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Post by azarhal on Oct 14, 2020 1:22:01 GMT
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Ewyr had an interesting request from Josephine. She was trying to reinstate her family has land traders in Orlais, but someone clearly didn't want her to. And that someone had assassinated the person she tasked to bring the paperwork for the permit. A Comte claimed he knew who was responsible, but he wanted to be seen by the Inquisitor when they meet and Ewyr didn't mind. Beside Josephine might need the backup if someone didn't want her to uplift her family.
But before doing that, Ewyr decided to find that Warden Hawke talked about. He travelled to Crestwood. Another very wet area of Ferelden...with a rift under a lake. Ewyr hoped Hawke wasn't going to be too moody considering the weather.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 14, 2020 12:22:54 GMT
Modgud Cadash had some people look into some Venatori Dorian wanted killed, and took out the two in the Hinterlands with Dorian in tow. Then when they got back, Dorian told her about a letter confirmed Felix had died of his illness. She consoled him, and then Mother Giselle told her about a letter from Dorian's parents suggesting a surprise family reunion. Modgud told Dorian of the plot, and Dorian walked into it anyway, if only so he could upbraid his father. Modgud tried to get them to reconcile... until Dorian let on that he was gay, and that his father had tried to brainwash it out of him.
Two takeaways: one, Modgud might as well stop flirting with him and focus on IB, and two, she was quite through trying to push Dorian into reconciling with the bastard.
When they got back, Mother Giselle confronted Dorian over the false impression she was under that Dorian was corrupting the Inquisitor. Is this why she wanted him to reconcile with his family? To see him gone?
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 14, 2020 17:41:28 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 ) You count them? The "Pick up DLC stuff" things as well? Ah, I see. I cannot remember ever having Fenris around when getting Anders (or the other way around really ) This time I tried to sit through the Petrice scenes with eyes half-closed, imagining Walking Bomb explosions all over the place... did not really help much. Well, Amanda does not get many niceness achievements outside of the party. While being more bitchy then my usual Hawke, she's about on par with Surana (who is mostly cynical and pretty open in terms of some methods ), but both fall short to post-Trespasser Lavellan. I suppose my red-headed Mahariel is the nicest of the bunch. Do you mean "thickheaded" as in "thick", a.k.a. somewhat stupid/dense? Or rather stubborn? I'd say Carver is pehaps slightly dense at times, the rest is stubborness up to eleven. Like, real Fereldan? ...
Amanda Hawke finished Act1, but wasn't much into taking pictures. FotM exploding critters is so common. Next up: Deep Roads Adventure (TM). My experiment with equipment granting ~ +100% XP left the party at level 21 currently, i.e. most non-randomised loot is even more useless than usual. Just a bunch of screenshots from EaU Tarohne, sans weird lipstick. "How many abominations it would need to drive Meredith crazy?" Wrong approach. One lyrium idol is totally sufficient. Kicking Keran out of the Order this time. I did not bring Anders/Merrill, so no tests... "Why you care to save me if you're kicking me out anyway?" "My brother is good person, Serah!" "Keran, you are hereby expelled from the Templar Order. Take him away!" "What? I have been tortured. I did nothing wrong!" "No thinking of what the Knight-Commander will do if she learns of that blood mage plot." "A guard shall watch him, just in case..." "Keran was expelled? But he did nothing wrong." "I'm sure Keran was expelled for good reason." "Blood mages are said to have abducted Keran. Damn robes believe everything is theirs." (Lol!)
"Keran was expelled from the Order. Nobody tells us why."
Not sure if it is a glitch, but Alain still mentioned Karras... visiting him, even though I killed that dude this time. The Gallows seems pretty glitchy this PT, as Tobrius did not disappear. Normally I have the fetch quests glitching out... new approval ratings Carver: -65 Aveline: -10 Varric: 60 Isabela: 65 Anders: 40 Merrill: 100 Fenris: 20 Deep Roads Party will be Varric, Carver, Anders... for reasons obvious. Last family picture with Carver, who developed a liking for the dog hammer. Also gave Aveline a proper shield to go with her uniform. No running around with second-hand templar gear in Kirkwall. Isabela was using a "sword" (i.e. dagger with sword model) & dagger combo for most of the Act1. Turns out, the right hand weapon is the one held of the head in idle pose, so I switched the "sword" into the off-hand. Quick dirty headcanon: Isabela is actually left-handed or just ambidextrous and fights this way to confuse everyone.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 14, 2020 19:22:15 GMT
You count them? The "Pick up DLC stuff" things as well? Ah, I see. I cannot remember ever having Fenris around when getting Anders (or the other way around really ) This time I tried to sit through the Petrice scenes with eyes half-closed, imagining Walking Bomb explosions all over the place... did not really help much. Well, Amanda does not get many niceness achievements outside of the party. While being more bitchy then my usual Hawke, she's about on par with Surana (who is mostly cynical and pretty open in terms of some methods ), but both fall short to post-Trespasser Lavellan. I suppose my red-headed Mahariel is the nicest of the bunch. Do you mean "thickheaded" as in "thick", a.k.a. somewhat stupid/dense? Or rather stubborn? I'd say Carver is pehaps slightly dense at times, the rest is stubborness up to eleven. Like, real Fereldan? ...
Amanda Hawke finished Act1, but wasn't much into taking pictures. FotM exploding critters is so common. Next up: Deep Roads Adventure (TM). My experiment with equipment granting ~ +100% XP left the party at level 21 currently, i.e. most non-randomised loot is even more useless than usual. Just a bunch of screenshots from EaU Tarohne, sans weird lipstick. - snip - Not sure if it is a glitch, but Alain still mentioned Karras... visiting him, even though I killed that dude this time. The Gallows seems pretty glitchy this PT, as Tobrius did not disappear. Normally I have the fetch quests glitching out... new approval ratings Carver: -65 Aveline: -10 Varric: 60 Isabela: 65 Anders: 40 Merrill: 100 Fenris: 20 Deep Roads Party will be Varric, Carver, Anders... for reasons obvious. Last family picture with Carver, who developed a liking for the dog hammer. Also gave Aveline a proper shield to go with her uniform. No running around with second-hand templar gear in Kirkwall. Isabela was using a "sword" (i.e. dagger with sword model) & dagger combo for most of the Act1. Turns out, the right hand weapon is the one held of the head in idle pose, so I switched the "sword" into the off-hand. Quick dirty headcanon: Isabela is actually left-handed or just ambidextrous and fights this way to confuse everyone. Nah, the only dlc ones I count are the main ones for Legacy and MotA (however I do count fetch quests) currently just need to finish up First Sacrifice, do Shepherding Wolves, Act of Mercy and then Deep Roads as well
and I mean thick-headed as in stubborn, but I suppose she might be a bit dense at times too (for example not noticing Anders has a major crush on her) I could romance Anders...but although I like him his romance rubs me the wrong way for some reason...plus Fenris keeps trapping me with his voice and puppy eyes
-- Tobrius is still around for me as well, I just like to imagine he walks around the Gallows
Current approval for Elena's party (which don't include the approvals for the above quests): Carver: 35 Aveline: 45 Varric: 65 Merrill: 55 Isabela: 60 Fenris: 5 Anders: 25
btw. if you want to keep the 'dog hammer' make sure to un-equip it from Carver before the Expedition (or at least before he's recruited (or dies) because unlike accessorizes, weapons don't stay on him or Bethany after they leave your party (seeing as they get respective weapons for the Wardens or Circle/Templars)
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 14, 2020 20:54:04 GMT
1) Nah, the only dlc ones I count are the main ones for Legacy and MotA (however I do count fetch quests) currently just need to finish up First Sacrifice, do Shepherding Wolves, Act of Mercy and then Deep Roads as well 2) and I mean thick-headed as in stubborn, but I suppose she might be a bit dense at times too (for example not noticing Anders has a major crush on her) I could romance Anders...but although I like him his romance rubs me the wrong way for some reason...plus Fenris keeps trapping me with his voice and puppy eyes -- 3) Tobrius is still around for me as well, I just like to imagine he walks around the Gallows Current approval for Elena's party (which don't include the approvals for the above quests): Carver: 35 Aveline: 45 Varric: 65 Merrill: 55 Isabela: 60 Fenris: 5 Anders: 25 4) btw. if you want to keep the 'dog hammer' make sure to un-equip it from Carver before the Expedition (or at least before he's recruited (or dies) because unlike accessorizes, weapons don't stay on him or Bethany after they leave your party (seeing as they get respective weapons for the Wardens or Circle/Templars) 1) Hmm... well, fetchies do give XP so that's that... compared to the "Ooooh, you got DLC item! Please take it from the chest, else it will be lonely." barrage of doom. 2) Depending on how you as a player think... you might not even notice fictional crushes. At least I'm very bad a that. DA doesn't give as mandatory triangles or something, fortunately. Not really a fan of these.
Puppy elf eyes... I suppose Merrill's do count as well. Not falling for her's fealt really weird this time. 3) Does he stand in front of the weapon + armour merchants table beside the main gate? That's where he got stuck for me. 4) I usually take everything, as I thought it will be gone otherwise, regardless. I guess I'll keep one of the surplus +3% something rings on him for science reasons. The dogs will probably go into the chest or to the mabari for playing. Fenris will surely keep is Overlong Tevinter Kitchen Knife (TM) and unless I'll turn Aveline into a two-hander as well... (still undecided on this).
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 14, 2020 21:21:40 GMT
1) Hmm... well, fetchies do give XP so that's that... compared to the "Ooooh, you got DLC item! Please take it from the chest, else it will be lonely." barrage of doom. 2) Depending on how you as a player think... you might not even notice fictional crushes. At least I'm very bad a that. DA doesn't give as mandatory triangles or something, fortunately. Not really a fan of these.
Puppy elf eyes... I suppose Merrill's do count as well. Not falling for her's fealt really weird this time. 3) Does he stand in front of the weapon + armour merchants table beside the main gate? That's where he got stuck for me. 4) I usually take everything, as I thought it will be gone otherwise, regardless. I guess I'll keep one of the surplus +3% something rings on him for science reasons. The dogs will probably go into the chest or to the mabari for playing. Fenris will surely keep is Overlong Tevinter Kitchen Knife (TM) and unless I'll turn Aveline into a two-hander as well... (still undecided on this).
1) yeah...which is quite annoying if you don't have enough bag space yet, these days I just do Miracle Makers (gives 1 gold) and buy the two backpacks from this Act right away...and even then the inventory gets filled up entirely with armors I don't need 2) both Anders and Merrill are quite obvious about their crush on Hawke, Isabela and Fenris...not so much Anders' crush is immediately apparent during 'Talk to Anders' in Act 1 (if you're nice to him he traps you in a 3-way flirt dialogue option scenario, with one of them being a broken heart which gives you +10 rivalry ), Merrill gives hers during party banter with Aveline 3) yeah he does the same for me 4) I tend to give the hammer to Fenris during the Act 2, then switch out to Blade of Mercy once I get it in Act 3
After that it briefly sits in storage only to give it back to Carver during Last Straw (I like to pretend Fenris just uses it for some time due to some weird respect they have for one another, then during Last Straw it's all: Fenris: *gives hammer to Carver* here, you'll need this. Carver: my hammer! *cheerfully starts using it again to smash demons* Varric: aww, he's back Hawke: *chuckles*) Which reminds me...Carver's Legacy item (the one you get for doing Malcolm's will with him in the party) is also a hammer (methinks Carver likes smashing things )
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 15, 2020 20:13:27 GMT
Got my Hawke to Act 2 today...didn't really do much else Bartrand betrayed us, Carver got sick with Blight...Anders got him to the Wardens who recruited him I always dislike how Stroud says the Wardens 'don't recruit out of pity'...the Dalish Warden was in the same position as Bethany/Carver and Duncan still recruited them (though granted it was Blight time...and maybe Duncan had different policies then other Commanders) Though I did miss out on telling the Arishok about having killed Arvaarad in Act 1, but don't really feel like doing the entire Expedition again
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Aveline: [about Emeric and asking Hawke's help] Thanks Hawke, I'll try not to make a habit of this me: well if maybe you'd do your damn job they wouldn't have to!
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 15, 2020 22:30:05 GMT
Modgud Cadash learned that Josephine's family was essentially destitute, and that she was trying to restore it... and that couriers holding documents that could help had been murdered. She agreed to accompany Josephine to Val Royeaux to investigate, and learned that the House of Repose had been paid a hundred years ago to kill anyone who attempted to help restore the Montilyets as landed traders in Orlais... which is exactly what Josephine was doing as part of her plan to make her family not destitute.
They went back to Skyhold, and discussed their options. Josephine wanted to do a long string of favors to get the family that had originally made the contract made nobility again, so that they could cancel it. Leiliana had a much simpler plan of simply destroying the paper copy of the contract the House of Repose was following. But Modgud decided to go with the option that was less likely to cause bloodshed.
While she waited for the favors to be completed, she decided to kill some time by saving her soldiers from the Avvar in the Fallow Mire, and sealing some darkspawn tunnels on the Wounded Coast. , And at last, everything was complete... except that they needed a minister to ratify the whole thing, and she wanted to know why she should make the du Paraquettes (the family in question) noble. Modgud pointed out that she'd be restoring an old noble family, and the minister said that it was too late: they were commoners doing common work now. So instead Modgud offered to sleep with the minister.
That should not have worked. And yet it did.
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 15, 2020 23:08:09 GMT
Amanda Hawke did survive the Deep Roads Adventure (TM). First, we have a some juicy moments of Cassandra being a biatch. "The Champion was an apostate coming to Kirkwall to bring down the Chantry!" Hawke: "Well, what I'm supposed to say... you guys would hate my ass regardless." "She must have known! Somehow she knew what was down there. That's why she wanted to come along." Hawke: "I get that zealots are fans of magical thinking, but all that effort just to have Carver almost killed is ridicolous." Now, I have to admit I really like the DR expedition. Quite some drama, weird things and ugly things (the bloated spider's worse that everything else together... brrr). To go on with the journey, Bartrand quickly showed his awesome skills at socialising again. An especially icky spider, some Sandal shenanigans and worst of all, six level-30-traps later, everyone marvelled the local miscoloured lyrium. Absolutely no bad feeling about this. Also shows my current build (Maxed BM sans Sacrifice, almost maxed FM, Stonefist+Upgrade, Crushing Prison + Upgrade, Upgraded Heal and the ubiquititous Mind Blast I always forget having, either here or in DAO. Later added Upgraded Petrification and Primal Mastery, as I adjusted these to be available on a certain level and four prerequesites. Level after the Expedition was 25) Finding the infamous creepy AndrasteMythalWhatever-she-is idol. Anders having a very bad feeling about this. Bartrand not so much "Magic. Bad Magic. "Excellent find... indeed" Hawke's supposed death by lyrium poisoning, migitated by plot armour (or class indifference?) One does not simply touch pure lyrium as mage, or anyone, really. ... Bartrand getting his favourite toy, having a quick talk with it and doing what makes us love him most... "Whadda you say? Lock Varric in here? Hmm, why not..." "BAAARTRAAAND!!!!" So forward was the only way. Meeting more shades and a strange kind of stone creatures. At least these aren't as much of fear-generator as golems are. Meeting a spirit who was kindly enough to elaborate on their unbalanced diet made Hawke dub them "nom-stones". The spirit associated with hunger, usually "demonic" concept, and nobody felt like making more deals with shady beings after Bartrand, so pebbles it became. In the next hallway, I met one of the obligatory undying profanes, the ones who stay at 1% health and require extended beating until they deign to fall apart. I regularly have this happen with undead as well, and for them it seems to occur if their health is depleted while they are still in their "rise from the ground" animation mode. The mother of all nom-stones wasn't much to write home about this time, it managed to only get into the "fry everything with red light unless it hides behind a pillar"-phase once. My odd level shenanigans lead to odd inconsistency in difficulty, as the bone pit boss dragon almost nommed Fenris and her deep roads sibling bit a fair chunk out of Varric. After some snarking about luck in their situation, Carver's blight sickness finally caught up and he was carried over to Stroud to join the Wardens. I really loved this scene this time. Must be LadyofNemesis' influence. "Carry Carver" "Take care of mother." (Quentin&Aveline: "Trololl!") Back on the surface and some years later, Hawke now experienced that being important can make you an errand runner. Well, time to play diplomacy with the Arishok. But first, some old "friends" decided to take their chances to get some more. Too bad Dougal did not take a bite off Leandra's homemade cakes. Would have saved us the walk. Reminds of one of Serena's awesome lines from Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption ( cheesy English or German version I grew up with) Smith: "Be thou welcome in the weapon shop of Friedrich von Zweter. There are no finer weapons in Vienna than are herein." Christof: "We seek mended armour." Smith: "Thou hast an impoverished look, and the demeanour of outlanders. Hast thou the coin to pay?" Erik: "If such uncharitable suspicion is the custom of the land, I am glad to be an outlander." Christof: "We are merely weary and dusty from the road. We can pay our way." Serena: "We can pay in gold or in blood. The choice is thine, von Zweter."
No guessing what choice of payment Amanda handed out. LadyofNemesis 1) I also tend to go for backpacks right away, so most early game loot is going away for that. Though DA2 is one of the more annoying games in terms of cheating for money. This time, I managed to repeatedly use up stacks of 20-something ish sovereigns for the talent/attibute booster potions and books. Ended up getting the money from Dougal, but I planned on that anyway. 2) Yeah, the controversial Anders flirt dialogue. Thing is, if you cut him off early, you neither gain nor loose any points. I guess Bioware wasn't completely off having NPCs hit on the player character for a change. I've recently come across a pretty amusing interpretation of the Merrill-Aveline exchange Meanwhile, Merrill trolls Aveline by calling her out on what a sh*tty guard captain she actually is, and she earns my respect for having been the only character to do this.
Seriously. I can't think of a single character besides Hawke who calls Aveline out (maybe Anders).There's a party banter where Merrill will ask Aveline why she looks the other way when Hawke commits crimes. After poking at Aveline and thoroughly embarrassing her (all while pretending she doesn't realize she's embarrassing her), Merrill concludes that Aveline looks the other way because she's fond of Hawke. Aveline warns Merrill to keep that to herself. Merrill ends the banter by saying she'd "rather keep it with Hawke." Ha ha.source 4) He, that's also a nice story. Though I tend to keep Fenris on swords, usually either the "Ream-Ward" which uses the model of DAO's 2H Starfang (it is there in the game, just normally unobtainable) because the blue lines fit with his spirit/lyrium theme, or a weapon like "Her Song", using the orginal model of the Chasind Flatblade, not the bloated-up alternative used by Lethendralis or the restricted Blade of Mercy, a.k.a. Chasind Fatblade. Oh, and the unique mace/hammer from Legacy inspired me to make a long-handled mace for Carver, using the model of mageHawke's starting staff. Also, am I the only one who regularly messes up and types "Craver"? It isn't that unfitting afterall. 5) Sometimes I got the impression that Duncan, while being a dirty opportunist, is the only NPC Warden-Commander who isn't somewhat of an elitist dick. Well, that attitude would not have flown in the Ferelden of 9:30 anyway. 6) I almost had the same happen with Elthina this PT, if it wouldn't have been for remembering to hand in Duty.
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Post by Sokemis on Oct 15, 2020 23:27:43 GMT
I always dislike how Stroud says the Wardens 'don't recruit out of pity'...the Dalish Warden was in the same position as Bethany/Carver and Duncan still recruited them (though granted it was Blight time...and maybe Duncan had different policies then other Commanders) I think you hit the nail on the head. I would think the Ferelden Wardens were probably harder up for members than the other branches were, not having been back for all that long. (I wonder how many the Wardens lost at Ostagar were transfers from other locations, and how many were "home grown"?) Plus with the Blight, it was even more important for Duncan to recruit.
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Post by Sonya on Oct 16, 2020 3:18:33 GMT
I always dislike how Stroud says the Wardens 'don't recruit out of pity'...the Dalish Warden was in the same position as Bethany/Carver and Duncan still recruited them (though granted it was Blight time...and maybe Duncan had different policies then other Commanders) But Duncan says to the Dalish "it is not out of pity". Just the Dalish PC knows how to fight. At the same time he killed Jory. From what I saw, I understand that Duncan followed GW rules. Only later in the game I see that those rule are nothing: GW is involved into politics, or Landsmeeting talk in front of everyone - such things. And in DA2 Stroud first "out of pity", and after "Ah, OK". That was something. Of all GWs I saw only Duncan followed GW rules, including telling how to behave: to Alistair, to our GW if he/she failed stealing.
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Excerpt from JASMINE’S JOURNAL: No! It Wasn’t Enough I sit here in a new room and I feel so very, very cold and tired. No matter how high the fire blazes or how close I sit, I can’t shake the chill I feel deep inside me. Dear Maker and Andraste, please guide me and give me strength. I feel the weight of all those deaths when the Elder One appeared and destroyed Haven. It was only a few weeks ago but it feels like a lifetime and yet only a minute have passed.
It started with the ringing bells. An army was approaching, an army with no colors, an army of mages. On the mountain wall opposite appeared a horrendous figure, the blighted Elder One, to sneer at us across the valley. At his side was some woman, grinning like a fool or that loathsome Federic who tormented me in the Circle. Everyone, at Cullen’s urging, hurried inside the gates and we gathered our defenses. Before we could bar the gate I heard yelling and opened it to find an exhausted and injured Dorian. He fought his way to Haven in order to warn us. I only wish his was the worst injury.
We fought. What other choice did we have? Mages, mad with something, attacked and Fiona led them. I hardly recognized her . . . she looked like a rabid beast. What did Alexius do to her? To the others? Or did this so-called Elder one change them somehow? I’ve never seen mages like that . . .
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I felt so small, separated from those fighting with me and trapped between the Elder One and his pet dragon. The twisted, disfigured creature was easily twice, maybe, three times my size. He, it easily dangled me off the ground and tried to forcibly remove the anchor from my hand. The pain . . . when it wasn’t successful it acted like an angry child and threw me down like an unwanted toy. The Maker must have been watching for I landed against the last trebuchet. Somehow, I found the strength to pick up a discarded sword and break the trebuchet’s chain. The avalanche burying the Elder One’s army sounded beautiful amidst the carnage.
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I don’t remember much after that . . . I was falling . . . there were tunnels, then I was outside . . . cold winds blew frozen snow into my face . . . so much snow, so much cold . . . I had to find the others . . . I was so tired and couldn’t move anymore . . . strong, warm arms held me . . . Cullen’s voice . . . then I think I slept. I remember waking, and people were arguing then they were singing. So much hope in their voices, surely the Maker heard them. | |
And now we’re in Skyhold.
I’m glad Cullen survived.
The fire practically singes my hair yet I feel nothing but cold.
And fear. A great deal of fear.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 16, 2020 15:15:42 GMT
1) I also tend to go for backpacks right away, so most early game loot is going away for that. Though DA2 is one of the more annoying games in terms of cheating for money. This time, I managed to repeatedly use up stacks of 20-something ish sovereigns for the talent/attibute booster potions and books. Ended up getting the money from Dougal, but I planned on that anyway. 2) Yeah, the controversial Anders flirt dialogue. Thing is, if you cut him off early, you neither gain nor loose any points. I guess Bioware wasn't completely off having NPCs hit on the player character for a change. I've recently come across a pretty amusing interpretation of the Merrill-Aveline exchange Meanwhile, Merrill trolls Aveline by calling her out on what a sh*tty guard captain she actually is, and she earns my respect for having been the only character to do this.
Seriously. I can't think of a single character besides Hawke who calls Aveline out (maybe Anders).There's a party banter where Merrill will ask Aveline why she looks the other way when Hawke commits crimes. After poking at Aveline and thoroughly embarrassing her (all while pretending she doesn't realize she's embarrassing her), Merrill concludes that Aveline looks the other way because she's fond of Hawke. Aveline warns Merrill to keep that to herself. Merrill ends the banter by saying she'd "rather keep it with Hawke." Ha ha.source 4) He, that's also a nice story. Though I tend to keep Fenris on swords, usually either the "Ream-Ward" which uses the model of DAO's 2H Starfang (it is there in the game, just normally unobtainable) because the blue lines fit with his spirit/lyrium theme, or a weapon like "Her Song", using the orginal model of the Chasind Flatblade, not the bloated-up alternative used by Lethendralis or the restricted Blade of Mercy, a.k.a. Chasind Fatblade. Oh, and the unique mace/hammer from Legacy inspired me to make a long-handled mace for Carver, using the model of mageHawke's starting staff. Also, am I the only one who regularly messes up and types "Craver"? It isn't that unfitting afterall. 5) Sometimes I got the impression that Duncan, while being a dirty opportunist, is the only NPC Warden-Commander who isn't somewhat of an elitist dick. Well, that attitude would not have flown in the Ferelden of 9:30 anyway. 6) I almost had the same happen with Elthina this PT, if it wouldn't have been for remembering to hand in Duty. 2) yeah I know, but it still requires you to either troll him or be mean to him, there's no way for Blue Hawke to gently let him down without incurring his +10 rivalry and funny enough male Hawke doesn't incur friendship or rivalry in that same instance
I do sometimes read pieces by that author, some of it is interesting...but I also often feel she's rather biased when it comes to certain characters (as I feel several fans of the series are)
4) I tend to switch out blades for Fenris quite a bit, for some reason there aren't many that level alongside the player (except maybe modded ones) so Fenris tends to end up with dozens of swords during my playthroughs, though always ends with Blade of Mercy
5) Duncan has a shady past himself, it's why he looks in places that have people from underprivileged lives as well (he says as much in dialogue with a City Elf) plus to a Casteless Dwarf he says one of my favorite lines "The best Wardens are ruthless to their enemies, compassionate to their friends, and inspiring to their troops."
I think you hit the nail on the head. I would think the Ferelden Wardens were probably harder up for members than the other branches were, not having been back for all that long. (I wonder how many the Wardens lost at Ostagar were transfers from other locations, and how many were "home grown"?) Plus with the Blight, it was even more important for Duncan to recruit. I think aside from Duncan himself...only Alistair was from Ferelden itself. Alistair mentions in dialogue one of the Wardens was from the Anderfells itself. I do think Warden Commanders can request new members from elsewhere by letter of the First Warden if the need is high enough. This is what happens during Awakening, where the First Warden sends Mistress Woolsey and several Orlesian Wardens to help rebuilt (all of whom (except Kristoff at first) perish during the initial assault, or later during the Architect's experiments on them), simply because there's only two/three Wardens left after the Blight (depending on whether or not Loghain was recruited...plus Alistair has become King so technically no longer counts) But Duncan says to the Dalish "it is not out of pity". Just the Dalish PC knows how to fight. At the same time he killed Jory. From what I saw, I understand that Duncan followed GW rules. Only later in the game I see that those rule are nothing: GW is involved into politics, or Landsmeeting talk in front of everyone - such things. And in DA2 Stroud first "out of pity", and after "Ah, OK". That was something. Of all GWs I saw only Duncan followed GW rules, including telling how to behave: to Alistair, to our GW if he/she failed stealing. Duncan tells a Dalish Warden "this is not simply charity on my part" if the Warden says 'I'll not join out of pity', so Duncan himself never uses the word pity Killing Jory was also never part of the plan...but he had to because Jory went for his blade first (yes Duncan attacked first, but Jory was already readying himself to fight when Duncan advanced on him). Duncan could've let Jory go, only to jeopardize the secrets of the Joining toward the general populace. It's the same reason that when Hawke asks Anders 'what does becoming a Warden entail?' he tells them he cannot tell them, likely because the Wardens told him he can't. Stroud indeed at first wants to refuse, but Anders persuades him with the fact that Wardens don't exactly have recruits lining up. However I do think Stroud is a good Commander. (Sadly he tends to end up Nightmare demon food )
I think Duncan indeed was an ideal Commander, compassionate, but also stern when need be. Keep your head low if needed, but don't hesitate to fight either. Which is why (as I noted above) I think Duncan's line to a Casteless Dwarf is one of his best ones in the game.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 16, 2020 19:41:03 GMT
Modgud Cadash finally got around to meeting with the people Cullen had called in to help her pick her specialization, and wound up picking up Reaver instructions. Then she finally got around to meeting with the person Varric had called into help them... who turned out to be Thomas Hawke.
Thomas said that he would help if he could, but that he hadn't done the best job with Corypheus, and he wasn't sure he could help unless there was a horde of rampaging Qunari around. Modgud said that they had one, and he was basically a horde unto himself... but that he was on their side. Anyway, Thomas explained that the templars in Kirkwall had wound up screwing around with red lyrium... and that he'd had a friend in the Wardens (a man named Stroud) who was investigating something unrelated, and had gone missing. Thomas said that he was meant to meet this friend in Crestwood.
I guess Thomas didn't take the fact that Stroud didn't help much against the rampaging Qunari too personal.
At any rate, she jumped off the wall to talk to Cassandra, and found her shouting at Varric. Modgud talked Cassandra down, and headed to the inn to talk to Iron Bull... who teleported them outside to spar with Krem, and then told Modgud that the Qunari wanted to form an alliance. They were going to test the idea out on the Storm Coast. Modgud didn't like it, but agreed to give it a try.
Then Modgud headed into the castle, and found Varric still a bit on edge. She assured him Cass had calmed down, and that he was doing fine at the whole "disciple" thing... and suggested he finish Swords and Shields to cheer Cassandra up. Then, Modgud decided to schedule the last step of the Five Belles of Hunter Fell war table mission chain because I'm planning to romance IB and it'd be kinda fucked up to do it in a Qunari-alliance World-State just in case the joint operation goes wrong and the Qunari decide to cut ties with her. (Modgud hadn't actually been following the clues they put together, but she figures Leiliana has been.)
Then Modgud headed to Crestwood to track down Thomas's friend Stroud.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 17, 2020 18:41:45 GMT
heh, gotta love Izzy
Isabela: *walking up the steps of the Chantry* let's go inside and put out the eternal flame Hawke: ...pfft *laughing*
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 17, 2020 21:03:40 GMT
It's been a busy day for Modgud Cadash.
She did the joint operation with her intended-boyfriend's people, only to sacrifice a bunch of their men to save Iron Bull's personal force. The Qunari no longer want anything to do with any of them, but Bull seems happier. Also, he finally nailed her. He likes it rougher than Modgud's had it before. Modgud is discovering that she does too.
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Then she headed to the Emerald Graves, both to help out a guy who called himself Fairbanks, and to get some Rashvine to finish the Potion of Reaving. Which she did. She is now a Reaver.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 18, 2020 20:59:01 GMT
So...I may or may not have gotten bored with my current Hawke...yet again thus in order to rekindle my enthusiasm in playing Dragon Age, I thought to myself...let's brew up a new Warden, and ended up with my favorite Origin...Mage... Return of the forehead tattoo ...though gotta say, in my humble opinion...she's one of the prettiest Amell's I've made thus far
Her name is Minerva (my go to name for my Amell), and at present she's...stuck in the Fade with just a set of basic magic I've yet to figure out her story...and the specialization(s) she'll pick...but that's something to think about for now. Which also reminds me...gotta think of a name for her mabari (generally for Amell/Surana I go with the name of a head canon Templar that was nice to them as they were growing up in the Circle)
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 18, 2020 21:34:40 GMT
So...I may or may not have gotten bored with my current Hawke...yet again That sucks Though I kinda understand... I have hard time playing Hawke other than my canon one, I usually get bored of them easily or straight up forget I even played them
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 18, 2020 21:47:18 GMT
As for what I did... I've been playing HoDA quite a lot on my phone, thinking about making two more custom presets for DAI (female Lavellan that I already made some adjustments to, just to make a mod, and female Cadash, once I recreate my Sacha) and I'm slowly figuring out creating mods for DAI. My main goals are swapping look of mage's armor for the rogue look (you know, lack of scarf I was raging about some time ago) and adjusting hair Aien is using for my personal use, maybe even creating my own custom style from scratch. I also wouldn't mind if I somehow fumbled my way into modding Ameridan's/Clarel's staff into game. It is possible, by some sort of blood magic, since someone has done it with Celene's staff and it has the same amount of available files (aka not enough for normal appearance swap), but that is massive maybe.
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 18, 2020 22:29:51 GMT
1) I also tend to go for backpacks right away, so most early game loot is going away for that. Though DA2 is one of the more annoying games in terms of cheating for money. This time, I managed to repeatedly use up stacks of 20-something ish sovereigns for the talent/attibute booster potions and books. Ended up getting the money from Dougal, but I planned on that anyway. 2) Yeah, the controversial Anders flirt dialogue. Thing is, if you cut him off early, you neither gain nor loose any points. I guess Bioware wasn't completely off having NPCs hit on the player character for a change. I've recently come across a pretty amusing interpretation of the Merrill-Aveline exchange Meanwhile, Merrill trolls Aveline by calling her out on what a sh*tty guard captain she actually is, and she earns my respect for having been the only character to do this.
Seriously. I can't think of a single character besides Hawke who calls Aveline out (maybe Anders).There's a party banter where Merrill will ask Aveline why she looks the other way when Hawke commits crimes. After poking at Aveline and thoroughly embarrassing her (all while pretending she doesn't realize she's embarrassing her), Merrill concludes that Aveline looks the other way because she's fond of Hawke. Aveline warns Merrill to keep that to herself. Merrill ends the banter by saying she'd "rather keep it with Hawke." Ha ha.source 4) He, that's also a nice story. Though I tend to keep Fenris on swords, usually either the "Ream-Ward" which uses the model of DAO's 2H Starfang (it is there in the game, just normally unobtainable) because the blue lines fit with his spirit/lyrium theme, or a weapon like "Her Song", using the orginal model of the Chasind Flatblade, not the bloated-up alternative used by Lethendralis or the restricted Blade of Mercy, a.k.a. Chasind Fatblade. Oh, and the unique mace/hammer from Legacy inspired me to make a long-handled mace for Carver, using the model of mageHawke's starting staff. Also, am I the only one who regularly messes up and types "Craver"? It isn't that unfitting afterall. 5) Sometimes I got the impression that Duncan, while being a dirty opportunist, is the only NPC Warden-Commander who isn't somewhat of an elitist dick. Well, that attitude would not have flown in the Ferelden of 9:30 anyway. 6) I almost had the same happen with Elthina this PT, if it wouldn't have been for remembering to hand in Duty. 2) yeah I know, but it still requires you to either troll him or be mean to him, there's no way for Blue Hawke to gently let him down without incurring his +10 rivalry and funny enough male Hawke doesn't incur friendship or rivalry in that same instance I do sometimes read pieces by that author, some of it is interesting...but I also often feel she's rather biased when it comes to certain characters (as I feel several fans of the series are) 4) I tend to switch out blades for Fenris quite a bit, for some reason there aren't many that level alongside the player (except maybe modded ones) so Fenris tends to end up with dozens of swords during my playthroughs, though always ends with Blade of Mercy 5) Duncan has a shady past himself, it's why he looks in places that have people from underprivileged lives as well (he says as much in dialogue with a City Elf) plus to a Casteless Dwarf he says one of my favorite lines "The best Wardens are ruthless to their enemies, compassionate to their friends, and inspiring to their troops."
6) heh, gotta love Izzy Isabela: *walking up the steps of the Chantry* let's go inside and put out the eternal flame Hawke: ...pfft *laughing*
7) So...I may or may not have gotten bored with my current Hawke...yet again thus in order to rekindle my enthusiasm in playing Dragon Age, I thought to myself...let's brew up a new Warden, and ended up with my favorite Origin...Mage... Return of the forehead tattoo ...though gotta say, in my humble opinion...she's one of the prettiest Amell's I've made thus far Her name is Minerva (my go to name for my Amell), and at present she's...stuck in the Fade with just a set of basic magic I've yet to figure out her story...and the specialization(s) she'll pick...but that's something to think about for now. Which also reminds me...gotta think of a name for her mabari (generally for Amell/Surana I go with the name of a head canon Templar that was nice to them as they were growing up in the Circle) 2) In this case, I don't stick to colours. I actually reloaded some conversations this PT, as I was taking red answers which weren't "jerk/asshole", but too direct and straightforward as to be a bit... boring? Well, she has one article explaining her issues with Alistair. Haven't seen her perspective on Kaidan (whom she does not seem to like as well) though. I don't agree with some of the viewpoints (the Skyrim ones are rather inconsistent, praising magic gameplay in some, blasting it in others... and no dates to show the change of mind), but... everyone in the DA fandom seems to have a specific bias towards a character someone else utterly dislikes. I mean, I for example can count the Velanna-positive people I met on one hand. 4) I mod most of the weapons I use to auto-level. I now have to imagine a room in the rundown mansion look like this: Yep, those are just all pieces from the category "nordic carved" and "Empire". Though to be fair, my mage Hawkes tend to accumulate quite a collection of staves as well... 5) Rather fitting... and I'm just roughly aware that Duncan was quite a dirtbag (Like... killing some dude for loot? Too bad he was a Warden-Commander's boyfriend, so it was Uriah gambit for Duncan. I would want to see the W-Cs face after Duncan survived the cocktail...) 6) Awww... I never got that one yet. But that's a line very fitting for... like any Hawke of mine, but especially my spitballing about some Old God shenanigans. 7) I thought that was City elf as of late... Did you got distracted in the meantime? I wish I could help with specs... but well, my first Amell learned her first spec in Awakening Doesn't quite help that all base game specs (sans Spirit Healer) require quite some planning ahead.
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Speaking of odd Hawe things and Fenris.... Amanda Hawke did some more Act2 shenanigans. Leaving the city with broody around turned up a bunch of buffoons mouthing off about some strange property rights or something. So they were either put down or interrogated, light-style. That turned up a slick slaver den close by, supposedly inhabited by Hadriana, a sycophant of Danarius not overly fond of flowers. Time to assault another cave. After getting rid of most her entourage, Hadriana got her forcefield bubble dispelled by mean ol' Merrill and was then hit by probably every single-target damage talent availble. After keeling over, she tried to bargain a bit and brought a supposed sister of Fenris', though his personal Admiral Ackbar let out a warning.
Anyway, Hadriana was put down, Fenris needed some fresh air while Hawke scoured the ruins for lootz. Found a Tevinter chantry amulett and (headcanon) a bunch of rather interesting writings as well as a Scepter of Razikale. I suppose her beliefs will slowly slip into "darkness". Yes, yes, I know that this might not make an awful lot of sense, especially given the current LI focus. Following were several personal conversations between Fenris and Hawke, as well as an attempt to get closer. Won't comment until I've seen the whole romance arc. Just taking away one of my favourite Fenris quotes and how ironically applicable it is to circle mages. “A slave does not dream of freedom, or wonder at possibilities. You think only of your master's desires, and what the next hour will bring.” Hawke also checked on her other "family" members, including giving that heretic amulet to Anders and having a cynical-in-hindsight chat with Varric.
"No plans. Just taking care of mom." (Aveline & Quentin: "Trolloll!") Also picked up a "choirboy" after a dose of author trolling - Varric style "Hawke to the rescue! Haven't seen that before..." Sebastian was then oficially outfitted and taken to an outdoor trip to the wounded coast, hunting some supposedly famous raiders or something. Approval ratings: Carver: -50 (now a Warden) Aveline: -25 (post Raiders on the Cliffs) Varric: 100 (after act2 intro and Tethras Signet Ring) Isabela: 100 (after act2 intro and questioning beliefs9 Anders: 75 (after act2 intro and Tevinter Chantry Amulet) Merrill: 100 Fenris: 80 (post Bitter Pill and aftermath, Questioning Beliefs and Romance intro changed nothing) Sebastian: 0 (just picked up)
I also thought about changing her face a bit to reflect the years passing, but I have no good idea what to do... I mean, I could have her some dark circles/tired expression on her eyes, but she isn't supposed to look like Samson (yet). Perhaps a "depression haircut" at some point?
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Post by Buckeldemon on Oct 18, 2020 22:39:07 GMT
So...I may or may not have gotten bored with my current Hawke...yet again That sucks Though I kinda understand... I have hard time playing Hawke other than my canon one, I usually get bored of them easily or straight up forget I even played them Happens every time I try to play a non-mage Hawke. Not sure if I finally manage Act 1 with an archer. As for what I did... I've been playing HoDA quite a lot on my phone, thinking about making two more custom presets for DAI (female Lavellan that I already made some adjustments to, just to make a mod, and female Cadash, once I recreate my Sacha) and I'm slowly figuring out creating mods for DAI. My main goals are swapping look of mage's armor for the rogue look (you know, lack of scarf I was raging about some time ago) and adjusting hair Aien is using for my personal use, maybe even creating my own custom style from scratch. I also wouldn't mind if I somehow fumbled my way into modding Ameridan's/Clarel's staff into game. It is possible, by some sort of blood magic, since someone has done it with Celene's staff and it has the same amount of available files (aka not enough for normal appearance swap), but that is massive maybe. Ooooh... don't give me ideas. I personally hate that look of the higher tier rogue inquisitor-styled armours; that protruding chestplate is just sooo damn fugly and I would want to switch these for the lesser rogue armours with leather/mail style chestpieces. Also, fixing the "noodle arms" on any piece which might have them (I had to re-craft a whole set on my first PT due to this one ). And giving me a proper spear staff, though I guess in this case switching the model of some ugly high-tier (like Encore) for the spear, making it show all additions and flipping the bigger spear point upwards should suffice... /rant
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Post by melbella on Oct 18, 2020 22:56:39 GMT
Fenris: 80 (post Bitter Pill and aftermath, Questioning Beliefs and Romance intro changed nothing) Suggestion: if you plan to do Legacy and take Fenris along, make sure you do it before talking to Fenris' in Act 3 or doing his quest, otherwise some of the dialogue won't make sense.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Oct 19, 2020 2:58:26 GMT
Modgud Cadash collected smuggler letters from the Emerald Graves, and that added Sahrnia to her to-go list. But first, she took out Knight-Captain Carroll of the Red Templars, investigated the disappearances of Cassandra's fellow Seekers, and convinced her not to rebuild the Seeker Order.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Oct 19, 2020 6:58:13 GMT
So...I may or may not have gotten bored with my current Hawke...yet again That sucks Though I kinda understand... I have hard time playing Hawke other than my canon one, I usually get bored of them easily or straight up forget I even played them Yeah, while my canon Hawke is a blue female mage Hawke...it gets boring after a while to always be so...nice (I mean I get tired of it irl. and then people get surprised when I have a bad day ) purple Hawke is my favorite, but they luck out on some of the dialogues that I need for my canon Hawke (for example, my canon Hawke spares Gascard...only to have Fenris <abbr>interrogate</abbr> him later , which is only possible for blue or red Hawke) 2) In this case, I don't stick to colours. I actually reloaded some conversations this PT, as I was taking red answers which weren't "jerk/asshole", but too direct and straightforward as to be a bit... boring? Well, she has one article explaining her issues with Alistair. Haven't seen her perspective on Kaidan (whom she does not seem to like as well) though. I don't agree with some of the viewpoints (the Skyrim ones are rather inconsistent, praising magic gameplay in some, blasting it in others... and no dates to show the change of mind), but... everyone in the DA fandom seems to have a specific bias towards a character someone else utterly dislikes. I mean, I for example can count the Velanna-positive people I met on one hand. 4) I mod most of the weapons I use to auto-level. I now have to imagine a room in the rundown mansion look like this: Though to be fair, my mage Hawkes tend to accumulate quite a collection of staves as well... 5) Rather fitting... and I'm just roughly aware that Duncan was quite a dirtbag (Like... killing some dude for loot? Too bad he was a Warden-Commander's boyfriend, so it was Uriah gambit for Duncan. I would want to see the W-Cs face after Duncan survived the cocktail...) 6) Awww... I never got that one yet. But that's a line very fitting for... like any Hawke of mine, but especially my spitballing about some Old God shenanigans. 7) I thought that was City elf as of late... Did you got distracted in the meantime? I wish I could help with specs... but well, my first Amell learned her first spec in Awakening Doesn't quite help that all base game specs (sans Spirit Healer) require quite some planning ahead. 2) some of the purple options can be quite douch-y as well...which can be fun, but I tend to not use those even on a full purple Hawke
I mean, hell...I dislike Liara...but I'm not going to tell people not to romance her just because I don't like her, that's for each and everyone to decide on their own.
4) now that's an interesting image...I now imagine one room filled with booze, another with weapons and....one with dead bodies (which I head canon my Hawke helps get rid of at some point or another)
5) it's been a while since I read the Calling, but as I recall he was hired to steal that ring, not knowing who it belonged to until it was too late. Genevieve then recruited him as punishment hoping he'd die during the Joining. But of course fate had other plans, and we got the Duncan we know and love/hate today
6) was my first time as well, actually...another fun dialogue occurs between Fenris and Varric in the Hightown market if you click on the former.
7) I like both...but mage has always been my favorite before doing the City elf origin. City elf has really started to grow on me, but Magi will always be my all time favorite. I might just go with Arcane Warrior and Battlemage...most interesting specializations imo. (even if the former doesn't really have a use for weapons because of some weird ai that requires sheathed weapons for spellcasting)
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 19, 2020 8:59:06 GMT
As for what I did... I've been playing HoDA quite a lot on my phone, thinking about making two more custom presets for DAI (female Lavellan that I already made some adjustments to, just to make a mod, and female Cadash, once I recreate my Sacha) and I'm slowly figuring out creating mods for DAI. My main goals are swapping look of mage's armor for the rogue look (you know, lack of scarf I was raging about some time ago) and adjusting hair Aien is using for my personal use, maybe even creating my own custom style from scratch. I also wouldn't mind if I somehow fumbled my way into modding Ameridan's/Clarel's staff into game. It is possible, by some sort of blood magic, since someone has done it with Celene's staff and it has the same amount of available files (aka not enough for normal appearance swap), but that is massive maybe. Ooooh... don't give me ideas. I personally hate that look of the higher tier rogue inquisitor-styled armours; that protruding chestplate is just sooo damn fugly and I would want to switch these for the lesser rogue armours with leather/mail style chestpieces. Also, fixing the "noodle arms" on any piece which might have them (I had to re-craft a whole set on my first PT due to this one ). And giving me a proper spear staff, though I guess in this case switching the model of some ugly high-tier (like Encore) for the spear, making it show all additions and flipping the bigger spear point upwards should suffice... /rant Join me in fight with questionable armor design choices ( though admittedly I like chestplate piece you'd like to remove). For noodle arms I think it'd be quicker to just get one of those body mods than fight with every armor. As for spear-staff, have you tried Svarty's Configurable Staff II? You can get look like that: This particular one is called 28_staff_025_spear_bottom_row in the mod. That sucks Though I kinda understand... I have hard time playing Hawke other than my canon one, I usually get bored of them easily or straight up forget I even played them Yeah, while my canon Hawke is a blue female mage Hawke...it gets boring after a while to always be so...nice (I mean I get tired of it irl. and then people get surprised when I have a bad day ) purple Hawke is my favorite, but they luck out on some of the dialogues that I need for my canon Hawke (for example, my canon Hawke spares Gascard...only to have Fenris <abbr>interrogate</abbr> him later , which is only possible for blue or red Hawke) My canon is purple with sprinkles of blue and red, so I don't get that easily bored of her
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