I actually found the tutorial boss on NM as a mage a lot easier than I expected. Mostly because I just let Cass whack him and I ran and hid and rift opened/barriered people, lmao. I feel like it'd be much harder with a character that's drawing more aggro, like a warrior. The fight that freaking made me want to destroy THE WORLD was the Haven trebuchet fight. It took me soooo long to beat.
Agreed with taking To the Death, it's great.
I actually found the tutorial boss on NM as a mage a lot easier than I expected. Mostly because I just let Cass whack him and I ran and hid and rift opened/barriered people, lmao. I feel like it'd be much harder with a character that's drawing more aggro, like a warrior. The fight that freaking made me want to destroy THE WORLD was the Haven trebuchet fight. It took me soooo long to beat.
Agreed with taking To the Death, it's great.
The trebuchet fight isn't as hard if you are a Rogue. Just bring two tanks and a mage for barriers and while they draw all the attention keep turning the wheel until it goes to the cutscene. 
On my warrior, during hard-mode (not NM!), I did pretty well on the trebuchet fight by turning the wheel a little bit at a time. If you just give it a crank or two, and not all the way over, you'll get the enemies in two doses. First you get two with the first cranks, and then when you finish cranking it the rest will come. If you kill those before turning the crank again, no more will come until you turn it. It lets you not have to fight a huge mob at a time. Which I greatly appreciated as a warrior, they all kept attacking me!
The tutorial fight was a little harder, but not too bad (on hard again, not NM). I just had to make sure Cass could draw some aggro when it was time to do the rift, either that, or run behind the pillar, so that he slowly followed and I could do the rift before he got me.
I miss orges, and the slow-mo scene of jumping on them and taking them down for the death kill. It was always so awesome to do as my little dual dagger rogues!
How do you guys usually build Blackwall? I'm on the fence if I should have his final talent be to the death or unbowed from the vanguard tree. Wich would you guys recommend?
I always made Blackwall a sword+shield walking fortress, enhancing his defenses more than his ability to do damage. Once he's untouchable he can take all the time he needs to kill enemies ;D
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Here's another wonderful Blackwall fiction totally worth reading, imho http://archiveofouro...g/series/193790
Hmm... I just made a Trevelyan, but I think I'm going to go back to the CC and make a dwarven lass for Blackwall. I'm going to try to base her off the tarot card for dwarven females (which is beautiful, imo!). Wish me luck 
. I haven't made a dwarf (or a qunari...) yet in the CC. I'm boring lol.
On my warrior, during hard-mode (not NM!), I did pretty well on the trebuchet fight by turning the wheel a little bit at a time. If you just give it a crank or two, and not all the way over, you'll get the enemies in two doses. First you get two with the first cranks, and then when you finish cranking it the rest will come. If you kill those before turning the crank again, no more will come until you turn it. It lets you not have to fight a huge mob at a time. Which I greatly appreciated as a warrior, they all kept attacking me!
The tutorial fight was a little harder, but not too bad (on hard again, not NM). I just had to make sure Cass could draw some aggro when it was time to do the rift, either that, or run behind the pillar, so that he slowly followed and I could do the rift before he got me.
I miss orges, and the slow-mo scene of jumping on them and taking them down for the death kill. It was always so awesome to do as my little dual dagger rogues!
Yes, turning the wheel four times does the trick. I think I will side with the mages this time, which will make this battle VERY interesting. Templars are tougher than mages.
The problem with tutorial fight was that demon minions immediately attacked my squishy mage even if I was doing nothing but activating the rift and Cass was in danger of dying while I was dealing with them. I wonder, does choosing to charge or to go through the mountain pass influences this fight somehow?
Exploring new dialogue options is fun! I'm playing Trev mage and talking to Josie. She asks about my previous life and what I think about the templars. One of the options: "I had a crush on one templar, but nothing happened because I was too shy." If it's not a setup for Cullen, I don't know what is.
Seeing all these "I hate Sera/Blackwall" threads popping almost every day made me think why I like these pariahs so much. One of the reasons is that they are more relatable, I guess. They are not special snowflakes by their birth. Not an ancient god, not a spirit, not even an elite of society as Cass or Vivienne. I hope this fan speculations about Sera is not true. You don't have to be an ancient elven godess to be special. I did not like Sera first but then warmed up to her. I romanced her with my Templar Trev last playthrough and found out that she is in fact rather sweet and is secret romantic (her diary is something). And while I first was mad that BW trolled me advertising Blackwall as a Grey Warden, I now think it's for the best that he is not a walking perfection, but a man struggling to take his life on the right course.
@kalala
Your elven avatar is amazing, it's interesting what you'll manage to do with a dwarf 
Best of luck!
I lack at this department so I usually end up tweaking the defaults a little. CC is lost on me. Here is my new Trev as an example.
Alas, I'll have to put my plans to make a dwarven lass on hold. The Origin and Dragon Age servers are currently down and I don't want to start her with the default world state 
. I'm excited to make her, though! I love the tarot card for dwarven females so I hope I do it justice
This is my new Trevelyan, Anastasia, that I made earlier:
Pity. I can't imagine playing with default state either.
For me dwarfy=scandinavian, so I called my dwarf Astrid Cadash. But, considering they have names Bianca and Helga in Carta... It should not matter what you call her if you like the name. Nice dwarven lady you have.
It was not a problem with a warrior and rogue, but when creating my mage I found that it's harder to get more feminine look with these hairstyles. And Tarot cards mocking you does not help either...
Is there any way to delete your characters and playthroughs from Keep? I have some characters I created when playing with CC and don't see any option to get rid of them.
I don't think there's a way to delete those duds in the Keep... at least not yet :/. I have so many random characters I only vaguely remember starting in the Keep.
The Blackwall print is gorgeous! I was going to order one and forgot all about it. I wonder if they still have any?
The Inquisitors are beautiful! 
http://www.dragonage...-art-of-romance
Blackwall (or Rainier, to be exact) doesn’t think he’s a good person. But here’s also a woman who believes and trusts that he is. Blackwall wants to be the person that she sees, but realizes that for him to be that person, he has to lose her.
I read that today too. It was a great read and gives a lot of insight to what the writers are thinking when they wrote them. Oh, Blackwall. My favorite sexy, bearded, tormented man.
I read that today too. It was a great read and gives a lot of insight to what the writers are thinking when they wrote them. Oh, Blackwall. My favorite sexy, bearded, tormented man.
My Inquisitor wants to be his tormenter and his wife. 
Thanks for that link. That provided closure for me. The relationship seemed to hang in the air or not quite move forward after Revelations, but if the epilogue was intended to be the beginning of their relationship, then that absolutely fits.
OH my god, I had Blackwall maxed out at that point, so I had no idea he APPROVES if you tell him you never loved him, lmfaoooooo. That's so dark and horrible and cry laugh, I need to go talk to some food about this.
OH my god, I had Blackwall maxed out at that point, so I had no idea he APPROVES if you tell him you never loved him, lmfaoooooo. That's so dark and horrible and cry laugh, I need to go talk to some food about this.
I'm all ears.
Aaaaah, been so busy on my quest to find Blackwall again that I had no idea that was there - thanks for the link. Hmm, it is interesting to learn that he approves when you're mean to him post-Revelations, aaauuuuuuggggghhh! Well, maxed out approval and all that like veeia, so I was clueless. I guess I'm just way too sweet to him - lol.
I've got a photo of the Blackwall print from Cook & Becker!
It came with a pair of cotton gloves to handle it with. SUPER high quality.
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