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Post by House Targaryen on Dec 2, 2019 4:51:58 GMT
Hello old friend, has it been over a month? Shall we finally visit the Warden fortress and see what is going on with this demon nonsense? Okay, Rhaella, perhaps after taking care of some private business with Cullen? Not like you had a month to take care of these personal needs.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 2, 2019 16:07:07 GMT
I need to give you a few , because freckles! Is it just me or does doggy look kinda... annoyed? thanks, I'm glad you like her ^^
as for the dog, well...I'd also be annoyed it someone (mom Cousland) said I wasn't allowed inside the pantry to chase down tasty rats
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Post by House Targaryen on Dec 4, 2019 6:21:54 GMT
Went to the Shrine of Dumat to find Samson but he wasn't there. Found his buddy, Maddox who was on his way to a self inflicted dirt nap. Decided to head back to the Deep Roads and finish that up. Only took over a month to get back to that. My Ink has been spending her time on holiday with her man Cullen. Hmmm, fire. Which reminds me of my cousin, Melisandre. She had a thing for fire and setting things on fire. When she was a young lass, she almost burned down the forest where the clan set up camp. She laughed like crazy when the halla were running around on fire. That girl was greatly disturbed. Go down deeper into the Deep Roads or not. Its so dark down there. This view alone makes it worth it.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 5, 2019 15:07:03 GMT
so I decided to re-roll my Warden... surprise surprise
anyway, here's my new Warden, Hannah Surana as much as I like Cousland's origin... I felt playing a mage (of either race) would allow me to make some more interesting choices...particularly towards game end don't let her glare fool you...she's a total sweetheart...95% of the time
Hannah is actually a remake of an old Surana Warden I've had several years ago the original Hannah helped me get the "I'm kind of a big deal" achievement (aka. finish game without dying) the specializations I had back then were Spirit Healer + Battlemage, which I intend to use this time as well Hannah will be romancing Zevran, and generally try to do some good in the world
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Post by House Targaryen on Dec 6, 2019 5:08:53 GMT
I don't know. I notice from time to time that my screenshots look scrunched up compared to what I see in game. Or it could have been the angle I took it at.
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Post by Iddy on Dec 6, 2019 11:44:21 GMT
That's just what elves look like in DAI. Giant head, tiny body.
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Post by davkar on Dec 6, 2019 12:49:15 GMT
T21
There was one last item on my bucket list: US+human baby Kieran. This was the core of this world, but other than that I had no real plans for it, so like most, this is just a one-and-done.
I tried to come up with a reason why would a somewhat morally ambiguous magic user object to the dark ritual. I settled on a "oh, we shouldn't do it, this is how Flemeth wants take over your body" ~explanation. Ultimately it doesn't matter, as I said the goal was to have the US + the human baby. I had a fun 'personality detour' in redcliff though. You know, where you can intimidate the desire demon to leave. What I didn't know that you can still get the deal rewards on this route (never cared for it to try). That conversation is funny. "Begone thot but before you leave suck this D." I really miss coercion.
Hawke had a few last minute changes. Purple Hawke is best Hawke, but I really like the 'DA2 as a tragedy' route too. Of course this way the expedition always kills me. And Beth too, ha! I also came up with a headcanon for the bloodswipe. Played act1-2 without it and added it after the Leandra quest. It's ~cursed zombie blood.
Inqi was another bucketlist-y one. Every one of my bullmancers had the qun ending so I was a bit curious about the normal one and I also wanted to know how Alix performs in these scenes. This bdsm stuff is still not my thing, but Bull remains one of the best characters of this game (series even) nonetheless. Other than that this was an uneventful DAI pt. The Morrigan stuff was nice although it still bothers me that Leliana can't 'see' human Kieran (has the no-baby "she is an evil bitch, beware" speech) and Alistair never talks about the warden (which is even worse when he was romance with a US warden). Oh, and Varric had an interesting bug. Even though I had max approval during the epilogue there was a glitch that reversed? it. The dialogue ended immediately and when I approached him in TP he just had the regular "sup!" talk. Weird.
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Post by Iddy on Dec 6, 2019 13:52:47 GMT
T21 There was one last item on my bucket list: US+human baby Kieran. This was the core of this world, but other than that I had no real plans for it, so like most, this is just a one-and-done. I tried to come up with a reason why would a somewhat morally ambiguous magic user object to the dark ritual. I settled on a "oh, we shouldn't do it, this is how Flemeth wants take over your body" ~explanation. Ultimately it doesn't matter, as I said the goal was to have the US + the human baby. I had a fun 'personality detour' in redcliff though. You know, where you can intimidate the desire demon to leave. What I didn't know that you can still get the deal rewards on this route (never cared for it to try). That conversation is funny. "Begone thot but before you leave suck this D." I really miss coercion. Hawke had a few last minute changes. Purple Hawke is best Hawke, but I really like the 'DA2 as a tragedy' route too. Of course this way the expedition always kills me. And Beth too, ha! I also came up with a headcanon for the bloodswipe. Played act1-2 without it and added it after the Leandra quest. It's ~cursed zombie blood. Inqi was another bucketlist-y one. Every one of my bullmancers had the qun ending so I was a bit curious about the normal one and I also wanted to know how Alix performs in these scenes. This bdsm stuff is still not my thing, but Bull remains one of the best characters of this game (series even) nonetheless. Other than that this was an uneventful DAI pt. The Morrigan stuff was nice although it still bothers me that Leliana can't 'see' human Kieran (has the no-baby "she is an evil bitch, beware" speech) and Alistair never talks about the warden (which is even worse when he was romance with a US warden). Oh, and Varric had an interesting bug. Even though I had max approval during the epilogue there was a glitch that reversed? it. The dialogue ended immediately and when I approached him in TP he just had the regular "sup!" talk. Weird. You make it sound like all this was done quickly, lol. But it can't have been less 6 months.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 6, 2019 18:26:06 GMT
The other day Hannah went through her origin, and the first part of Ostagar Record time Harrowing, templars with crushes, friends with problems and secrets, giants spiders, talking statues and betrayals...the usual shenanigans Hannah decided not to rat out Jowan, which also meant she's not going to be Greagoir's favorite person any time soon
Duncan decided to recruit Hannah for her loyalty and resourcefulness, plus the Wardens can always use more mages let's just say Hannah's first visit of Ferelden was interesting, amazed by everything she sees and generally jumpy at sudden sounds,and follows Duncan like a lost puppy. She was very polite to King Cailan when meeting him, and generally polite to everyone she met.
Hannah wasn't very sure what to think of her fellow Warden Alistair though...especially not after finding out he used to be a templar recruit, that'll be some getting used to. She was also polite to Morrigan and Flemeth when she met them.
Today I'll be heading through the Joining with her, then to Lothering, which also means recruiting her doggo Fuzzball (yeah I'm aware I was going to name my HN's dog also that, but I'm considering it the canon name of dog in my world state )
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Post by davkar on Dec 6, 2019 20:59:18 GMT
You make it sound like all this was done quickly, lol. But it can't have been less 6 months. Actually it was only about a week. I play with cheat engine, skip the unnecessary parts of the games and have optimal routes in each. I had proper, full playthroughs back in the day, but after 6 or so pt I really got bored with the 'filler' content. In DAO it's mostly the side quest - ie mages collective. In DA2 I send away Fenris immediately, the terrorist abomination in act2. I even refuse to help Isabela get the book if she isn't the Li/I'm not in the mood for her act3 quest. And DAI, well, most of the areas are irrelevant to the main plot. Why should I spend 80+ hours in DAI when I could get the core experience in ~20? Honestly it was quite liberating to just ignore those shards and the tedious dragon fights.
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Post by Sokemis on Dec 7, 2019 2:46:52 GMT
Hawke had a few last minute changes. Purple Hawke is best Hawke, but I really like the 'DA2 as a tragedy' route too. Of course this way the expedition always kills me. And Beth too, ha! I also came up with a headcanon for the bloodswipe. Played act1-2 without it and added it after the Leandra quest. It's ~cursed zombie blood. I use a Mabari mod that make Hawke's dog unique - it also happens to have red marks on the head. My headcanon is that the blood swipe is actually kaddis.
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Post by House Targaryen on Dec 7, 2019 5:51:46 GMT
Went to the Warden fortress with my large Inquisition army and bashed the doors in. Cullen was giddy as a school boy when he was finally able to put his beloved trebuchets to use. After all that, made it to the Fade and dealt with big ugly fear demon. Left Stroud behind as the party made its escape. We let the Wardens remain in Orlias as the outcome of that decision. Judge Erimond and Rhaella personally executed him. Did Cole's quest and went with the path to make him human. And sealed the deal with Cullen. Pathetic door can't keep my awesomeness out. Smells like victory to me. He's so dreamy. On the desk? Kinky Hearing the pros and cons with the Cole situation.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 7, 2019 20:04:56 GMT
Yesterday Hannah survived the Joining, becoming a Grey Warden, she then helped Alistair survive Ostagar (though many people didn't) she then went through Lothering, helping people as best she could and also made a few new friends,
Leliana helped them against some of Loghain's soldiers, and they also persuaded the local Revered Mother to free Sten
Hannah also saved a pair of dwarven merchants, who later repaid her by visiting her camp and providing their services and goods in return for protection
Today Hannah talked with Levi Dryden, who asked help to reclaim the old Warden fortress Soldier's Peak. We then went to Sulcher's pass, and bought a golem control rod from a merchant there, after which we traveled down to the village of Honnleath to find said golem. arriving at the village they found it overrun with darkspawn and the golem unresponsive to the command phrase given by the merchant. After surveying the village Hannah and company found some hiding people, freed them and met with the grandson of the previous owner of the golem. the man introduced himself as Matthias, and said he'd give the correct phrase to wake up the golem if Hannah would safe his daughter Amalia. As said, so we did...we tracked down his daughter deep within the building, conversing with a possessed cat, after solving the puzzle of the protective barrier Hannah killed the demon possessed cat and returned the girl safely to her father. Matthias then gave us the correct command phrase which Hannah used to wake up the golem, said golem was less then thrilled with her being a mage, but decided to come along regardless, introducing itself as Shale.
Currently Hannah is at the Circle, saving it from Uldred's depravity and rescuing her fellow mages in the process.
Fellow mage Wynne has joined the team as well, and we also got ourselves trapped in the Fade...again...yay. On a better note, providing I can finish up both the Fade and Circle today...it means our favorite assassin (Zevran) will be joining soon
After the Circle I think I'll head to Orzammar, in order to recruit our last team member Oghren
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 7, 2019 23:30:37 GMT
So I've finished up the Circle tower, saving the mages in the process (poor Cullen was not happy with Hannah's decision)
after that I went to Bann Loren's lands to pick up the Return to Ostagar quest. Leaving that area I headed toward the Frostback Mountains when we were ambushed by Zevran and the Antivan Crows some conversing with Zevran later, Hannah decided to take him along (Alistair was not amused)
at the moment I've just taken care of the bounty hunters outside the gates, and will be heading into Orzammar tomorrow
also, I'm pondering about when to play Return to Ostagar on one hand I like playing it with Alistair in my party, in order to give him Cailan's armor... however, I'm contemplating on recruiting Loghain for my canon world state so I might also want to wait to do it until after the Landsmeet for his dialogue during said quest (to bad they cut the content where both were available for the end game...ah well)
also, I was wondering...does anyone know if Loghain has any special dialogue for if you decide to bring him along to do the Soldier's Peak quest? (or perhaps Levi?)
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Dec 7, 2019 23:52:41 GMT
also, I was wondering...does anyone know if Loghain has any special dialogue for if you decide to bring him along to do the Soldier's Peak quest? (or perhaps Levi?) I saw at least one Loghain moment.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 8, 2019 0:07:56 GMT
also, I was wondering...does anyone know if Loghain has any special dialogue for if you decide to bring him along to do the Soldier's Peak quest? (or perhaps Levi?) I saw at least one Loghain moment. ah my thanks, I'll look at it tomorrow
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Post by melbella on Dec 8, 2019 0:54:08 GMT
also, I'm pondering about when to play Return to Ostagar on one hand I like playing it with Alistair in my party, in order to give him Cailan's armor... however, I'm contemplating on recruiting Loghain for my canon world state I was even less impressed with Loghain as a person when I took him to Ostagar. He sounded almost happy that Cailan had been killed and certainly wasn't the least bit upset his supposed best friend's son was dead.
It was the last time I took him on that mission since it really detracted from the experience. Not that Wynne hitting on Alistair is great, mind you, but at least it's amusing.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 8, 2019 12:07:42 GMT
also, I'm pondering about when to play Return to Ostagar on one hand I like playing it with Alistair in my party, in order to give him Cailan's armor... however, I'm contemplating on recruiting Loghain for my canon world state I was even less impressed with Loghain as a person when I took him to Ostagar. He sounded almost happy that Cailan had been killed and certainly wasn't the least bit upset his supposed best friend's son was dead.
It was the last time I took him on that mission since it really detracted from the experience. Not that Wynne hitting on Alistair is great, mind you, but at least it's amusing.
yeah, I took Loghain along a few times to Ostagar, wasn't very impressed with him there either...guess Alistair will come along then
I think it's funny how you can "befriend" Loghain in a very short amount of time...I mean, you recruit him, talk a few times at camp and provided you chose the right dialogue options his approval skyrockets by the time you arrive in Redcliffe.
but like I said, I'm still contemplating whether to recruit Loghain or not, kinda depends on what class I want to go with for my Hawke
see, if I make a non-mage Hawke, then Bethany will join the Circle...in that case having Stroud be the Warden contact makes a lot less sense during Inquisition since they don't know each other aside from a brief encounter during the Qunari crisis.
However, having Loghain be the contact in that scenario would be more interesting since they have somewhat history with one another (Hawke having served at Ostagar)
but if I make a mage Hawke, then the reverse is true since I tend to make Carver a Warden, which makes Stroud be the more logical choice in that aspect.
I'm also pondering about a few of my Warden Hannah's choices, on one hand I don't want a "perfect" story for her (aka. make all the "good" choices), but on the other hand she's a total sweetheart who wouldn't hurt a fly huh, come to think of it, recruiting Loghain is actually hella out of character for her...
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Post by NextOfQuinn on Dec 8, 2019 12:35:53 GMT
Well, almost exactly a year has passed since I last played - but I'm still at it.
Denny took on Erimond at Adamant, with a party of Dorian, Cole and her favourite companion Blackwall.
Afterwards everyone fell in to the fade and Stroud was ultimately left behind to distract the Nightmare so Herja Hawke could live and give everyone she meets a look like she wants to fight them.
Afterwards, Denny found all the warden artifacts for Blackwall and took Suledin keep by way of contract because HEY, if I have to play in a world state with no Loghain I'm going to make sure at least SOME of my other favorite characters survive. CHOICE SPIRIT! Blackwall was unimpressed but he will get over it soon enough.
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Post by Sokemis on Dec 8, 2019 13:59:13 GMT
also, I'm pondering about when to play Return to Ostagar on one hand I like playing it with Alistair in my party, in order to give him Cailan's armor... however, I'm contemplating on recruiting Loghain for my canon world state so I might also want to wait to do it until after the Landsmeet for his dialogue during said quest (to bad they cut the content where both were available for the end game...ah well) That could be interesting, but very awkward, trip back to Ostagar if both of them were in the party... I'm also pondering about a few of my Warden Hannah's choices, on one hand I don't want a "perfect" story for her (aka. make all the "good" choices), but on the other hand she's a total sweetheart who wouldn't hurt a fly huh, come to think of it, recruiting Loghain is actually hella out of character for her... Being locked in the tower most of her life combined with being a sweetheart that wants to do right, could maybe lead her to making a few wrong choices out of a sense of naivety / thinking she's doing the right thing. The only example that comes to mind right now is Paragon of Her Kind: Bhelen might be the better choice for Orzammar in the long run, but Harrowmont comes off as more of the "good guy" so Hannah might choose him. As for Loghain, maybe believing everyone deserves a second chance and/or not wanting to have to kill him if he's no longer a perceived threat?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 8, 2019 14:05:26 GMT
also, I'm pondering about when to play Return to Ostagar on one hand I like playing it with Alistair in my party, in order to give him Cailan's armor... however, I'm contemplating on recruiting Loghain for my canon world state so I might also want to wait to do it until after the Landsmeet for his dialogue during said quest (to bad they cut the content where both were available for the end game...ah well) That could be interesting, but very awkward, trip back to Ostagar if both of them were in the party... I'm also pondering about a few of my Warden Hannah's choices, on one hand I don't want a "perfect" story for her (aka. make all the "good" choices), but on the other hand she's a total sweetheart who wouldn't hurt a fly huh, come to think of it, recruiting Loghain is actually hella out of character for her... Being locked in the tower most of her life combined with being a sweetheart that wants to do right, could maybe lead her to making a few wrong choices out of a sense of naivety / thinking she's doing the right thing. The only example that comes to mind right now is Paragon of Her Kind: Bhelen might be the better choice for Orzammar in the long run, but Harrowmont comes off as more of the "good guy" so Hannah might choose him. As for Loghain, maybe believing everyone deserves a second chance and/or not wanting to have to kill him if he's no longer a perceived threat? I tend to always side with Bhelen due to him being a better choice in the long run, only on my first playthrough did I side with Harrowmont exactly due to the reason you state it might actually be interesting to side with him again, seeing as it's more in character for her, especially without meta-gaming
as for Loghain, I don't think Hannah could stomach killing a parent in front of their child, sure it'll create a rift between her and Alistair, but in my head canon (as well as in further games) Alistair eventually comes to terms with her decision mending their friendship.
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Post by melbella on Dec 8, 2019 17:25:32 GMT
as for Loghain, I don't think Hannah could stomach killing a parent in front of their child, sure it'll create a rift between her and Alistair, but in my head canon (as well as in further games) Alistair eventually comes to terms with her decision mending their friendship. You can always take the decision out of her hands by having Alistair duel Loghain. (since I suck at playing as Alistair I almost never take that option)
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Post by Rascoth on Dec 8, 2019 17:41:20 GMT
I think it's funny how you can "befriend" Loghain in a very short amount of time...I mean, you recruit him, talk a few times at camp and provided you chose the right dialogue options his approval skyrockets by the time you arrive in Redcliffe. He's simply really impressed with how reasonable you are! I would recruit him more often if we could get him earlier so he would actually feel more like part of the team and not simply shoehorned addition. I have recruited him only two times - for achievement and for my canon DAO pt (which he - fun fact - survived).
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Dec 8, 2019 18:17:05 GMT
as for Loghain, I don't think Hannah could stomach killing a parent in front of their child, sure it'll create a rift between her and Alistair, but in my head canon (as well as in further games) Alistair eventually comes to terms with her decision mending their friendship. You can always take the decision out of her hands by having Alistair duel Loghain. (since I suck at playing as Alistair I almost never take that option) true, but I was thinking it'd be ironic to have Zevran duel him instead during a playthrough when I did a human female noble I had Alistair duel him...it was interesting, but I admit I was afraid he was going to take away my choice of rulers thankfully that didn't happen and I was able to put both him and my Warden on the throne.
though for Hannah that isn't an issue seeing as she's romancing Zevran...but I kinda do wonder whether to put Alistair with Anora or him alone... I think it's funny how you can "befriend" Loghain in a very short amount of time...I mean, you recruit him, talk a few times at camp and provided you chose the right dialogue options his approval skyrockets by the time you arrive in Redcliffe. He's simply really impressed with how reasonable you are! I would recruit him more often if we could get him earlier so he would actually feel more like part of the team and not simply shoehorned addition. I have recruited him only two times - for achievement and for my canon DAO pt (which he - fun fact - survived). heh, that might be it
I feel the same, I often have the same reaction with Sebastian in DA2, sure you meet him in Act 1, but the rest of the party already feels like a tightly nit group of friends by the time he's recruited in Act 2, making him feel a bit of an after thought
-- For my canon (at least how I currently have it planned) I plan to recruit Loghain only to have him do Morri's ritual and then kill him in Inquisition against the Nightmare demon but an alternative would be, have Alistair kill Loghain in duel as melbella suggested, have Alistair do the ritual and just have him rule alone...
at present I'm a bit struggling with Hannah's choice of Orzammar's ruler. without meta-gaming it'd make sense for her to side with Harrowmont since Hannah would be more inclined to side with someone fair. though Zevran points out that Bhelen might be a better choice, and on the other hand I also kinda feel like Hannah would side with someone who's trying to improve the lives of others, even if this is done through more extreme means
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