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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 25, 2020 12:40:17 GMT
I just got The Trial of the Lovers achievement on my Xbox One! congrats
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 25, 2020 21:45:45 GMT
Today I got started with Raelyn's playthrough She had a lovely day for a wedding, until the local shmuck of a lordling decided to get drunk and take advantage of the female populace of the Alienage Cousin Shianni bottled him across the head, with his lackeys dragging him of...he'll be back later. Then Raelyn and her other cousin Soris talked to Duncan. Raelyn tried to talk him down but he wouldn't budge so she decided that she could take him one barehanded...fun times
local shmuck returned with some guards, dragged Raelyn off to his estate with the other girls -among them was Shianni-, one of the girls died during the turmoil. Raelyn was surprised when Soris appeared and a bit confused why Duncan gave them weapons but didn't come himself. (Soris said he had to stay neutral...arse )
Anyways, Raelyn mowed her way through some more guards, reached the local shmuck's chambers and turned him into Thedas' biggest quiver by filling him with arrows (I made sure Soris was occupied with the other two so she could take the finishing blow) Raelyn and Soris got the other women back home, local guards tried to arrest her for murder, then this happened Duncan: hold it!
Guard captain: what is it now? Duncan: *Duncan uses Right of Conscription, it's highly effective* Guard captain: pff, fine...you can have her
Duncan ended up recruiting Raelyn and brought her down to Ostagar, where she met King Cailan, and told him what she'd done to get there
Raelyn: I killed the arl's son for raping my cousin Cailan: wait...whut?
So yeah...she's at Ostagar now For Raelyn I'll be keeping her mom's boots and Nelaros' ring for the playthrough...and later Fang 'cause she didn't rat out Soris so the family is happy with her
a few random stats
I actually really wanted for Raelyn to use a crossbow, but crossbows are so...meh in this game (so atm. she's using a regular bow) no wonder Varric later has the monopoly on using crossbows later
Also, have a screenshot I head canon she has this really fluffy and stubborn hair that refuses to lay down no matter how much she combs it (actually, combing would make it worse )
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Post by Buckeldemon on May 26, 2020 1:11:03 GMT
Raelyn was surprised when Soris appeared and a bit confused why Duncan gave them weapons but didn't come himself. (Soris said he had to stay neutral...arse ) Great... now I got something in my head. Everytime now Duncan will mumble something about warden non-involvement, someone will yell "arse!". Child Sera would be a good pick. Vaughn, paraphrased: "They are soaked in enough blood to fill a bath tub!" Tabris: "...but we still have arrows left. We are going to attack now." [/quote] My first ever DAO character was a female Tabris, and while she never got far in the game, she scored a messy dual wield kill on Vaughn. The one where the offhand weapon is stabbed in the chest before the main lops off the head. Utter satisfaction. *Guard Captain used Warrant for Execution* *No Effect!* *Duncan used Right of Conscription* *This is very effective!* *Guard Captain returned to his Pokeball barracks* While my Tabris is less sassy than yours (especially towards Duncan), this line is always, always taken. My warrior Tabris also keeps those items, though I'm not sure if the boots will be used. The ring will, and it will be enchanted. Since she's a two-hander, Fang might be relegated to backup weapon status or cheese knife. The issue with crossbows is that, while they do take attributes into account to calculate attack rating (100% DEX, just like bows), their damage is not improved by any attribute (unlike every other weapon), so they are best when a character can just equip them and turn pretty weak late game. There are a few ways around this: either use a mod that adds a damage modifer to crossbows ( like this one) or do it like Bioware with Longshot in Awakening; i.e. give an existing weapon a rather high bonus damage property - either make a custom crossbow yourself via toolset if you know how or use mods like The (awesome) Winter Forge. Please use a mod and give them a chance in my stead, pretty please. *sad puppy eyes* Well, I like that fluff. I just wonder how it interacts with helmets, as I did not use such a fluffy hair mod yet (and I do not use helmets on elves at all due to DA2 elf update). But I guess it will just neatly disappear, unlike the various bugs DAI has in that regard, like elven ears or Varric cheeks clipping through crafted battlemage hoods, but not looted ones.
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Post by Sokemis on May 26, 2020 2:14:17 GMT
Duncan ended up recruiting Raelyn and brought her down to Ostagar, where she met King Cailan, and told him what she'd done to get there
Raelyn: I killed the arl's son for raping my cousin Cailan: wait...whut? Whatever the personality, this is one of the lines I always choose. (The other one is during Sten's quest: "Sten, tear his arms off." And if it was a line or two later in the convo, "Death first!" would probably be an always choice too - as it is it's an almost always choice. Can you guess what one of my favorite movies is ?) My first ever DAO character was a female Tabris, and while she never got far in the game, she scored a messy dual wield kill on Vaughn. The one where the offhand weapon is stabbed in the chest before the main lops off the head. Utter satisfaction. Love getting that with F!Tabris. (I made sure Soris was occupied with the other two so she could take the finishing blow) Guilty of doing that as well. For Raelyn I'll be keeping her mom's boots and Nelaros' ring for the playthrough...and later Fang 'cause she didn't rat out Soris so the family is happy with her Even though she doesn't always wear the boots past Ostagar, I always keep them in storage. My Tabris also keeps Nelaros's ring to honor his bravery/sacrifice - but I use a mod to give it better stats for later on. (Headcanon that she gets it enchanted by the Tranquil in Ostagar or at the Circle Tower. ) Is she the one you're planning on trying to play True Neutral / Chaotic Neutral?
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Post by Sonya on May 26, 2020 9:10:25 GMT
I actually really wanted for Raelyn to use a crossbow, but crossbows are so...meh in this game (so atm. she's using a regular bow) Not up for a challenge? Buckeldemon wrote additional info about that weapon (maybe you knew already something). Raelyn: I killed the arl's son for raping my cousin Cailan: wait...whut? Choose it as well always, think as many players. But whenever you pick something similar with other Origins, King's reaction is always "Ah? Had no idea!". And that reaction is hilarious not only because how I see it all, but because of "I am a king -thing". Sometimes I even feel sad knowing "who's ruling" She had a lovely day for a wedding CEO is my favorite and will always be, played more times in comparison with other Origins, though do not know why, but always have chosen "do not want!!!!!" + all dialogue lines connected to that, they are very funny. "And that is my bride?!?!" Always laugh Yeah, DAO dialogue choices.... I head canon she has this really fluffy and stubborn hair that refuses to lay down no matter how much she combs it Great work, as usual,, LadyofNemesis. No more "ginger-fetish"? Can imagine fluffy stubborn hair in ginger color....mmmm. The issue with crossbows is that, while they do take attributes into account to calculate attack rating (100% DEX, just like bows), their damage is not improved by any attribute (unlike every other weapon), so they are best when a character can just equip them and turn pretty weak late game. There are a few ways around this: either use a mod that adds a damage modifer to crossbows ( like this one) or do it like Bioware with Longshot in Awakening; i.e. give an existing weapon a rather high bonus damage property - either make a custom crossbow yourself via toolset if you know how or use mods If you don't mind me asking: you are familiar with "insides" of the DAO game, such as this one with CB?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 26, 2020 9:53:10 GMT
Buckeldemon (your quote got a bit wonky, so bear with me here ) 1) you’re welcome for the image And yeah, little Sera would be a good idea for that. Makes me wonder…do you think Sera knew Tabris growing up? 2) Hey, turning local shmucks into quivers or filet americain is always a good idea, just saying 3) omg, yours is so much better 4) Despite that line she was actually quite civil to Duncan, though she didn’t hesitate to call him a fool in dialogue with Duncan afterwards 5) Yeah, generally when I play an archer daggers tend to become head canon backup weapons as well. Though I tend to headcanon that my archers are more akin to Legolas in combat style (aka. bow as primary weapon and knives/swords as backup) 6) hm, I’ll take a look at those links you gave me I’ve tried using Winter forge in the past, but found it quite confusing…I’ll try to give it another try this playthrough. 7) Well, seeing as I use the Grey Wardens armor mod, Raelyn tends to wear a hood (that somehow magically tucks all hair out of the way). But thanks, I’m glad you like her Sokemis 1) I tend to pick the sassier options when talking to Cailan loads of times. He actually reacts quite well to them As for your favorite movie…hm…Princess Bride?
Sorry I cheated a bit, I knew the quote sounded familiar but couldn’t place it, truth told…I’ve never seen the full movie, just watched a few pieces on YouTube 2) I do the same when dealing with Howe…Cousland always gets the final blow. I’m going to try doing that with my current Tabris as well. Not Loghain though, Alistair gets to take that one. (I’ve already planned out the broad lines of this playthrough in the DA Keep) 3) I plan to do the same with the boots, I’ve already installed a mod that gives some minor stats to Nelaros’ ring (gives +2 dexterity and +2 cunning) And that does sound like a nice head canon And yeah, I’m going to attempt to play Raelyn a bit more Chaotic or True Neutral (we'll see how far we get) Sonya 1) I am up to the challenge of trying out a crossbow, but as I said in my post it felt a bit meh. I am going to try out some of the mods Buckeldemon linked for me. 2) I think it’s a fun little gem of dialogue. However Cailan’s reaction is also a bit sad. He has no actual idea of what’s going on in his country. Growing up quite sheltered I don’t think he had a lot of opportunity to see the lowest parts of his country’s society. I think that’s reason why I always end up making Alistair King, because during his travels he does see the highs and lows of his country. And after becoming King he actually ends up doing something about it (as evident in some of the comics). 3) I admit I’ve given CE several tries in the past, but most never got past Ostagar. I’m going to give Raelyn an actual try and do a full playthrough with her. Making her gives my world state some quite unique characters who are unrelated to one another. (I plan on doing a mage!Hawke and mage!Lavellan ) I play Raelyn as a demi-sexual so she wasn’t exactly thrilled at having a forced marriage. However meeting Nelaros did calm her down a bit and she was quite civil to him. She was also quite devastated that he was killed before her eyes. I think part of her hoped she’d eventually fall in love with him after getting to know him for real. 4) Thanks, I’m glad you like her She’s still semi ginger, and freckles are always cute (according to the internet her hair color is called copper, the toolset mod named it peach, both are pretty )
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Post by Sonya on May 26, 2020 11:07:38 GMT
Clossbow does not look so cool as a simple bow imo. Plus I have a feeling like: clossbow is more modern, though I prefer already checked in battles old weapon - a bow. And I think it looks better anyway. Style! Cailan: yep, he knows nothing at all, only because he is not interested in such things. Anora does that job just "fine" and bet knows about rapists as well. Cailan is popular, yes, only he is not a political person, he wants "glory for everyone". Nothing wrong with that, plus he is rather young, so these "glory" thoughts are normal for him, only all that turned out into a real mess with lots of deaths, including himself and other good people, like Duncan. I also prefer Alistair as a king, hardened. Accoring to slides - he is doing well. Hope you'll finish this PT with CEO. Good-luck with that. Freckles yes, though that color is more like "fair-brown". Though actually maybe you are right....have just rememberd info about ginger colors: fair-ginger is met most of the time. Dark-ginger is a rare thing.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 26, 2020 11:19:43 GMT
Clossbow does not look so cool as a simple bow imo. Plus I have a feeling like: clossbow is more modern, though I prefer already checked in battles old weapon - a bow. And I think it looks better anyway. Style! Cailan: yep, he knows nothing at all, only because he is not interested in such things. Anora does that job just "fine" and bet knows about rapists as well. Cailan is popular, yes, only he is not a political person, he wants "glory for everyone". Nothing wrong with that, plus he is rather young, so these "glory" thoughts are normal for him, only all that turned out into a real mess with lots of deaths, including himself and other good people, like Duncan. I also prefer Alistair as a king, hardened. Accoring to slides - he is doing well. Hope you'll finish this PT with CEO. Good-luck with that. Freckles yes, though that color is more like "fair-brown". Though actually maybe you are right....have just rememberd info about ginger colors: fair-ginger is met most of the time. Dark-ginger is a rare thing. crossbows not cool? Diablo's Demonhunter would like a word And crossbows are actually pretty old, according to Wikipedia the earliest examples were found in a Chinese tomb dating back to 600 BC or earlier In Europe the crossbow was largely absent until reappearing around the 10th century, though something akin to a crossbow was used in medieval Scotland between the 6th and 9th century as well
I kinda tried to make Raelyn a mix between her mom and dad ( Adaia looks more Rivaini and still has ginger-ish hair)
also all skin tones can have freckles, it's just that they're more visible on lighter skin tones Found a very nice picture of some ladies with darker skin who have freckles but given the fact genetics are very far spread, dark skinned people with ginger (or even blond) hair can happen, but as you say it's just less common
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Post by Sonya on May 26, 2020 11:31:34 GMT
crossbows not cool? Diablo's Demonhunter would like a word May have as many words as wants, though it is my opinion (it is not an insult just in case). And crossbows are actually pretty old, according to Wikipedia the earliest examples were found in a Chinese tomb dating back to 600 BC or earlier In Europe the crossbow was largely absent until reappearing around the 10th century, though something akin to a crossbow was used in medieval Scotland between the 6th and 9th century as well History lessons are always good. Really like them (and liked during study). Thoug I menat something different - my fault not to write it properly: a bow is a very simple weapon though a very dangerous one. Crossbow systeme is what? In comparison with a simple bow? That is what I meant. Simple, dangerous and cool-looking. My bad again. Sorry. I kinda tried to make Raelyn a mix between her mom and dad ( Adaia looks more Rivaini and still has ginger-ish hair) Yes, understand. Family resemblance in action. Nice move.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 26, 2020 20:33:57 GMT
Raelyn made it past Ostagar
I had her do the various side quests at Ostagar, such as the hungry deserter (she paid for the food) helped the mabari hound by getting the flower and met some new people She was a bit snarky to some of them, but over all quite soft spoken
At any rate, Raelyn and Alistair made their way up the tower of Ishal, fought a bunch of darkspawn and lit the beacon Loghain and his company decided to use the "flee battle" option and left half the army including their King and the Wardens to die. Luckily Raelyn and Alistair were saved by Flemeth who then set them up on a quest to safe the world accompanied by her sour and dour daughter Morrigan.
En route to Lothering the group was warned of an impending darkspawn ambush by the mabari hound Raelyn saved. After the ambush Raelyn decided to adopt the mabari hound who she named Fuzzball
Arriving at Lothering the group was hindered by some bandits, which Raelyn dealt with quite well First she kicked their ass, then insulted their operation, questioned them, shook them down for coin and then made them run for the hills
All in all it was a good day for Raelyn (and the furthest I've ever gotten with a Tabris Warden in itself, so I'd say that's progress ) Playing with the crossbow has been challenging to say the least, reload animation is quite slow even with Rapid Shot active, and she misses quite a few shots (but I feel that's quite normal for an archer in the beginning anyway)
Today's stats for Raelyn are as followed Tomorrow we'll be heading into Lothering to recruit some more people and then it's time to decide where to head first
Have another screenshot
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Post by Buckeldemon on May 26, 2020 21:51:20 GMT
(Warning: long backlog of posts, post is pretty messy.) The other one is during Sten's quest: "Sten, tear his arms off." Cannot resist this one either. And Sten seems eager to anyway. My first ever DAO character was a female Tabris, and while she never got far in the game, she scored a messy dual wield kill on Vaughn. The one where the offhand weapon is stabbed in the chest before the main lops off the head. Utter satisfaction. Love getting that with F!Tabris. The two-hander did not get it, but I read up on the "messy kills", and they seem to trigger most reliably on critical hits. *takes a look at the Winter Forge and adds three-digit number crit chance to greatsword* (I made sure Soris was occupied with the other two so she could take the finishing blow) Guilty of doing that as well. *adds point to own list of DAO shenanigans* CEO is my favorite and will always be, played more times in comparison with other Origins, though do not know why, but always have chosen "do not want!!!!!" + all dialogue lines connected to that, they are very funny. "And that is my bride?!?!" Always laugh Yeah, DAO dialogue choices.... I also enjoy having Tabris going anti-marriage, especially playing dumb with Shianni in the beginning. If you don't mind me asking: you are familiar with "insides" of the DAO game, such as this one with CB? Somewhat. I do like to read up on game mechanics and the like, especially since I can barely touch a game these days without making small personal mods. For DAO, I know how most weapon damage is calculated in principle, about some of the more apparent bugs (like Mage's/Soldier's Bane/Mana Cleanse adding mana instead of subtracting it, or Haste bugging out with archery or Cone of Cold not actually checking any resistances), as well as how damage for certain spells is calculated, i.e. why Blizzard seems to do far less damage than Tempest/Death Cloud, even though both use the same base damage formula. I tend to mess up the BB code each time. 1) I guess they could have run into each other, if Sera spent most of her childhood there (I'm not too savvy on her backstory), but there's a pair of kids playing in a back alley during the wedding part, and I once stumbled over a mod that made the girl look like Sera, especially haircut. 2) That's a bit unfair, that you get food out of them. All I get when playing mages is ash piles. (No meat to be had? Doggie disapproves -75) 3) Glad you like it. 5) Most of the time, any dual wield rogue I use gets at least Melee Archer (must-have in any case) and Accuracy (in Awakening), so they can shoot things in a pinch. Warriors tend to carry a crossbow around. I usually never switch archers into melee, though rogues can still do somewhat decently, if backstab+dirty fighting is used. 6) If you want, the Forge allows you to basically go into cheat mode (disable material checks for creating/improving weapons and the encahntment override), adjusting stats manually. It is a bit hacky since it uses ingame scripts, but I like that I can modify my stuff in-game without having to make custom equipment via external tools or save editor (as in DA2, for example) 7) You're welcome. 2) I think it’s a fun little gem of dialogue. However Cailan’s reaction is also a bit sad. He has no actual idea of what’s going on in his country. Growing up quite sheltered I don’t think he had a lot of opportunity to see the lowest parts of his country’s society. I think that’s reason why I always end up making Alistair King, because during his travels he does see the highs and lows of his country. And after becoming King he actually ends up doing something about it (as evident in some of the comics). *adds this to the list of points about "Why make Alistair King and let Anora rot in a golden cage"* accompanied by her sour and dour daughter Morrigan. *rofl's for a while, then adds it to the list of DAO shenanigans* How... predictable. Shouldn't that stay for a while? Still like her and even though I'm usally not too much of a fan of the GW attire, it fits here. Also, elf ears poking through hair fuzzy hair... I always go "Oh, die Öhrchen! " (German, approximately "Aww, these ears!". Öhrchen being a cute diminutive of "Ohr" - same as your "oor" ) seeing those. But... where's the promised hood?
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Post by Sonya on May 27, 2020 12:55:36 GMT
And Sten seems eager to anyway. Sten always does not mind to be used as a threat-weapon. When get his sword in the village always take him. He understands only power and strength (like in Haven - the situation can become unstable), so using him in that role with these dialogues is just fine and really funny. Those Kossiths with their Qun. The two-hander did not get it, but I read up on the "messy kills", and they seem to trigger most reliably on critical hits. *takes a look at the Winter Forge and adds three-digit number crit chance to greatsword* There are nice mods fixing many bugs, including 2h warrior talents with messy kills. Think you know it anyway. I also enjoy having Tabris going anti-marriage, especially playing dumb with Shianni in the beginning. Why? You as well enjoy those funny nasty dialogues in that case or there is something else? With "pro-marriage" there are no funny lines at all. Pitty. With anti-marriage "Oh, I did not want to marry anyway" (after her future husband died fighting for your GW). Damn cold-hearted and funny at the same time. making small personal mods. What mods? If it is not a secret. Really great to find a perosn who is interested not only in lore but in game mechanics and 'insides" ss well, Buckeldemon. You are a rare player in this terms. Playing with the crossbow has been challenging to say the least, reload animation is quite slow even with Rapid Shot active Congtas with that. Really. Hope you will continue using it later in the game, even with CD bugs.
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Post by Jarovbees on May 27, 2020 14:18:45 GMT
Tanaleth got a proposal and rescued by Zevran in the same day. I think she'll keep him.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 27, 2020 17:12:30 GMT
I tend to mess up the BB code each time. 1) I guess they could have run into each other, if Sera spent most of her childhood there (I'm not too savvy on her backstory), but there's a pair of kids playing in a back alley during the wedding part, and I once stumbled over a mod that made the girl look like Sera, especially haircut. 2) That's a bit unfair, that you get food out of them. All I get when playing mages is ash piles. (No meat to be had? Doggie disapproves -75) 6) If you want, the Forge allows you to basically go into cheat mode (disable material checks for creating/improving weapons and the encahntment override), adjusting stats manually. It is a bit hacky since it uses ingame scripts, but I like that I can modify my stuff in-game without having to make custom equipment via external tools or save editor (as in DA2, for example) 8) How... predictable. 9) Shouldn't that stay for a while? 10) Still like her and even though I'm usally not too much of a fan of the GW attire, it fits here. Also, elf ears poking through hair fuzzy hair... I always go "Oh, die Öhrchen! " (German, approximately "Aww, these ears!". Öhrchen being a cute diminutive of "Ohr" - same as your "oor" ) seeing those. But... where's the promised hood? its alright ^^
1) yeah, I do believe Sera is somewhat younger then the Warden, maybe my Tabris even told her the story of "Tathas the noble lady thief who stole from the rich and gave to the poor" , still, I find it too bad you can't tell them about Garahel, according to the lore it's the one story all elven kids are told growing up
2) you should play more rogue and warriors then
6) yeah, I'm still figuring that mod out, so far I've gotten the hand of the deconstruct option...its handy
8) sorry not sorry
9) likely, I kinda like it for now
10) I love them point ears as well. As for the hood...it's disabled in cut-scenes except for scripted one like for example the ambush with the darkspawn when you meet dog it also shows during the scene when you first enter the Dead Trenches...and when you leave the temple at Haven when you see "Andraste" I'll get you a screenshot soon, I promise (and that sounds adorable, we say something similar as what you say)
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 27, 2020 17:26:08 GMT
Playing with the crossbow has been challenging to say the least, reload animation is quite slow even with Rapid Shot active Congtas with that. Really. Hope you will continue using it later in the game, even with CD bugs. Thanks
I'm sure that once I get her strength and dexterity up the shots get better as well just need to figure out the Winterforge mod so more to make a custom crossbow ...I still have plans to make one that'll be named Mirabelle so I can have a funny callback in DA2 Raelyn: *sneezes*
just gotta figure out the head canon as to why she'd name her crossbow Mirabelle
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Post by Buckeldemon on May 28, 2020 0:46:42 GMT
When get his sword in the village always take him. Of course, it is his, so he participates. Thinking of it, last time playing Inquisiton, I had Vivienne hunt for that wyvern heart herself and alone. Brought the party to the swamps and made sure that everyone else stayed away (as best as DAI's party management allows ), then sent Madame in to get her dress dirty if she wants that thing so badly. There are nice mods fixing many bugs, including 2h warrior talents with messy kills. Think you know it anyway. I guess I could find some, though I hate using search functions. Some fanpatches do change things I would want to keep, like the broken resistance check for Cone of Cold. Though now I do play with the thought of getting into the DAO toolset for making some ability mod myself. "Could assassin passives be modified to at least trigger on bow crits to make the spec more useful for archers? What could be an appropriate res-check for CoC? MenRes does not fit and I do not want PhysRes... How about generic FrostRes? What about re-balancing Shapeshifter..." Why? You as well enjoy those funny nasty dialogues in that case or there is something else? With "pro-marriage" there are no funny lines at all. Pitty. With anti-marriage "Oh, I did not want to marry anyway" (after her future husband died fighting for your GW). Damn cold-hearted and funny at the same time. Sometimes being nasty is funny, especially if it still achieves "good" results. It also depends on the NPCs, as some really deserve it. I vaguely remember one scene early on in KotOR: some racist human teens (Taris has a lot of those) harass and beat an Ithorian. One way to shoo them away is by threatening violence... it gets the job done and is amusing. The mage origin has some gems regarding Jowan. Besides not believing him to be danger because "his magic could not light a candle", there is that scene when he introduces Lily. One can either go "My condolence, Lily." or "That fat cow is your love?" In case of Tabris, I blame Adaia's rebellious genes. And my modern sensibilities about more... traditional marriage rituals and stuff, at least for the first time playing it. What mods? If it is not a secret. Nah. I started with maps, using the editors that came with games like Age of Empires. These days, it is mostly messing with configuration files to add/change items, units or abilities. For DA2, I did some sort of ability mod. Rebalanced a lot of things and fixed some bugs (Death Cloud for example is horribly bugged by default and does not work at all). I tied to rework the assassin backstabbers, as those annoy me to no end. Besides being immersion-breaking, I'm more of a planner, so I have no issues with, say, mages in DAO, but I'm quite often too slow to pick up that assassin and disable him somehow in the 1.5 seconds we get before these guys vanish after dropping from the ceiling. So I thought of making these guys more like duel wielders in DAO, as those can cut me to pieces quickly in a straight fight instead of spamming invisibility. I never uploaded anything anywere though. Really great to find a perosn who is interested not only in lore but in game mechanics and 'insides" ss well, Buckeldemon. You are a rare player in this terms. Hah, thanks, I'm taking that as a compliment. I like to figure out how things work and mess them up for more fun, but I guess I lack your patience for challenges. I guess you could defeat an average attack wave in Stronghold by using a single woodcutter and some spare wood to relocate his hut to make him go to the right places. LadyofNemesis 1) I'd say Sera is around 18 to 20 in DAI, so by DAO, she would be between 8 and 10. I took the Tabris wardens as around 16 to 18 (being potentially the youngest of the bunch, with Surana/Amell close second, ~18). It seems as if you just made up your own version of Robin Hood... so your Tabris has been a baaaaaaad influence on lil' Sera. 2) Or go Arcane Warrior. Or use more Blood Magic. Or draw an evil spirit into a Halla to turn it into a man-eating one. Nah, I'll make a big session of setting up all my DA stuff on my new PC and continue my own journey of Tabris shem chops business(TM). The Chasind Flatblade beckons! Oh, and I've got a dumb question... do you know by any chance if I can just copy my whole addin and override folders of mods/addons or do I need to set-up all mods the usual way again, using that What-its-name tool (DAupdater)? I only ever had DAO installed on one PC before, so it is just the second time going through all this installation ordeal. 6) Good to hear. I always forget about that feature and end up selling the stuff instead (as usual), even if breaking it down would be more useful. 8) As expected. 10) To be honest, I also like "ears poking through hair" with human ears in real life. I'd even say it beats cats hiding in a pot with only their ears visible. Well, it is adorable afterall. So I'm apparently capable of adorable language... sometimes, besides all the ranting. Otherwise, patiently waiting for a hoodlum shot. Kasumi: "What... hey, that's the nickname you gave me, remember?" Buckeldemon: "Whoops. Competition." (Yes, I did start to call her hoodlum almost immediately. ) I still have plans to make one that'll be named Mirabelle so I can have a funny callback in DA2 As far as I remember, Mirabelle is seen as a callback to a unique musket (or some other early firearm?) from Bioware's Jade Empire. But there's no reason why we should not have an in-universe nod as well. Might cause Tabris to be out for Tethras' blood though...
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 28, 2020 8:38:58 GMT
1) I'd say Sera is around 18 to 20 in DAI, so by DAO, she would be between 8 and 10. I took the Tabris wardens as around 16 to 18 (being potentially the youngest of the bunch, with Surana/Amell close second, ~18). It seems as if you just made up your own version of Robin Hood... so your Tabris has been a baaaaaaad influence on lil' Sera. 2) Or go Arcane Warrior. Or use more Blood Magic. Or draw an evil spirit into a Halla to turn it into a man-eating one. Nah, I'll make a big session of setting up all my DA stuff on my new PC and continue my own journey of Tabris shem chops business(TM). The Chasind Flatblade beckons! Oh, and I've got a dumb question... do you know by any chance if I can just copy my whole addin and override folders of mods/addons or do I need to set-up all mods the usual way again, using that What-its-name tool (DAupdater)? I only ever had DAO installed on one PC before, so it is just the second time going through all this installation ordeal. 10) To be honest, I also like "ears poking through hair" with human ears in real life. I'd even say it beats cats hiding in a pot with only their ears visible. Well, it is adorable afterall. So I'm apparently capable of adorable language... sometimes, besides all the ranting. Otherwise, patiently waiting for a hoodlum shot. Kasumi: "What... hey, that's the nickname you gave me, remember?" Buckeldemon: "Whoops. Competition." (Yes, I did start to call her hoodlum almost immediately. ) I still have plans to make one that'll be named Mirabelle so I can have a funny callback in DA2 11) As far as I remember, Mirabelle is seen as a callback to a unique musket (or some other early firearm?) from Bioware's Jade Empire. But there's no reason why we should not have an in-universe nod as well. Might cause Tabris to be out for Tethras' blood though... 1) Considering my Tabris is going to end up as the Dark Wolf...I'd say she gives plenty of young elves bad influences plus the Tathas story is the only one with a female character...so I picked that one
2) I think you can manually copy your override map, but I'm not so sure about mods that need to be installed through DA Updater or DA Modmanager
10) I'll be heading to Honnleath soon, and I recall there's a screenshot at the end of that quest I can take that'll have her with the hood (the one where Shale squashes a chicken) also, I had a question about a choice I can make in Lothering. There's that merchant before the Chantry that you can either side with, side with the priest or not take part (causing the merchant to leave) what would a True Neutral character do? I mean, my Tabris has no real love for the Chantry...but she does always help people in need if she feels like it (often for money )
11) yeah, it's from Jade Empire I belief but I had that idea for making that reference years ago when I heard that banter between Fenris and Varric so maybe now the time has finally come now I just need to decide on what model to use. I have a mod that adds Bianca and Prosper's crossbow's as well, but not sure how they'll cooperate with the Winterforge
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Post by Buckeldemon on May 28, 2020 12:51:11 GMT
1) Make sure you mention this to the imposter guy with the bucket helmet in Awakening. 2) Well, I guess I'll have to do some trial and error, then. Thing is, I got some really old stuff like the DA2 elf/qunari update I got from the archive of old BSN late 2016 before it closed down. I guess Nexus might have it somewhere. Speaking of it, did Nexus also want you to change your password during the last few months? 10) About the merchant, well my usual "gamey" way was to first drop Alistair from the party and then shoo the mother off. Then the merchant was bullied into giving a discount before I sold all my unwanted stuff to him. Once I got Leliana, I had her pick the tier 7 Tevinter Crossbow from his pocket and later gave it to Sten. I read that there's also an persuasion/intimidation option to bully him to lower his prices for the refugees, but still stay for business. I'm not sure about the requirements for that check but since you've got a rogue (CUN affects persuasion if I recall) and Tabris starts with a point of Coercion... Well, I guess it could make sense for a TN to not throw themselves clearly on one side, but still make sure to get something out of it, hence the idea of having the guy lower his prices and still robbing him blind. Great, now I want to play Stone Prisoner, but... (see below) 11) I have some mods adding items from DA2 (like the Champion's warstaff or Isabela' daggers) and in my experience, changing the magical properties of custom-model items usually works with the Forge (in fact, once I got the forge, I was mostly hunting for models, but igonring mods which added rebalanced items using models already in the game) but I guess I would stay away from the model change feature - at best, you might loose your unique model and not get it back (unless the Forge's list recognises it, it does for some older mods apparently). Changing material tiers should work as well, but using different material tints might do nothing unless the modder included additional textures for that. A mod adding DA2 crossbows? Where? Oh, I guess it is part of one of these large sets, like the ones from RogueLass? Also, someone did a new mod for mages combined with other origins. Seems to have a lot of dialogue adjustments, but since it is very recent, it might be still a work-in-progress. Another dumb question, since you mentioned Shale: I know one can get "old" DA DLC stuff from here and this is how I played Witch Hunt, Amgarrak, Warden's Keep as well as LoS and Darkspawn Chronicles (poor dog... lying there, riddled with arrows ), but I could never get the Stone Prisoner or Return to Ostagar DLCs to work. Do you have any ideas?
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Post by Rascoth on May 28, 2020 13:34:41 GMT
1) Make sure you mention this to the imposter guy with the bucket helmet in Awakening. The only reason I always become Dark Wolf
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 28, 2020 13:58:59 GMT
1) Make sure you mention this to the imposter guy with the bucket helmet in Awakening. 2) Well, I guess I'll have to do some trial and error, then. Thing is, I got some really old stuff like the DA2 elf/qunari update I got from the archive of old BSN late 2016 before it closed down. I guess Nexus might have it somewhere. Speaking of it, did Nexus also want you to change your password during the last few months? 10) About the merchant, well my usual "gamey" way was to first drop Alistair from the party and then shoo the mother off. Then the merchant was bullied into giving a discount before I sold all my unwanted stuff to him. Once I got Leliana, I had her pick the tier 7 Tevinter Crossbow from his pocket and later gave it to Sten. I read that there's also an persuasion/intimidation option to bully him to lower his prices for the refugees, but still stay for business. I'm not sure about the requirements for that check but since you've got a rogue (CUN affects persuasion if I recall) and Tabris starts with a point of Coercion... Well, I guess it could make sense for a TN to not throw themselves clearly on one side, but still make sure to get something out of it, hence the idea of having the guy lower his prices and still robbing him blind. Great, now I want to play Stone Prisoner, but... (see below) 11) I have some mods adding items from DA2 (like the Champion's warstaff or Isabela' daggers) and in my experience, changing the magical properties of custom-model items usually works with the Forge (in fact, once I got the forge, I was mostly hunting for models, but igonring mods which added rebalanced items using models already in the game) but I guess I would stay away from the model change feature - at best, you might loose your unique model and not get it back (unless the Forge's list recognises it, it does for some older mods apparently). Changing material tiers should work as well, but using different material tints might do nothing unless the modder included additional textures for that. A mod adding DA2 crossbows? Where? Oh, I guess it is part of one of these large sets, like the ones from RogueLass? Also, someone did a new mod for mages combined with other origins. Seems to have a lot of dialogue adjustments, but since it is very recent, it might be still a work-in-progress. Another dumb question, since you mentioned Shale: I know one can get "old" DA DLC stuff from here and this is how I played Witch Hunt, Amgarrak, Warden's Keep as well as LoS and Darkspawn Chronicles (poor dog... lying there, riddled with arrows ), but I could never get the Stone Prisoner or Return to Ostagar DLCs to work. Do you have any ideas? 1) oh I will
2) not that I know off, I still have the same password from when I made my account
10) yeah, I decided to not take a side causing the merchant to leave... generally I take the side of the Chantry sister on my goody goody characters and lower the merchant's prices, I've sometimes also done the run of Chantry sister but since he didn't really have anything my character needed (I cheated to get all recipes at once to safe money) 11) yeah, I think that's the one (could also be Loincloth fashion)...I've way too many mods and I saw that mod as well, don't think I'll use it ...since those kinds of mods tend to bug out the DA Keep...they're fun for a playthrough though
as for the dlc's...I'm not sure, I got all of my dlc's through my installation via Origin ('cept Darkspawn chronicle 'cause I forgot it first time around and manually installed it later ) you could do a manual installation via the old installers from the link you posted, or attempt to download them via the in-game installer if you haven't already otherwise I don't know
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Post by Norstaera on May 28, 2020 15:10:26 GMT
Jarovbees Thank you! When I originally played her, I got her to Denerim for the Landsmeet... and then just stopped (I haven't played her yet on the PC). I couldn't decide what ending would be best for her - but this mod solves that. (Hmm, wonder if Ferelden wound allow a solo dwarf Queen... if so Alistair better hope he doesn't have a "hunting accident"... ). Now to decide for sure whether to have her crown or betray Bhelen (leaning towards crowning, but not sure). I took a peek at the mod page, and someone commented that DA2 recognizes her as Queen. However DAI doesn't, since it use the keep and not a game save for the choices in previous games. You can try to change the values of your first saved game in DAI. You can thank Sunegami , I followed her instructions. I did so in order to have my Warden married to Alistair and have Loghain alive. DAI codex entries and convos recognize these changes. I don't see why you couldn't try it for your married dwarf. use DAI save editor to change to made warden. Following flags were changed: Boolean Flag – DAO/Companion/Loghain? Changed from false to true Boolean Flag – DAO/Final status/Is Loghain alive? Changed from false to true Boolean Flag – DAO/The Landsmeet/Warden married Alistair and Anora? Changed from true to false. May have to change this and the next one back. Boolean Flag – DAO/The Landsmeet/Warden married Alistair? Changed from false to true Plot Integer Flag – DAO/Final Status/What happened to Loghain? (0=Executed by Warden/1=Executed by Alistair/2=Killed by Alistair in duel/3=Died killing Archdemon/4=Alive & well) Changed from 2 to 4 Plot Integer Flag – DAO/The Landsmeet/Was Loghain executed? (0=No/1=Warden/2=Alistair) changed from 2 to 0 6/27/2018 – Threnn recognized Loghain as a Warden. Codex recognizes the HoF as Queen to Alistair’s King. 6/30/2018 – Alistair came to Redcliffe alone I don't know what flags you might have to change, but it's worth a try.
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Post by Sonya on May 28, 2020 16:23:21 GMT
Of course, it is his, so he participates Well, for a felamle dwarf, there are other options... Thinking of it, last time playing Inquisiton, I had Vivienne hunt for that wyvern heart herself and alone. Brought the party to the swamps and made sure that everyone else stayed away (as best as DAI's party management allows ), then sent Madame in to get her dress dirty if she wants that thing so badly. Funny thing: go with her in the party, get a fake heart and after give it to her. She knows anyway true/false heart, though saying nothing at all during getting fake heart? Yeah, right. True Orlesian. I guess I could find some, though I hate using search functions. Some fanpatches do change things I would want to keep, like the broken resistance check for Cone of Cold. Though now I do play with the thought of getting into the DAO toolset for making some ability mod myself. "Could assassin passives be modified to at least trigger on bow crits to make the spec more useful for archers? What could be an appropriate res-check for CoC? MenRes does not fit and I do not want PhysRes... How about generic FrostRes? What about re-balancing Shapeshifter..." Mods I have mentioned allow you to revome what you just want stay unfixed. Very convenient. One can either go "My condolence, Lily." or "That fat cow is your love?" Never miss that phrase. Can't help myself. Nah. I started with maps, using the editors that came with games like Age of Empires. These days, it is mostly messing with configuration files to add/change items, units or abilities. For DA2, I did some sort of ability mod. Rebalanced a lot of things and fixed some bugs (Death Cloud for example is horribly bugged by default and does not work at all). I tied to rework the assassin backstabbers, as those annoy me to no end. Besides being immersion-breaking, I'm more of a planner, so I have no issues with, say, mages in DAO, but I'm quite often too slow to pick up that assassin and disable him somehow in the 1.5 seconds we get before these guys vanish after dropping from the ceiling. So I thought of making these guys more like duel wielders in DAO, as those can cut me to pieces quickly in a straight fight instead of spamming invisibility. I never uploaded anything anywere though. Thank you. Sounds interesting, w/o any "nah". Hah, thanks, I'm taking that as a compliment. I like to figure out how things work and mess them up for more fun, but I guess I lack your patience for challenges. I guess you could defeat an average attack wave in Stronghold by using a single woodcutter and some spare wood to relocate his hut to make him go to the right places Yes. It is a compliment. Though did not catch the rest of that part. Sorry. also, I had a question about a choice I can make in Lothering. There's that merchant before the Chantry that you can either side with, side with the priest or not take part (causing the merchant to leave) what would a True Neutral character do? I mean, my Tabris has no real love for the Chantry...but she does always help people in need if she feels like it (often for money ) In this case "true neautral" is sort of ignored as you need money and armor. So here, your character is more pragmatic: tell the chantry to get the hell out of there and get a discount. Helping people sometimes just harms you. With what Tabris is going to fight? To be "true neutral" is very difficult, it is like NWN. Only in NWN you are punished for that, here you just from time to time use exploits as your purpose - to get an army and your GW does not forget about it and knows of all people (elves) when something just should be done.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 28, 2020 19:56:13 GMT
Today Raelyn went through the rest of Lothering, she recruited Sten (by picking the lock of his cage) and Leliana joined as well She saved merchants Bodhan and Sandal from darkspawn, and fixed some other problems in Lothering as well.
When night fell the group set up camp and Raelyn had a nightmare about the Archdemon, after waking up Alistair reassured her. The two of them ended up talking a bit about Duncan, with Raelyn promising in the end to go with him to Highever to set up a memorial...after all, she owed it to someone as well
A few other people had also made their home in the camp, among them Bodhan and Sandal as well as Levi Dryden who asked a favor Levi's family had been instrumental in bringing back the Wardens to Ferelden many years ago, and wished to know the fate of the late Sophia Dryden (one of his ancestors) according to him she'd died at the old fortress of Soldier's peak and requested Raelyn's help to find any information to clear his family's name.
Raelyn then talked some more to her new companions, and after a good night's rest the group traveled to Sulcher's Pass. There they found a distraught merchant who gave Raelyn the control rod for a golem, which in turn was in a village overrun by darkspawn.
Raelyn and company went down to the village, freeing some trapped people...killing some spirits and demons and eventually learned the correct phrase to activate the inert golem. Said golem introduced itself as Shale and after some minor persuasion joined the team as well
Tomorrow I think I'll head to either the Circle or Redcliffe...possibly the former 'cause I'm in dire need of a healer A new screenshot...yeah I know, I use this shot a lot...but I love it so much
also... A hood shot...sorry I couldn't get a better one from the front...the crossbow obscured her face (I'll get a better one later on in my playthrough)
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Post by Buckeldemon on May 29, 2020 16:50:18 GMT
After certain other users here more or less intentionally made me set up DAO on my new PC (well, six months), I did a test run to check the finicky DLC functionality and see if I like the game's language switched to orginal from my usual German translation. I did something very usual for me in rolling up a mage, but made a male Amell for a change. I went for some kind of Irving-style build (Lightning spells and Glyphs), then noticed that them shemlen lack one point of magic necessary to learn Tempest during the origin. Also betrayed Jowan, something I never did in ages. Same end result, a satisfied Irving, an asshole Greagoir and a new joining victim. Liked Irving's VA, but Greagoir is even more obnoxious than the VA I'm used to. Now I can also see why most english-speaking players hate Jowan for his voice.
Amell was then hauled off to Ostagar to pester people with questions here and to annoy Chantry priests there (I cannot help myself. That b*tch close to Jory is such an easy target). Next job was bottling some blood, exchanging some snark with a half-naked swamp witch and being trolled by captain Janeway. Took some icky drinks next. Refusing Warden booze got Glory Jory (TM) shanked. Next stop: Tower of Ishal. Ground Floor, first room was even more annoying then I remembered. That ogre at the top I disturbed while nomming went down really quickly by comparison.
Dumb question for anyone familiar with Morrigan's romance: I did talk to her (and Al) at camp a bit before entering Lothering. No approval gained or lost form her. Later in the village, Al initiated some snark battle with her that came across alot like romance-related "jealousy". Is that normal or did something went buggy here? After killing every single bandit, wolf, bear and spider in the vicinity as well as picking up a qunari with a penchant for one-liners and a crazy redhead sister (sorry Corinne Kempa, but I prefer the german competition here), the band went back to the highway and made camp for the night. 'Twas really crowded camping this time, especially with that Dryden guy lurking around, but I quickly got to miss that mysterious elf, her lantern and the bunch of barrels. I guess I got too used to Hriviel from the Winter Forge. Made the first manual save and was quickly pissed due to Sulcher's pass not showing up, just like on my old PC. Finally fixed this, apparently. Though I'm not sure if I'll continue that character or go through the ordeal of migrating all my saves (and mods) next. 1) oh I will 2) not that I know off, I still have the same password from when I made my account 10) yeah, I decided to not take a side causing the merchant to leave... generally I take the side of the Chantry sister on my goody goody characters and lower the merchant's prices, I've sometimes also done the run of Chantry sister but since he didn't really have anything my character needed (I cheated to get all recipes at once to safe money) 11) yeah, I think that's the one (could also be Loincloth fashion)...I've way too many mods and I saw that mod as well, don't think I'll use it ...since those kinds of mods tend to bug out the DA Keep...they're fun for a playthrough though as for the dlc's...I'm not sure, I got all of my dlc's through my installation via Origin ('cept Darkspawn chronicle 'cause I forgot it first time around and manually installed it later ) you could do a manual installation via the old installers from the link you posted, or attempt to download them via the in-game installer if you haven't already otherwise I don't know 2) Weird. I hope I did not got hacked or something.
10) At once? I mean, I do use the console to add recipes one-by-one so they are neatly lined up on the crafting screen instead of the mess I'd get otherwise, especially with potions. 11) How do those OS mods bug the Keep? I mean, there's essentially no need to import saves into the Keep for DAI worldstates to work. Of course, the Keep does not let you put up a worldstate with a Dalish mage fore example, but in this case... I'll just use a warrior or rogue and petend they hid their abilies... somewhat. You gave me that idea some time ago. Your fault. Finally got them DLCs to work. Downloading the files from the site I linked was apparently not sufficient, I needed some "offer files" as well for Stone Prisoner/Return to Ostagar (as detailed here) but now, Sulcher's Pass and the other location finally popped up on my worldmap. It wasn't funny before, as I got crystals for Shale from loot left and right, but no locations or quest updates. Tomorrow I think I'll head to either the Circle or Redcliffe...possibly the former 'cause I'm in dire need of a healer Sometimes, I hacked Morrigan via console for this. Removing some of her starting spells and add Heal. Sooner or later, most mages I use in DAO got to learn the basic Heal, except for one dedicated Blood Mage Warden-Commander from Orlais... Oh, and also Merrill for DA2. Every time. Don't touch these things, they make some elves disappear and others flyig backwards and passing out. It does have a bit of a Luna vibe though, except... her facial expression isn't that much Luna and of course wrong hair colour. Fluffyness is appropriate. Hmmm... Ears clipping through hood? I love ears poking through hair, but not hoods, unless the hood has proper holes. You do not use any mods for elves, right? So her ears should be normal-sized, which means the modders of the GW attire messed up, as non-modded elves usually have ears well hidden if wearing some headgear. You used one of the basic "crossbow" crossbow there, right?
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 29, 2020 17:30:25 GMT
10) At once? I mean, I do use the console to add recipes one-by-one so they are neatly lined up on the crafting screen instead of the mess I'd get otherwise, especially with potions. 11) How do those OS mods bug the Keep? I mean, there's essentially no need to import saves into the Keep for DAI worldstates to work. Of course, the Keep does not let you put up a worldstate with a Dalish mage fore example, but in this case... I'll just use a warrior or rogue and petend they hid their abilies... somewhat. You gave me that idea some time ago. Your fault. Finally got them DLCs to work. Downloading the files from the site I linked was apparently not sufficient, I needed some "offer files" as well for Stone Prisoner/Return to Ostagar (as detailed here) but now, Sulcher's Pass and the other location finally popped up on my worldmap. It wasn't funny before, as I got crystals for Shale from loot left and right, but no locations or quest updates. 12) Sometimes, I hacked Morrigan via console for this. Removing some of her starting spells and add Heal. Sooner or later, most mages I use in DAO got to learn the basic Heal, except for one dedicated Blood Mage Warden-Commander from Orlais... Oh, and also Merrill for DA2. Every time. 13) Don't touch these things, they make some elves disappear and others flyig backwards and passing out. It does have a bit of a Luna vibe though, except... her facial expression isn't that much Luna and of course wrong hair colour. Fluffyness is appropriate. 14) Hmmm... Ears clipping through hood? I love ears poking through hair, but not hoods, unless the hood has proper holes. You do not use any mods for elves, right? So her ears should be normal-sized, which means the modders of the GW attire messed up, as non-modded elves usually have ears well hidden if wearing some headgear. You used one of the basic "crossbow" crossbow there, right? 10) I use an " add item"script mod that allows you to type something to the effect of "runscript get [recipe]" (without quotation marks and brackets) and it gives you a list of items which have that in the title so in this case, it gives all of the herbalism and poison making recipes, for trap-making you type in "plan" and later in Awakening I add "tracing" for the runecrafting recipes and then you just press the "take all" button and it adds all recipes or what not to the menu
11) The keep doesn't recognizes anything that isn't "official" such as the dalish mage you pointed out, I suspect it also won't recognize for example a dwarf mage since according to in-game lore and the DA Keep that isn't a thing same goes with modded romances (like a female warden romancing Morrigan) or anyone other then a human noble marrying Alistair in which case you go with a dummy character or use safe-game editing to make things work
12) sometimes I do add extra tomes to my characters to unlock certain skills earlier for Redcliffe I plan on killing Connor...well technically I'll have Isolde kill him...but I'm not sure if it'll fit my True Neutral Warden
13) Oh don't worry, it's not an evil mirror...it's a barrier...in Honnleath
14) yeah I don't like it much either, but I can life with it...there are mods that allows you to disable helmets for individual characters, but it only works for Origins and Awakening plus if you don't disable the effect before importing a Warden into Awakening you lose the helmet they have equipped
and no, I don't use mods for my elf...I did make her in the toolset though, which allows for somewhat wider range of adjusting facial features. So I made it that Raelyn's ears peek from her hair
and yeah, it's a basic crossbow for now, I still need to figure out all that crafting with the Winterforge
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