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#401
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Discussion is fine.

Someone being disruptive and blatantly sh!tposting like this in an effort to trash the thread is not.

I was hardly the one who started the conversation about the kinky aspects of blood magic. And you're doing such a good job in keeping the thread going by not bringing up stale grievances likely to lock it again, too.

Modifié par Xilizhra, 24 octobre 2013 - 06:24 .


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You did take it too far though xil.

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Darth Brotarian wrote...

You did take it too far though xil.

That is an opinion and I will take note of it. And file it away with everything my sparring partners have said about gleeful mage/elf slaughter.

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Can't believe how people get so passionate about things written so badly, like mage-templar conflict in DA.

Modifié par Star fury, 24 octobre 2013 - 06:33 .


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cjones91 wrote...
That's the thing though...the templars aren't shown handling a demon or abomination without suffering extreme losses.Their track record isn't that great when facing a actual demon instead of a possessed mage who became a abomination and is contained in the Circle.


Lore-wise, the Warden/Hake and his buddies should never survive a battle with an abomination. 4 people vs. an abomination? If you win, that's a miracle. Same as when figting a dragon. The PC is superhuman and his feats account for absolutely nothing.
Lore-wise, dragons and abominations eat dozens of trained soldiers for breakfest. Loses are expected agaisnt them.

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Xilizhra wrote...

I just intended for Templar supporters to gather and talk about the Templars as well as maybe how to get people to support them.

And so I shall. Certainly you could get more people to support them, provided there are sufficiently vast reforms. Shall I give suggestions so as to make my presence constructive?


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA...
Xil...constructive.... HAHAHA!!!! You're killing me....


EmperorSahlertz wrote...

Also the Space Marines aren't losing
because they are failing to adapt. They are losing because they are
besieged by every single enemy imaginable, from ever single percievable
angle. The Imperium of Man alone against a single of the enemies they
face, would probably have an even fight.
However it is getting battered
from all sides simultanously.


Even? HERESY!
The Empire alone agaisnt any of the enemies would MURDERSTOMP THEM. Except maybe the main tyranid armada.
The Imperium is redicolously large.
If the it's entire might were to be brought ot bear against a single target, there wouldn't be even atoms left.

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Using your limbs to battle. So primitive.

A long range weapon is a true warriors tool.

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TheKomandorShepard wrote...
LoL she wasn't wise at all she was naive as hell and in asunder her faith in chantry bite her in ass ultimately leading to her death and she leaves if she doesn't like you sure lets bi*** about responsibilities and sacrifices then fu*** you because i don't like you and well i hope that blight will kill you yeah ultimate wisdom.She was also arrogant with her "im old and you have to listen me because i know everything better than you and if you don't listen are you deaf and foolish i know everything" attitude.


Well, she certanly is wiser and more knowedgable thatn you or your Warden/Hawke.
Alas, you fall into the "I'm young and perfect" trap.

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eluvianix wrote...

You also come onto our threads to discuss and/or bash the mage supporters. Are we not also allowed to come here and discuss the Templars? I am not talking about the bashing, I mean the honest discussion.


I haven't posted here in months, so you can't be talking to me. 

But what you are saying is; you are as bad as the worst Templar supporters. 

Good to know your not after the moral high ground.

Darth Brotarian wrote...

Using your limbs to battle. So primitive.

A long range weapon is a true warriors tool.


So should we throw limbs out the airlock?

Modifié par Ausstig, 24 octobre 2013 - 07:43 .


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I'm half a mind to start tossing out bans to a variety of people simply because I honestly cannot convince myself that people, at this point, aren't just looking to agitate each other through being rude and trolling.

The problem I am seeing here, is that there is far too much history and people bring all the baggage and mudslinging from the other threads right back into new ones.

Convince me you can behave like reasonable human beings. -Please-


Part of this involves simply not engaging with people that clearly ****** you off.

Modifié par Allan Schumacher, 24 octobre 2013 - 07:45 .


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Dave of Canada wrote...

cjones91 wrote...

That's the thing though...the templars aren't shown handling a demon or abomination without suffering extreme losses.Their track record isn't that great when facing a actual demon instead of a possessed mage who became a abomination and is contained in the Circle.

Their competence relates to how much the protagonist is involved but they're still above-average in terms of overall competence, this isn't Cerberus which the writers can't show them succeed at anything.

In Ferelden's Circle of Magi, the templar contained the abomination threat and would likely have purged the Circle even without the Warden showing up and single-handedly killing legions of Abominations with a fork, they just needed the reinforcements after the Circle had been overwhelmed.

In Kirkwall's Circle of Magi, the templar relentlessly pursued mages and were renown for hunting them down across the land. We've got cases of mages without phylacteries being captured, Templar death squads hunting down apostates hiding in mountains, etc. Unless you side with the mages, the Templar slaughter the mages without much casualties until you reach Orsino.

Had Cullen not allowed Hawke to leave, Hawke would've been one of the many corpses in Kirkwall.


It was a mage that stopped the treat of the abominations from escaping the tower while the Templars hid by the main exit leaving an elderly mage a few apprentices and some children to deal with the main threat.

Greagior would of continued to hide until wynne got too tired to told the barrier and while the mages thought the demons the Templars would of escaped.

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Darth Brotarian wrote...

Using your limbs to battle. So primitive.

A long range weapon is a true warriors tool.



Pffft. You're the one to talk Tau.
A single little Crusading fleet threatened your entire empire and you lost all the imperial worlds you claimed.
If it wasn't for the Tyranids, the fleet would have coninuted on it's merry way to your homeworld.
The Imperium can sneeze in your direction and wipe you out.

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ianvillan wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

cjones91 wrote...

That's the thing though...the templars aren't shown handling a demon or abomination without suffering extreme losses.Their track record isn't that great when facing a actual demon instead of a possessed mage who became a abomination and is contained in the Circle.

Their competence relates to how much the protagonist is involved but they're still above-average in terms of overall competence, this isn't Cerberus which the writers can't show them succeed at anything.

In Ferelden's Circle of Magi, the templar contained the abomination threat and would likely have purged the Circle even without the Warden showing up and single-handedly killing legions of Abominations with a fork, they just needed the reinforcements after the Circle had been overwhelmed.

In Kirkwall's Circle of Magi, the templar relentlessly pursued mages and were renown for hunting them down across the land. We've got cases of mages without phylacteries being captured, Templar death squads hunting down apostates hiding in mountains, etc. Unless you side with the mages, the Templar slaughter the mages without much casualties until you reach Orsino.

Had Cullen not allowed Hawke to leave, Hawke would've been one of the many corpses in Kirkwall.


It was a mage that stopped the treat of the abominations from escaping the tower while the Templars hid by the main exit leaving an elderly mage a few apprentices and some children to deal with the main threat.

Greagior would of continued to hide until wynne got too tired to told the barrier and while the mages thought the demons the Templars would of escaped.


Or until reinforcements from Denerim showed up so he could wipe out all the mages and apprentices.

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ianvillan wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

cjones91 wrote...

That's the thing though...the templars aren't shown handling a demon or abomination without suffering extreme losses.Their track record isn't that great when facing a actual demon instead of a possessed mage who became a abomination and is contained in the Circle.

Their competence relates to how much the protagonist is involved but they're still above-average in terms of overall competence, this isn't Cerberus which the writers can't show them succeed at anything.

In Ferelden's Circle of Magi, the templar contained the abomination threat and would likely have purged the Circle even without the Warden showing up and single-handedly killing legions of Abominations with a fork, they just needed the reinforcements after the Circle had been overwhelmed.

In Kirkwall's Circle of Magi, the templar relentlessly pursued mages and were renown for hunting them down across the land. We've got cases of mages without phylacteries being captured, Templar death squads hunting down apostates hiding in mountains, etc. Unless you side with the mages, the Templar slaughter the mages without much casualties until you reach Orsino.

Had Cullen not allowed Hawke to leave, Hawke would've been one of the many corpses in Kirkwall.


It was a mage that stopped the treat of the abominations from escaping the tower while the Templars hid by the main exit leaving an elderly mage a few apprentices and some children to deal with the main threat.

Greagior would of continued to hide until wynne got too tired to told the barrier and while the mages thought the demons the Templars would of escaped.

Considering that the living quarters beyond Wynnes barrier was also ravaged and filled with corpses, then your statement is obviously wrong. Either that or Wynne did a terrible job, and it was actually still the Templars who held the demons at bay. Eitehr way, you are wrong.
That being said, Wynne's barrier probably provided a temporary reprive for the Templars, but it wasn't the one thing holding the demons back.

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Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Lore-wise, the Warden/Hake and his buddies should never survive a battle with an abomination. 4 people vs. an abomination? If you win, that's a miracle. Same as when figting a dragon. The PC is superhuman and his feats account for absolutely nothing.
Lore-wise, dragons and abominations eat dozens of trained soldiers for breakfest. Loses are expected agaisnt them.


Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.

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EmperorSahlertz wrote...

ianvillan wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...


Their competence relates to how much the protagonist is involved but they're still above-average in terms of overall competence, this isn't Cerberus which the writers can't show them succeed at anything.

In Ferelden's Circle of Magi, the templar contained the abomination threat and would likely have purged the Circle even without the Warden showing up and single-handedly killing legions of Abominations with a fork, they just needed the reinforcements after the Circle had been overwhelmed.

In Kirkwall's Circle of Magi, the templar relentlessly pursued mages and were renown for hunting them down across the land. We've got cases of mages without phylacteries being captured, Templar death squads hunting down apostates hiding in mountains, etc. Unless you side with the mages, the Templar slaughter the mages without much casualties until you reach Orsino.

Had Cullen not allowed Hawke to leave, Hawke would've been one of the many corpses in Kirkwall.


It was a mage that stopped the treat of the abominations from escaping the tower while the Templars hid by the main exit leaving an elderly mage a few apprentices and some children to deal with the main threat.

Greagior would of continued to hide until wynne got too tired to told the barrier and while the mages thought the demons the Templars would of escaped.

Considering that the living quarters beyond Wynnes barrier was also ravaged and filled with corpses, then your statement is obviously wrong. Either that or Wynne did a terrible job, and it was actually still the Templars who held the demons at bay. Eitehr way, you are wrong.
That being said, Wynne's barrier probably provided a temporary reprive for the Templars, but it wasn't the one thing holding the demons back.


Considering that a demon got through Wynne's barrier...yep. What saved the folks on the first floor was the fact the demons weren't acting like an organized military. Most of them were busy playing with their new toys.

LobselVith8 wrote...

Lotion Soronnar wrote...

Lore-wise, the Warden/Hake and his buddies should never survive a battle with an abomination. 4 people vs. an abomination? If you win, that's a miracle. Same as when figting a dragon. The PC is superhuman and his feats account for absolutely nothing.
Lore-wise, dragons and abominations eat dozens of trained soldiers for breakfest. Loses are expected agaisnt them.


Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


That's besides the point. He's pointing out you can't reasonably expect to take one of those things without losses. I sincerely hope that Bioware never throws in abominations as trash mobs again.

Modifié par Reaverwind, 24 octobre 2013 - 11:57 .


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Reaverwind wrote...

EmperorSahlertz wrote...

ianvillan wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

cjones91 wrote...

That's the thing though...the templars aren't shown handling a demon or abomination without suffering extreme losses.Their track record isn't that great when facing a actual demon instead of a possessed mage who became a abomination and is contained in the Circle.

Their competence relates to how much the protagonist is involved but they're still above-average in terms of overall competence, this isn't Cerberus which the writers can't show them succeed at anything.

In Ferelden's Circle of Magi, the templar contained the abomination threat and would likely have purged the Circle even without the Warden showing up and single-handedly killing legions of Abominations with a fork, they just needed the reinforcements after the Circle had been overwhelmed.

In Kirkwall's Circle of Magi, the templar relentlessly pursued mages and were renown for hunting them down across the land. We've got cases of mages without phylacteries being captured, Templar death squads hunting down apostates hiding in mountains, etc. Unless you side with the mages, the Templar slaughter the mages without much casualties until you reach Orsino.

Had Cullen not allowed Hawke to leave, Hawke would've been one of the many corpses in Kirkwall.


It was a mage that stopped the treat of the abominations from escaping the tower while the Templars hid by the main exit leaving an elderly mage a few apprentices and some children to deal with the main threat.

Greagior would of continued to hide until wynne got too tired to told the barrier and while the mages thought the demons the Templars would of escaped.

Considering that the living quarters beyond Wynnes barrier was also ravaged and filled with corpses, then your statement is obviously wrong. Either that or Wynne did a terrible job, and it was actually still the Templars who held the demons at bay. Eitehr way, you are wrong.
That being said, Wynne's barrier probably provided a temporary reprive for the Templars, but it wasn't the one thing holding the demons back.


Considering that a demon got through Wynne's barrier...yep. What saved the folks on the first floor was the fact the demons weren't acting like an organized military. Most of them were busy playing with their new toys.


Or it may have already been on that side of the barrier before it got put up. We don't know either way.

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Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.

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Morocco Mole wrote...

Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.


Not necessarily true.

I suppose it would take the entire clan if a Keeper was possessed by a Desire Demon or  Pride Demon, possibly even a more powerful sloth demon, but a hunger or rage demon? It would probably only take a handful of trained hunters and the First.

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dragonflight288 wrote...

Or it may have already been on that side of the barrier before it got put up. We don't know either way.

If it was already on the other side, then Wynne had just erected the barrier, and then it would certainly not ahve been her, who had held the demons back..... Either way, we know perfectly well, from all the corpses scattered around the living quarters, that demons had already been to that arae, and thus that the Templars had held the demons back, long before Wynne erected her barrier.

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dragonflight288 wrote...

Morocco Mole wrote...

Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.


Not necessarily true.

I suppose it would take the entire clan if a Keeper was possessed by a Desire Demon or  Pride Demon, possibly even a more powerful sloth demon, but a hunger or rage demon? It would probably only take a handful of trained hunters and the First.

If the rage or hunger demon was strong enough to take over a supposedly powerful Keeper, then said hunger or rage demon would be immensly powerful. And bringing a mage to fight an Abomination is one of the stupidest things you can possibly do, lorewise that is.

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Morocco Mole wrote...

Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.


That's a gross exaggeration. We don't know for sure that it takes 1, 10 or 100 soldiers/templars to kill 1 abomination.  

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dragonflight288 wrote...

Morocco Mole wrote...

Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.


Not necessarily true.

I suppose it would take the entire clan if a Keeper was possessed by a Desire Demon or  Pride Demon, possibly even a more powerful sloth demon, but a hunger or rage demon? It would probably only take a handful of trained hunters and the First.


The Pride demon is the most powerful among them.

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EmperorSahlertz wrote...

dragonflight288 wrote...

Morocco Mole wrote...

Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.


The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.


Not necessarily true.

I suppose it would take the entire clan if a Keeper was possessed by a Desire Demon or  Pride Demon, possibly even a more powerful sloth demon, but a hunger or rage demon? It would probably only take a handful of trained hunters and the First.

If the rage or hunger demon was strong enough to take over a supposedly powerful Keeper, then said hunger or rage demon would be immensly powerful. And bringing a mage to fight an Abomination is one of the stupidest things you can possibly do, lorewise that is.


We know for a fact that forcible possession isn't the only way a mage can get possessed. A mage can also get possessed by making a deal with a demon, or deliberately summoning one and losing control of the demon.

Let's use a hypothetical. A Keeper led his clan to the outskirts of a human settlement to explore some ancient elven ruins in the area and doesn't plan on being there longer than a few weeks to a month. The locals get agitated by the Dalish taking the game for hunting, or they're a particular racist settlement that despises elves in general, or may simply be terrified of the rumors of the Dalish in general, and they organize a raid and attack. The Keeper is cornered and is going to be killed.

Say the violence tears the veil, and a rage demon comes through, the Keeper, busy fighting with the humans, isn't fully prepared to defend himself and ends up possessed, or made a deal in order to survive or something.

As to the point of bringing a mage to fight an abomination being stupid? I completely disagree for one very good reason. The demon in question is already possessing a mage, and doesn't need another. Bringing a mage to fight a demon not possessing anything, however, puts that mage in considerable danger. but if that demon is already on this side of the veil, the lore specifically says that demon will probably possess the first thing it comes in contact with. Human, elf, mage, mundane, tree, corpse...whatever.

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The lore also very specifically states that one of the MOs for an Abomination, is to create more of its kind. Bringing another mage to it, would be like feeding it and asking it to stick around.

About the Keeper being possessed. Well yes in such an extreme a rage/hunger demon would be able to possess him. But the entire idea of the mages in DA, is that they have extreme mental barriers up at ALL times. That means they must be trained to keep them up even during great duress. So if the Keeper failed at this point, he would have been a weak one, and not really match the description of Keepers we otherwise get.
Genrally speaking, for a rage/hunger demon to possess a mage, the mage is either weak and inexperienced, or the rage/hunger demon is exceptionally powerful.