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[Anarya]

I'm also going to speculate that Arlathan elves would be the same height as other elves, if only to save work on body models.

[Herr Uhl]

Tootles FTW wrote...

Not saying he's tall, I'm wondering if it's a possibility that he'll be taller than your average elf. 

Also, look at the concept art - I spy stubble or some very, very suspect shadowing.

It is shadowing and tatoos. No stubble.

And I don't think anything has been said about the physical appearance of Arlathan elves.

[AlexXIV]

Herr Uhl wrote...

Tootles FTW wrote...

Would Arlathan elves differ (physically) from city or dalish elves? This could explain away the stubble, and also give room for him to be taller than, say, Zevran.

Nothing against elves or dwarves, but if Varric *and* mystery-elf are both LIs than I cry pixelated tears for LadyHawke's cricked neck. I have a vertical fetish that only a qunari can satisfy.

Since when is he tall? And since when does he have stubble?

Well I am a fan of the D&D elves. So if the old elves of Arlathan were actually sort of high elves, as in as large or larger than humans I wouldn't protest. I never liked the concept that elves have to be smaller than humans. If you look at it, it makes no sense anyway. Humans don't all have the same size. Some are 7 ft. high, some are 5. Why make size differences in the game and equalizing humans to all be 6 ft tall, even regardless to gender?

Modifié par AlexXIV, 02 décembre 2010 - 08:44 .

[Johnny Chaos]

why are females always human, this sucks

[upsettingshorts]

AlexXIV wrote...
Why make size differences in the game and equalizing humans to all be 6 ft tall, even regardless to gender?

Development resources? 

Johnny Chaos wrote...

why are females always human, this sucks

Why are you so confident there isn't a nonhuman female that hasn't been revealed?  Mass Effect has Liara and Tali - sure, it's a different game, but it does mean Bioware isn't against the idea or anything.

Modifié par Upsettingshorts, 02 décembre 2010 - 08:46 .

[namedforthemoon]

Herr Uhl wrote...

namedforthemoon wrote...

I said maybe this elf is not a mage, but in being an elf, he might have some sort of elvish magic inherent to him.

Then he'd be a mage, wouldn't he?

But in all honesty, I'm only saying all that because people don't like the Antivan Crow idea. I still believe he's one of the Crows.

I don't think he is a crow.

Fine. What do you think he is, then? Let's hear your theory. Why does he have glowing blue markings all over him, and why does he have black feathers stitched into his clothing?

[AlexXIV]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

AlexXIV wrote...
Why make size differences in the game and equalizing humans to all be 6 ft tall, even regardless to gender?

Development resources? 

Mh no? They made elves smaller than humans, If they made them same size and just the females smaller than the males it would be the same amount of ressources.

[Tootles FTW]

As an old school EverQuest player, I also liked that you had the shorter (aka Wood) elves and the taller (aka High) elves. 

I just hope he's a magic user.  I don't trust DG's "He's not a mage" comment at face value.    I mean, technically Isabella isn't a rogue, she's a swashbuckler.   Entirely possible this elf isn't a mage, but a [insert synonymous title here].

[Edit] @Herr - still looks like stubble to me on his upperlip.

Modifié par Tootles FTW, 02 décembre 2010 - 08:49 .

[Herr Uhl]

namedforthemoon wrote...

Fine. What do you think he is, then? Let's hear your theory. Why does he have glowing blue markings all over him, and why does he have black feathers stitched into his clothing?

I'm thinking more of an isolated settlement of elves a la Haven.

But mostly, I don't think he is a crow because Gaider wrote a crow elf for DAO.

[AlexXIV]

Tootles FTW wrote...

As an old school EverQuest player, I also liked that you had the shorter (aka Wood) elves and the taller (aka High) elves. 

I just hope he's a magic user.  I don't trust DG's "He's not a mage" comment at face value.    I mean, technically Isabella isn't a rogue, she's a swashbuckler.   Entirely possible this elf isn't a mage, but a [insert synonymous title here].

[Edit] @Herr - still looks like stubble to me on his upperlip.

Swashbuckler ain't rogues? I don't know why DG should lie about that.

Modifié par AlexXIV, 02 décembre 2010 - 08:50 .

[Johnny Chaos]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

AlexXIV wrote...
Why make size differences in the game and equalizing humans to all be 6 ft tall, even regardless to gender?

Development resources? 

Johnny Chaos wrote...

why are females always human, this sucks

Why are you so confident there isn't a nonhuman female that hasn't been revealed?  Mass Effect has Liara and Tali - sure, it's a different game, but it does mean Bioware isn't against the idea or anything.

BW is all about minorities for some reason, so they screw with the male fanbase

[Tootles FTW]

AlexXIV wrote...

Swashbuckler ain't rogues? I don't know why DG should lie about that.

From what I understand they all have unique class designations.  You can equate Isabella to a rogue-like class, but her official title is a swashbuckler.  Or am I wrong?  (I could be wrong )

I'm just trying to get around DG's comment, really, as I normally play a warrior or rogue, and DA:O left me in need of a hot male mage for my party.

[Herr Uhl]

Tootles FTW wrote...

AlexXIV wrote...

Swashbuckler ain't rogues? I don't know why DG should lie about that.

From what I understand they all have unique class designations.  You can equate Isabella to a rogue-like class, but her official title is a swashbuckler.  Or am I wrong?  (I could be wrong )

I'm just trying to get around DG's comment, really, as I normally play a warrior or rogue, and DA:O left me in need of a hot male mage for my party.

Swashbuckler is a sub-class of rogue.

[AlexXIV]

Tootles FTW wrote...

AlexXIV wrote...

Swashbuckler ain't rogues? I don't know why DG should lie about that.

From what I understand they all have unique class designations.  You can equate Isabella to a rogue-like class, but her official title is a swashbuckler.  Or am I wrong?  (I could be wrong )

I'm just trying to get around DG's comment, really, as I normally play a warrior or rogue, and DA:O left me in need of a hot male mage for my party.

Well in my understanding rogue is the headline for all kinds of light armored non-magic dps. That would be thieves, swashbucklers, archers, rangers, bards, etc. I think we still have 3 base classes, mage, rogue and warrior.

[namedforthemoon]

Tootles FTW wrote...

As an old school EverQuest player, I also liked that you had the shorter (aka Wood) elves and the taller (aka High) elves. 

I just hope he's a magic user.  I don't trust DG's "He's not a mage" comment at face value.    I mean, technically Isabella isn't a rogue, she's a swashbuckler.   Entirely possible this elf isn't a mage, but a [insert synonymous title here].

[Edit] @Herr - still looks like stubble to me on his upperlip.

That's exactly what I was thinking. He's not technically a mage, but the glowing lines allude to some sort of magic. So maybe he's a whatever the term in Arlathan is for mage. Still a magic user, but not technically a mage.

[namedforthemoon]

I'm trying to figure out how to get a copy of this NAG magazine so I can read that article. Hmm.

[Johnny Chaos]

yo DA has hobbits now. lol

[AlexXIV]

namedforthemoon wrote...

Tootles FTW wrote...

As an old school EverQuest player, I also liked that you had the shorter (aka Wood) elves and the taller (aka High) elves. 

I just hope he's a magic user.  I don't trust DG's "He's not a mage" comment at face value.    I mean, technically Isabella isn't a rogue, she's a swashbuckler.   Entirely possible this elf isn't a mage, but a [insert synonymous title here].

[Edit] @Herr - still looks like stubble to me on his upperlip.

That's exactly what I was thinking. He's not technically a mage, but the glowing lines allude to some sort of magic. So maybe he's a whatever the term in Arlathan is for mage. Still a magic user, but not technically a mage.

He could be a a rogue or warrior with a mage subclass. Like Arcane Warrior for mages, or Sprit Warrior for warriors or something like Shadow or Bard for rogues.

[namedforthemoon]

Looking more closely at the concept art, I'm noticing that the glowing white lines on his body seem to match up with lines on the armor... Maybe the armor is magical. Maybe it's like Mass Effect's bio-suit armor.

[nijnij]

Johnny Chaos wrote...

why are females always human, this sucks

I wouldn't have minded having Nesiara or Senior Enchanter Leorah as companions indeed.

Modifié par nijnij, 04 décembre 2010 - 09:26 .

[Lucy Glitter]

LOL



Pretty sure Varric will not be an LI. Flirting? Probs...

[Tootles FTW]

namedforthemoon wrote...

That's exactly what I was thinking. He's not technically a mage, but the glowing lines allude to some sort of magic. So maybe he's a whatever the term in Arlathan is for mage. Still a magic user, but not technically a mage.

Yesss, please let this be so!  This would also bode well for the updated mage look - no more skirts, callooh callay!

I need to brush up on my codex reading, though, as I know diddly on the history of Arlathan.  An immortal LI would be interesting, assuming that is what he is.  I wonder if twu wuv would allow him to renounce his immortality a la Arwen in LoTR ()?

[AlexXIV]

nijnij wrote...

Johnny Chaos wrote...

why are females always human, this sucks

I wouldn't have minded having Nesiara or Senior Enchater Leorah as companions indeed.

I must say I didn't like the elven females in DA:O much. Even the males looked better than the females. It is of course just my opinion, but aside from their ears they didn't seem to have alot of elven features for me.

[Utoryo]

My bet is on Arlathan elf. He would have survived so long by doing the 'hibernation' ritual as a young adult, rather than as a very old elder as was the custom. And of course, being written by David Gaider improves the odds of that since he tends to do all the companions critical to either the story or the lore (Alistair, Morrigan, Justice, ...)

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

namedforthemoon wrote...

Tootles FTW wrote...

As an old school EverQuest player, I also liked that you had the shorter (aka Wood) elves and the taller (aka High) elves. 

I just hope he's a magic user.  I don't trust DG's "He's not a mage" comment at face value.    I mean, technically Isabella isn't a rogue, she's a swashbuckler.   Entirely possible this elf isn't a mage, but a [insert synonymous title here].

[Edit] @Herr - still looks like stubble to me on his upperlip.

That's exactly what I was thinking. He's not technically a mage, but the glowing lines allude to some sort of magic. So maybe he's a whatever the term in Arlathan is for mage. Still a magic user, but not technically a mage.

Oh, come on. Alistair went all glowy when he used Templar powers, and he definitely wasn't a mage. Shale glowed--she was powered by lyrium, sure, but she wasn't a mage.

More things glow in DA than just spell casters.