jln.francisco wrote...
Jowan was a suspected blood mage. There were several Templars sent to apprehend him. He takes them out with a single spell.
The game exaggerates the abilities of many different classes playing up the lore aspect of it all. You shouldn't take everything you 'learn' at face value.
I'm not sure but it seems you're countering your own argument here -- the game does indeed exaggerate abilities where needed, which may well mean Jowan was "allowed" by the plot to do something the lore otherwise says he wouldn't be likely to pull off, simply to allow him escape in a situation where he shouldn't really be able to do it.
That scene is especially silly when you watch it carefully -- you have Jowan dramatically stab himself and then spend considerable time casting the spell while templars
step away from him rather than punch him straight in the mouth to knock him out, and both Greagoir and Irving just passively watch that even though either of them is able to immobilize or otherwise interrupt him in a blink.
No. A single abomination is out of the league of a single templar. Mages seemed capable of holding their own against them and even able to form small bands throughout the tower to fight them back. We're even introduced to Wynne and her apprentices defeating an attacking rage demon and we witness several blood mages battling an abomination. It seems magic was the best weapon against them afterall.
Ehh, i'm sorry but you only evidence cases of
multiple mages fighting single abominations and even then generally losing these fights (even Wynne's attempt also ended with her dying in it, if you remember) This by no means show single mage can stand up to abomination.
There's also no "small bands of mages throughout the tower" There's few blood mages who state it clearly they're "with Uldred and making sure his plan works" and a second similar group on another floor has its remaining blood mages trying to fight one of their own who was overcome by a demon (and failing) Oh and a mage hiding in a closet. None of them there is "fighting back".
In every instance the mage must invite the demon in. Uldred has to torture them in order to get them to accept the possession. In other words he has to compromise their decision making process through high stress situations.
Lack of struggle makes the process easier so i'm not surprised Uldred makes it easier for his fellow demons where he can and where it doesn't cost him much to try it. However the game states it quite clear demons try to possess the mages
either "by force or offering some sort of a deal" so it doesn't seem like agreement is a necessary factor. If you recall player's own Harrowing experience the rage demon you meet there can't be pacified with just a "no", it actively attacks the player stating "soon I shall see the land of the living with your eyes, creature. You shall be mine, body and soul." It doesn't even
ask for your opinion on this matter.
Not it isn't. There is always some external force reminding said individual they are weak/worthless/immoral/what have you. Especially when it reaches the level of where that mage is at.
That's hardly as easy as that. Often it's enough for a person to see they're different from a norm. It's not something they need to be told about, they have their own eyes and brain to recognize it. Some may welcome this difference, but some may question why they're born with it and consider it a curse which prevents them from having a normal life. In this sense, the "external force" you speak of is merely the existence of others.
Why do people who don't know how to apply Occam's razor always end up being the first people to try and apply it to arguments?
Why do people choose to take vague pot-shots instead of making actual arguments? If you believe this was wrong application then explain, otherwise this leads nowhere considering you haven't exactly demonstrated you know how it works yourself.
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