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Post by azarhal on Sept 28, 2020 11:25:53 GMT
So I fixed my Elven mage face at the Emporium, but while talking with Leliana at her tent I had the "I died" speech which means it's not the right world that was loaded. Arrrggghhhh! I forgot to export it.... Something similar happened to me in previous pt. I had wrong Warden imported, but didn't feel like restarting at 10 hour mark. I imported correct world state, so the choices we right, it's just that during my hero cleaning, my Mahariel got swapped with default Cousland (bad Keep, bad) and since Warden is the only one you don't see in overall view, I didn't even think about checking her. Luckily, I was just 2 hours in when I found out. And now I'm really hitching to try that Dwarf Mage Origin mod, but I liked my Elf Lady Mage too. I made a thing linkFinally figured out how to make custom items (mostly in thanks to Buckeldemon ) and decided to finally make my own crossbow 'Mirabelle' Nice!
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 11:30:41 GMT
I made a thing linkFinally figured out how to make custom items (mostly in thanks to Buckeldemon ) and decided to finally make my own crossbow 'Mirabelle' Nice! thanks
naturally I'm going to test it on my Awakening playthrough and on future re-plays of my Tabris of course
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Post by Sokemis on Sept 28, 2020 14:34:54 GMT
Companion morphs (and other NPC morphs) can be changed anytime during the game - you just need to completely close the game, switch out the morph, then relaunch the game. I'm doing it all the time during my current playthrough(s) with the ladies in the party. I saw somewhere that there is a way to change player morphs, but I think it involves editing game files and the further you get in the game the harder it is to do and the more likely to break something. Thanks for clearing this up. I was kinda confused as I read that pre-placed NPCs (and loot in chests) are generated when the area is first entered, so face switch would only work for places never entered before. In case of the player, one might just take a custom hairstyle (are there mods where earrings are not "hair"?) with several rings already, so Zevran's gift fits into the mix. Wanted to be sure I was telling you right, so I just tested it by opening an old playthrough and dropping my Cousland's head on Anora while they are already at Eamon's estate - it worked. So it should work at any point for any NPC you're able to do a face swap with. Exceptions would be the "pre-recorded" cut scene, NPC/Companion face swaps won't show during them. There's only a couple of them though - 1) right after you leave the Flemeth's hut for Lothering, where Loghain proclaims himself Regent, 2) Where Howe & Loghain hire Zevran, 3) I think there's also a third one where Anora confronts her father about killing Cailan. hm...I do believe there is a mod for it, and you can change party and player morphs in-game (just ask Sokemis ), I've done it in the past with an Amell of mine who I gave a hairstyle change between Origins and Awakening to show time had passed. heh, so I just looked at Tucked hair, and it looks like they actually have the hairstyle for Zevran with an earring...guess I'll be using that next time Hmm, I'll have to look for that mod. Does it just work "between the games" or during the main Origins game also? If nothing else I'd love to be able to be able to change my Wardens' hair during the epilogue and during their weddings. Would also like to find and give my Tabris a hairstyle during Awakening that has a single earring (I have a similar headcanon that instead of exchanging normal wedding rings, Tabris/Zevran exchange earrings).
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 15:04:57 GMT
Thanks for clearing this up. I was kinda confused as I read that pre-placed NPCs (and loot in chests) are generated when the area is first entered, so face switch would only work for places never entered before. In case of the player, one might just take a custom hairstyle (are there mods where earrings are not "hair"?) with several rings already, so Zevran's gift fits into the mix. Wanted to be sure I was telling you right, so I just tested it by opening an old playthrough and dropping my Cousland's head on Anora while they are already at Eamon's estate - it worked. So it should work at any point for any NPC you're able to do a face swap with. Exceptions would be the "pre-recorded" cut scene, NPC/Companion face swaps won't show during them. There's only a couple of them though - 1) right after you leave the Flemeth's hut for Lothering, where Loghain proclaims himself Regent, 2) Where Howe & Loghain hire Zevran, 3) I think there's also a third one where Anora confronts her father about killing Cailan. hm...I do believe there is a mod for it, and you can change party and player morphs in-game (just ask Sokemis ), I've done it in the past with an Amell of mine who I gave a hairstyle change between Origins and Awakening to show time had passed. heh, so I just looked at Tucked hair, and it looks like they actually have the hairstyle for Zevran with an earring...guess I'll be using that next time Hmm, I'll have to look for that mod. Does it just work "between the games" or during the main Origins game also? If nothing else I'd love to be able to be able to change my Wardens' hair during the epilogue and during their weddings. Would also like to find and give my Tabris a hairstyle during Awakening that has a single earring (I have a similar headcanon that instead of exchanging normal wedding rings, Tabris/Zevran exchange earrings). I do believe the earring is separate from the hairstyle mesh itself, but I've no idea how to extract such a thing and add it to a different hairstyle... However, as I said...the Tucked hairstyle mod does have various hairstyles with the added earring (someone made a spreadsheet over here > link )
I've been using this for swapping faces/heads > link for quite a while, and it works quite well
and yeah, morphs or changes to armor don't work in pre-recorded scenes...example being that I use the Wardens of Ferelden mod and Duncan swaps to his vanilla armor during the Ostagar cut scenes (which can be quite amusing at times)
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Post by azarhal on Sept 28, 2020 16:04:29 GMT
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Ewyr Cadash, lyrium smuggler for the Carta, was at the Conclave to see how his "family" trade will go with the Mage/Templar war and the Chantry meddling. But something happened, he doesn't remember, that caused him to have a strange mark on his hand and gave him the ability to case spells.
He was a little brutalized and chained by the surviving members, but that's something he is used to. Being a criminal comes with some collateral damage. But one of the leader of the survivors took him on a little trip to close weird Fade Rifts with his hand...and a big one, that spouted demons, caused him to collapse.
When he woke up, there was some political bullshit happening and somehow he found himself as the Herald of Andraste with an Inquisition behind him. Ewyr saw great business opportunity. But first he had to get the Chantry off his back, so he went to the Hinterlands to talks to a Chantry Mother who wanted to help him (or ambush him, he wasn't quite sure). ------ Oh yes, I went there. I installed a mod that allow you to play a mage Dwarf...and it turns out the Vestment of the Pure looks great on them.
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 16:57:08 GMT
I made a thing linkFinally figured out how to make custom items (mostly in thanks to Buckeldemon ) and decided to finally make my own crossbow 'Mirabelle' Noice One of these days I need to sit down and see what I can do about getting Ameridan's staff in DAI... Something similar happened to me in previous pt. I had wrong Warden imported, but didn't feel like restarting at 10 hour mark. I imported correct world state, so the choices we right, it's just that during my hero cleaning, my Mahariel got swapped with default Cousland (bad Keep, bad) and since Warden is the only one you don't see in overall view, I didn't even think about checking her. Luckily, I was just 2 hours in when I found out. And now I'm really hitching to try that Dwarf Mage Origin mod, but I liked my Elf Lady Mage too. It was still better than that one time I realised during talk with Hawke that I had wrong Warden-ally Dwarf mage always sounds fun. I still cackle a little when I remember Dagna was called dwarven mage in DAO's epilogue slides
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Post by azarhal on Sept 28, 2020 17:38:40 GMT
Dwarf mage always sounds fun. I still cackle a little when I remember Dagna was called dwarven mage in DAO's epilogue slides Considering how Dwarves can manipulate lyrium with ease and the kind of spirity crap lyrium can do, I don't see why they don't have their own "mage" variant that just use more lyrium to work. Which is basically what Dagna is. But my Dwarf Mage is a mage like the others. The mark connect him to the Fade so he can draw from it like mage do. At least, that is if you wanted some background justification for it. I'm head-cannoning that he was a two-handed enforcers before the "accident".
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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 28, 2020 17:47:44 GMT
1) No remorse here. I. Gave. Varric. Daggers. Once. Both in DA2 and DAI. 2) Yeah. KE is chantry-themed Rip-off. I refuse to use the name off the web. 3) These are all target practice. Wait... does the stuff on Cullen's coat count as feathers? What about orlesian fashion? Now I would want to see Shale on a rampage in ValRoy. All the blood would make a nice contrast to the bright colours and gold.
1) Monster! 2) Yeah, KE's ties to the Chantry/Circle are the reason my Aien is RM in game and the Keep, even though I headcanon he trained in AW arts with Cillian. 3) If those can be feathers... does that mean we can ruffle his feathers? Isn't Val Royeaux already bloody enough? I'd rather invite Shale to some kind of ball 1) Proud to be. #ArcherZevran #Two-handed Alistair #SpiritWarriorArcher Oghren #SorryNotSorry
2) Could it be that the MP builds are a bit OP if compared to single player? I took a look a Cilian and... well, ouch. Also, now I would want to romance the MP agents with my Lavellan (Cilian or Neria) The latter might get a slap for stealing my Surana's name though. I use that one quite often for mage-types in my fantasy games. Guess how I named my Diablo 2/3 sorceresses...
3) I'd rather ask if his feathers can be ruffled more, given this rants towards mage inquistors and when allying with the rebel mages or disbanding the templars. I bet Shale likes balls. Great many squishy people to use as balls... to play ball. Also, I could guess there are difference in the kind of blood... how it was spilled. Shale'S ways to spill blood are more honest. 1) Did not even try that, but I only played that DLC twice (shortly after each other) on a friend's PC. 2) That's good. I guess DAO does not really allow to change player/party morphs during the game? Else one could make replacements showing the rings. I mean, there's Duncan and Anders, and "Tucked hair" has earrings for females to work from. 1) I've seen some video a while ago and... well, if you recruit Loghain and try to discuss that, he gets all high and mighty about them dying anyway if the DS attacked Denerim. Perhaps better to not recruit the dude at all as a City elf and just smear him across the Landsmeet halls. 2) How did you pull that off? Morri, Wynne, Zevran, Leliana... if you still had them all, that's too many non-warriors for the main party. 3) Haha, good girl, both of you. 1) I love getting achievements, in fact...I only need 2 more of them for DA2 to have them all (but they're related to siding with the templars ) 2) hm...I do believe there is a mod for it, and you can change party and player morphs in-game (just ask Sokemis ), I've done it in the past with an Amell of mine who I gave a hairstyle change between Origins and Awakening to show time had passed. heh, so I just looked at Tucked hair, and it looks like they actually have the hairstyle for Zevran with an earring...guess I'll be using that next time -- 1) I have Alistair for that...I love having Alistair duel him if I plan on making him solo King on a human noble I have my own character duel Loghain, then have Alistair execute him afterwards...that way we both get our revenge 2) well, active party was me, Alistair, Zevran and Wynne. And the gate party had Sten (as leader), Dog, Shale and Oghren...both Morrigan and Leliana were ally npc's because the party was full. And they both still did more damage and kills then the party itself 3) thank you 1) Well, I got the Last Straw templar achievement by reloading. And it made me dislike Varric quite a bit, hence "Bowbela". DAwiki has a guide for getting both Mage hunter and Arcane defender with one character, with some reloading.
1b) Don't forget to make screenshots with Anora getting daddy sprayed across the face. 2b) Ah, okay. Though your experience drops a monkey wrench into my theory on which party members become NPCs at the gates. During my Amell PT, I had Alistair, Oghren and Lels with my warden, so Sten, Wynne, Morri (whom I controlled myself, tossing Sleep everywhere), Dog and Zevran at the gates (no Shale). Zevran went NPC, leading me to think that either the last party member recruited from the gate group (which was Zevran, as I did Broken Circle first) or the last one in alphabetical order would end up NPC. Your observation makes me think that the least used party members end up NPC, i.e. all others haven been in the party at some point more recently.
I made a thing linkFinally figured out how to make custom items (mostly in thanks to Buckeldemon ) and decided to finally make my own crossbow 'Mirabelle' That looks quite like rip-off... You seem to like the dwarven crossbow model, eh? Did you figure out how to adjust the item via toolset? I'm also interested if the Darkspawn-secific damage bonus actually works. Normally that modfier shows up only on ammo, and certain damage modfiers (like +3 fire damage) don't work when put on ranged weapons directly, they have to be put on the projectiles. I'm also no sure of the "weakens Darkspawn" modifer. I believe the Winter Forge fixed it (as the text turns english in my german install), so I'm not sure if is glitched in the base game. Not to ruin your party, I'm more interested in any possible observations.
Also, thanks you two for more clarification on NPC face switching. So it was the inventory I heard about. I'm inclined to switch hair on my Surana in the future but I don't know... she likes her hair and the earring version from my tucked hair install are very different.
Considering how Dwarves can manipulate lyrium with ease and the kind of spirity crap lyrium can do, I don't see why they don't have their own "mage" variant that just use more lyrium to work. Which is basically what Dagna is. But my Dwarf Mage is a mage like the others. The mark connect him to the Fade so he can draw from it like mage do. At least, that is if you wanted some background justification for it. I'm head-cannoning that he was a two-handed enforcers before the "accident". Funny to see that someone made such a mod, for DAI nonetheless. Remembers me of my orlesian dwarf mage warden I once had in DAA, thanks to a mod allowing to combine race/origin freely. He was into fire/earth primal magic mostly.
Also,Tidarion/KE dwarf Inquisitor confirmed.
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 18:10:44 GMT
Dwarf mage always sounds fun. I still cackle a little when I remember Dagna was called dwarven mage in DAO's epilogue slides Considering how Dwarves can manipulate lyrium with ease and the kind of spirity crap lyrium can do, I don't see why they don't have their own "mage" variant that just use more lyrium to work. Which is basically what Dagna is. I wouldn't be surprised if we got dwarven mages in the future, considering what happened with Valta. I don't buy her "it's not magic" comment. 1) Monster! 2) Yeah, KE's ties to the Chantry/Circle are the reason my Aien is RM in game and the Keep, even though I headcanon he trained in AW arts with Cillian. 3) If those can be feathers... does that mean we can ruffle his feathers? Isn't Val Royeaux already bloody enough? I'd rather invite Shale to some kind of ball 1) Proud to be. #ArcherZevran #Two-handed Alistair #SpiritWarriorArcher Oghren #SorryNotSorry
2) Could it be that the MP builds are a bit OP if compared to single player? I took a look a Cilian and... well, ouch. Also, now I would want to romance the MP agents with my Lavellan (Cilian or Neria) The latter might get a slap for stealing my Surana's name though. I use that one quite often for mage-types in my fantasy games. Guess how I named my Diablo 2/3 sorceresses...
3) I'd rather ask if his feathers can be ruffled more, given this rants towards mage inquistors and when allying with the rebel mages or disbanding the templars. I bet Shale likes balls. Great many squishy people to use as balls... to play ball. Also, I could guess there are difference in the kind of blood... how it was spilled. Shale'S ways to spill blood are more honest. 1) Archer Oghren. Omg, could his drunk ass even hit anything? With 2H you can at least push him into enemy group and hope for the best, but with bow? 2) It's hard to compare, both sp and mp play slightly different. I wouldn't say they're that op, just balanced for different gameplay/skill combinations... well, maybe AW was a bit op, thus later Spirit Blade nerfs and then rework Cillian is one of my favourite mp agents (right on top with mushroom-fueled Luka) and I wish we heard more from him in sp I can't imagine how you named your sorceresses. Not at all.3) True, Shale elevated blood-spilling into special kind of art.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 18:18:04 GMT
1) Well, I got the Last Straw templar achievement by reloading. And it made me dislike Varric quite a bit, hence "Bowbela". DAwiki has a guide for getting both Mage hunter and Arcane defender with one character, with some reloading.
1b) Don't forget to make screenshots with Anora getting daddy sprayed across the face. 2b) Ah, okay. Though your experience drops a monkey wrench into my theory on which party members become NPCs at the gates. During my Amell PT, I had Alistair, Oghren and Lels with my warden, so Sten, Wynne, Morri (whom I controlled myself, tossing Sleep everywhere), Dog and Zevran at the gates (no Shale). Zevran went NPC, leading me to think that either the last party member recruited from the gate group (which was Zevran, as I did Broken Circle first) or the last one in alphabetical order would end up NPC. Your observation makes me think that the least used party members end up NPC, i.e. all others haven been in the party at some point more recently.
I made a thing linkFinally figured out how to make custom items (mostly in thanks to Buckeldemon ) and decided to finally make my own crossbow 'Mirabelle' That looks quite like rip-off... You seem to like the dwarven crossbow model, eh? Did you figure out how to adjust the item via toolset? I'm also interested if the Darkspawn-secific damage bonus actually works. Normally that modfier shows up only on ammo, and certain damage modfiers (like +3 fire damage) don't work when put on ranged weapons directly, they have to be put on the projectiles. I'm also no sure of the "weakens Darkspawn" modifer. I believe the Winter Forge fixed it (as the text turns english in my german install), so I'm not sure if is glitched in the base game. Not to ruin your party, I'm more interested in any possible observations.
Also, thanks you two for more clarification on NPC face switching. So it was the inventory I heard about. I'm inclined to switch hair on my Surana in the future but I don't know... she likes her hair and the earring version from my tucked hair install are very different.
1) yeah I know...still can't get myself to do it, maybe one day
1b) hm...I'm not sure if I did nope...did make one a few seconds later as she's weeping over her dad's body...kinda sad...
2b) Could be, I mean...I hardly used Leliana because I was an archer myself, and Morrigan was hardly used because she tends to disapprove of my Warden's actions
her 100% friendship was achieved by killing Flemeth, giving her the 3 plot gifts (both books and the mirror) and just talking to her at camp
-- pff...took me quite a bit to make it work though I looked a bit at the utc. that you made for the crossbow you made me and based a few things of on that the crossbow does seem to be effective if coupled with sureshot bolts (the type that damages darkspawn), on low levels they can one-shot grey/white named enemies (I one-shot an ogre during Awakening's prologue)
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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 28, 2020 18:29:17 GMT
1) Proud to be. #ArcherZevran #Two-handed Alistair #SpiritWarriorArcher Oghren #SorryNotSorry
2) Could it be that the MP builds are a bit OP if compared to single player? I took a look a Cilian and... well, ouch. Also, now I would want to romance the MP agents with my Lavellan (Cilian or Neria) The latter might get a slap for stealing my Surana's name though. I use that one quite often for mage-types in my fantasy games. Guess how I named my Diablo 2/3 sorceresses...
3) I'd rather ask if his feathers can be ruffled more, given this rants towards mage inquistors and when allying with the rebel mages or disbanding the templars. I bet Shale likes balls. Great many squishy people to use as balls... to play ball. Also, I could guess there are difference in the kind of blood... how it was spilled. Shale'S ways to spill blood are more honest. 1) Archer Oghren. Omg, could his drunk ass even hit anything? With 2H you can at least push him into enemy group and hope for the best, but with bow? 2) It's hard to compare, both sp and mp play slightly different. I wouldn't say they're that op, just balanced for different gameplay/skill combinations... well, maybe AW was a bit op, thus later Spirit Blade nerfs and then rework Cillian is one of my favourite mp agents (right on top with mushroom-fueled Luka) and I wish we heard more from him in sp I can't imagine how you named your sorceresses. Not at all.3) True, Shale elevated blood-spilling into special kind of art. 1) Well, I gave him a crossbow. Apart from that, Rain of Arrows does not require accuracy. He still had to Accuracy active all the time though, as usual for DAA archers. 2) Perhaps my impression of OP comes from them not all being just "Spirit+Primal split into three". I'm bad coming up with names, so Neria stuck around. My first Lavellan also kept Ellana. My archer dwarf kept Malika, for the item found at crestwood. Still all better than choosing some trashy/everyday firstname, ending up with "Piper Lavellan" 3)
Shale: "Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?" Surana: "Definitely. Though I prefer to crush via walking bomb."
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 19:16:10 GMT
1) Perhaps my impression of OP comes from them not all being just "Spirit+Primal split into three". 2)I'm bad coming up with names, so Neria stuck around. My first Lavellan also kept Ellana. My archer dwarf kept Malika, for the item found at crestwood. Still all better than choosing some trashy/everyday firstname, ending up with "Piper Lavellan" 3)
Shale: "Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?" Surana: "Definitely. Though I prefer to crush via walking bomb."
1) Maybe I have to give it to mp tho, I owe it (or more precisely Luka) one of my favourite (combat-wise) pts. DW Tempest focusing on Flask of Frost and Shadow Strike for that sweet, sweet shattering festival. Yes, I may be a little obsessed with every possible combo that can cause shatter. Both my DA and ME combat history can prove that.2) I used to just mash up letters until they stick into something decent, legacy of trying to get available name in MMOs Then I got too lazy and resorted to random name generators I avoid common names on non-humans and even humans rarely get something... normal. The only default name I kept is Hawke's. I actually like her default name and appearance enough to keep as my canon. 3) *Mahariel looks at the two and silently drops Pandemonium from the shadows to help in the mayhem*
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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 28, 2020 19:47:57 GMT
1) Well, I got the Last Straw templar achievement by reloading. And it made me dislike Varric quite a bit, hence "Bowbela". DAwiki has a guide for getting both Mage hunter and Arcane defender with one character, with some reloading.
1b) Don't forget to make screenshots with Anora getting daddy sprayed across the face. 2b) Ah, okay. Though your experience drops a monkey wrench into my theory on which party members become NPCs at the gates. During my Amell PT, I had Alistair, Oghren and Lels with my warden, so Sten, Wynne, Morri (whom I controlled myself, tossing Sleep everywhere), Dog and Zevran at the gates (no Shale). Zevran went NPC, leading me to think that either the last party member recruited from the gate group (which was Zevran, as I did Broken Circle first) or the last one in alphabetical order would end up NPC. Your observation makes me think that the least used party members end up NPC, i.e. all others haven been in the party at some point more recently.
That looks quite like rip-off... You seem to like the dwarven crossbow model, eh? Did you figure out how to adjust the item via toolset? I'm also interested if the Darkspawn-secific damage bonus actually works. Normally that modfier shows up only on ammo, and certain damage modfiers (like +3 fire damage) don't work when put on ranged weapons directly, they have to be put on the projectiles. I'm also no sure of the "weakens Darkspawn" modifer. I believe the Winter Forge fixed it (as the text turns english in my german install), so I'm not sure if is glitched in the base game. Not to ruin your party, I'm more interested in any possible observations.
Also, thanks you two for more clarification on NPC face switching. So it was the inventory I heard about. I'm inclined to switch hair on my Surana in the future but I don't know... she likes her hair and the earring version from my tucked hair install are very different.
1) yeah I know...still can't get myself to do it, maybe one day
1b) hm...I'm not sure if I did nope...did make one a few seconds later as she's weeping over her dad's body...kinda sad...
2b) Could be, I mean...I hardly used Leliana because I was an archer myself, and Morrigan was hardly used because she tends to disapprove of my Warden's actions
her 100% friendship was achieved by killing Flemeth, giving her the 3 plot gifts (both books and the mirror) and just talking to her at camp
-- 3)pff...took me quite a bit to make it work though I looked a bit at the utc. that you made for the crossbow you made me and based a few things of on that the crossbow does seem to be effective if coupled with sureshot bolts (the type that damages darkspawn), on low levels they can one-shot grey/white named enemies (I one-shot an ogre during Awakening's prologue) 1) Eh, same here. Got the Viscount achievement, but not the Mage hunter one.
2b) Morri really seemed to like you. My Surana was good with her as well, but Morri still got stuck at 27-something with no dialogue available. Should use the book and mirror. 3) Heh, I also learned from dissecting other people's stuff. Hmm... not sure if the damage comes from the bolts then. But that is what the console is for. That ogre is a regular victim of Petrification/Stonefist or Arrow of Slaying. His fault if his rank isn't yellow... 1) Perhaps my impression of OP comes from them not all being just "Spirit+Primal split into three". 2)I'm bad coming up with names, so Neria stuck around. My first Lavellan also kept Ellana. My archer dwarf kept Malika, for the item found at crestwood. Still all better than choosing some trashy/everyday firstname, ending up with "Piper Lavellan" 3)
Shale: "Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?" Surana: "Definitely. Though I prefer to crush via walking bomb."
1) Maybe I have to give it to mp tho, I owe it (or more precisely Luka) one of my favourite (combat-wise) pts. DW Tempest focusing on Flask of Frost and Shadow Strike for that sweet, sweet shattering festival. Yes, I may be a little obsessed with every possible combo that can cause shatter. Both my DA and ME combat history can prove that.2) I used to just mash up letters until they stick into something decent, legacy of trying to get available name in MMOs Then I got too lazy and resorted to random name generators I avoid common names on non-humans and even humans rarely get something... normal. The only default name I kept is Hawke's. I actually like her default name and appearance enough to keep as my canon. 3) *Mahariel looks at the two and silently drops Pandemonium from the shadows to help in the mayhem* 1) Heh, icycles and pebble showers are fun. Never used that Flask freeze though, as 1s seems rather short for my slow ass. Winter's Graps + Fadefist are a thing though, and Petrification and Stonefist are also used together for non-ranked uglies.
2) Same here, replace MMO issus with "not doing MMOs at all and has yet another reason to do so". I tend to keep Hawke names as well. I don't think I ever had more than one male, so Garret is sufficient. For females, I'm used to coming up something that is normal formal english, like Amanda. Also like the default female Hawke (sans bloodsmear though) and was very pissed that she cannot really be reproduced in DAI. The freckled redhead from my latest screenshots is a rare but dear departure. 3) *nods* Pandemonium is a rogue Mahariel thing here as well.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 19:59:40 GMT
1) Eh, same here. Got the Viscount achievement, but not the Mage hunter one.
2b) Morri really seemed to like you. My Surana was good with her as well, but Morri still got stuck at 27-something with no dialogue available. Should use the book and mirror. 3) Heh, I also learned from dissecting other people's stuff. Hmm... not sure if the damage comes from the bolts then. But that is what the console is for. That ogre is a regular victim of Petrification/Stonefist or Arrow of Slaying. His fault if his rank isn't yellow... 1) Maybe I have to give it to mp tho, I owe it (or more precisely Luka) one of my favourite (combat-wise) pts. DW Tempest focusing on Flask of Frost and Shadow Strike for that sweet, sweet shattering festival. Yes, I may be a little obsessed with every possible combo that can cause shatter. Both my DA and ME combat history can prove that.2) I used to just mash up letters until they stick into something decent, legacy of trying to get available name in MMOs Then I got too lazy and resorted to random name generators I avoid common names on non-humans and even humans rarely get something... normal. The only default name I kept is Hawke's. I actually like her default name and appearance enough to keep as my canon. 3) *Mahariel looks at the two and silently drops Pandemonium from the shadows to help in the mayhem* 1) Heh, icycles and pebble showers are fun. Never used that Flask freeze though, as 1s seems rather short for my slow ass. Winter's Graps + Fadefist are a thing though, and Petrification and Stonefist are also used together for non-ranked uglies.
2) Same here, replace MMO issus with "not doing MMOs at all and has yet another reason to do so". I tend to keep Hawke names as well. I don't think I ever had more than one male, so Garret is sufficient. For females, I'm used to coming up something that is normal formal english, like Amanda. Also like the default female Hawke (sans bloodsmear though) and was very pissed that she cannot really be reproduced in DAI. The freckled redhead from my latest screenshots is a rare but dear departure. 3) *nods* Pandemonium is a rogue Mahariel thing here as well.
1) same...I've often done some 50/50 playthroughs, but never full templar support ones simply because I can't make Keran loose his job and Feynriel loose his mind 2b) what can I say? My Tabris has a silver tongue She didn't like that my Tabris said she loved Zevran though, since at that point in time Morri thinks love is for the weak and fools
3) Mhm, I've asked some help from theskymoves as well, she gave me some tutorials on how to do some stuff, going to look at those tomorrow
3b) Tabris: aww, can I come too? *holds up a bundle of grenades* (+ my Tabris also knows pandemonium )
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 19:59:50 GMT
Trespasser Time for Exalted Council, aka political bullshit at its finest. After catching up with everyone and almost falling asleep during the first meeting, murder happened. Some things never change... This time, instead of Cassandra, I dragged Varric around, so it was Dorian, Bull and Varric. I love how they gang up on Varric in Deep Roads when he starts complaining While in Shattered Library, I found masters at getting lost. I waved at them, in totally "I'm just friendly, not making fun of you!" way. Then back at Halamshiral I found the best guard. Trying to shoot. At nobody. Through the railing. With an axe. I'm giving this guy a raise. In the end Aien promised Solas he'd try to prove him there's another way and disbanded the Inquisition, while proving to the Council he can still show his middle finger just fine. No memorable combat shenanigans this time, aside from me having way too much fun with PotA and Anchor Discharge in last part of DLC. I don't know what's next. I don't think I'm done with DAI, but I might need to step back and play something else for a while, otherwise I'd try to start 3rd Aien pt in a row. Maybe after a break I'll manage someone new
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Sept 28, 2020 20:02:11 GMT
Also, now I would want to romance the MP agents with my Lavellan (Cilian or Neria) The latter might get a slap for stealing my Surana's name though. I use that one quite often for mage-types in my fantasy games. Guess how I named my Diablo 2/3 sorceresses... Solona? ---- Weeper Cadash, Saar'Kata Adaar, Belwether Trevelyan, and Natalya Lavellan all did some resource gathering at the War Table. They also all clicked on the Golden Nug, since I want to make absolutely sure that everything I unlocked across all my Inquisitors is in there when I beat Dragon Age 2. (I plan on taking Thomas Hawke's World State into Inquisition as soon as I've finished DA2 with Thomas and Inquisiton with Natalya. I haven't played the DA2 DLCs yet as Thomas, but given how little impact they all have on Inquisition I'm pretty comfortable ignoring them for now.) I also took Belwether Trevelyan out to finish the Venatori Intelligence requisition, since that's been driving me nuts every time I opened the game to do War Table missions as her. While she was out there, she also sealed a Fade Rift in the Western Approach valley. ---- Thomas walked through the door out of the room he'd just killed Orsino in, and walked straight into a small army of shades. No biggie. Shades barely pose a threat at this point. Thomas threw down a Miasmic Flask to stun them, and they went down easily enough. Then a duo of Rage Demons showed up. Okay, more serious, but not overly so. They can disappear in the middle of a fight, but that's more annoying than anything else... Thomas wasn't too much more worried even after he realized there was one more Rage Demon popping in and out of the battle like a whack-a-mole than he'd thought there was. The demons died, and Thomas walked into the next room... to find Sandal? He was surrounded by bodies, and had his enchantment supplies, Thomas's storage chest, and some of Bodhan's goods with him. (Also, Aveline got a chance to verify that no, Thomas hadn't sold her late husband's shield.) Well, Thomas had enchanted the hell out of everything before he left home, but his pockets were getting kind of full... he put Orsino's freaky looking hydra-shaped staff in the storage bin and sold all the rest of the weapons, armor, and junk in his inventory before he went forward. He decided to stop to loot the side chambers. He saw one that was empty except for a dead body, and decided to send Aveline to loot it. His paranoia was rewarded when flamethrowers shot out the sides of the room and a Rage Demon appeared. The party handled it, and Aveline looted the body. Then the rest of the party entered, for no discernable reason at all, as Aveline was leaving to sell what she looted from the body. Next stop, another side chamber... ... that had a bunch of templars praying in it. They were all facing the center of the room, and none of them noticed the party. That's not ominious. Merrill walked in... and a bunch of apostate mages appeared around the edges of the praying templars while a desire demon materialized on the spot they were facing as they prayed. Brilliant. Merrill immediately fired a Cone of Cold to catch them all, launched a Fireball to hurt them, and conjured a Tempest to hurt them more. She cast Walking Bomb on one of the templars, and Thomas started putting arrows into that one to kill it very dead. It died, and the bomb in it exploded, killing all of the templars. Thomas finished off the demon, and the party finally walked into the room to mop up the surviving mages. The party looted the room, and Thomas took the loot back to Sandal. Then the party decided to get back to work getting out of there. They entered a room directly adjacent to the main hall, hoping they could get out that way... and it was full of templars, hoping to keep the Annulment going. They charged into a Cone of Cold. Merrill followed up with Tempest to hit the archers near the doorway the templars had entered through (and that the party was hoping to exit through) while Thomas hit the templars who had closed to melee range with the party with Walking Bomb. The party handled the melee templars pretty handily, while Thomas noted that the archers were still alive despite Merrill's Tempest. He took them out, and more streamed into the room. The party handled them too, and took everything of value in the room (and on the bodies) back to Sandal. On the way back, they finally realized that the Rage Demon in the flamethrower room had dropped some money as it had died. Aveline went in to get it, and the party continued back to Sandal. (I could probably have skipped half of these back-to-Sandal-runs, but oh well.)
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 20:08:40 GMT
Also, now I would want to romance the MP agents with my Lavellan (Cilian or Neria) The latter might get a slap for stealing my Surana's name though. I use that one quite often for mage-types in my fantasy games. Guess how I named my Diablo 2/3 sorceresses... Solona? know what's funny? fem!Amell's name is spelled Solona in-game, but in the DA Keep they have it spelled as Solana
In the past I went with name themes, like...at one point I had a world state with girls named after flowers (Anthea, Marigold) one with birds (Fiachra (raven/crow), Callum (dove) but now I tend to name them for their personalities, which can sometimes get a bit ironic
For example, Raelyn (my Tabris) means "sunbeam lake" but she's often very snarky and cynical my current Hawke is named Ailith meaning "noble war" (she supports the mages), though thinking of naming my new one Elena (which is a form of Helena/Selena which means "moon" ...among other things)
and my Quizzy is named Gwyneth which means "happiness and luck" ...she's sorta happy, but not very lucky
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 20:25:54 GMT
1) Maybe I have to give it to mp tho, I owe it (or more precisely Luka) one of my favourite (combat-wise) pts. DW Tempest focusing on Flask of Frost and Shadow Strike for that sweet, sweet shattering festival. Yes, I may be a little obsessed with every possible combo that can cause shatter. Both my DA and ME combat history can prove that.2) I used to just mash up letters until they stick into something decent, legacy of trying to get available name in MMOs Then I got too lazy and resorted to random name generators I avoid common names on non-humans and even humans rarely get something... normal. The only default name I kept is Hawke's. I actually like her default name and appearance enough to keep as my canon. 3) *Mahariel looks at the two and silently drops Pandemonium from the shadows to help in the mayhem* 1) Heh, icycles and pebble showers are fun. Never used that Flask freeze though, as 1s seems rather short for my slow ass. Winter's Graps + Fadefist are a thing though, and Petrification and Stonefist are also used together for non-ranked uglies.
2) Same here, replace MMO issus with "not doing MMOs at all and has yet another reason to do so". I tend to keep Hawke names as well. I don't think I ever had more than one male, so Garret is sufficient. For females, I'm used to coming up something that is normal formal english, like Amanda. Also like the default female Hawke (sans bloodsmear though) and was very pissed that she cannot really be reproduced in DAI. The freckled redhead from my latest screenshots is a rare but dear departure. 3) *nods* Pandemonium is a rogue Mahariel thing here as well.
1) I think I'd need one more pt to get to the comfort level in combat where I could pull off the same stuff I did with my shattering Cadash But yep, Winter's Grasp + Stonefist is my go-to combo. Granted, as more companions got some sort of shatter detonators, I usually wasn't the one doing to deed. 2) Yeah, it's hard to recreate Hawke's in DAI, so I just came up with one appearance I like for default Hawke and stick to it whenever I import her. Saves me a headache My Hawkes are always brunettes, 50% of the time with freckles 3) *quietly prays for return of Shadow in some form*3b) Tabris: aww, can I come too? *holds up a bundle of grenades* (+ my Tabris also knows pandemonium ) Of course! The more, the deadlier merrier! Solona? Took me a second to get what you mean, because for me Amell will forever be Lyall
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Post by azarhal on Sept 28, 2020 20:26:04 GMT
DAI Ewyr got information from Mother Giselle to get the Chantry together so the Inquisition could talk to them. He also helped the refugees in the Hinterland a bit before the night came. There would be profit from this, one day. Then it was off to Val-Royaux to meet the clerics...except there was only one, saying nonsense, and Ewyr told her to shut-up. That's when the Templars with the Lord Seeker showed up and they were all rude. To the point Ewyr wondered why they ever bothered showing up in Val-Royaux. Still the day wasn't a total lost. As the Inquisitor got an invitation to see the rebel mages, another invitation to some Orlesian noble bal and a strange arrow. First the arrow. That leads to some rich dead guy Ewyr doesn'T even know the name off. Apparently he was bad, that's what Sera said. She's a bit crazy. Make that a lot crazy, the rest of the guards had no breeches because she stole them ( and it's the first time I realize that they do in fact have no breeches). She was proposing to join the Inquisition bringing some help. From the conversation Ewyr had with her, she's a bit of a criminal. That was fine by him. The ball was by a certain Madame de Fer, she's the court enchanter in Orlais and she wants to join the Inquisition. Ewyr said yes, that count as amassing allies right? He wasn't sure if the others would approve, but now it was done. Now back at Haven, Ewyr started to plan his foray into the Hinterlands to get to Redcliff and the Rebel mages. There was still a war between templars and mages there. Also,Tidarion/KE dwarf Inquisitor confirmed. Is that a problem? He already got the Tidarion.
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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 28, 2020 21:17:03 GMT
1) Eh, same here. Got the Viscount achievement, but not the Mage hunter one.
2b) Morri really seemed to like you. My Surana was good with her as well, but Morri still got stuck at 27-something with no dialogue available. Should use the book and mirror. 3) Heh, I also learned from dissecting other people's stuff. Hmm... not sure if the damage comes from the bolts then. But that is what the console is for. That ogre is a regular victim of Petrification/Stonefist or Arrow of Slaying. His fault if his rank isn't yellow... 1) Heh, icycles and pebble showers are fun. Never used that Flask freeze though, as 1s seems rather short for my slow ass. Winter's Graps + Fadefist are a thing though, and Petrification and Stonefist are also used together for non-ranked uglies.
2) Same here, replace MMO issus with "not doing MMOs at all and has yet another reason to do so". I tend to keep Hawke names as well. I don't think I ever had more than one male, so Garret is sufficient. For females, I'm used to coming up something that is normal formal english, like Amanda. Also like the default female Hawke (sans bloodsmear though) and was very pissed that she cannot really be reproduced in DAI. The freckled redhead from my latest screenshots is a rare but dear departure. 3) *nods* Pandemonium is a rogue Mahariel thing here as well.
1) same...I've often done some 50/50 playthroughs, but never full templar support ones simply because I can't make Keran loose his job and Feynriel loose his mind 2b) what can I say? My Tabris has a silver tongue She didn't like that my Tabris said she loved Zevran though, since at that point in time Morri thinks love is for the weak and fools
3) Mhm, I've asked some help from theskymoves as well, she gave me some tutorials on how to do some stuff, going to look at those tomorrow
3b) Tabris: aww, can I come too? *holds up a bundle of grenades* (+ my Tabris also knows pandemonium ) 1) Eh, Feynriel never goes anywhere else but the Dalish camp for me. And after reading what a (excuse language) fucktard Michel de Chevin seems to have become, I'm not gonna push another "elf-blooded" person into a human organisation if another choice is available. *plans to feed that dude to Imshael next time*
2b) Or just a guide? When I started playing DAO, I had a bad case of Disapproval Angst. Did not talk much with Alistair as a result. 3) Oooh, learning from the best are we? Well, have fun. Once you figure it out and I figure out how to get the toolset running finally, I might ask a few dumb questions.
3b) Why not? Just don't get jealous of my walking bomb. We surely can found a bomb-maker corner on the next Arlathven. Then back at Halamshiral I found the best guard. Trying to shoot. At nobody. Through the railing. With an axe. I'm giving this guy a raise. Boomstick? I mean, I made staves using two-handed sword models for DA2 and fireball-shooting poleaxes back in Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption, but those were intended to be kinda staves as well. Also, now I would want to romance the MP agents with my Lavellan (Cilian or Neria) The latter might get a slap for stealing my Surana's name though. I use that one quite often for mage-types in my fantasy games. Guess how I named my Diablo 2/3 sorceresses... 1) Solona? 2) Then a duo of Rage Demons showed up. Okay, more serious, but not overly so. They can disappear in the middle of a fight, but that's more annoying than anything else... Thomas wasn't too much more worried even after he realized there was one more Rage Demon popping in and out of the battle like a whack-a-mole than he'd thought there was. 3) The demons died, and Thomas walked into the next room... to find Sandal? He was surrounded by bodies, and had his enchantment supplies, Thomas's storage chest, and some of Bodhan's goods with him. (Also, Aveline got a chance to verify that no, Thomas hadn't sold her late husband's shield.) 4) Merrill immediately fired a Cone of Cold to catch them all, launched a Fireball to hurt them, and conjured a Tempest to hurt them more. She cast Walking Bomb on one of the templars, and Thomas started putting arrows into that one to kill it very dead. It died, and the bomb in it exploded, killing all of the templars. 1) Nah, I just have exactly one of these. 2) The Association of Rage Demons expelled all our Kirkwall members, for they were engaging in heretical out-of-character practises. We do not backstab. 3) Aveline apparently always thinks Wesley's shield is gone if it is not on her in that one dialogue. 4) ... and you forgot to take pictures. Bah. know what's funny? fem!Amell's name is spelled Solona in-game, but in the DA Keep they have it spelled as Solana
In the past I went with name themes, like...at one point I had a world state with girls named after flowers (Anthea, Marigold) one with birds (Fiachra (raven/crow), Callum (dove) but now I tend to name them for their personalities, which can sometimes get a bit ironic
For example, Raelyn (my Tabris) means "sunbeam lake" but she's often very snarky and cynical my current Hawke is named Ailith meaning "noble war" (she supports the mages), though thinking of naming my new one Elena (which is a form of Helena/Selena which means "moon" ...among other things)
and my Quizzy is named Gwyneth which means "happiness and luck" ...she's sorta happy, but not very lucky Hmm... could it be a display thing? My keep shows up as german and there's "Solona".
No Merigold in DA2 please. Aveline disapproves. Where do you get the name meanings from? Wikipedia is pretty short on this.
1) Heh, icycles and pebble showers are fun. Never used that Flask freeze though, as 1s seems rather short for my slow ass. Winter's Graps + Fadefist are a thing though, and Petrification and Stonefist are also used together for non-ranked uglies.
2) Same here, replace MMO issus with "not doing MMOs at all and has yet another reason to do so". I tend to keep Hawke names as well. I don't think I ever had more than one male, so Garret is sufficient. For females, I'm used to coming up something that is normal formal english, like Amanda. Also like the default female Hawke (sans bloodsmear though) and was very pissed that she cannot really be reproduced in DAI. The freckled redhead from my latest screenshots is a rare but dear departure. 3) *nods* Pandemonium is a rogue Mahariel thing here as well.
1) I think I'd need one more pt to get to the comfort level in combat where I could pull off the same stuff I did with my shattering Cadash But yep, Winter's Grasp + Stonefist is my go-to combo. Granted, as more companions got some sort of shatter detonators, I usually wasn't the one doing to deed. 2) Yeah, it's hard to recreate Hawke's in DAI, so I just came up with one appearance I like for default Hawke and stick to it whenever I import her. Saves me a headache My Hawkes are always brunettes, 50% of the time with freckles 3) *quietly prays for return of Shadow in some form* 1) Solas: "These are my icycles!" Sera: "Nanananah! Mine mine mine!" Bull: "Awww... too slow again" Vivienne: "Pah, kiddies..." 2) Imma have to do something like that as well. 3) At least I want Pandemonium and Decoy back in some form. The iconic stuff.
Also,Tidarion/KE dwarf Inquisitor confirmed. Is that a problem? He already got the Tidarion. We are all kinda... predictable *Asajj Ventress voice*
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 21:32:27 GMT
Boomstick? I mean, I made staves using two-handed sword models for DA2 and fireball-shooting poleaxes back in Vampire The Masquerade: Redemption, but those were intended to be kinda staves as well. At least these were staves, not provisional bows I also have Solona in my Keep (Eng). I mainly miss Decoy. Loved trolling enemies with it. Though my biggest dream is return of Mana Clash. Come back to me, my love
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Post by azarhal on Sept 28, 2020 21:35:12 GMT
I mainly miss Decoy. Loved trolling enemies with it. Though my biggest dream is return of Mana Clash. Come back to me, my love DAO had so many delicious spells, now forgotten...
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 21:44:45 GMT
So today I got started on Awakening A grumpy Raelyn was brought to Vigil's Keep by Mhairi, and of course upon arrival the keep was overrun by darkspawn, yay. Raelyn made quick work of a few attacking a lone soldier, who said he'd get some help. Along with Mhairi Raelyn entered the keep to look for more survivors. And find them they did...first the pair of them ran into a mage frying some darkspawn. He cheerfully introduced himself as Anders and decided to tag along, then they ran into Oghren who was here of all places. Oddly enough last time she'd heard from him Oghren had been with Felsi, no matter...the more the merrier right?
Eventually ran into Rowland, a knight recently recruited to the Wardens alongside Mhairi, however the poor man was on the verge of death and in his dying breaths told Raelyn about a talking darkspawn that was leading the attack. 'Course, Raelyn had often heard darkspawn chatter among each other, but never full sentences that could actually be understood. However, on the roof of the Vigil they ran into said darkspawn...who was indeed talking, and in complete sentences too! The group made short work of him and his fellows, saving the life of the seneschal. Down below some help had finally arrived, headed by Alistair.
Alistair lamented about the fact he couldn't help Raelyn deal with the darkspawn, and suggested rebuilding their numbers as quickly as possible. Good thing she already had three recruits then. However, a traveling templar (who was somehow in Alistair's retinue) tried to nab Anders away from her, but Raelyn used the Right of Conscription, making her fume in anger as she conceded. That one will be trouble, lemme tell you.
At any rate, the Joining went...as well as you'd expect, poor Mhairi didn't make it, but both Anders and Oghren did. Afterwards the three main supervisors of the keep told Raelyn of the troubles ailing the Arling, which included a possible darkspawn breeding ground, merchant caravans being attacked and missing Orlesian Wardens. When Raelyn and the others got outside a nearby messenger delivered some messages, and told them about a prisoner who the Wardens had joked would make an excellent Warden himself. So Raelyn went to the local prison and talked to him...turns out he was the eldest son of Arl Howe ( Raelyn: *hiss!!!* ), but Raelyn got the idea the guy (who introduced himself as Nathaniel) wasn't so bad, so she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and let him go.
She and her current Wardens then made it to the city of Amaranthine where they got started on some leads, as well as buying some new supplies and other things as well. On their way back to the Vigil they were stopped by Nathaniel who asked why in the Maker's name Raelyn had led him go. Especially after he'd revealed he had actually planned on killing her, or at the very least trap her. Raelyn revealed she had the feeling he wasn't like his father and had let him go on those grounds, satisfied with his answer Nathaniel requested to join as well, which Raelyn accepted. (Anders and Oghren disapproved) Back at the Vigil Nathaniel was put through the Joining as well which he survived.
After that the group made their way to the Wending Woods to deal with the merchant caravan attack. Said woods were the home of possessed trees, bandits, looters and one very angry Dalish lady who'd later introduce herself as Velanna. Velanna was convinced that the merchants had killed her people and kidnapped her sister, and was attacking the nearby caravans in order to find her. Raelyn later learned it was actually the darkspawn who'd done so, playing the humans against the elves. After this revelation and upon seeing her sister's amulet which Raelyn had gotten from a darkspawn she decided to join the group.
The group then entered the local mine in search of the darkspawn, but it turned out to have been a trap lain by the darkspawn. Their leader was...unlike anything Raelyn had ever seen, he was taller then most darkspawn as well, and somewhat civil -despite the fact he imprisoned her and stole her stuff-. Velanna's sister gave them a key so they could escape later on however, she also revealed the leader was called 'the Architect'...odd.
Regardless, the group made it out of the mine, killing loads of darkspawn as well as a few dragons...yay. Velanna asked to join the darkspawn afterwards, vowing to find a way to help her sister. With everything said and done in the Wending Woods the group traveled back to Vigil's Keep. -- Today I've also done the first court quest, deciding to take the Dark Wolf route. Which I always find hilarious especially if you are the Dark Wolf yourself Raelyn: you can't be the Dark Wolf... I'm the Dark Wolf 'Dark Wolf': ...well...err...sh*t I've also already done Nathaniel and Anders' quests, and also did the one for Wynne (among other side quests) Raelyn butted some heads with both Anders and Wynne this time around though. With the former about "freedom", seeing as Anders claimed mages had it worse then elves in alienages. ( Raelyn: Well, excuse you ) With the latter it was about mage freedom. After Wynne told her that the Libertarians were trying to free themselves from the Chantry Raelyn argued that was a good idea. Wynne didn't view it in the same light though, and neither did Anders...at least not yet.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 28, 2020 21:59:26 GMT
1) Eh, Feynriel never goes anywhere else but the Dalish camp for me. And after reading what a (excuse language) fucktard Michel de Chevin seems to have become, I'm not gonna push another "elf-blooded" person into a human organisation if another choice is available. *plans to feed that dude to Imshael next time*
2b) Or just a guide? When I started playing DAO, I had a bad case of Disapproval Angst. Did not talk much with Alistair as a result. 3) Oooh, learning from the best are we? Well, have fun. Once you figure it out and I figure out how to get the toolset running finally, I might ask a few dumb questions.
3b) Why not? Just don't get jealous of my walking bomb. We surely can found a bomb-maker corner on the next Arlathven. know what's funny? fem!Amell's name is spelled Solona in-game, but in the DA Keep they have it spelled as Solana
In the past I went with name themes, like...at one point I had a world state with girls named after flowers (Anthea, Marigold) one with birds (Fiachra (raven/crow), Callum (dove) but now I tend to name them for their personalities, which can sometimes get a bit ironic
For example, Raelyn (my Tabris) means "sunbeam lake" but she's often very snarky and cynical my current Hawke is named Ailith meaning "noble war" (she supports the mages), though thinking of naming my new one Elena (which is a form of Helena/Selena which means "moon" ...among other things)
and my Quizzy is named Gwyneth which means "happiness and luck" ...she's sorta happy, but not very lucky 4) Hmm... could it be a display thing? My keep shows up as german and there's "Solona".
No Merigold in DA2 please. Aveline disapproves. Where do you get the name meanings from? Wikipedia is pretty short on this.
1) Same here...and yeah, Michel is a prick about that. Which reminds me... Slim Couldry is elf-blooded as well (I love that chap, he's so funny)
2b) it's mostly meta knowledge these days, combined with alt+tab to the wikia sometimes if I've forgotten how a certain conversation goes
3) mhm, she send me a few tutorials and such via the nexus site, I'll be taking a look at those tomorrow.
3b) Tabris: yay! *happily tosses in some grenades which explode with huge bangs* link (I head canon she learns some tricks from Dworkin )
4) hm...maybe I'm misremembering from tv-tropes, they have a section with "meaningful names"
<abbr>As for name meanings, I tend to use > link or link the latter also has as section with names by theme, such as names with color meanings, names that have to do with gods etc.</abbr>
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 28, 2020 22:06:38 GMT
3b) Tabris: yay! *happily tosses in some grenades which explode with huge bangs* link (I head canon she learns some tricks from Dworkin ) Uuuu, 20000-names. I like that site. It's my go-to place when I want a name with real meaning, not just keyboard smash
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