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Post by davkar on Feb 26, 2019 13:34:16 GMT
T14 Originally this was my lesbian ws. Then I tried Sera for the first time but since she's an immature, selfish, inconsiderate idiot (which is dialed up to 11 when romanced) I had to shelve this world. Later on I tried Sera again (dwarf in T5, canary in T18) which affirmed that I don't need this ws. I was about to delete it when a new idea appeared, an almost literal cartoon light bulb above my head. If I keep Leli-Amell, Hawke stays with Izi and for the inqi I change... *gasp* That's it! newT14; How I met your Cullen Well technically it's himym from Cullen's perspective, but himyC sounds better. In this ws he is the hero of the story. FemAmell players know the story of young idiot Cullen's starry eyes and horny thoughts. I hardened Leli just to have those funny Isabela lines in 2 when they meet again. Otherwise it was business as usual, LAW team, lightside choice. Hawke was an archer. Haven't played a femrogue in 5 years (had 1 dd and 1 archer mHawke in-between). PurpleHawke, Izi romance, Varric+Aveline team. Replayed DA2 many, many times with this variation but it's still the best way to play this game. I sprinkled a little headcanon on this pt; Cullen likes (as far as the rules and his current character allowed) Bethany because she looks like the HoF. Ever played a DAO lady with the 'antennas'+long ruffled hair? Yeah, originally I wanted to pick a better look. Anything for the headcanon I guess. For DAI I picked a human mage. I've done this in the oldT3, before I started adding numbers to my world states. Didn't really like Cullen at the time, but now it worked perfectly, probably because of the himyC setting. This was my 'last' pt so of course something had to go wrong. In this ws I wanted to have Leli as divine specifically because of the lady gae pope thing with the hof romance. I ditched Viv once again (I'll only recruit her from now on if I need her), carefully selected the +1 dialogue options. She won...then Cass became the divine. Well fk you too game. Roll back 10+ hours to wicked e&h for the Leli boost? Nah, won't replay that much again, and since the gae pope needs a gae empress I can't elect an elf with a moustache puppet. So after 1500 hours I had to download the save game editor for the first time, and get this, by the numbers Leli won the election. Yay for bugs... Overall I had fun with it but since this is a Cullen centric world I'll probably won't continue it in DA4 . Unless he turns up in the sequel, which would mean that he's officially the protagonist of the DA series. As I mentioned this was my last planned pt. There's still T1 but that's sort of a semi-canon, beta version of the gun-to-the-head canon world which I'd want to play right before the release of DA4. There are still a few variations that I haven't played, ie deadwarden-regular kid Kieran. I also had a few inspirations during these runs. For example while I can only pair Joise with a human males her amusement in the Bull scene gave me a new idea for a canary inqi. Then there's the reboots and fine tuning for these wss but I'd prefer to return to them after DA4.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 26, 2019 14:00:49 GMT
T14 Originally this was my lesbian ws. Then I tried Sera for the first time but since she's an immature, selfish, inconsiderate idiot (which is dialed up to 11 when romanced) I had to shelve this world. Later on I tried Sera again (dwarf in T5, canary in T18) which affirmed that I don't need this ws. I was about to delete it when a new idea appeared, an almost literal cartoon light bulb above my head. If I keep Leli-Amell, Hawke stays with Izi and for the inqi I change... *gasp* That's it! newT14; How I met your Cullen Well technically it's himym from Cullen's perspective, but himyC sounds better. In this ws he is the hero of the story. FemAmell players know the story of young idiot Cullen's starry eyes and horny thoughts. I hardened Leli just to have those funny Isabela lines in 2 when they meet again. Otherwise it was business as usual, LAW team, lightside choice. Hawke was an archer. Haven't played a femrogue in 5 years (had 1 dd and 1 archer mHawke in-between). PurpleHawke, Izi romance, Varric+Aveline team. Replayed DA2 many, many times with this variation but it's still the best way to play this game. I sprinkled a little headcanon on this pt; Cullen likes (as far as the rules and his current character allowed) Bethany because she looks like the HoF. Ever played a DAO lady with the 'antennas'+long ruffled hair? Yeah, originally I wanted to pick a better look. Anything for the headcanon I guess. For DAI I picked a human mage. I've done this in the oldT3, before I started adding numbers to my world states. Didn't really like Cullen at the time, but now it worked perfectly, probably because of the himyC setting. This was my 'last' pt so of course something had to go wrong. In this ws I wanted to have Leli as divine specifically because of the lady gae pope thing with the hof romance. I ditched Viv once again (I'll only recruit her from now on if I need her), carefully selected the +1 dialogue options. She won...then Cass became the divine. Well fk you too game. Roll back 10+ hours to wicked e&h for the Leli boost? Nah, won't replay that much again, and since the gae pope needs a gae empress I can't elect an elf with a moustache puppet. So after 1500 hours I had to download the save game editor for the first time, and get this, by the numbers Leli won the election. Yay for bugs... Overall I had fun with it but since this is a Cullen centric world I'll probably won't continue it in DA4 . Unless he turns up in the sequel, which would mean that he's officially the protagonist of the DA series. As I mentioned this was my last planned pt. There's still T1 but that's sort of a semi-canon, beta version of the gun-to-the-head canon world which I'd want to play right before the release of DA4. There are still a few variations that I haven't played, ie deadwarden-regular kid Kieran. I also had a few inspirations during these runs. For example while I can only pair Joise with a human males her amusement in the Bull scene gave me a new idea for a canary inqi. Then there's the reboots and fine tuning for these wss but I'd prefer to return to them after DA4. you I respect...I mean, you have so many playthroughs and worlds for each of them, and here I am and I already have trouble just thinking up one world state (I'm getting there...slowly...after several reruns of Origins in the past few weeks )
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Memoirs Chapter 12
Harrowmont: Hiring additional bodyguards.
Carta: Re-hiring his bodyguards.
Hawke: I trust him more to not assassinate me over the bill he owes me.
Isabela: If you're looking for additional pay, I know a dishonest person.
Martin: Who me? All I do is ship teas and herbs, and ill meaning smugglers have stolen that much because I don't want to be in their new rules murdering plus smuggling club.
Isa: We'll get your stuff back while you're covering in the corner.
Harbourmaster Assistant: I have seen these suspicious crates but I don't remember where.
Hawke: I have seen this gold but I also misremember where, not in your pocket for sure though.
Isa: All you need to do is have guard dogs chew on your leg at midnight to acquire this info for free.
Carver: Oh look, a bunch of raiders doing something illegal and they don't want witnesses.
Anders: Were.
Carver: Is that their central hideout about to suffer a major setback on Kirkwall harbour domination plans?
Isa: Dishonest pal still wants his cargo back.
Hawke: Wow, they sure put up a big fight for tea.
Martin: Special discount on poisons for you in my future shop.
Anders: Can't you at least purrr while showing excessive slobbery affection?
Mabari bark bark bounce.
Hubert: Suffering labour shortage here due to superstition eating my workers at the Bone Pit.
Hawke: I suppose it won't hurt to check it out.
Carver: This superstition sure has a lot of poisonous teeth and firebreath.
Ferelden worker runs past with his butt on fire.
Carver: Dang it, the direction he's running from is the shortcut home.
Hubert: How's superstition doing?
Hawke: It's no longer hungry.
Hubert: You mean it wasn't a figment of drunk imagination? I suddenly have the urge to hire very expensive bodyguards and offer them half of the mine if they can get the workers back to work.
Hawke: Someone has to improve Ferelden labour around here.
Workers: Scared of wife more than dragon and the raise won't hurt either.
Hubert: Grand! Half of the mine is yours.
Hawke: Just seeking iron bark for an item I don't need like the Hero of Ferelden.
Dalish Craftsman: Sure, I don't mind sending a pesky shem into a darkspawn filled hole to look for a practically non existent item.
Hawke: Joke's on you. Found it and will be giving it to another guy.
A dwarf so shady Bartrand tried to kill him: I have a fine deal for you, borrow fifty gold and give a hundred back.
Hawke: You sure you don't do credit cards?
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Post by House Targaryen on Feb 27, 2019 5:09:54 GMT
Thanks to a mod in Fallout 4, I'll probably have to reinstall that game. Hard crashes my PC even after uninstalling the mod. Back to finishing Melisandre's game. Did Blackwall's Revelations. Decided to keep him around, let him do his Warden ceremony when Coryfish is defeated. But in the end, his ass belongs to the Lord of Light. And we do know the LoL loves sacrifices. Do I look amused? I shouldn't have to be judging a friend. Hmm, there's no sacrifice by flames option. Well, off to the Wardens you go after I'm done with you. Remember, you belong to the Maker, and he does like his sacrifices. So be prepared.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 27, 2019 22:34:08 GMT
Nearing the end for my Surana playthrough just a few more side quests left, kick some slaver butt and put Alistair's ass on the throne
(also weeding out some more darkspawn, demons and crazy people)
had a few quests glitches this playthrough, but nothing I couldn't fix by use of the console though for some weird reason the shriek ambush on the camp never triggered (no biggie since it has no real impact on anything else *shrug*)
with a bit of luck I'll be able to finish my Surana by the end of the week, and maybe then I can finally focus on making, playing and (hopefully) finishing my Hawke because after several Origins playthroughs in the past few weeks I really just want to get through DA2 so I can get to Inquisition
which for me is a bit odd since I love playing DA 2, maybe it's because I'm so used to playing a mage in that game and having Carver around
though I've already decided Hawke will be a rogue for my canon world state
also having Bethany around means I won't have to do too many ooc actions for Hawke either
she gets a few brownie points for being easy to please (I mean...50+ friendship to start is kinda nice) and the fact Fenris likes her
in the meantime I'm going to think of a new name for my Hawke (after so many playthroughs having names that start with S I need a break ) and get some sleep
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 28, 2019 3:21:15 GMT
Also, WHY are the mages so dumb? They never keep distance from the boss your tank is tanking. Anders ALWAYS runs up to hug the frikken boss. Boss aoe is his fav place to stand. I switch to him to lead him out and use some skill. He does that and then runs straight back to the boss. I could just CHOKE him. I've been having the same issue lately with Varric - he keeps rushing in way closer than he has any right to be.
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Post by Sifr on Feb 28, 2019 3:41:32 GMT
That's the downside to knowing the names and faces of voice-actors, your media takes on a whole new meta. I'm watching The Crown and everytime Martin Charteris is on screen I think 'hey, it's Inquisitor Charteris' Same, I began mentally referring to the hilariously inept Gaston in Versailles S2 as "the Dimquisitor".
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Post by pensieve on Feb 28, 2019 7:47:14 GMT
I'm watching The Crown and everytime Martin Charteris is on screen I think 'hey, it's Inquisitor Charteris' Same, I began mentally referring to the hilariously inept Gaston in Versailles S2 as "the Dimquisitor". Oh yes he was great in Versailles. When I saw him in Downton Abbey I started calling him Inquisitor Bertie. Was watching with my mom and she was so confused.
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Post by davkar on Feb 28, 2019 12:34:45 GMT
T14 Originally this was my lesbian ws. Then I tried Sera for the first time but since she's an immature, selfish, inconsiderate idiot (which is dialed up to 11 when romanced) I had to shelve this world. Later on I tried Sera again (dwarf in T5, canary in T18) which affirmed that I don't need this ws. I was about to delete it when a new idea appeared, an almost literal cartoon light bulb above my head. If I keep Leli-Amell, Hawke stays with Izi and for the inqi I change... *gasp* That's it! newT14; How I met your Cullen Well technically it's himym from Cullen's perspective, but himyC sounds better. In this ws he is the hero of the story. FemAmell players know the story of young idiot Cullen's starry eyes and horny thoughts. I hardened Leli just to have those funny Isabela lines in 2 when they meet again. Otherwise it was business as usual, LAW team, lightside choice. Hawke was an archer. Haven't played a femrogue in 5 years (had 1 dd and 1 archer mHawke in-between). PurpleHawke, Izi romance, Varric+Aveline team. Replayed DA2 many, many times with this variation but it's still the best way to play this game. I sprinkled a little headcanon on this pt; Cullen likes (as far as the rules and his current character allowed) Bethany because she looks like the HoF. Ever played a DAO lady with the 'antennas'+long ruffled hair? Yeah, originally I wanted to pick a better look. Anything for the headcanon I guess. For DAI I picked a human mage. I've done this in the oldT3, before I started adding numbers to my world states. Didn't really like Cullen at the time, but now it worked perfectly, probably because of the himyC setting. This was my 'last' pt so of course something had to go wrong. In this ws I wanted to have Leli as divine specifically because of the lady gae pope thing with the hof romance. I ditched Viv once again (I'll only recruit her from now on if I need her), carefully selected the +1 dialogue options. She won...then Cass became the divine. Well fk you too game. Roll back 10+ hours to wicked e&h for the Leli boost? Nah, won't replay that much again, and since the gae pope needs a gae empress I can't elect an elf with a moustache puppet. So after 1500 hours I had to download the save game editor for the first time, and get this, by the numbers Leli won the election. Yay for bugs... Overall I had fun with it but since this is a Cullen centric world I'll probably won't continue it in DA4 . Unless he turns up in the sequel, which would mean that he's officially the protagonist of the DA series. As I mentioned this was my last planned pt. There's still T1 but that's sort of a semi-canon, beta version of the gun-to-the-head canon world which I'd want to play right before the release of DA4. There are still a few variations that I haven't played, ie deadwarden-regular kid Kieran. I also had a few inspirations during these runs. For example while I can only pair Joise with a human males her amusement in the Bull scene gave me a new idea for a canary inqi. Then there's the reboots and fine tuning for these wss but I'd prefer to return to them after DA4. you I respect...I mean, you have so many playthroughs and worlds for each of them, and here I am and I already have trouble just thinking up one world state (I'm getting there...slowly...after several reruns of Origins in the past few weeks ) My 'trick' is to plan the whole world before playing it and always do a full trilogy run to avoid getting bored with x game. Usually it starts with a core idea. Like this last one the 'Cullen as protagonist', 'Hawke loses everything', 'dalish sandwich' or the 'Loghain - Hero of Thedas', etc. After that I try to ~balance things up; choices best for the world, racial, class diversity, looks where it matters. For example if I have a beardquisitor (human male with the american voice) I would use a femHawke. I also had a big character pool for the pcs. Some wardens were easy; femdwarves and melves use the default face for the humans I had to tweak them, eyes, nose a few sliders to the *side*. When I find a good face I use it multiple times. Pick another hair and color and although it's the 'same' character it looks different. Same goes for the inquisitors. The Hawkes are the easiest because I always use the default in 2, in DAI it's just different hairstyles. Thanks to the blood swipe I can use them 2x. The 'challenge' for them is to make different portraits (ie the ones I leave in fade look to the left). Well 6 Hawkes used multiple times should be enough but for me the numbers make it easier to track them. tl;dr it's worth experimenting in the CCs. Maybe one successful attempt 'talks' to you and boom, you got a new hero. Match it with another pc, fill in the roleplay stuff and that ws is ready. It's also worth trying out different things you (think you might) like, even if it's something you've seen before. I saw the 'official mistress Leliana' scenes from wickedE&H. I like it, I need one! I had an existing king cousland ws but instead of modifying it I made a new one, added a different Hawke and came up with a ~matching inqusitor. Leli is a key character for me, ie if she was romanced I don't harden her in DAI, she also can't be divine (t14 is the exception). These choices affect the inqi too. If Leli is softened the inqi shouldn't be a dick, shouldn't make the 'evil' choices etc. Of course the biggest obstacle is time. In the earlier pts I had proper runs, ~10-ish for all 3 games. After that I started using cheat engine. Time spent on combat, upgrading gear, farming materials, etc removed. I also skip a lot of side content. I always kill Zevran, skip Sten and Shale, talk and max the approval only for the LI. DA2 is mostly intact, around 80% but I send fenris and anders away when I can, carefully move around at night so I don't aggro the gangs and save up as many quests as I can for clearing in one area. These things can be done much quicker and easier in the keep now. Then there's DAI, I gradually removed the unnecessary parts. First the shards, the mosaics then the maps. My first pt was ~110 hours, the average normal pt was around 70-80, then it became 50-ish. Now without all the irrelevant content (there's a lot!) the core experience is 20-25 hours. Yet I still do unnecessary thing like fully exploring the hinterlands and sealing the crestwood rift.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 28, 2019 13:20:46 GMT
My 'trick' is to plan the whole world before playing it and always do a full trilogy run to avoid getting bored with x game. Usually it starts with a core idea. Like this last one the 'Cullen as protagonist', 'Hawke loses everything', 'dalish sandwich' or the 'Loghain - Hero of Thedas', etc. After that I try to ~balance things up; choices best for the world, racial, class diversity, looks where it matters. For example if I have a beardquisitor (human male with the american voice) I would use a femHawke.
I also had a big character pool for the pcs. Some wardens were easy; femdwarves and melves use the default face for the humans I had to tweak them, eyes, nose a few sliders to the *side*. When I find a good face I use it multiple times. Pick another hair and color and although it's the 'same' character it looks different. Same goes for the inquisitors. The Hawkes are the easiest because I always use the default in 2, in DAI it's just different hairstyles. Thanks to the blood swipe I can use them 2x. The 'challenge' for them is to make different portraits (ie the ones I leave in fade look to the left). Well 6 Hawkes used multiple times should be enough but for me the numbers make it easier to track them. tl;dr it's worth experimenting in the CCs. Maybe one successful attempt 'talks' to you and boom, you got a new hero. Match it with another pc, fill in the roleplay stuff and that ws is ready.
It's also worth trying out different things you (think you might) like, even if it's something you've seen before. I saw the 'official mistress Leliana' scenes from wickedE&H. I like it, I need one! I had an existing king cousland ws but instead of modifying it I made a new one, added a different Hawke and came up with a ~matching inqusitor. Leli is a key character for me, ie if she was romanced I don't harden her in DAI, she also can't be divine (t14 is the exception). These choices affect the inqi too. If Leli is softened the inqi shouldn't be a dick, shouldn't make the 'evil' choices etc.
Of course the biggest obstacle is time. In the earlier pts I had proper runs, ~10-ish for all 3 games. After that I started using cheat engine. Time spent on combat, upgrading gear, farming materials, etc removed. I also skip a lot of side content. I always kill Zevran, skip Sten and Shale, talk and max the approval only for the LI. DA2 is mostly intact, around 80% but I send fenris and anders away when I can, carefully move around at night so I don't aggro the gangs and save up as many quests as I can for clearing in one area. These things can be done much quicker and easier in the keep now. Then there's DAI, I gradually removed the unnecessary parts. First the shards, the mosaics then the maps. My first pt was ~110 hours, the average normal pt was around 70-80, then it became 50-ish. Now without all the irrelevant content (there's a lot!) the core experience is 20-25 hours. Yet I still do unnecessary thing like fully exploring the hinterlands and sealing the crestwood rift. wow...that's quite a lot of thought you put into things, I'm impressed
I've tried doing things differently in the past, such as trying to make the darkest timeline possible (kill as many people as I can and pick the 'darker' options (annul the Circle, kill the elves...that kind of thing) so I went into it, got to Ostagar...and killed that one scout in the Korcari Wilds...and for some reason it felt so bitter I quit and removed that character I have done a few of the more milder 'darker' options, such as keeping the Anvil of the Void and destroying Amaranthine
one of my friends once did make such a world state, I asked him how he did it and he just said 'clear your mind and just do it' but for some reason I just can't be mean to people, even if they're just imaginary pixilated ones
for now I've just made a world state where I do things that I enjoy doing...every character has a Lawful morality (helping guards, saving everyone, that kind of thing) and I am having a lot of fun so far, so I guess that's good
once read a playthrough of someone who used dice to decide on what to do (actual dice) turned the character into this weird bipolar mess, but it was quite interesting to read
maybe one day when I work up the courage I might try an 'evil bastard' playthrough...just have to think of the origin of my Warden and his/her reasoning for certain of the more darker options
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Post by Catilina on Feb 28, 2019 13:55:04 GMT
I not able to make a lawful character in DA. DA's law just wrong, I enjoy making neutral-good, chaotic-good-neutral, true neutral roguish characters. Working against the law, for a better world (and for a better law, haha). To help the guards to catch the murderers, criminals, who abuse the people, but let run the "criminals", who just try to survive, and working against the Templars – openly or secretly. I love the self-determined/self-righteous vigilantes, (anti)heroes. In Tevinter/Par Vollen it will be perfect as well, probably even better than in Southern... So: I can stay in this direction: evil or lawful no way.
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Post by House Targaryen on Feb 28, 2019 17:46:58 GMT
Took out the Choice Spirit and captured another place for my soldiers to hang out. Then went to the Arbor Wilds and confronted Coryfish. Met some reclusive elfy elves who wanted nothing to do with my Dalish girl. Messed up Coryfish's plans and had Morigan drink from the well. Now Solas wants to go somewhere private. Another place captured. Time to sacrifice the prisoners. I'm not the Maker, but a simple voice of our Lord. I feel a strange connection to this statue. You don't know? I think you're lying. Don't make me angry, you won't like me when I'm angry. Burn them, burn them all! The elves need you! We could use your knowledge. Ahhhh fire... Well, that sure was bloody.
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Post by copper on Feb 28, 2019 22:06:55 GMT
Trying to narrow down my lawful evil dwarf noble's choices. Some I can make without a problem. Bhelen is named king despite his betrayal to keep the power of the crown in the family, Avernus doesn't get his research restricted. Alistair becomes king through a political marriage with Anora in order to make Ferelden a stable ally for Orzammar. I'm thinking that my warden will side with the mages because knowing little about magic herself, she thinks magic would be a major boon to her army and she's just gonna trust Morrigan and Wynne when they say the mages probably aren't possessed (not her problem if they actually are).
The two I'm struggling with are Redcliffe and the Brecilian Forest. I doubt she'd just trust the demon while she goes to the circle, but does it make more sense for her to kill Isolde or Connor? And the werewolves may seem more powerful, but she'd think they'd be harder to control. I'm not sure what would push her to cure or kill the werewolves though.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Feb 28, 2019 22:21:29 GMT
Trying to narrow down my lawful evil dwarf noble's choices. Some I can make without a problem. Bhelen is named king despite his betrayal to keep the power of the crown in the family, Avernus doesn't get his research restricted. Alistair becomes king through a political marriage with Anora in order to make Ferelden a stable ally for Orzammar. I'm thinking that my warden will side with the mages because knowing little about magic herself, she thinks magic would be a major boon to her army and she's just gonna trust Morrigan and Wynne when they say the mages probably aren't possessed (not her problem if they actually are). The two I'm struggling with are Redcliffe and the Brecilian Forest. I doubt she'd just trust the demon while she goes to the circle, but does it make more sense for her to kill Isolde or Connor? And the werewolves may seem more powerful, but she'd think they'd be harder to control. I'm not sure what would push her to cure or kill the werewolves though. it depends really... according to this site link one of the codes of a Lawful Evil person is 'you shall not lie' if you want to extend it to others as well...that would make for a good reason
Isolde lies about certain parts in order to protect herself and her son (example being that she did not tell the Warden that Connor was possessed) Connor is an innocent child who just wanted to help his father and accidentally (at least somewhat) summoned that demon because he thought it'd help him
Zathrian also lies about the werewolves, most importantly he doesn't tell about how they came to be, the Lady of the Forest later reveals this to you if you bring Zathrian to her The werewolves (at least the ones currently alive) are also somewhat innocent (aside from the whole attacking the Dalish thing by spreading their curse to have Zathrian come to them) it's true their ancestors did horrible things, but as the Lady says 'they were committed centuries ago by those long dead'
in concluding...according to this you would kill Isolde to safe Connor and cure the werewolves
others might give a different view point but these are my two cents, I hope it helps
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Post by Catilina on Feb 28, 2019 22:23:16 GMT
Trying to narrow down my lawful evil dwarf noble's choices. Some I can make without a problem. Bhelen is named king despite his betrayal to keep the power of the crown in the family, Avernus doesn't get his research restricted. Alistair becomes king through a political marriage with Anora in order to make Ferelden a stable ally for Orzammar. I'm thinking that my warden will side with the mages because knowing little about magic herself, she thinks magic would be a major boon to her army and she's just gonna trust Morrigan and Wynne when they say the mages probably aren't possessed (not her problem if they actually are). The two I'm struggling with are Redcliffe and the Brecilian Forest. I doubt she'd just trust the demon while she goes to the circle, but does it make more sense for her to kill Isolde or Connor? And the werewolves may seem more powerful, but she'd think they'd be harder to control. I'm not sure what would push her to cure or kill the werewolves though. In Connor's case both makes sense – killing Connor probably the easier way, it depends, how much she trust in Jowan. In pragmatic view I suppose the elves the best way, the werewolves are unpredictable, as you said. And the way only depends on your her personality: more evil or more pragmatic. Simply kill the werewolves or cure them because of the future safety.
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Post by Garo on Feb 28, 2019 22:34:58 GMT
I fished it for the first time (Inquisition) It ended kinda abruptly, but it was a great adventure nonetheless. I will probably give Origins a second chance now. BW did some great work with characters in this game. They all felt really distinct and I really liked them all by the end. Sera and Cole really went from barely wanted in my game to one of my favourites ^^ DAT dragon fight, damn Morrigan you badass. I am kinda worried about Morrigan tho with that Flemeth business (she used the well)... but I guess Flemeth is kinda out of the game for now. On that topic, what is Solas? I decided to not endorse anyone to become the next divine because neither Kassandra or Leliana seemed like a good fit for the position. The game decided for me and I guess my romance with Kassandra just got rekt right? But I know now that Vivienne can become the divine sooo that probably will be my choice in my next playthrough. But first, all DLCs ^^
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Post by copper on Feb 28, 2019 22:55:37 GMT
these are my two cents, I hope it helps [/div][/quote] In Connor's case both makes sense – killing Connor probably the easier way, it depends, how much she trust in Jowan. In pragmatic view I suppose the elves the best way, the werewolves are unpredictable, as you said. And the way only depends on your her personality: more evil or more pragmatic. Simply kill the werewolves or cure them because of the future safety. Both of these answers help, thanks! I think you both pushed me to curing the werewolves. After all in the long run this would benefit her. The werewolf curse is broken and the cured humans will speak of Runa's deeds in a favorable light. And having Zathrian's apprentice as the new keeper will make the dalish more open to outsider trade/interference. I think killing Isolde will probably be the way to go as well. Even with the reasons you both gave I always picture my dwarves to view children as being important due to Orzammar's low fertility. So Runa would probably think Connor's life is more valuable than Isolde, not thinking about Isolde potentially having more children some day because it's so much harder for dwarven women to conceive. Thanks again!
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Post by themikefest on Feb 28, 2019 23:03:49 GMT
I walked around lowtown. I like the Hangman. Drank some good ale. hiccup. Visited Hightown. I'm curious how much higher it is than lowtown. Did a bit of shopping. Talked with a dwarf who was with the Warden who ended the blight. Big deal. Why couldn't the blight end before Lothering was destroyed? Way to go Warden. Went to the chantry. I gave a sermon. Apparently everyone liked enough to donate some coin. Cool. Maybe tomorrow I'll return to talk about some more crap. The pope divine woman didn't like my sermon. She must be a party pooper.
Talked with this warden guy who had maps that I could use to go to the deep roads. I meet him at the chantry. When fighting the templars, he turned into an abomination. OK. Apparently he thought it would be a good idea to merge with a spirit. This clown must have been drinking a lot to do something stupid like that. When I see a templar, I will send them your way, demon.
Went back to the Hangman to have more ale. I meet a pirate. I should have asked her where is her patched eye and parrot. hahahahaha. I'll help her after I have few pints. Maybe I can get my sister to relax by having a few pints herself. Yeah, like that's ever going to happen. Cheers.
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Post by Sokemis on Feb 28, 2019 23:25:16 GMT
one of my friends once did make such a world state, I asked him how he did it and he just said 'clear your mind and just do it' but for some reason I just can't be mean to people, even if they're just imaginary pixilated ones For me it's a matter of getting into my character's head and try to make the decisions that they would, even if I cringe while doing it. (There are however some choices I just can't bring myself to do, such as returning Fenris to slavery in DA2.) I don't think I've ever done a completely evil single playthrough, but I have made the "evil" choices across various playthroughs. My Dalish warden was a little crazy and liberally applied the murder knife, but she wasn't necessarily evil. Whereas with my F!Aeducan, I find I tend to keep asking myself "what would Cersei Lannister do?" - which sometimes leads to making "good" decisions in order to play Alistair.
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Post by melbella on Mar 1, 2019 1:24:20 GMT
On that topic, what is Solas? Spoilers! All I'll say is....play Trespasser!
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Post by dirtydiscolux on Mar 1, 2019 2:07:39 GMT
Rila helped Josephine by destroying the contract, then she made a cool new bow. Later she went to the Exalted Plains with Solas, where his spirit friend was held captive.
After Rila has rested up, she'll head to Crestwood to meet up with Hawke.
She will also suck face with Cullen on the ramparts frequently.
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Post by Rascoth on Mar 1, 2019 21:25:23 GMT
On that topic, what is Solas? As melbella said, best to play Trespasser Though you get a hint during that cutscene with Flemeth and Solas. In theory you have 4 Divine endings. Cassandra, Vivienne and - as funny as that sounds - two different Lelianas. As for Cass romance... Trespasser is the answer to all the questions.
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Post by dirtydiscolux on Mar 1, 2019 22:38:28 GMT
after breaking a bottle, Rila and Cullen stress tested Cullen's desk. later, Rila did some pranking with her BFF Sera and assured her that Cullen's desk is sturdy. also more face sucking.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Mar 1, 2019 23:30:40 GMT
just have to go to Blackmarsh and finish up a few more side quests for my Surana also finish up a few more companion quests (Oghren, Sigrun and Justice once I recruit him) then another hour or so to finish Witch Hunt after that I have to put in a few more mods for my DA2 playthrough (hairstyles mostly ) for now I'm going to sleep and think of my Hawke's name
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Memoirs Chapter 13
Bodhan: Allow me to promote my son's enchantment talents. No dark hole is dark enough for us to avoid accompanying great heroes of the land into them. Errrr... providing those heroes protect us.
Varric: Given what's going on in the world you found the safest place.
Bartrand: Figures my brother would have the hog-brain idea to hire the bums I explicitly kicked out of my expedition.
Hawke: Awww but I have such a charming smile, plus fifty gold, plus the maps which you don't have.
Bartrand: Stone balls! Where did you get those maps?
Anders: When a magical fairy was falling into the sky, it lost them.
Mother: I hate to interrupt your grandiose venture, but can I at least keep one of my children alive?
Carver: I can't miss the chance to get rid of Hawke.
Hawke: Can't have you robbed of it.
Cassandra: Are you selling me I didn't do it story, we were randomly passing by?
Varric: I wouldn't exactly say randomly or didn't do it, but neither I nor Hawke had grand plans to dispose of our siblings.
Bartrand: Who put the cave in on our path? I'm the only useful guy around here.
Hawke: I'll take that as an expression of overwhelming happiness that you brought me along to clear a path through darkspawn.
Justice: Spirit Lenny?
Hawke: Eh?
Justice: Err never mind your glowing eyes remind me of someone.
Varric: Must be that glowing potion she drank at camp.
Bodhan: Not to bother you, but your main enchanter vanished somewhere in these tunnels and not finding him will result in your armour having lots of empty holes.
Somewhere a big ogre becomes a frozen popsicle.
Sandal: Not enchantment.
Hawke: Oh look a trapped Thaig room that looks like a trap with a glowing evil prize on a pedestal.
Varric: Let's stay in the trapped room and throw the treasure out.
Bartrand: Mwuhahaha! The cursed idol is mine mine mine!!!
Varric: And you say your sibling is annoying. Hawke: Dang it Anders, why haven't you brought TNT to blow this door up.
Hungry Demon: Do I have a grand deal for you! Kill my greatest rival in this cave and get a key, which you can get by yourself, in exchange.
Justice rages: I can't believe you took that stupid deal!
Hawke: Well, had you brought TNT...
Carver: I'll just stand in the boss's death ray like a moron while you're raging at me to shove off. (can't you program them to have more self preservation than keep standing in continuous aoe?)
Hungry Demon: Hey! No touchie boss shines! Only key.
Varric one shots the bothersome pest and everyone gets dead rich, which is a grand possibility with so much darkspawn around.
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