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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 10, 2020 11:23:58 GMT
Finally got to the point of bringing my BloodmageHawke Fenris Friendmance PT into motion. Here's Amanda with all the family members who she'll loose: First order of business: running into a too-dumb-to-live templar who just got severely wounded (and tainted, to the point he acknowledges that his fighting capabitlies will be gone regardless of healing) but tries to pull average templar asshattery regardless. Well, his wife respected his decision to die on his terms after we already lost Bethany (my Hawkes usually keeps her staff...). The "city full of templars" turned out to be already full of refugees as well, but the local corruption allowed an entry point regardless. (I could not refrain from doing at least one Surana-style shot, even though this Hawke is not supposed to learn Walking Bomb) Finding our "home" for the first Act and picking up all promo/DLC stuff available and getting ready for a party recruitment spree alone left Amanda Hawke at around level 9, as I have her running with a set of items that grants a total XP bonus of around 100% for science reasons. In the past, I had a playthrough on a friend's PC with Hawke constantly having around 10% more XP item modifers equipped and made it to around level 31 after playing all content available, base game, promotional XP-granting books from deliveries and the three main DLCs. Let's if I can hit the hard cap of 50 with double XP gain. But level 9 also meant that we undertook all recruiting with Blood magic already available. Despite my stated focus on Fenris, I wanted to have a party selection with a full party, but not anyone talking shit about the Sabrae when picking up Merrill (so no Aveline, Varric or Fenris), so I got Isabela first (thanks to mod), followed by Anders, only to note that Carver took point in talking shit instead. Well, 'lil b(r)other, might rethink my plans for ya... So Fenris was left for the last. On the way to the drophouse, we came across Loose End No. 1 As I'm greedy for XP, I chose to screw over that guy in the prologue and take the smuggler route into the city (after duking it out with Cavril's guards of course). Not sure if I'll take out Loose End No. 2 as well, since I like Athenril (though her fashion sense gets worse from prologue to Act1), but my Hawke seems to be pretty uncompromising right now... quite a bit of red among the purple, asked for payment quite often... so I'm not sure if another underworld person with knowledge about her magic is a good thing. Finally met the broody elf and managed to walk away with just 5 rivalry (no flirt yet). Gave him the oversized Tevinter kitchen knife (a.k.a. Blade of the Archon) afterwards. Not sure if I'll keep the new witcher-derived outfit. Not sure how the colours play with her hair and skin. EDIT: Bah... image hosters crapping on me again... imgur links not showing up, as "seen" above and directupload giving me a 502. Does anybody know a hoster that actually works?
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 10, 2020 11:33:51 GMT
Modgud Cadash slaughtered her way through both the apostates and the rogue templars in the Hinterlands, and tried to meet with Grand Enchanter Fiona... only to learn that Fiona didn't remember meeting her, and had signed the rebel mages allegiance away before the meeting took place. The rebel mages now work for a Tevinter magister... whose son slipped Modgud a note telling her to meet him in the Chantry. There she met the magister's apprentice, and was told that the magister that the rebels worked for had joined a Tevinter supremacist cult that had an interest in her. Alexius had rewritten time to get there first, so that he could meet with Modgud.
All that for her, and she hadn't gotten him anything. Dorian advised a fruit basket. Everyone loves those.
Anyway, now Modgud needs to knowingly walk into a trap. Good times.
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Also, Guillaume Vaughn, the Marquis of Serault, has had to deal with a particularly charismatic rebel leader. She's gotten the peasant children riled up enough to throw horse shit at the Acerbic Dowager, had a peasant orator publically condemn the nobility, and persuaded a kindly knight serving the Marquis to turn his serf-serviced estate into a freehold.
Guillaume has been more restrained about all of this than most Orlesian nobles would have been. He sentenced the children to a short spell in the stocks, got into an argument with the orator and eventually tricked him into blaspheming in public, and let the Kindly Knight do his thing. Then a baron working for Guillaume caught the iconoclast, and Guillaume did some digging and realized she used to serve in his lover's abbey. (Maybe that's what the iconoclast means when she says the nobility has "seduced" the Chantry?) Anyway, he's planning to hand the iconoclast back to the Chantry.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 10, 2020 12:56:18 GMT
EDIT: Bah... image hosters crapping on me again... imgur links not showing up, as "seen" above and directupload giving me a 502. Does anybody know a hoster that actually works? You're using wrong link, that's why it's breaking Don't use link to image site (like the one you're using right now: imgur.com/FsAatD2, which you can get by clicking copy link or copying directly from address bar), but right-click image to have only image view or click "..." to get to share links and pick "BBCode (Forums)". You get link in this format: https://i. imgur.com/FsAatD2.jpg, which works here
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 10, 2020 13:23:12 GMT
EDIT: Bah... image hosters crapping on me again... imgur links not showing up, as "seen" above and directupload giving me a 502. Does anybody know a hoster that actually works? You're using wrong link, that's why it's breaking Don't use link to image site (like the one you're using right now: imgur.com/FsAatD2, which you can get by clicking copy link or copying directly from address bar), but right-click image to have only image view or click "..." to get to share links and pick "BBCode (Forums)". You get link in this format: https://i. imgur.com/FsAatD2.jpg, which works here I tend to use the 'direct link' option, which for me tends to work 9 out of 10 times
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 10, 2020 13:29:08 GMT
You're using wrong link, that's why it's breaking Don't use link to image site (like the one you're using right now: imgur.com/FsAatD2, which you can get by clicking copy link or copying directly from address bar), but right-click image to have only image view or click "..." to get to share links and pick "BBCode (Forums)". You get link in this format: https://i. imgur.com/FsAatD2.jpg, which works here I tend to use the 'direct link' option, which for me tends to work 9 out of 10 times That's the thing, "9 out of 10". Direct links are prone to not working/breaking (unfortunately some of your old posts here are an example), the ones to image alone works way more consistent and for much, much longer.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 10, 2020 13:46:27 GMT
I tend to use the 'direct link' option, which for me tends to work 9 out of 10 times That's the thing, "9 out of 10". Direct links are prone to not working/breaking (unfortunately some of your old posts here are an example), the ones to image alone works way more consistent and for much, much longer. does that include the fact I tend to delete images I no longer need? (which might be the result of some of my older posts being 'broken' )
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 10, 2020 13:50:34 GMT
That's the thing, "9 out of 10". Direct links are prone to not working/breaking (unfortunately some of your old posts here are an example), the ones to image alone works way more consistent and for much, much longer. does that include the fact I tend to delete images I no longer need? (which might be the result of some of my older posts being 'broken' ) Ok, it may be that as well
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 10, 2020 14:00:55 GMT
does that include the fact I tend to delete images I no longer need? (which might be the result of some of my older posts being 'broken' ) Ok, it may be that as well
But I get what you're saying
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 10, 2020 14:39:34 GMT
EDIT: Bah... image hosters crapping on me again... imgur links not showing up, as "seen" above and directupload giving me a 502. Does anybody know a hoster that actually works? You're using wrong link, that's why it's breaking Don't use link to image site (like the one you're using right now: imgur.com/FsAatD2, which you can get by clicking copy link or copying directly from address bar), but right-click image to have only image view or click "..." to get to share links and pick "BBCode (Forums)". You get link in this format: https://i. imgur.com/FsAatD2.jpg, which works here Ah, thanks for the info... did not know there were forums links hidden. Fixed up my post. Is it normal that the images appear downsized in spoilers? (I usually put em in spoilers so the page doesn't explode...) That's the thing, "9 out of 10". Direct links are prone to not working/breaking (unfortunately some of your old posts here are an example), the ones to image alone works way more consistent and for much, much longer. does that include the fact I tend to delete images I no longer need? (which might be the result of some of my older posts being 'broken' ) Do I need some sort of account? I just went and uploaded the whole set via that "+new post"..., and thought since the page is gonna deleting them anyway at some point (rather sooner than later, I wrongly guessed from you posts:P)
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 10, 2020 14:47:17 GMT
You're using wrong link, that's why it's breaking Don't use link to image site (like the one you're using right now: imgur.com/FsAatD2, which you can get by clicking copy link or copying directly from address bar), but right-click image to have only image view or click "..." to get to share links and pick "BBCode (Forums)". You get link in this format: https://i. imgur.com/FsAatD2.jpg, which works here Ah, thanks for the info... did not know there were forums links hidden. Fixed up my post. Is it normal that the images appear downsized in spoilers? (I usually put em in spoilers so the page doesn't explode...) You used link alone, not "Insert image" option, that's why they're small You don't need to create account. I don't have one and just use new post options for years and they still work (I mentioned my oldBSN trip recently and my imgur pics from 2015 were still working).
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 10, 2020 15:08:56 GMT
You used link alone, not "Insert image" option, that's why they're small Ma serannas again. Fixed that as well now. You don't need to create account. I don't have one and just use new post options for years and they still work (I mentioned my oldBSN trip recently and my imgur pics from 2015 were still working). How do you manage to find your old stuff? TBH, I never bothered with remembering such things.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 10, 2020 15:15:54 GMT
You don't need to create account. I don't have one and just use new post options for years and they still work (I mentioned my oldBSN trip recently and my imgur pics from 2015 were still working). How do you manage to find your old stuff? TBH, I never bothered with remembering such things. I was bored, remembered there were some old screenshots of mine I'd like to rescue, went to oldBSN in Wayback Mashine, went to old "What did you do" thread, punched in random page number, checked the date if it might be close to what I'm looking for and just started browsing tl:dr I'm stubborn and was particularly bored that day
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 10, 2020 16:50:56 GMT
does that include the fact I tend to delete images I no longer need? (which might be the result of some of my older posts being 'broken' ) Do I need some sort of account? I just went and uploaded the whole set via that "+new post"..., and thought since the page is gonna deleting them anyway at some point (rather sooner than later, I wrongly guessed from you posts:P) yeah, most image uploading sites require an account (it's free though)
when you have one, you go to the account tab in the upper right corner, then press images and then "add image" it allows you to post several at once, but it might take a while to upload them depending on size and such. you can even add them in separate folders
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Post by azarhal on Oct 10, 2020 23:26:11 GMT
Towerquisition
Ewyr and "the gang", liberated the Citadelle Du Corbeau. Stopping the nasty defense mechanism that should have roasted the undeads a lot more than it did. Ewyr was then tasked to find them some food around the plains. Which he did. he then returned to Skyhold, where Josephine had finished trading favors to give that guy-who-had-Dorian-amulet a title.
Once in possession of the amulet, Ewyr to give it to Dorian and had a nice surprise later at night in his quarters. *romance locked*
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Post by melbella on Oct 11, 2020 1:48:03 GMT
Marcus learned the truth about Inquisitor Ameridan, defeated the Hakkonites and Revenant Gurd, and then took out Hakkon for a "good re-birthing." For his efforts he was named "Inquisitor First-Thaw" by the Avvar of Stone-Bear Hold, who then asked him to, ahem, judge Storvacker. He of course obliged and ended up recruiting her as a sort of mascot to convince other Avvar tribes they were worthy of friendship and respect.
As I was typing this I realized I forgot to talk to Kenric one final time about Ameridan, which was why I didn't get the WT op to reveal the truth about the last inquisitor. So, I will have to go do that before heading off to start Trespasser. It's going to be a small reunion in 2 years because, in addition to not recruiting Iron Bull and leaving Rainier in jail, I also didn't recruit Sera in this game. At least I will get Spa Day though.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 11, 2020 9:29:28 GMT
Modgud Cadash walked into Alexius's trap, and walked out of it again. Then King Alistair and Queen Anora walked into it, flanked by an army. They spoke as a unit fairly well: they weren't finishing each others sentences like a cutesy couple in lurve, but given that they didn't bother conferring with each other as they spoke they'd clearly agreed beforehand on what had to be done and who should say what.
Anyway, since their majesties had no intention of letting Fiona stay in Ferelden, Fiona's only choice was to go with the Inquisition, under whatever terms the Inquisition said.
And Modgud Cadash said that the Inquisition needed the mages, but would be fools to trust them, so the mages would stay as the Inquisition's prisoners. Neither half of the royal couple exactly took sides in that dispute, but Alistair noted that she was leaving Ferelden somehow, so Fiona agreed to it.
Leiliana and Josephine weren't happy about this when they went back, while Cassandra and Cullen thought it was wise. For her part, all Modgud saw was a whole bunch of former enemies who'd surrendered.
Edit: And Guillaume Vaughn finally hosted the feast for the Divine. It went well: he impressed her by badmouthing her enemies (and giving her a document explaining which of them is guilty of what blackmail-worthy sins) and having servants caper around wearing the skin of the wyvern he'd hunted to save the Acerbic Dowager from poison. But of course, none of this is to minimize the effort he put into the actual feast portion of the event: he'd made absolutely sure that was the best part, since after all, the feast was the point of the night.
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Post by melbella on Oct 11, 2020 23:15:19 GMT
Finished up Trespasser with Marcus. It seems the more I play it the more bugs I encounter. For example, I didn't recruit Iron Bull yet the letter at Darvaarad indicates the Qun and Inquisition were somehow allies (is this supposed to be intentional?). Also, when heading to the Crossroads the final time, I got no dialogue whatsoever from Dorian (romance). I've had that issue before and usually would reload until the lines trigger, but didn't this time.
Cass noticed a copy of Swords and Shields amongst all the magic stuff the Qunari had collected. I'm sure they were just using it for research purposes.....
While Marcus wasn't actively hostile to Solas in this game, I did make a point of basically never talking to him to keep his approval level low. As a result, I actually got some lines during the final encounter that I hadn't heard before. Interestingly, even though I didn't pick the option to tell Solas I would stop him, Marcus default chose to "stop Solas at all costs" in the final scene.
I was uncertain what to do with the Inquisition in this game and by the time I got to that point, still hadn't decided. So, since I had just angry disbanded with Lukas last week, this time I angry-kept the Inquisition to serve Divine CassToria.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 12, 2020 4:52:08 GMT
Modgud Cadash sealed the Breach with the help of her mage-prisoners, and then was immediately attacked by the templars, because they're the only ones allowed to hold mages prisoner. (Or because they're controlled by a lunatic mage? I'm not entirely clear on that.)
Anyway, she dropped a mountain onto the lunatic mage's head, and crawled out from under it into an impromptu mountain camp. She had a talk with Mother Giselle, where she finally went from saying that she didn't know whether or not she was the Herald of Andraste to accepting it, and after the song, Solas led them all to Skyhold. There, Modgud Cadash was offered the role of Inquisitor, and said that the organization should be founded on a bedrock of faith.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 12, 2020 5:31:43 GMT
I've had that issue before and usually would reload until the lines trigger, but didn't this time. Yeah, this does happen often. It seems it depends on how quickly your companions load. If they do it in decent time, dialogue triggers, otherwise they miss the trigger for it
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 12, 2020 19:52:37 GMT
Ah Fenris...I love you dude, but giving me +20 Rivalry simply for playing a Hawke who agrees with Anders about (mage)freedom, that's hilarious (especially if baby bro Carver only gives +5 in comparison) oh well, we can salvage this...somewhat, probably
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 12, 2020 21:26:49 GMT
Ah Fenris...I love you dude, but giving me +20 Rivalry simply for playing a Hawke who agrees with Anders about (mage)freedom, that's hilarious (especially if baby bro Carver only gives +5 in comparison) oh well, we can salvage this...somewhat, probably You know, I'm now having about 3 main quests left in Act1 (Act of Mercy, Blackpowder and Petrice, as well as facing Tarohne. Idunna is already a corpse.) and his approval/friendship is at 30. I carefully managed his presence in most quests (like having him play with Danzig, but not keeping him around for "Feynriel, go to the Dalish" ), but I avoided to have him in the party everytime Hawke needed to pay a visit to the Gallows. I don't want to sit out the auto-conversation in case it doesn't trigger anymore in Act2, simply because I feel it is too meaningful for character building, but I have no clue in how to bring this back up.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 13, 2020 13:02:06 GMT
Ah Fenris...I love you dude, but giving me +20 Rivalry simply for playing a Hawke who agrees with Anders about (mage)freedom, that's hilarious (especially if baby bro Carver only gives +5 in comparison) oh well, we can salvage this...somewhat, probably This reminds me of a scarf I saw recently with phrase "I love you as much as Fenris loves mages." on it. I laughed way too much on prospect of DA fan giving it to someone who has no idea who Fenris is
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 13, 2020 17:00:59 GMT
Ah Fenris...I love you dude, but giving me +20 Rivalry simply for playing a Hawke who agrees with Anders about (mage)freedom, that's hilarious (especially if baby bro Carver only gives +5 in comparison) oh well, we can salvage this...somewhat, probably You know, I'm now having about 3 main quests left in Act1 (Act of Mercy, Blackpowder and Petrice, as well as facing Tarohne. Idunna is already a corpse.) and his approval/friendship is at 30. I carefully managed his presence in most quests (like having him play with Danzig, but not keeping him around for "Feynriel, go to the Dalish" ), but I avoided to have him in the party everytime Hawke needed to pay a visit to the Gallows. I don't want to sit out the auto-conversation in case it doesn't trigger anymore in Act2, simply because I feel it is too meaningful for character building, but I have no clue in how to bring this back up. Whenever I'm playing a mage supporting Hawke I tend to end up with around the same approval rating, though I don't think I'll get that this time around see...his outburst at Anders give me +20 rivalry, I did 'Speak to Fenris' after that, which gave me +20 friendship...meaning my Hawke is currently still at 0 neutral meaning I'll probably end up with a +10 friendship by the end the first Act rolls around if I do the 'make him talk' thing during Wayward son which also means I gotta work on his friendship during the second Act The way I tend to do this is by doing the following quests: Speak to Fenris: +5/10 depending on either using the flirt or regular friendly options respectively Book of Shartan: +15 Bitter Pill: can give up to 45 friendship (which can be achieved if Hawke takes in Orana and says they'll pay her) after Bitter Pill: 15 with flirting or 20 with regular friendship meaning he'll peak at 90 friendship during Act 2...but, I also play Legacy during Act 2, and during Legacy...our dear broody elf can give you > 10 friendship (5 for defiling Dumat's altar, and 5 for siding with Larius) which naturally means 100 friendship at the end of Act 2 though my bigger problem is Carver he's currently at 5 rivalry (I slightly cheated by giving him +10 friendship for opening the Amell vault which Bethany does give but he doesn't) during Loose Ends I'll get +15 (since my Hawke sided with Athenril and used the initial refuse option which gives 5 friendship) for helping Pryce +10 for killing Danzig +10 for killing Kelder myself
+5 for killing Idunna after breaking the compulsion +10 during Shepherding Wolves (which you get by refusing to hand over Ketojan and telling Petrice 'don't care, just pay me') +15 for taking him onto the Expedition and making him a Warden meaning I'll have a measly 45 friendship I can get another +15/25 during Legacy (Malcolm's will) and +5 for siding with Larius meaning Carver will peak at 75 also, it's interesting to note that Carver only disapproves during Act of Mercy if you pick the 'I'll kill Thrask for you' option, he has no opinion on lying to the templars (obviously he (like Fenris and Aveline) agrees of selling out the mages to the templars)
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 13, 2020 19:42:28 GMT
You know, I'm now having about 3 main quests left in Act1 (Act of Mercy, Blackpowder and Petrice, as well as facing Tarohne. Idunna is already a corpse.) and his approval/friendship is at 30. I carefully managed his presence in most quests (like having him play with Danzig, but not keeping him around for "Feynriel, go to the Dalish" ), but I avoided to have him in the party everytime Hawke needed to pay a visit to the Gallows. I don't want to sit out the auto-conversation in case it doesn't trigger anymore in Act2, simply because I feel it is too meaningful for character building, but I have no clue in how to bring this back up. Whenever I'm playing a mage supporting Hawke I tend to end up with around the same approval rating, though I don't think I'll get that this time around see...his outburst at Anders give me +20 rivalry, I did 'Speak to Fenris' after that, which gave me +20 friendship...meaning my Hawke is currently still at 0 neutral meaning I'll probably end up with a +10 friendship by the end the first Act rolls around if I do the 'make him talk' thing during Wayward son which also means I gotta work on his friendship during the second Act The way I tend to do this is by doing the following quests: Speak to Fenris: +5/10 depending on either using the flirt or regular friendly options respectively Book of Shartan: +15 Bitter Pill: can give up to 45 friendship (which can be achieved if Hawke takes in Orana and says they'll pay her) after Bitter Pill: 15 with flirting or 20 with regular friendship meaning he'll peak at 90 friendship during Act 2...but, I also play Legacy during Act 2, and during Legacy...our dear broody elf can give you > 10 friendship (5 for defiling Dumat's altar, and 5 for siding with Larius) which naturally means 100 friendship at the end of Act 2 though my bigger problem is Carver he's currently at 5 rivalry (I slightly cheated by giving him +10 friendship for opening the Amell vault which Bethany does give but he doesn't) during Loose Ends I'll get +15 (since my Hawke sided with Athenril and used the initial refuse option which gives 5 friendship) for helping Pryce +10 for killing Danzig +10 for killing Kelder myself
+5 for killing Idunna after breaking the compulsion +10 during Shepherding Wolves (which you get by refusing to hand over Ketojan and telling Petrice 'don't care, just pay me') +15 for taking him onto the Expedition and making him a Warden meaning I'll have a measly 45 friendship I can get another +15/25 during Legacy (Malcolm's will) and +5 for siding with Larius meaning Carver will peak at 75 also, it's interesting to note that Carver only disapproves during Act of Mercy if you pick the 'I'll kill Thrask for you' option, he has no opinion on lying to the templars (obviously he (like Fenris and Aveline) agrees of selling out the mages to the templars)
Did some gaming in the meantime, including that Gallows talk. Now only Petrice shenanigans(tm) and handing in Duty are left. Current ratings are: Carver: -70
Aveline: -5 (going red for the first time... ) Varric: 60
Isabela: 65
Anders: 25
Merrill: 85
Fenris: 20
Do you mean Fenris' Act2 "Speak to..."? The "recruited" one went quite well. Which conversation had you side with Anders for Fenris' -20? I only did Legacy twice until now, both in Act3, so I never paid much attention to be honest. But this Hawke isn't going to mess with something Dumat. I actually like the idea of Hawke picking up a certain secret Old God liking throughout the game.
I was kinda quite red this time with Carver in personal spats. Oh, and I... actually killed Karras this time. It was like party popping out of the hole, me noticing that Karras has the same german VA as all "MaleOldGrumpy" in Skyrim (lol) and Hawke (instead of the usual purple/Varric option) trying to convince that guy of all Starkhaveners being dead (Thrask being a shocked until a certain bitch appeared). Karras resisted, so it was double Hemorrhage for everyone. Thrask was a bit dirty in the end, but took it well as "well, only Alain survived...".
Edit: Can't see that number. Take that like.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 13, 2020 20:09:17 GMT
Did some gaming in the meantime, including that Gallows talk. Now only Petrice shenanigans(tm) and handing in Duty are left. Current ratings are: Carver: -70
Aveline: -5 (going red for the first time... ) Varric: 60
Isabela: 65
Anders: 25
Merrill: 85
Fenris: 20
Do you mean Fenris' Act2 "Speak to..."? The "recruited" one went quite well. Which conversation had you side with Anders for Fenris' -20? I only did Legacy twice until now, both in Act3, so I never paid much attention to be honest. But this Hawke isn't going to mess with something Dumat. I actually like the idea of Hawke picking up a certain secret Old God liking throughout the game.
I was kinda quite red this time with Carver in personal spats. Oh, and I... actually killed Karras this time. It was like party popping out of the hole, me noticing that Karras has the same german VA as all "MaleOldGrumpy" in Skyrim (lol) and Hawke (instead of the usual purple/Varric option) trying to convince that guy of all Starkhaveners being dead (Thrask being a shocked until a certain bitch appeared). Karras resisted, so it was double Hemorrhage for everyone. Thrask was a bit dirty in the end, but took it well as "well, only Alain survived...".
Edit: Can't see that number. Take that like. I currently (as of writing this comment) have about 18 quests left (most are side quests though) for Act 1
and yeah, I meant Fenris' Act 2 "speak to Fenris" quest for Fenris to give -20 I took him along on Anders' recruitment quest (Tranquility), if you say to Anders you support mage freedom, during the investigate option "Help him escape the Circle?", I took "mages need their freedom"(-10) and after that the blue option for accepting to meet with Anders at the Chantry "I help all my fellow mages" (-10) which is a total of -20 (I just noticed that if I'd taken the purple option that would've been just -5 (since Fenris approves +5 of the 'you want me to fight templars?' option)
Generally I have Varric use his silver tongue to get Karras to back down, Varric actually approves (though no approval gain) of purple Hawke doing it themselves though sometimes I also kill Karras...not that it changes much for Alain though...I really wish we could've bagged Grace there and then...would've saved us a lot of headaches in the future
My Hawke is a total sweetheart (unlike my snarky (and sometimes bitchy) Warden), she helps when she can and however she can, killing only those who deserve it (like Kelder) though like Carver she's also a bit thick-headed and is known to blow up at people (such as Idunna...big no no to mind control lady)...she still loves Carver though (and secretly he does the same, even if it takes him 7 years to admit it )
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