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[midnight tea]

That's a Stantler

 

[snip]

 

Huh... why does this creature has a bowling ball pushed into its posterior?

[Gilli]

Huh... why does this creature has a bowling ball pushed into its posterior?

 

That is a curled tail....I think....

[Hanako Ikezawa]

That's a Stantler

 

I was literally going to post this. And I mean like word for word with the same emoji and image. 

[Eagle Pusuit]

Huh... why does this creature has a bowling ball pushed into its posterior?

I was going to guess an out of control case of hemeroids.

[QueenPurpleScrap]

 

Dragon Age Keep ‏@DragonAgeKeep

what pokemon is this

 

 

It's a Hallagram. It confuses its enemies with multiple virtual replicas of itself. (It really enjoys doing so in front of brick walls, cliff edges, and giants).

[rapscallioness]

 

User

Is Solas a shapeshifter?

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes

If he were, I can only wonder what animal the Dread Somethingorother might favor as his alternate form...

 

User

hmm. I was wondering if it was a case of religious iconography/an honorific being taken as literal truth.

 

User

but if the obvious answer is correct, then color me over-analytical thank you for your response!

 

Patrick Weekes ‏@PatrickWeekes

It's possible, and I wouldn't rule any magic OUT for someone that skilled, but anything more would be a spoiler.

 

 

 

Yeah he can shapeshift, alright. He shapeshifted into the form of a Thedosian Elf.

 

Solas is being literal when he tells you he doesn't want you to see what he "must become" to deal with the Veil, etc. 

 

That's because.......
 

 

 

Brace yourselves!

 

Seriously though, I started a new DAO pt the other day as mage origin. I noticed around the tower this blackboard with this Cthulu looking head. Later, down in the secret vault while trying to break out Jowan, there were two of these little cthulu looking skulls. They were rather small, but..oh and that one statue of the multi limbed...female..with wings. I can't get a pic of it.

 

I just mention all this because I never really noticed these before.

 

That little secret vault in the mage tower has some really intriguing items. As well as that talking statue. Oh, but who knows where half that stuff may be these days, with the mage/templar war and all. I would have loved to have that talking statue at Skyhold.

[Gilli]

Yeah he can shapeshift, alright. He shapeshifted into the form of a Thedosian Elf.

 

Solas is being literal when he tells you he doesn't want you to see what he "must become" to deal with the Veil, etc. 

 

That's because.......
 

 

 

Brace yourselves!

 

Seriously though, I started a new DAO pt the other day as mage origin. I noticed around the tower this blackboard with this Cthulu looking head. Later, down in the secret vault while trying to break out Jowan, there were two of these little cthulu looking skulls. They were rather small, but..oh and that one statue of the multi limbed...female..with wings. I can't get a pic of it.

 

I just mention all this because I never really noticed these before.

 

That little secret vault in the mage tower has some really intriguing items. As well as that talking statue. Oh, but who knows where half that stuff may be these days, with the mage/templar war and all. I would have loved to have that talking statue at Skyhold.

 

While I know nothing about Cthulu, beside how he(?) looks, I listened to this song some time ago and it made me think of Dragon Age.

 

 

Carol of the Old Ones

Spoiler

Look to the sky, way up on high

There in the night stars are now right.
Eons have passed: now then at last
Prison walls break, Old Ones awake!  <--The Old Gods/Evanuris?
They will return: mankind will learn
New kinds of fear when they are here. <-- The Blight/Dark Spawn?
They will reclaim all in their name;
Hopes turn to black when they come back.
Ignorant fools, mankind now rules
Where they ruled then: it's theirs again

 

Stars brightly burning, boiling and churning <-- all those Elven/Tevinter Astrariums
Bode a returning season of doom

 

Scary scary scary scary solstice
Very very very scary solstice

 

Up from the sea, from underground  <-- sounds like the Archdemons
Down from the sky, they're all around
They will return: mankind will learn
New kinds of fear when they are here

 

Look to the sky, way up on high
There in the night stars are now right.
Eons have passed: now then at last
Prison walls break, Old Ones awake!
Madness will reign, terror and pain
Woes without end where they extend.
Ignorant fools, mankind now rules
Where they ruled then: it's theirs again

 

Stars brightly burning, boiling and churning
Bode a returning season of doom

 

Scary scary scary scary solstice
Very very very scary solstice

 

Up from the sea, from underground
Down from the sky, they're all around.

 

Fear

 

(Look to the sky, way up on high
There in the night stars now are right)

 

They will return.

[Nimlowyn]

I'd have loved to have had Eleni Zinovia at Skyhold, too.

 

I am the essence and spirit of Eleeeni Zinooooviaaaa. When the final path is trespassed, and a golden nug stands tall upon your hearth, only then will your pajamas be forsworn. 

[rapscallioness]

Ah, that was her name.

 

Haha, that would have been awesome!

[Arvaarad]

 

 

Real talk, I mentally consider the end of Trespasser to be more cosmic horror than classic fantasy. There are moments in that sequence that are vaguely unbalancing, in a way that I can't fully pin down. Moments where, even though everything is in the context of Thedas, I, as a player, felt small. I'm usually pretty jaded when it comes to villains. Even complex/interesting ones. So to have one genuinely unsettle me... that was an odd experience.

[IllustriousT]

Yeah he can shapeshift, alright. He shapeshifted into the form of a Thedosian Elf.

 

Solas is being literal when he tells you he doesn't want you to see what he "must become" to deal with the Veil, etc. 

 

That's because.......
 

 

 

Brace yourselves!

 

*snip*

 

Solas is a Prothean (the ones here anyway) and Thedas is the time before the events in Mass Effect - the destruction of the Veil brings the Reapers. Muahahaha *cough*

 

[Marika Haliwell]

Guys have you seen on twitter Patrick Weeks said something about writing a novel. 

[LaPaz]

While I know nothing about Cthulu, beside how he(?) looks, I listened to this song some time ago and it made me think of Dragon Age.

 

 

Carol of the Old Ones

Spoiler

Look to the sky, way up on high

There in the night stars are now right.
Eons have passed: now then at last
Prison walls break, Old Ones awake!  <--The Old Gods/Evanuris?
They will return: mankind will learn
New kinds of fear when they are here. <-- The Blight/Dark Spawn?
They will reclaim all in their name;
Hopes turn to black when they come back.
Ignorant fools, mankind now rules
Where they ruled then: it's theirs again

 

Stars brightly burning, boiling and churning <-- all those Elven/Tevinter Astrariums
Bode a returning season of doom

 

Scary scary scary scary solstice
Very very very scary solstice

 

Up from the sea, from underground  <-- sounds like the Archdemons
Down from the sky, they're all around
They will return: mankind will learn
New kinds of fear when they are here

 

Look to the sky, way up on high
There in the night stars are now right.
Eons have passed: now then at last
Prison walls break, Old Ones awake!
Madness will reign, terror and pain
Woes without end where they extend.
Ignorant fools, mankind now rules
Where they ruled then: it's theirs again

 

Stars brightly burning, boiling and churning
Bode a returning season of doom

 

Scary scary scary scary solstice
Very very very scary solstice

 

Up from the sea, from underground
Down from the sky, they're all around.

 

Fear

 

(Look to the sky, way up on high
There in the night stars now are right)

 

They will return.

 

The song you posted made me think of that one.

 

 

And that one made me think of all the things that could happen... in DA4... with Skyhold. Gah.

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

Yeah he can shapeshift, alright. He shapeshifted into the form of a Thedosian Elf.

 

Solas is being literal when he tells you he doesn't want you to see what he "must become" to deal with the Veil, etc. 

 

That's because.......
 

 

 

Brace yourselves!

 

Seriously though, I started a new DAO pt the other day as mage origin. I noticed around the tower this blackboard with this Cthulu looking head. Later, down in the secret vault while trying to break out Jowan, there were two of these little cthulu looking skulls. They were rather small, but..oh and that one statue of the multi limbed...female..with wings. I can't get a pic of it.

 

I just mention all this because I never really noticed these before.

 

That little secret vault in the mage tower has some really intriguing items. As well as that talking statue. Oh, but who knows where half that stuff may be these days, with the mage/templar war and all. I would have loved to have that talking statue at Skyhold.

 

Real talk, I mentally consider the end of Trespasser to be more cosmic horror than classic fantasy. There are moments in that sequence that are vaguely unbalancing, in a way that I can't fully pin down. Moments where, even though everything is in the context of Thedas, I, as a player, felt small. I'm usually pretty jaded when it comes to villains. Even complex/interesting ones. So to have one genuinely unsettle me... that was an odd experience.

 

Also Rift Mage spec (Solas' spec) is this picture:

 

 

I hope these Cthulu things are just references/general themes of, like, "Old Menaces lurking beyond our knowledge" or something. B/c if its more thematic than homage, things are gonna get depressing as hell, real quick. And not in the "My fade boyfriend just stomped on my heart." kind of depressing, but an "Abandon all hope and embrace madness." kind of depressing. Cthulu is fun to read/listen to (Solas' VA even did an audiobook for Call of Cthulu, so I've actually tracked that down on youtube to listen to lol), but the premise is really sad and hopeless, IMO. 

[TheBlackAdder13]

 

 

Also Rift Mage spec (Solas' spec) is this picture:

 

 

I hope these Cthulu things are just references/general themes of, like, "Old Menaces lurking beyond our knowledge" or something. B/c if its more thematic than homage, things are gonna get depressing as hell, real quick. And not in the "My fade boyfriend just stomped on my heart." kind of depressing, but an "Abandon all hope and embrace madness." kind of depressing. Cthulu is fun to read/listen to (Solas' VA even did an audiobook for Call of Cthulu, so I've actually tracked that down on youtube to listen to lol), but the premise is really sad and hopeless, IMO. 

 

Well after the more white washed direction Inquisition took, this would be a welcome development. You can't have real moments of happiness and feelings of satisfying victory without despair.  

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

Well after the more white washed direction Inquisition took, this would be a welcome development. You can't have real moments of happiness and feelings of satisfying victory without despair.

Yeah, but (and correct me if I'm wrong) I don't think you really get moments of victory in the Cthulu mythos? At least not lasting ones. Usually the last word involves the main character being driven mad or devoured or something horrible, with this ominous vibe that the big bad is still coming and we are nothing more than ants. Enjoy your pointless existence, humans, for it is soon to be snuffed out! The End.

 

 

Now, if we beat Cthulu, I am 100% on board with this. lol

[thats1evildude]

Yes, for a true Cosmic Horror Story, your actions at best delay the inevitable. Also, the antagonists are unfathomable in their magnitude and horror, and to look upon them will lead to a revelation of your insignificance within an uncaring universe. This helpful pamphlet will provide more details:

 

http://www.fredvanle...m/cthulhutract/

 

Dragon Age ain't really a Cosmic Horror Story. Its villains are monstrous, but can be challenged. Good sometimes wins the day.

[Dancing_Dolphin]

Okay, you guys are freaking me out right now.

...and *that* is no wolf.

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

Okay, you guys are freaking me out right now.

Its an entertaining, fictional, horror universe some guy in the 20s thought up with his buddies while they were high, that people continue to add to today. Don't worry about it.

[Dancing_Dolphin]

Its an entertaining, fictional, horror universe some guy in the 20s thought up with his buddies while they were high, that people continue to add to today. Don't worry about it.

You seriously think I don't know who HP Lovecraft is?

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

You seriously think I don't know who HP Lovecraft is?

You said we were freaking you out. I was trying to be reassuring.

 

 

...and *that* is no wolf. 

Its a space station?

[Hrungr]

BioWare ‏@bioware

"It's 'THE Iron Bull.'" The Iron Bull by Minttu H. http://bit.ly/29OlhIh  #DragonAge

 

[BioFan (Official)]

Guys have you seen on twitter Patrick Weeks said something about writing a novel. 

 

He has his own book series, not related to BioWare. 

[Arvaarad]

Yes, for a true Cosmic Horror Story, your actions at best delay the inevitable. Also, the antagonists are unfathomable in their magnitude and horror, and to look upon them will lead to a revelation of your insignificance within an uncaring universe. This helpful pamphlet will provide more details:

http://www.fredvanle...m/cthulhutract/

Dragon Age ain't really a Cosmic Horror Story. Its villains are monstrous, but can be challenged. Good sometimes wins the day.

True. Though, IMO, stories that are 100% Cosmic Horror are kind of self-defeating. If I'm 2 chapters in and the protagonist meets a shambling tentacle monster from across the stars, I don't think "ah, what an incomprehensible abomination, how could this be????"... I think, "oh, shambling tentacle monsters from across the stars must be normal in this universe."

Part of what made the end of Trespasser so effective (for me), is the fact that DA is not a horror game. It's spent several games, mountains of codices, and a whole stack of novels establishing the boundaries of what is normal in Thedas. So when something outside that framework comes along, I understand the backdrop of normalcy that the protagonist lives in. I understand that what's happening is outside their comprehension, on a very visceral level. Rather than solely because they said "such-and-such was incomprehensible."

[rapscallioness]

  You guys are awesome. And I never snapped to the Rift Mage Spec. That is...an interesting detail.

 

Even if things do dip into any Cthulu mythos, I think it will still just be dipping. As in, we will be able to...hmm...neutralize..any threats. At the same time a Cthulu type creature/s--if not following exactly the Lovecraftian path--would just be another form of being. With advantages and disadvantages to that way of being, just like us. Strong points. Weak points. It would be a matter of discovering the weak spots and creatively exploiting them.

 

I ain't scared. Bring on the Cthulu! I got some garlic, butter sauce right here waiting for ya, Son!

 

I talk alot of smack. lol. Those things show up and I'd be like:

 

 

 

 

And "helpful pamphlets" ftw lol!