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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 10, 2019 17:20:39 GMT
LadyofNemesis I know what you mean! In my ideal world state, Loghain would make it to DAI and Kieran would exist, and I would have multiple PCs and their romances all existing in the same playthrough. Making decisions to cut any of those off is rough! 😝 *nods heavily* yep, the struggle is real
I also love a world state where Kieran is a normal kiddo
mostly 'cause I love his conversation with an elf Inky; Kieran: I think you're pretty me & Inky: d'aww (made even more adorable if his dad is also an elf)
But the most part where I struggle with my Warden is her morals, I aimed to make her Chaotic Neutral, but for some reason she keeps ending up being Neutral Good ...for some reason I can't do the more morally grey choices (like keeping the Anvil of the Void) I mean, she's still plenty neutral (doing the crime wave and assassination quests) but I often feel like my world states should be more varied in choices
it probably also doesn't help that most of the things I want to try never come to pass because I keep falling back to my older choices example being my attempt(s) to romance Anders in DA2 and falling back to Fenris over and over
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Post by Sokemis on Sept 11, 2019 2:20:59 GMT
however, to those of you who've played...is it to much of a cliché to have her (because yes she'll be female) romance Zevran? As was said, I think it's a popular one, but not necessarily cliché. I think they can both relate to each other, and also compliment each other. In the case of my canon city elf and her LI Zevran: they both grew up with hard lives, albeit in different ways, and both understand the additional struggles that a city elf in particular faces. And I think they can both help each other - Zevran teaches his Warden about enjoying the little pleasures in life instead of just focusing on the bad, and the Warden teaches Zev about experiencing unconditional friendship/love. also need to decide on her weaponry, since I like archers but most of the rogue talents seem more geared toward dual-wielding Personally I feel dual wield makes the most since for a city elves. City elves aren't allowed to carry weapons - daggers are easier to conceal carry than a sword/shield or a bow. Plus, Zev's tactics are set to aid the Warden when you're being attacked, I also love the fact that out of all of the romances Zev is the only one who sticks by his Warden's side (barring the time they're separated during Awakening and DA2) throughout everything Both things that make me just love his romance even more Unless of course I head canon a polygamy relationship with my Warden in the middle Well you could always have a Cousland that marries Alistair and keeps Zevran as her lover, but I doubt you can do that while in an actual love relationship with Alistair. it's funny because you're kind of giving your dad what he wants, marrying a "nice elven boy", only he's a sexed up Antivan assassin which probably isn't what Cyrion had in mind lolol, but oh well dad, he's a sweetheart. And in many ways I think he does have many of the same characteristics that Nelaros had: strength/bravery (Nelaros only knew her less than a day and was willing to fight/die to rescue her, only one of two that went on the rescue mission and even tried to protect her at the wedding), accepting of her martial skills, wanting to do whatever he could to keep her safe/happy/loved... But yeah, the whole "sexed up Antivan assassin" bit probably wasn't in the plan, lol. As for Loghain, I agree that more depends on your particular Warden. Any origin could have a problem with him after what went down at Ostagar. Similarly any origin can potentially find a reason to keep him alive - vertigomez gave some good examples. You mentioned trying to play a Chaotic Neutral character, I think keeping Loghain around as another body between her and the darkspawn would fall in line with that, as would doing having him then do the DR - if nothing else to ensure her own survival (which would then also give you the added bonus of having Kieran in DAI). Maybe she grew up on tales of the great Teryn Loghain Mac Tir and can't bring herself to kill a childhood hero even if he turned out to be the villain of her tale. I particularly like this reason, with my headcanon of a young Adaia fight with the Night Elves under Loghain. My Warden may have at least considered sparing Loghain for reasons, but once she learned what was happening in the Alienage she just wanted to use him as a pincushion. Adding to the chaotic neutral bit - for me alignment is as much, if not more, about why a character does something than about what they actually do. A Lawful Good character might annul the Circle because doing so follows Chantry law, and they feel it's what they have to do protect Thedas from the demons, abominations, and maleficarum. And Evil character may hate mages and embrace the chance to kill a whole Circle full of them. A Chaotic Neutral character may decide that the Templars would be better choice in their fight against the darkspawn/Archie, and "if annulling the Circle is what I have to do to get the Templar support I want, then I guess I'm annulling a Circle." doesn't really help the fact that we only have four magic branches and no matter what combination you grab you'll always be a carbon copy of one of your companions...at least imo. As much as I love playing a mage in Inquisition, I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. (And, ironically, the one time I actually wanted to make my PC the dedicated healer/support mage of the group, it's not an option ) example being my attempt(s) to romance Anders in DA2 and falling back to Fenris over and over There is nothing wrong with romancing Fenris (or Zevran) over and over at the expense of all others ETA: yeah, that ended up much longer than I planned...
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 11, 2019 5:54:30 GMT
however, to those of you who've played...is it to much of a cliché to have her (because yes she'll be female) romance Zevran? As was said, I think it's a popular one, but not necessarily cliché. I think they can both relate to each other, and also compliment each other. In the case of my canon city elf and her LI Zevran: they both grew up with hard lives, albeit in different ways, and both understand the additional struggles that a city elf in particular faces. And I think they can both help each other - Zevran teaches his Warden about enjoying the little pleasures in life instead of just focusing on the bad, and the Warden teaches Zev about experiencing unconditional friendship/love. also need to decide on her weaponry, since I like archers but most of the rogue talents seem more geared toward dual-wielding Personally I feel dual wield makes the most since for a city elves. City elves aren't allowed to carry weapons - daggers are easier to conceal carry than a sword/shield or a bow. Plus, Zev's tactics are set to aid the Warden when you're being attacked, I also love the fact that out of all of the romances Zev is the only one who sticks by his Warden's side (barring the time they're separated during Awakening and DA2) throughout everything Both things that make me just love his romance even more Unless of course I head canon a polygamy relationship with my Warden in the middle Well you could always have a Cousland that marries Alistair and keeps Zevran as her lover, but I doubt you can do that while in an actual love relationship with Alistair. it's funny because you're kind of giving your dad what he wants, marrying a "nice elven boy", only he's a sexed up Antivan assassin which probably isn't what Cyrion had in mind lolol, but oh well dad, he's a sweetheart. And in many ways I think he does have many of the same characteristics that Nelaros had: strength/bravery (Nelaros only knew her less than a day and was willing to fight/die to rescue her, only one of two that went on the rescue mission and even tried to protect her at the wedding), accepting of her martial skills, wanting to do whatever he could to keep her safe/happy/loved... But yeah, the whole "sexed up Antivan assassin" bit probably wasn't in the plan, lol. As for Loghain, I agree that more depends on your particular Warden. Any origin could have a problem with him after what went down at Ostagar. Similarly any origin can potentially find a reason to keep him alive - vertigomez gave some good examples. You mentioned trying to play a Chaotic Neutral character, I think keeping Loghain around as another body between her and the darkspawn would fall in line with that, as would doing having him then do the DR - if nothing else to ensure her own survival (which would then also give you the added bonus of having Kieran in DAI). Maybe she grew up on tales of the great Teryn Loghain Mac Tir and can't bring herself to kill a childhood hero even if he turned out to be the villain of her tale. I particularly like this reason, with my headcanon of a young Adaia fight with the Night Elves under Loghain. My Warden may have at least considered sparing Loghain for reasons, but once she learned what was happening in the Alienage she just wanted to use him as a pincushion. Adding to the chaotic neutral bit - for me alignment is as much, if not more, about why a character does something than about what they actually do. A Lawful Good character might annul the Circle because doing so follows Chantry law, and they feel it's what they have to do protect Thedas from the demons, abominations, and maleficarum. And Evil character may hate mages and embrace the chance to kill a whole Circle full of them. A Chaotic Neutral character may decide that the Templars would be better choice in their fight against the darkspawn/Archie, and "if annulling the Circle is what I have to do to get the Templar support I want, then I guess I'm annulling a Circle." doesn't really help the fact that we only have four magic branches and no matter what combination you grab you'll always be a carbon copy of one of your companions...at least imo. As much as I love playing a mage in Inquisition, I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. (And, ironically, the one time I actually wanted to make my PC the dedicated healer/support mage of the group, it's not an option ) example being my attempt(s) to romance Anders in DA2 and falling back to Fenris over and over There is nothing wrong with romancing Fenris (or Zevran) over and over at the expense of all others ETA: yeah, that ended up much longer than I planned... Generally my Wardens end up saving the Circle due to either a ) finding magic fascinating/useful and b ) the fact we already have plenty of swords/axes what have you, and according to Duncan one mage can make the difference between life and death. So having several at their disposal would make the life/death ratio a lot better
as to the mage in Inquisition thing, I sincerely hope they bring back more varied classes and specializations in the next game, I want my characters to feel unique compared to those they fight alongside for example, during Origins I tend to only pick specializations not covered by the companions (for example, duelist/ranger and shadow for a rogue) in DA2 I tend to have my companions focus on different branches then I do, like...my canon Hawke Marigold she's a dedicated healer with next to no offensive abilities aside from the few that the spirit school offers (walking bomb and death syphon, the latter which can be cast with healing aura active)
and there's nothing wrong with long posts, I appreciate any insight people might have
for my Inky I've decided to have her focus on Storm+Spirit as her magic branches (we'll see how that goes ) Solas I plan on making him a sort of Jack-of-all-Trades (though mostly focusing on Spirit), Vivienne is going to have Winter+Spirit, and Dorian Storm+Inferno
also on the subject of naming my City Elf, I've decided to go with Feyre
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 12, 2019 19:49:42 GMT
been playing some more on my Inky Tylaera we've made contact with the mages and met with Dorian recruited Sera, Vivienne, Iron Bull and Blackwall also searched for the missing Wardens on the Storm Coast (nothing there) and unlocked some more areas and missions ...currently have saved up to 33 power (honestly why couldn't they have implemented something like "use a 1 or more power to safe time on this long wartable mission")
at any rate, tomorrow I'll be heading into In Hushed Whispers to recruit the mages, finish up some more quests on the Wounded Coast and in the Hinterlands and then head toward Skyhold
I also opted to give Tylaera a different hairstyle, sadly her cheeks are a bit to wide so it clips a bit, and with the mirror in the Emporium I can't see how much to push them back in order for them not to clip so I'm just going to ignore it on the plus side...she no longer has a weird bald-ish spot on the back of her head due to her old hairstyle, so...yay?
I also decided that for this playthrough I'm going to hold of syncing my recipes and schematics as long as possible to see how many I can get and find on my own almost have all the tier1 schematics and already found 2 rune recipes, so it's going well for some reason Tylaera is very good at attracting loot
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Post by fylimar on Sept 13, 2019 12:06:30 GMT
Liya Hawke saved the Viscounts son, sent Grace back to the Circle (she normally wouldn't do that, but Grace just rubbed her off the wrong way-player reasons:I hate Grace nearly as much as Meredith and Quentin) and helped Athentril out. She decided to let the boy keep the goods and start a new life away from Kirkwall - at least he can escape the madness that is Kirkwall.
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Post by House Targaryen on Sept 16, 2019 1:17:41 GMT
Killed two of the three dragons in Emprise and captured two towers in that area from the red templars. I'm here to conquer and burn things. Looks like that fire hurt.
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Post by melbella on Sept 16, 2019 1:42:05 GMT
Fighting the dragons is fun but their diva death throes always make me feel guilty for killing something so pretty.
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Post by phoray on Sept 16, 2019 3:13:54 GMT
Well you could always have a Cousland that marries Alistair and keeps Zevran as her lover, but I doubt you can do that while in an actual love relationship with Alistair. Can confirm that one can be in a love relationship with Alistair while being in a sex relationship with Zevran. You just have to agree to break up with Zevran with Alistair then never talk to Zev again until the post Archdemon Party. Almost got Leliana too, but she escaped my harem clutches just barely. This was done as a Cousland, though, so the party conversation was like, "oh so you're getting married, guess that's it for us" and then Cousland replies, "Doesn't have to be." As any other Warden, the wedding prompt wouldn't be there, so...?
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Post by sandwichtern on Sept 16, 2019 21:31:35 GMT
Lately I've been reading Dragon Age Core Rulebook and setting my characters ready for the first adventure of the roleplaying games in Blood in Ferelden. I don't have anyone to play the stories with, but I think I can have fun even soloing. Maybe I'll have less surprises down the road, but in return I'll get to tweak events more to my liking. I have three characters for a starting party and three more I'm intending to have join the party as the overall plot I have for them advances. I had never made a paper-and-pen roleplaying characters before and had a blast doing so.
| A qunari, m | A dwarf, f | An elf, f | A chasind, f | A Chantry member, m | A mabari, m | | Communication | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | social skills, personal interactions, ability to deal with others | Constitution | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | fortitude and resistance to harm | Cunning | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | intelligence, knowledge, education | Dexterity | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | agility, hand-eye coordination, quickness | Magic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | innate arcane power | Perception | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | all the senses, ability to interpret sensory data | Strength | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | physical prowess | Willpower | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | mental toughness, discipline, confidence |
I used the counting system of the core rulebook and an online dice generator for creating the starting stats for characters and ended up having some unintentionally funny results, so now I have: 1. A young qunari apostate called Ruy who is an absolute determinator based on his cunning and willpower stats. 2. A clueless surface dwarf called Opal Dunnharg who has gone missing and my starting party has set off to find. More brawn than brain but a smooth talker. 3. A city elf called Perrine and the wife of Opal. Zero willpower and no constitution to speak of, what could go wrong. 4. A tiny Chasind apostate called Maura. Ruy's adoptive mom. Has the best starting dex of the bunch, so apparently she's a very good climber of trees. 5. Opal's half-brother Arno Dunnharg. Took a sabbatical from Chantry when his sister-in-law informed him his sister didn't return from her mercenary job as she was supposed to. For some inexplicable reason he ended with the best stats of the group even though he's physically weakest of the six. 6. A mabari warhound called Carmen. He's a he, don't ask, I decided on the name before realising I had originally wanted to have a male dog. Another interesting case of having very good physical stats, but no tenacity. So I guess he's a scaredy-cat-type dog. Overall I think all my characters lucked out in the magic department, but I had extremely bad luck when it came to casting the numbers for strength. Next I have to figure out their starting health points and equipment. I'll probably simplify some things down the road to get things moving quicker, but at the moment I'm still willing to crunch some numbers. Oh, I almost forgot, and in the background the Fifth Blight is just getting started.
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Post by vertigomez on Sept 17, 2019 0:17:13 GMT
sandwichtern I love it! I thought about buying the tabletop rulebook solely do to solo campaigns, because there are so many cool character concepts that don't necessarily fit any of the games' protagonists but I still want to explore them, you know? Hope you keep us up to date!
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 17, 2019 13:07:03 GMT
so I...made a new Inquisitor (again) I dunno why, but for some reason I really couldn't get into Tylaera's character this time around
So...I decided to make a Lady Trevelyan instead, named Rowena she's a two-handed warrior, rounding up my initial idea of having just human female characters (each of a different class) for my canon world state eventually I'll be having Rowena specialize as Champion, mostly because it's the only one of the three warrior specs I've tried in the past like Tylaera she'll eventually romance Cullen
as for how she looks...well... for once I didn't want to make a super pretty character, so Rowena is a bit more (imo.) rougher and bad-ass looking
I also decided that the regular British voice didn't suit her look so I gave her the American one instead
I head canon that she's a bit more muscular and taller then most women around her, and also that beneath the clothes and armor she has more tattoos and scars despite her silver hair though, I head canon her as being in her early twenties (22 to be exact) at the start of the game
as to how long I'll be able to hold out playing her? Guess we'll have to wait and see
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Post by Iddy on Sept 17, 2019 17:03:46 GMT
so I...made a new Inquisitor (again) I dunno why, but for some reason I really couldn't get into Tylaera's character this time around
So...I decided to make a Lady Trevelyan instead, named Rowena she's a two-handed warrior, rounding up my initial idea of having just human female characters (each of a different class) for my canon world state eventually I'll be having Rowena specialize as Champion, mostly because it's the only one of the three warrior specs I've tried in the past like Tylaera she'll eventually romance Cullen
as for how she looks...well... for once I didn't want to make a super pretty character, so Rowena is a bit more (imo.) rougher and bad-ass looking
I also decided that the regular British voice didn't suit her look so I gave her the American one instead
I head canon that she's a bit more muscular and taller then most women around her, and also that beneath the clothes and armor she has more tattoos and scars despite her silver hair though, I head canon her as being in her early twenties (22 to be exact) at the start of the game
as to how long I'll be able to hold out playing her? Guess we'll have to wait and see I wouldn't trust a warrior who isn't at least a little rugged and scarred.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 17, 2019 18:29:12 GMT
I wouldn't trust a warrior who isn't at least a little rugged and scarred. I know right? I often feel that warriors (and rogues) need some scars, they tend to be more in the thick of things and/or more reckless my mages generally don't have scars because...magic
I'm currently revisiting Rowena's appearance a bit because the extreme paleness was a bit...unsettling, though I'm just changing her hair color and making her skin slightly darker however I've ran into a bit of a...lore problem?
I'm trying to justify her tattoos, I mean...the only human character in Inquisition I can recall with facial tattoos is Ser Rylenbut...would a noble woman from the Free Marches have face tattoos? I suppose I could head canon that she was a bit of a rebel (being the youngest and all) but that seems a bit to much cliché
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Post by Iddy on Sept 17, 2019 18:41:26 GMT
I wouldn't trust a warrior who isn't at least a little rugged and scarred. I know right? I often feel that warriors (and rogues) need some scars, they tend to be more in the thick of things and/or more reckless my mages generally don't have scars because...magic
I'm currently revisiting Rowena's appearance a bit because the extreme paleness was a bit...unsettling, though I'm just changing her hair color and making her skin slightly darker however I've ran into a bit of a...lore problem?
I'm trying to justify her tattoos, I mean...the only human character in Inquisition I can recall with facial tattoos is Ser Rylenbut...would a noble woman from the Free Marches have face tattoos? I suppose I could head canon that she was a bit of a rebel (being the youngest and all) but that seems a bit to much cliché
I do the same thing, yeah. Mm... no, definitely not lore friendly. The only humans known to wear facial tattoos are the Chasind or Avvar. You'd have to headcanon something specific to her as an individual.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 17, 2019 18:46:27 GMT
I do the same thing, yeah. Mm... no, definitely not lore friendly. The only humans known to wear facial tattoos are the Chasind or Avvar. You'd have to headcanon something specific to her as an individual. hm...I see
I suppose she could have some family member who's Chasind/Avvar but that seems to much of a stretch
honestly, why do they give humans facial tattoo options if by lore they don't even wear them except in specific cases?
see this is why we needed a Chasind or Avvar origin back in DA Origins
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Post by Iddy on Sept 17, 2019 18:50:12 GMT
I do the same thing, yeah. Mm... no, definitely not lore friendly. The only humans known to wear facial tattoos are the Chasind or Avvar. You'd have to headcanon something specific to her as an individual. hm...I see
I suppose she could have some family member who's Chasind/Avvar but that seems to much of a stretch
honestly, why do they give humans facial tattoo options if by lore they don't even wear them except in specific cases?
see this is why we needed a Chasind or Avvar origin back in DA Origins It doesn't have to be complicated, though. Could be just "Well, she is just quirky like that".
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 17, 2019 18:54:52 GMT
hm...I see
I suppose she could have some family member who's Chasind/Avvar but that seems to much of a stretch
honestly, why do they give humans facial tattoo options if by lore they don't even wear them except in specific cases?
see this is why we needed a Chasind or Avvar origin back in DA Origins It doesn't have to be complicated, though. Could be just "Well, she is just quirky like that". heh, you're right...sometimes I tend to overthink things too much
guess we're just going with "she thought they'd make her look more intimidating, and Maker did it work"
Edit: Rowena 2.0 she kinda makes me think of the Woads from the King Arthur (2004) movie
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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 17, 2019 21:54:33 GMT
Rowena 2.0 she kinda makes me think of the Woads from the King Arthur (2004) movie Still pretty... pretty for being not intended as such... I would prefer version 2.0. As for the "tattoos", yep it is woad. Or another kind of face-paint. That's the best thing about Black Emporium/MEA's Face Reconstruction feature - it allows to "roleplay" my character's look. Changing tattoo facepaint/makeup/hairstyle or add injuries that either fade over time or turn into scars. Or make the character age a bit if it is appropriate (Hawke mostly, I guess). Made a new FemRyder the other day and she's got some heavy scratch marks across her face, due to habitat 7 helmet explosion. I'm not quite sure for how long she'll have them, but they will vanish eventually or turn into soft scars. Then they might be painted over with some purple tattoo facepaint in a an attempt to match a certain turian.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 18, 2019 5:45:22 GMT
Rowena 2.0 she kinda makes me think of the Woads from the King Arthur (2004) movie Still pretty... pretty for being not intended as such... I would prefer version 2.0. As for the "tattoos", yep it is woad. Or another kind of face-paint. That's the best thing about Black Emporium/MEA's Face Reconstruction feature - it allows to "roleplay" my character's look. Changing tattoo facepaint/makeup/hairstyle or add injuries that either fade over time or turn into scars. Or make the character age a bit if it is appropriate (Hawke mostly, I guess). Made a new FemRyder the other day and she's got some heavy scratch marks across her face, due to habitat 7 helmet explosion. I'm not quite sure for how long she'll have them, but they will vanish eventually or turn into soft scars. Then they might be painted over with some purple tattoo facepaint in a an attempt to match a certain turian. I'm glad you like her
I'm just going to pretend the tattoos are warpaint that she adds when they fade, perhaps they're made with a long lasting pigment as to what I wrote above, I was talking to a friend the other day and he said she looks a bit like a Viking, thing is...Thedas doesn't really have a equivalent of Vikings...so made me think, what about the Anderfels?(seeing as it has Germanic/Scandinavian influences it seems)
since we don't really know much about the Anderfels yet (other then the headquarters of the Wardens being situated there and said Wardens mostly ruling things) I head canon Rowena's mother is from the Anderfels and that she brought over certain customs that Rowena and her siblings copied (I head canon she's the youngest of three with two older brothers)
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Sept 18, 2019 11:57:12 GMT
I started playing through all three games again. I am currently about 2/3s of the way through DAO, and then it is on to its dlc/expansions. Every time I play DAO I end up rolling a human noble who romances Morrigan. I love hearing her talk about my Warden in DAI, and how it affects her character development. Once I get to DA2 I plan on running with a fem Hawke warrior who romances Isabela. As for DAI I am leaning towards playing a female mage, but I am split between human and elf. I rolled an elf who romanced Solas before, but I don't know if I really want to go through that heart break again. I am thinking of romancing either Cullen or Josephine, but I prefer romancing party members vs advisors. Maybe I should just friend-mance Dorian and they can gossip about boys together and irritate Morrigan by swooning over her husband in my head canon.
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Post by Iddy on Sept 18, 2019 15:49:39 GMT
I started playing through all three games again. I am currently about 2/3s of the way through DAO, and then it is on to its dlc/expansions. Every time I play DAO I end up rolling a human noble who romances Morrigan. I love hearing her talk about my Warden in DAI, and how it affects her character development. Once I get to DA2 I plan on running with a fem Hawke warrior who romances Isabela. As for DAI I am leaning towards playing a female mage, but I am split between human and elf. I rolled an elf who romanced Solas before, but I don't know if I really want to go through that heart break again. I am thinking of romancing either Cullen or Josephine, but I prefer romancing party members vs advisors. Maybe I should just friend-mance Dorian and they can gossip about boys together and irritate Morrigan by swooning over her husband in my head canon. That's certainly brave. How long was it since the last you had played DAO and DA2?
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Sept 18, 2019 16:05:17 GMT
I started playing through all three games again. I am currently about 2/3s of the way through DAO, and then it is on to its dlc/expansions. Every time I play DAO I end up rolling a human noble who romances Morrigan. I love hearing her talk about my Warden in DAI, and how it affects her character development. Once I get to DA2 I plan on running with a fem Hawke warrior who romances Isabela. As for DAI I am leaning towards playing a female mage, but I am split between human and elf. I rolled an elf who romanced Solas before, but I don't know if I really want to go through that heart break again. I am thinking of romancing either Cullen or Josephine, but I prefer romancing party members vs advisors. Maybe I should just friend-mance Dorian and they can gossip about boys together and irritate Morrigan by swooning over her husband in my head canon. That's certainly brave. How long was it since the last you had played DAO and DA2? DAO, about a year ago. I play it about once a year, again mostly due to Morrigan. As for DA2 I tried doing a mage play through last year, but never finished it. I know people say the mage really pulls you into the story more, but for me I had trouble with mage Hawke openly using magic within the city and being ignored by the templars while all other mages were in hiding or taken to the Circle.
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Post by Iddy on Sept 18, 2019 16:47:28 GMT
That's certainly brave. How long was it since the last you had played DAO and DA2? DAO, about a year ago. I play it about once a year, again mostly due to Morrigan. As for DA2 I tried doing a mage play through last year, but never finished it. I know people say the mage really pulls you into the story more, but for me I had trouble with mage Hawke openly using magic within the city and being ignored by the templars while all other mages were in hiding or taken to the Circle. I got around that issue by letting the companions do all the work when a fight happens and there are npcs nearby. Or, I lured enemies into alleys where nobody was looking. Only in Act 3 did I allow Hawke to fight openly in Kirkwall.
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Post by mikaelnovasun on Sept 18, 2019 17:48:42 GMT
DAO, about a year ago. I play it about once a year, again mostly due to Morrigan. As for DA2 I tried doing a mage play through last year, but never finished it. I know people say the mage really pulls you into the story more, but for me I had trouble with mage Hawke openly using magic within the city and being ignored by the templars while all other mages were in hiding or taken to the Circle. I got around that issue by letting the companions do all the work when a fight happens and there are npcs nearby. Or, I lured enemies into alleys where nobody was looking. Only in Act 3 did I allow Hawke to fight openly in Kirkwall. I tried that, even installed some mods so Hawke was more of a melee mage, but it never sat right with me. And having Bethany facing "annulment" at Meredith's hands really ups the stakes for me, making it easier to RP why Hawke would move to save the Circle after finding hints that the First Enchanter played a part in Quentin's...serial killing.
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