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[RagingCyclone]

Maria, I know, just like to give a hard time. See, Ali is still smiling.

Edit for ToP

Modifié par RagingCyclone, 05 décembre 2010 - 03:08 .

[Merilsell]

IchikoSakura wrote...

@sevalar: Yes, that's right. HNF is also pretty boring and the safe route, isn't it? I played a Cityelf in my first playthrough and somehow made the happy ending with both warden alive after the archdemon. I just have to start a mage the next playthrough and see how it is. But that's it for me, I don't like the dalish elfs, too and I never really was a dwarf girl, though i like Oghren very much.

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Somehow I feel like the only person in this whole wide forum who is favoring the Dalish elves over any other Origin. (yay I'm unique,lol)

True there are so many blanks to fill in yourself but that is what was so challenging and satisfying for me on that playthrough. Then again I have Lenya who developed a pretty strong voice and character on her own. And I can't imagine playing anyone but my little, fierce and odd Dalish cookie.....hell I can't even write a prompt without her. :innocent:

Also I don't play humans (or rather very rarely), I find them the most boring race in DA:O. HNF was....nice but I felt something was lacking for me. It doesn't felt right. Elves and Dwarves are adding the needed spice in the story and I just love that. Especially to play the elves who are such an underdog and yet kick all asses. Also is the elf/Alistair romance most endearing imo...but then again I'm probably biased through my little Dalish Cookie.

Long story short: My two most enjoyful playthroughs I had with a CEF (Aeris, who is my second canon) and of course Lenya who is a proud Dalish...as we all know.

[RagingCyclone]

Meril, you aren't alone, but my Dalish was a little different than yours. He was fun to play, and had an interesting viewpoint of the CE's when he got to Denerim.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Gilsa wrote...

Meant to toss this up earlier, but had to run errands and deal with the holiday craziness. It's past 1 a.m. for me so I will read the written prompts later today and give my feedback!

LOL awesome!

EDIT: Oh I see Meril already archived some entries. Thanks.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 05 décembre 2010 - 03:20 .

[rak72]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

Gilsa wrote...

Meant to toss this up earlier, but had to run errands and deal with the holiday craziness. It's past 1 a.m. for me so I will read the written prompts later today and give my feedback!
*snip*

LOL awesome!

EDIT: Oh I see Meril already archived some entries. Thanks.

I love that.

Edit - I love the pic, not the archiving

Modifié par rak72, 05 décembre 2010 - 03:31 .

[Maria13]

My only human was my Cousland, I've played elven mage twice and this one here is my CEF. Alistair likes elves and they like him...

@Gilsa, agreed great pic...

Modifié par Maria13, 05 décembre 2010 - 03:45 .

[Merilsell]

You are welcome, KoP and highfive Rage. ^^ Methinks this detachment to the story is an interesting element and maybe even done deliberately, because as a Dalish Warden you ARE lost in a foreign world after all.

@Gilsa: This Pic is made of awesome. I love it and giggled madly as I saw it.

[Schratty]

@ Gilsa: You need to post that on dA, so's I can +fav the sh!t out of it. Haha, but seriously, I ♥ it!

[Reika]

Gilsa - That's just too funny.



I guess I'm weird, I enjoy playing my HNF rogue too much, though my CEF rogue was fun to play

[Tigress M]

@Meri - You know I'm with you on the DE origin. It was the first Origin I played and is still my favorite, by far. I've RP'd my DEs several different ways but my canon follows in her father's footsteps and firmly believes more contact between the Dalish and the Shems is a good thing, hence her willingness to become a Grey Warden and venture into the Shem lands.

[Tigress M]

Bera, having recently developed an interest in Alistair, chose not to flirt with Teagan. However, she could not help admiring the view.

[Reika]

And Alistair didn't look too happy about it either.

[Sarah1281]

So after two hours or so I can finally post my prompt response.


Alistair blinked. He was standing in a grand hall but, for the life of him, he couldn’t remember how he had gotten there.
 
“Alistair!” a deep voice rang out merrily.
 
Alistair looked up to see Duncan beaming and heading towards him. He started in surprise and then wondered why. Duncan had probably just startled him. “Duncan, I…this is a little embarrassing but where exactly are we?”
 
“Weisshaupt, of course,” Duncan replied. “We’ve been here for nearly a month now. Alistair…are you feeling okay?”
 
“Yes. No. Maybe?” Alistair asked, shrugging a little. “Why are we in Weisshaupt of all places instead of Ferelden? We have a Blight to fight, remember?”
 
“I’m not the one who can’t remember, Alistair,” Duncan pointed out. “And you’re a little confused, I see. We did have a Blight to stop. Then we stopped it.”
 
“We did?” Alistair asked, hardly daring to believe it. That was…that was wonderful!
 
Duncan nodded. “Indeed. It was a glorious battle. We set the lairs of the darkspawn aflame and completely eradicated them. It’s far more than I ever hoped to achieve in my lifetime but I certainly won’t question the Maker if He sees fit to deliver us from them.”
 
Alistair couldn’t remember any of that but he trusted Duncan and he had to have gotten to Weisshaupt somehow, right? “So what are we supposed to do now that the darkspawn are all defeated?”
 
Duncan sobered slightly. “The sacrifices that our fellow Wardens made must never be forgotten, Alistair. We have decided that henceforth the Grey Wardens shall be an order of historians and storytellers. We won’t need recruits to undertake the Joining anymore, of course, but I don’t want to see our order fade away and allow the sacrifices to be forgotten.”
 
“No, the sacrifices of the Wardens should never be forgotten,” Alistair agreed. “But…why are we at Weisshaupt? I know the Blight’s gone but that doesn’t explain why we’re here. And where’s Anastasia?”
 
“I’ll answer your second question first,” Duncan decided. “Anastasia is a Cousland, remember? She was willing to help us while we needed her against the darkspawn but once the darkspawn were wiped out, she went back and drove the late Arl Howe and his men from her teynir and became a Teyrna. She and her new husband Teagan Guerrin are very happy together, from what I understand.”
 
“Teyrn Teagan,” Alistair said. It sounded good despite his almost uncle’s dislike of politics. “But what about me and Anastasia? We had something!”
 
Duncan looked a little troubled. “I know you did, Alistair. It’s just…you’re a commoner and she is a noble. Her duty is to Highever and you had to have known that the minute she was released from her obligation to fight darkspawn that you two could never have worked out.”
 
It was as if the floor were falling out from under his feet. The worst part was that he had known that and that was why he had tried not to fall in lo-to like her as much as he did. Duty meant almost as much to her as it did to him, after all, and so it really didn’t matter what either of them thought of it. And Teyrn Teagan was a good man. They’d be happy together, he hoped. He might have dreamed that…but it didn’t matter, now did it? “And we’re not in Ferelden because?” he repeated his earlier question to try and stave off the pain.
 
“Politics,” Duncan answered simply.
 
“Politics?” Alistair repeated, not quite understanding. “But…you said that Wardens are supposed to stay out of politics.”
 
“We are,” Duncan confirmed. “And that is why the Teyrna resigned from the order. After Teyrn Loghain won a great victory at Ostagar and was instrumental in ending the Blight, we owe him a great deal.”
 
Alistair heard the words but he was having difficulty processing them. Loghain wasn’t a hero, he was a traitor! But…why was he a traitor? What had he done? Alistair couldn’t for the life of him remember but being asked to see Loghain as a hero was anathema to him. He could remember genuinely respecting Loghain once but somewhere along the line that had changed. Why? “What does that have to do with this?”
 
“Loghain is a great man but he’s never been able to get over his issues with the Orlesians and our order came to Ferelden from Orlais. I myself was conscripted in the Empire. He was never happy that we were allowed back into the country but we were needed then and now we can afford to honor his wish to keep us out of Ferelden,” Duncan explained.
 
“Loghain kicked us out of Ferelden?” Alistair cried out, outraged. He wondered if that would be enough to explain the deep burning hatred he felt for that man. No, he decided, it wasn’t.
 
“It’s a bit more complicated than that,” Duncan told him. “After the Blight was over, King Cailan called a Landsmeet to announce that Queen Anora was infertile and so he was marrying Empress Celene of Orlais. Teyrn Loghain wouldn’t accept that and within a year Anora had married and had a son with Nathaniel Howe who Anastasia had let keep his land. The civil war for the throne is still brewing and that, combined with Loghain’s desire to see us gone, convinced me to take the order out of Ferelden.”
 
“What? But…Cailan wouldn’t do that! Wynne assured me that Cailan loved Anora and the only thing that ever stood in their way was Loghain! Wynne’s very wise, too, so it must be true!” Alistair protested.
 
“I’m sorry, Alistair,” Duncan said gravely. “Does this mean that you’re not interested in helping me compose a ballad about the great heroism of Teyrn Loghain during the Blight?”
 
Alistair started screaming then and he didn’t stop until Anastasia appeared out of nowhere .
 
“Alistair, we have to go. This isn’t real,” she told him urgently, sounding as if she didn’t expect to be believed.
 
She was in for a surprise, then. “Oh, thank the Maker!”

[LadyDamodred]

*wonders how there has yet to be any Alistair/Duncan sexytimes in the fade yet*



*whistles*

[Tigress M]

@Sarah - That's the ticket! Trying to get Alistair to sing Loghain's praises would certainly do the trick of "waking him up". Stupid demon.

[Yankee23]

Great prompts everyone! I have been reading but I have been too lazy to comment.

[Merilsell]

Creators how I love not-working servers -__- And here I thought that the horrors of FF.net would never reach BSN. Well at least their servers worked today, lol.

Haha, Sarah, having to sing a ballade in honor of Loghain would scare Alistair away from even the nicest dream, that's for sure.

[Schratty]

LadyDamodred wrote...
*wonders how there has yet to be any Alistair/Duncan sexytimes in the fade yet*

I hope you enjoy my 3 second sketch.

Modifié par Schratty, 05 décembre 2010 - 07:39 .

[tuppence95]

I've been away most of the weekend, so I've got a lot of catching up to do!  I do love weekends since we started the Saturday prompts!  :happy:

It's been a rare lazy Sunday so far, and I'm indulging my wardenoholic problem.  One day I will actually finish a dwarf playthrough.  I love their stories so much, and I think my two dwarves are beautiful.  But their oversized heads and weird bodies are so distracting!  So I spent the morning making an elf mage for Alistair.  

Edit - :lol: at Schratty's sketch.

Modifié par tuppence95, 05 décembre 2010 - 07:40 .

[Tigress M]

I'm getting Alistair errors in combat and was hoping someone could help me troubleshoot the problem. They started up a few weeks ago and since I've used virtually the same tactics with him every game for the past year, I'm guessing the problem might be with some mod or the 1.04 patch.

Here's an image of his tactics screen (right-click and view in another window for larger image):



It's been really hard trying to figure out what he's telling me he can't do, but I THINK it's the Shield Bash because the last time he said he couldn't do something, I looked up and he was doing a Shield Pummel, which would have been the next tactic in his list.

Any ideas on where I should look for the problem? I've got tons of mods, but only Qwinn's Fixpack and GT's core rules fixpacks do anything remotely related to combat, that I'm aware of.

[Tigress M]

@Schratty - ROFL! Now that's disturbing. On every level.

@Tuppence - Woot! Our two elf mage's should meet at the Pearl and compare notes.

[LadyDamodred]

*giggles at Schratty*

[sevalaricgirl]

IchikoSakura wrote...

@sevalar: Yes, that's right. HNF is also pretty boring and the safe route, isn't it? I played a Cityelf in my first playthrough and somehow made the happy ending with both warden alive after the archdemon. I just have to start a mage the next playthrough and see how it is. But that's it for me, I don't like the dalish elfs, too and I never really was a dwarf girl, though i like Oghren very much.

I don't think HN is boring.  She's a warrior what better to bring into the wardens than someone who was trained with the guys to be a warrior plus the character I created is dang cute besides once you get past the origins story it's all the same throughout the game.  Dwarf and elf just don't do it for me.

[Yankee23]

Tigress...what level are you at? Sometimes early in the game Alistair stands around doing nothing and I have found that setting him to use the most powerful health potion helps (if you have anything other than lesser). As a former xbox player (health potions don't need to reset on xbox), it took me a while to figure out that when his health was less than 50, even though the right tactic would be next to his portrait, he was waiting for the health potion to reset. Don't know if that's the issue but it's worth a shot.

Modifié par Yankee23, 05 décembre 2010 - 07:47 .

[tuppence95]

Tigress M wrote...

I'm getting Alistair errors in combat and was hoping someone could help me troubleshoot the problem. They started up a few weeks ago and since I've used virtually the same tactics with him every game for the past year, I'm guessing the problem might be with some mod or the 1.04 patch.
*snip
It's been really hard trying to figure out what he's telling me he can't do, but I THINK it's the Shield Bash because the last time he said he couldn't do something, I looked up and he was doing a Shield Pummel, which would have been the next tactic in his list.
Any ideas on where I should look for the problem? I've got tons of mods, but only Qwinn's Fixpack and GT's core rules fixpacks do anything remotely related to combat, that I'm aware of.

Tigress, what kind of errors are you getting?

Here's what I have set for Alistair.

right-click to enlarge.



I generally allow Advanced Tactics to determine how each tactic is set.  I keep him on Aggressive and he never stands around doing nothing.  I think he's about level 12 in this screenshot.

Modifié par tuppence95, 05 décembre 2010 - 07:51 .