They [Templars] are trained warriors and their abilities are useful if an emissary pops up.
Are they though? Or would they be as ineffective against Blight magic as they are against blood magic?
I'm not quite sure if your question is genuine.
Perhaps I should have written that they could be useful? For the record, I'm by no means a templar fan, but given alll those -biased- Chantry records about the templars succeeding in putting down circles and blood mages apparently without much effort (a.k.a the Templars always win™), I got the impression that they could. I cannot remember if any of the games or WoT (the sources that I own) addressing that.
In case of Blight Magic, is there -anything- besides that DAO codex claiming that it's similar to Blood Magic?
"Magic can't be made safe and it can't be destroyed. Fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could." - Merrill
"Strength and steel are well and good, but magic is the true power in this world." - Wuunferth the Unliving
"Maschinen abgeschaltet, Ventilatoren kaputt! Alle ersticken und tot!"
I suppose that the southern wardens quite commonly try to recruit Templars. At one point the warden's recruitment patterns were described as rather conservative and the Templar order is pretty glorified in the south, overly so, as I would say. They are trained warriors and their abilities are useful if an emissary pops up. I guess the Chantry would actually have to dissuade the wardens from recruiting too many of their Templars. As for Hawke's specs, nearly all of them could be explained by Kirkwall's status as the "Mos Eisley of southern Thedas" with an extensive blackmarket. Rogue specs: all learned from local Thieves' and Assassin's guilds
Berserker: Kirkwall has a pretty large dwarven population, and there might be some human mercs who use this style as well. Ash warriors? Templar: I guess Kirkwall has a number of 'Samsons' that were kicked out for minor offenses and sell their knowlegde about lyrium draughts to afford the next 'shot'. Reaver: We see npc reavers in-game and I guess, the particular style isn't that hard to learn. The dragon blood is another matter, but there is still the Bone Pit.
Blood Magic... well, according to a certain KnCom, they are around every corner in Kirkwall. Also, there is Merrill Force Mage: Could be learned from an escaped circle mage
Spirit Healing: Hmm. I don't know if it can actually be learned, but I guess attracting a spirit in Kirkwall is easy, because thin Veil. Also Anders.
As an aside... actually, I found that playing a non-andrastian (and sometimes non-human) Inqusitor sometimes makes even less sense than a mage Hawke in Kirkwall. Well, I still do it, even if it is just for sniffing out any options in DAI that could help undermining the Chantry.
hoh I never really looked at Hawke's spec's that closely before...
generally I just grab the one that most fits my Hawke's personality, or the complete opposite (once had an assassin who'd laugh himself to tears before stabbing you in the back...he was fun...and a bit crazy )
as I said in one of my earlier posts, I always imagined that Malcolm was a Force mage as well, according to the in-game description the Kirkwall Circle houses a rather large presence of mages with this specialization (even though we never actually see one). We also know Malcolm used to be part of Kirkwall Circle before escaping, so I imagine he'd learn the skills and would teach Bethany and/or mage Hawke the basics
I always imagine that characters are just taught the basics of a specialization by someone else, and then develop the skills on their own and add their own twist to it
And I love playing a non-Andrastian...it's hilarious to keep pounding that you are in fact not the Herald of Andraste, just for people to keep insisting that you are
I just imagine my characters at some point just going 'well f*ck it!' and just roll with it...
whilst in private throwing knives at Chantry symbols
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
So after some thinking, I've decided to roll a new Hawke (warrior), and see which of the two (between this one and my mage) I like once I've finished her
Her name is going to be Artemis, though I've yet to decide on her appearance
the one part I'm pondering about right now is her specialization and weapon type
I've looked around the internet for builds and such, but most people (if not everyone) use 2 specializations whereas I prefer to use just 1
my female Hawke's tend to have the blue personality, sprinkled with dashes of purple and red when the situation calls for it
basically I want Artemis to be a bit of a stereotypical big sister, protective and ready to crack skulls when people look at her siblings the wrong way
in that vein, given her personality...what kind of weapon type and specialization would fit her?
on one hand, being protective would favor weapon+shield, which would also give me a use for the many shields I tend to find (especially because of RP reasons I generally don't give Aveline a different shield until her Act2 gift quest)
on the other hand, two-handed weapons look like a lot of fun as well, plus I love the idea of using the Dogs of War hammer
as for her specialization...I really have no idea whatsoever
also...what would be considered an 'iconic' weapon set for a Warrior Hawke?
For example, I consider the Staff of Parthalan to be the iconic weapon for my Mage Hawke, and my Rogues tend to use the Fiona+Bard's Honor combo (I haven't done an archer yet since there's already two in the party)
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
So after some thinking, I've decided to roll a new Hawke (warrior), and see which of the two (between this one and my mage) I like once I've finished her
Her name is going to be Artemis, though I've yet to decide on her appearance
the one part I'm pondering about right now is her specialization and weapon type
I've looked around the internet for builds and such, but most people (if not everyone) use 2 specializations whereas I prefer to use just 1
my female Hawke's tend to have the blue personality, sprinkled with dashes of purple and red when the situation calls for it
basically I want Artemis to be a bit of a stereotypical big sister, protective and ready to crack skulls when people look at her siblings the wrong way
in that vein, given her personality...what kind of weapon type and specialization would fit her?
on one hand, being protective would favor weapon+shield, which would also give me a use for the many shields I tend to find (especially because of RP reasons I generally don't give Aveline a different shield until her Act2 gift quest)
on the other hand, two-handed weapons look like a lot of fun as well, plus I love the idea of using the Dogs of War hammer
as for her specialization...I really have no idea whatsoever
also...what would be considered an 'iconic' weapon set for a Warrior Hawke?
For example, I consider the Staff of Parthalan to be the iconic weapon for my Mage Hawke, and my Rogues tend to use the Fiona+Bard's Honor combo (I haven't done an archer yet since there's already two in the party)
According to these, Hawke is a two-handed warrior, but nothing is canon, and it was a disappointment in the Inquisition, that Reinhardt wore shield (I don't even think, he used it in his life before... but the man always learn... In halfway in the Fade, he lost his little sword and shield, and stood like he have a two-handed weapon. I no wonder...) DA2
According to these, Hawke is a two-handed warrior, but nothing is canon, and it was a disappointment in the Inquisition, that Reinhardt wore shield (I don't even think, he used it in his life before... but the man always learn... In halfway in the Fade, he lost his little sword and shield, and stood like he have a two-handed weapon. I no wonder...) DA2
there's a mod for Inquisition that allows you to choose the weapon or weapons that Hawke uses
it's aptly named Hawke's Armory, might be useful if you decide to use it for future playthroughs
still haven't figured out a look for Artemis though..., but I'll figure that out as well
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Today I had my yearly (is it yearly? Meh...*shrug*) what I like to call my 'well f*ck it' moment
to clarify, when I have that moment, I tend to just delete all my characters entirely, as well as all my mods from the override folders and start from scratch
it's rather extreme I agree...but sometimes it can feel very liberating as well (if that makes any sense, if it doesn't...well, just don't mind me then )
So I spend today re-downloading mods for Dragon Age Origins, which can be a challenge when you try to recall which ones you had earlier
(but it also gives you new mods you haven't tried before so...yay?)
At present of writing this I'm working on a new head morph for my Warden Narah from scratch as well,
though I've found out I suffer from same face syndrome...so that's...yeah
it's also interesting to note that whenever you make a head morph in the toolset the actual head/face in the in-game CC looks slightly different (at least imo.)...
I've noticed there's a slight difference between her nose, eyes and mouth, the in-game CC tends to either make features slightly bigger or smaller then the toolset does
admittedly the angle and lighting is different between the two as well
the current morph and in-game comparison, I might make her eyes slightly bigger though
so yeah...that's what my past few days have been like
oh and I've also been thinking about the Origin for my second Warden, who's gonna be a male elf named Thalryn (currently dubbing between Mahariel or Surana)
Last Edit: Jul 6, 2019 21:08:36 GMT by LadyofNemesis
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
yeah as I said, sometimes the differences are quite minor
but thank you, I'm glad you like her
I've decided to make Thalryn a Surana...currently tweaking his headmorph as well, I'll be posting a picture of it later
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Post by House Targaryen on Jul 7, 2019 16:58:50 GMT
Did a bunch of odds and ends before starting Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts.
Went to that exciting bog, the Fallow Mire and rescued some soldiers. Such a depressingly dark humid place.
As I've said in Crestwood, if the dead were properly cremated you wouldn't have to worry about them being brought back by dark magics.
Went to the Exalted Plains and finished up with recapturing the forts there. This fire weapon must be one of my descendants design. They did enjoy making fire weapons to purify the Makers enemies.
Human filth. Such pretty flames.
Went to Emprise and took out the Red Templars mining operation. Also freed some slaves.
Free you from being turned into those "things"? Well its a big step up from your pathetic existence, shem.
This version Of Melisandre isn't overly fond of humans. She hasn't forgot her "warm greeting" in Val Royeaux to start off this adventure. And now to kick off Wicked Eyes she gets called a elf savage and the Orlesians don't believe an elf could be the Herald of Andraste. Yeah she's romancing Josie, which will help her see the light that all humans aren't bad. Maybe she'll just hate Oresians.
Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye...
Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon ye who enter here.
So I'm (finally) done with preparations to restart my Warden Narah's playthrough
I think I'll make her an archer this time around (last time I only made her dual wield 'cause I still needed an achievement related to dual wielding)
I've find that I enjoy archery quite a bit, though that leaves her specializations...I looked up the duelist spec. but it's not very useful for archers...so I guess she'll be training with Leli a lot and make her a bard
I've also decided to have her romance Alistair this time around, to make it up to him for betraying his trust last time (aka. recruiting Loghain and letting him live)
also...because I really miss romancing him
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I've also finished the head-morph for my second Warden Thalryn, and I gotta say...I love him a lot
don't let his cute looks fool you though, he has the emotional range of a teaspoon
I've yet to decide on Thalryn's romance option though and also have yet to decide on his specializations (for now I have Arcane Warrior + Battlemage as stand-ins)
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at any rate, tomorrow I'll be starting Narah's playthrough
I might also make her and Thalryn's playthroughs a head canon dual-protagonist venture (I kinda like the idea of multiple Wardens)
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
I could never clean up my folders; but I guess I have to. I need a new PC
Do you use a mod that changes the elf face structure? To me, it appears a bit more DAI-ish compared to normal DAO elves. I'm still running that old DA2 elf update I found in the BSN archive before that was taken down.
Last Edit: Jul 7, 2019 22:08:13 GMT by Buckeldemon
"Magic can't be made safe and it can't be destroyed. Fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could." - Merrill
"Strength and steel are well and good, but magic is the true power in this world." - Wuunferth the Unliving
"Maschinen abgeschaltet, Ventilatoren kaputt! Alle ersticken und tot!"
Played Legacy for the first time in the 2nd act (before i`ve always played the dlc in the 3rd act) and it was nice to see that last scene with Leandra still alive.
So... Hawke went to the Vimmark Wastelands with Carver, Anders and Varric; fought some crazed and obsessed Carta dwarves; found a key that belonged to her father; got stuck in an ancient warden prison; made an alliance with the ghoul Larius against the wardens; broke the seals that were containing Corypheus; had a tough fight with him and finally "defeated" him. Later she had a nice talk with Carver and Leandra about her father.
I could never clean up my folders; but I guess I have to. I need a new PC
Do you use a mod that changes the elf face structure? To me, it appears a bit more DAI-ish compared to normal DAO elves. I'm still running that old DA2 elf update I found in the BSN archive before that was taken down.
You could always make back-ups on an external HD (that's what I tend to do, before...you know, my clean up compulsion kicks in )
and no actually, Thalryn is just a regular DAO elf, though I've done a lot of tweaking to the initial head morph in the toolset (toolset gives you the last head from the CC as a base which is horrible )
though it could be the face texture I'm using...dunno
it took me several retries and restarts to get his look the way I wanted, so I'm really happy on how he turned out (it's somehow pretty hard for me to make decent looking males in Origins, which is why I tend to avoid making them)
I have used the elf-update in the past (the one with the changed ears, not the DA2 one) but I've stepped back from it
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Form a quick look, I've got ~4 to 5 GB worth of mods for DAO/DA2, disregarding a storage folder somewhere else. And a some other games that I messed around with modded for myself. I guess some flash drives should be able to handle that.
I feel that I can never get my elves right and I mostly play elves . DAO elves look to much like humans for me, while some DA2 NPCs are really overexaggerated. But I've come to like the DAI elves.
Is there another elf-update out there besides that one from tmp7704? I've got that one which makes characters look like this
May I ask if you use the DAO toolset for modding other stuff as well and what OS your are using? I've downloaded the toolset some while ago, but did not get into it yet, as I was busy messing around with DA2 and I've read somewhere that it has issues with newer windows-es.
"Magic can't be made safe and it can't be destroyed. Fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could." - Merrill
"Strength and steel are well and good, but magic is the true power in this world." - Wuunferth the Unliving
"Maschinen abgeschaltet, Ventilatoren kaputt! Alle ersticken und tot!"
Form a quick look, I've got ~4 to 5 GB worth of mods for DAO/DA2, disregarding a storage folder somewhere else. And a some other games that I messed around with modded for myself. I guess some flash drives should be able to handle that.
I feel that I can never get my elves right and I mostly play elves . DAO elves look to much like humans for me, while some DA2 NPCs are really overexaggerated. But I've come to like the DAI elves.
Is there another elf-update out there besides that one from tmp7704? I've got that one which makes characters look like this
May I ask if you use the DAO toolset for modding other stuff as well and what OS your are using? I've downloaded the toolset some while ago, but did not get into it yet, as I was busy messing around with DA2 and I've read somewhere that it has issues with newer windows-es.
I used to use this one link it only edits the ears on the in-game CC presets
and Maker, do I wish I were able to do more modding...sadly for now all I'm able to do is make head morphs...though I really wish to learn more
also I have no idea where to start , I have been looking into some things lately, mostly because I want to try some things out, so who knows, maybe I might make some mods in the future
and I use Windows 10 as my OS, though I do have to say my DA:Origins game did have a few issues when I first installed it
however, I came across this link while I was looking for a solution, and after running it my game runs quite smoothly.
I also ran it for DA2 and a few other older games and it works for those as well
Last Edit: Jul 8, 2019 16:45:01 GMT by LadyofNemesis
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Today I've made a start to both Narah and Thalryn's playthroughs, and plan on doing a dual protagonist playthrough
(for as much as possible since I have no idea how to do model swapping to get screenshots of the both of them together in one shot )
anyway here's a screenshot of both Narah and Thalryn in all their in-game glory there's some minor info on them in the spoiler tags (for their birthdays I used the calendar found on the wikia for the months)
Narah Cousland (pronounced Na-rah; meaning (according to some sites) 'queen of wolves' or 'happy') Born Solace 8th 9.13 Dragon (making her 17 at the start of Origins) Chaotic Neutral morality, though also inclined to inch toward Neutral Good morality at times Archer Rogue, Bard and Shadow specializations Demi-sexual, romancing Alistair Dog's name is Roach (again , though this time I head canon her dog as female)
Thalryn Surana (pronounced Tal-rin, meaning 'beloved experience') Born Bloomingtide 31st 9.06 Dragon (making him 24 at the start of Origins) True Neutral morality with chaotic tendencies Uses Arcane, spirit, creation and entropy magic, (mostly focusing on debilitating or slowing down foes) I've decided on Spirit Healer + Keeper as his specializations Bi-sexual, romancing Morrigan at first though ends up with Zevran (though he does become the father of a normal kid Kieran, I'm interested on how Inquisition handles that) Dog's name is Bowen, and in my head canon he's a bit of a mutt (with one floppy ear and a somewhat longer tail)
I head canon that Duncan recruited Narah up in Highever first, and the trio (plus Roach) then travels down to Lake Callenhad to recruit Thalryn, with Narah staying at the inn and meeting Thalryn after Duncan recruits him.
Narah isn't very sure what to make of him at first, since Thalryn tends to be very blunt and snarky, with him sensing she's down and trying to cheer her up with mixed results.(she just lost her family mate, give her a break)
Thalryn is also fascinated with Roach and takes an instant liking to the dog (the feeling is mutual), and is very ecstatic when he gets his own mabari later on
When they arrive at Ostagar with Duncan, Thalryn bluntly tells everyone how he feels about things and people (including calling King Cailan an idiot, earning a mixed reaction from Narah and Duncan)
he also gets confused with being Narah's servant on several occasions and may or may not threaten a few people with turning them into toads if they bother him or Narah
So yeah, these two will get into a lot of shenanigans together (after all Narah later becomes the enigmatic Dark Wolf (Thalryn acts as look out )
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At present only Narah has made it to Ostagar so far, though Thalryn's playthrough is not far behind (got his Harrowing done and I'll get him to Ostagar tomorrow)
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
Post by House Targaryen on Jul 9, 2019 5:18:43 GMT
Finished Wicked Eyes, Wicked Hearts. Melisandre wasn't impressed by the empress. Its pompous nobles like her who hate on elves and she got some dirt that reveals that Celene destroyed an alienage. Mel didn't like Briala either especially when she did nothing about the alienage's destruction. So her mind was made up that those two would have to die and Gaspard would rule. Orlias needs a hardliner like him to rule and be an ally against Coryfish. After everything went to plan, Mel and Josie had a dance before they left.
Triggered after hearing someone call her an elf savage.
So Thalryn has arrived at Ostagar as well, it was a lot of fun to make a snarkier character then usual, here's a few highlights
Jowan: *introduces Lily*
Thalryn: my condolences Lily
Jowan: very funny
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Irving: did you take anything important from the repository?
Thalryn: *has the black staff* [lie] no
Irving: *sees the staff in his hand but ignores it* I believe you
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Thalryn arrives at Ostagar, after talking with the King...
Duncan: *something about Cailan not taking the darkspawn threat serious enough*
Thalryn: well, you could if he weren't such a fool
Duncan: please don't call the King that...he's...eager
Thalryn: sure...'eager'
Thalryn is a fluent liar and manipulator, also a strategist, with Narah often acting as the diplomat between the two because Thalryn's advise tends to boil down to 'let's fry them'
(though in the future there's also gonna be a few occasions where Thalryn has to restrain Narah )
it's to bad you can't play with multiple protagonists, now I have to switch between the two every so often and decide who's story to play out first
for now I'm just doing Narah first, then Thalryn when I feel like it (thankfully my imagination is good enough to fill in some blanks for the pair of them)
Last Edit: Jul 10, 2019 5:39:26 GMT by LadyofNemesis
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard
This has to be the most soothing spot in the entire game for me. I could watch the waves for hours. Does anyone else have a spot they love to visit, just for the view?
Post by LadyofNemesis on Jul 11, 2019 17:31:09 GMT
played some more on Narah, got her past the Korcari Wilds and we're heading toward the Joining with her
the other day I also had this brilliant idea to start learning how to make my own mods, 'cause what could go wrong?
well, not much...other then the fact I can't make heads or tails of any of the programs,
finally found a nice tutorial to help me understand how to use Blender...turns out the version you need to mod Origins is an older version which I didn't understand nor could find tutorials for, but I didn't want to get defeated so easily and just tried a few things
so I finally got it working, downloaded the import/export file to use meshes from the Nexus and ran it with Blender...tried to do some stuff and kept getting error after error
can't load script, can't find file...that sort of thing
now, granted I know nothing about modding at all...or scripting, or 3d modeling, but I thought...gotta start somewhere
but I just...I'm probably doing something wrong but can't get anything to work and it's so discouraging
it also doesn't help that most tutorials I find are either outdated, on the old (now shut down) Bioware forum or for either DA2 or Inquisition
so...guess I'll just go back to playing...at least I know how to make head morphs...maybe I need to start a bit smaller...yeah...
Always something to be killed, and I’m the one to do it – Hero of Ferelden ‘Hawke this, Hawke that,’ Why does everything fall to me? - Champion of Kirkwall Our concern must be the order and safety of this world, not the next. - The Inquisitor
People are messy, but they're trying, and I'm going to make sure they get that chance - Commander Shepard