. Now soloing a boss? You are definitely on some sort of challenge run. 2) Oh, that sounds so much Flemeth-esque. 3) Dragon!Flemeth does not move much, or at all if I recall, so I guess one would need to put the traps all in one place (where she appears) for her to set them off. ( This video shows this against Dragon!Andraste. Warning before playing: turn off sound. It's loud as heck!) I suspect the best way to put all those traps in one place is clicking/locking the placement cursor on the chracter, so they drop it right where they stand.
4) Traps again or did you gave that up? My mage tactic was usually hiding behind some of the scarce objects (to avoid being dragged in/knocked over by the wingflaps) and then alternate between Tempest, Death Cloud and Blizzard. First time I fought her, it was Amell, Wynne, Leliana (archer) and Sten wielding Yusaris the dragon hunter. Guess who almost died multiple times to pick-up bite? Anyway, I'll probably also do some shenanigans with Flemeth, if I decide to "kill" her this time. I wanted at least one PT with tricking Morri by acquired the book peacefully. .... Made some 'lil progress with the companions. While Wynne's robe is gone, she made peace with her failings in teaching Aneirin. Alistair tracked down a his sister Goldanna, who turned out to be a cunt. Surana suggested cutting her tongue out. Since Surana had her fair share of trust issues already during her past, it was "Everyone is out for themselves. You should learn that." for him. Did not do his final hardening conversation yet, though. Oh and LadyofNemesis , you like purple-blue, don't you? What about that look? Shall he keep it?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 6, 2020 21:38:00 GMT
1) First crossbows, then the Forge. Now soloing a boss? You are definitely on some sort of challenge run. 2) Oh, that sounds so much Flemeth-esque. 3) Dragon!Flemeth does not move much, or at all if I recall, so I guess one would need to put the traps all in one place (where she appears) for her to set them off. ( This video shows this against Dragon!Andraste. Warning before playing: turn off sound. It's loud as heck!) I suspect the best way to put all those traps in one place is clicking/locking the placement cursor on the chracter, so they drop it right where they stand.
4) Traps again or did you gave that up? My mage tactic was usually hiding behind some of the scarce objects (to avoid being dragged in/knocked over by the wingflaps) and then alternate between Tempest, Death Cloud and Blizzard. First time I fought her, it was Amell, Wynne, Leliana (archer) and Sten wielding Yusaris the dragon hunter. Guess who almost died multiple times to pick-up bite? Anyway, I'll probably also do some shenanigans with Flemeth, if I decide to "kill" her this time. I wanted at least one PT with tricking Morri by acquired the book peacefully. .... Made some 'lil progress with the companions. While Wynne's robe is gone, she made peace with her failings in teaching Aneirin. Alistair tracked down a his sister Goldanna, who turned out to be a cunt. Surana suggested cutting her tongue out. Since Surana had her fair share of trust issues already during her past, it was "Everyone is out for themselves. You should learn that." for him. Did not do his final hardening conversation yet, though. Oh and LadyofNemesis , you like purple-blue, don't you? What about that look? Shall he keep it? 1) Gotta try new things every once in a while right?
2) Nah, I decided to keep the traps set up that I had, chugged a Greater Warmth balm and started widdling Flemeth down with frost bolts from my crossbow the only annoying thing was her swiping attacks that take you closer to her...once I got one of those I just moved out of the way and chugged some health potions was a tough fight all lonesome, but in the end it worked out
The ah...armor is an interesting color
Also, I may or may not have made a mistake while talking with Zevran, he's currently at 60 approval and I can't seem to start his romance I can't ask him about his adventures since the only one he has left is the one about Rinna (for which the approval isn't high enough yet) and if I want to "discuss something private" all I can say is telling him to leave the party
Ah well...guess I'll just wait 'till late game to start his romance, the way I'm playing Raelyn suits this route anyway
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 6, 2020 22:28:51 GMT
So today Raelyn traveled down to Ostagar to kick some darkspawn butt, she brought along Alistair, Wynne, Zevran and Fuzzball (extra dog slot ) We cleared out the darkspawn and gave King Cailan a proper funeral on a pyre. After that, since we were close by Raelyn went into the Wilds on her own and talked to Morrigan's mom...'course said talk got out of hand and Flemeth pulled a "I'm a dragon" stunt and tried to fry Raelyn...twice.
As said in the post above, I had to restart a few times for Raelyn to solo Flemeth, it was quite a chore After Raelyn killed Flemeth she returned to camp and gave Morrigan her mom's grimoire, who was very happy with it.
I've also unlocked Leliana's pre-quest dialogue (so need to take her along to Denerim tomorrow to trigger her quest and do it in one fell swoop), and gotten Wynne's little "problem" scene as well, just need to trigger the second one for her personal skill/spell
The group then traveled down to the Brecilian Forest and encountered a Dalish clan, the entrance guard decided to insult Raelyn by calling her flat-ear Thankfully not everyone in the clan was insulting toward her and Raelyn helped some people out by doing various quests for them. Then they went into the forest, killed some darkspawn, some werewolves and some walking trees. Decided to side with the Grand Oak and peacefully got his acorn back from the Hermit, the Oak then gave Raelyn one of his fallen branches which allowed them further entrance into the forest.
We then went to "flea haven" as Alistair called it, went down into the ruins killed some more werewolves, along with walking skeletons and some spiders, oh and a dragon...yay. Raelyn decided to side with the Lady of the Forest, dragged Zathrian's ass down to them and made him undo the curse.
Tomorrow I'll go and make another stop at Denerim to finish up some side quests, start the second set for the drake scale armor and some other stuff. After that we'll head to Soldier's Peak and clear that out as well, and then its of to my "favorite" part of the game...Orzammar and the blighted Deep Roads
I've also found out I may or may not have cut off Zevran's romance...but seeing the way I role-play Raelyn, I'm only semi-mad about it Here's hoping the Taliesin encounter can salvage things later on, and if not...guess we'll resort to the console to get things started
Today's stats: Today's screenshots Raelyn shocked at seeing the risen Ogre at Ostagar (also...hood ) Raelyn's face when seeing Flemeth's dragon form Raelyn: I did not sign up for this Curing a curse
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Post by Liadan on Jun 7, 2020 16:56:43 GMT
Today Rowan went in the Deep Roads expedition with the Tethras brothers. There they found a strange thaig and a strange idol, were betrayed by Bartrand, had to fought a rock wraith and Carver had to leave with the wardens in order to survive. Back to Kirkwall, Hawke talked with the Viscount and Saemus about the Qunari; visited all her friends and cleared the streets of Kirkwall from thugs. Some screenshots: Finding Sandal. The strange red lyrium idol. Fighting the Rock Wraith. Saying goodbye to Carver.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 7, 2020 21:50:22 GMT
Today Raelyn went and traveled to Denerim to finish up a few quests, while traveling there they were ambushed by mercenaries who turned out to be hunting Leliana Leliana discerned from the attack that her former patron Marjolaine was behind the attack, and resolved to take care of this business.
So when we arrived in Denerim the group went to "meet" with Marjolaine, the talk went well and all...until she made implications that she wasn't going to leave Leliana alone. Being the proper friend Raelyn suggested taking care of Marjolaine permanently and the group killed her.
On the way to Soldier's Peak the camp was ambushed by darkspawn and Alistair and Raelyn had another dream of the archdemon, with Alistair pointing out that yes...this was a real Blight.
On arrival to Soldier's Peak the place turned out to be haunted, with skeletons, possessed corpses and demons walking around. One such possessed corpse turned out to be Levi's great-great-great-grandmother Sophia Dryden, who after a little talk was killed by the party. Raelyn decided to chug the mystery concoction made by Avernus and sided with him to mend the Veil and afterwards had him remain with the Wardens and find ethical ways to research the darkspawn taint.
After that the group traveled to Orzammar and started unraveling the political intrigue of the dwarven city. Wynne opted for siding with Harrowmont, while Zevran opted for Bhelen...Alistair (as always) deferred to Raelyn's decision who decided to side with the latter. So the group went through Orzammar solving some issues left and right, killed some darkspawn, some deep stalkers...various Carta members and some other stuff.
Raelyn killed Jarvia and released Leske. Helped out Zerlinda and returned the stolen Shaperate tome. She also promised to help Orta, Dagna and Filda with their quests as well. Will not be doing the Chantry quest this time around, but pondering whether I should do the lyrium smuggling one since I wonder if its something Raelyn would do (I mean, she's already doing the Crime Wave and Trial of Crows quests but I wonder if she'd smuggle lyrium as well )
After fully gaining Prince Bhelen's trust he send them into the Deep Roads to find Paragon Branka, where the group was joined by Branka's (ex)husband Oghren who offered help to find her. Raelyn decided to have Alistair and Zevran remain in the city to keep an eye on things and took Shale and Wynne along with her into the Deep Roads for this endeavor.
At any rate, tomorrow I'll be tackling the remainder of the Orzammar quest-line and then it's a bunch of traveling back and forth between places to solve some more quests
Today's stats: And today's screenshot is this one Into the Deep Roads we go
I'm pondering if I should give Raelyn some different armor, since everyone else is wearing fancy stuff but she's stuck with her Warden gear and while I like the look...she does look a bit like the odd one out, so if anyone has a recommendation for something snazzy...lemme know
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