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[Colonelkillabee]

I really didn't notice that. They were all "white" to me. My skin is also lighter than my mom's and dad's, skin type and stuff; I guess I accept a too large margin of variation. 

Ha, maybe just for games Fenris and ol' Zevy are probably the only ones off the top of my head I wouldn't call white. Though I think I saw a black elf in the beginning of Inquisition... the archer that Cass looks at just before fighting the Pride demon. That was an elf right? Can't remember precisely.

 

 

And so you come here? He cannot run, he cannot hide!

 

LOL

[Kinsz]

I can't tell them apart.  Wonder if that says that I don't paya ttention or am such an individualist that such petty differences matter little?

I once got a lecture from a Korean buddy of mine ( he wasnt a friend then ) for mistaking him for a chinese, he wasnt pleased at all lol since then i have done my best to differentiate between east Asians, for the most part i can tell who is from where now.

[Br3admax]

I still want to finish 12. I have that as well... I barely cracked it open, but it seemed like it might've had a cool world to explore. Combat was kind of funky though.

Definitely. And one major drawback was that I didn't have to be there to play the game. Set up some Gambits. Cut the tv off. Went to school and came back, still in the middle of one of the longer bossfights. And I was winning. 

 

Cut game on. Leave and Go make sandwich. Win. 

[Delphine]

I feel like spicing this thread's name a bit:

"Cassandra Pentaghast - Walking Tall (with a fiiiiiine booty)"

[o Ventus]

It really doesnt matter if they get it right or not, because:

headcannon> everything else
 

Then what's the purpose of something like The World of Thedas? Or the in-game codex? Or even the game itself? There has to be at least basic background to work with. As long as it doesn't outright contradict what's already been established, go ahead and headcanon whatever you want. Literally everybody who RPs in a Bioware game does it already.

[o Ventus]

I think AW is joking. 

 

But you're right. Headcanon needs limits and guidelines. The worst "villain" Thedas could suffer is not Corypheus or the Archdemon, but some player who pulls **** out of their ass.

Or Mac Walters.

 

[Colonelkillabee]

I feel like spicing this thread's name a bit:

"Cassandra Pentaghast - Walking Tall (with a fiiiiiine booty)"

 

Spoiler

 

Killer hips.

[Delphine]

Spoiler

 

Killer hips.

 

Damn right. Every time I see her walking animation, I'm jealous because my Lavellan isn't nowhere near as sexy as Cassandra is when she walks, and I would have liked such walking animation for my Inquisitor, if the option had been made available.
Cassandra, best hips of Thedas.

[Colonelkillabee]

You can walk on consoles... or with a controller on PC I think (haven't tried that).

Indeed, it's feminine enough, though I had to laugh at the cutscenes. It's not at all feminine, and you just look like a basic ****** next to Cass.

 

As you should of course.

[o Ventus]

Yeah, that hip swing though.

 

I still don't know why they animated her with a limp during the first scene at Haven.

[ThreeF]

Yeah, that hip swing though.

 

I still don't know why they animated her with a limp during the first scene at Haven.

Because of the sword. It's actually kind of realistic for a heavy sword like that hanging on one side to impede movement in this manner.

[o Ventus]

Because of the sword. It's actually kind of realistic for a heavy sword like that hanging on one side to impede movement in this manner.

A 1-handed longsword like the kind used by Cassandra weigh, on average, between 2.5 to 4 pounds. If 4 pounds of weight on your hip makes you walk with a limp, you probably have Brittle Bone Disease and should consult a doctor. Hell, even really heavy and clumsy swords like zweihänders or claymores only weigh around 6 pounds on average, and those are carried on one's back, not the hip.

 

You're a pretty bad swordsman if you can't walk properly while carrying a sword. Forget fighting with one if you can't walk normally.

[ThreeF]

A 1-handed longsword like the kind used by Cassandra weigh, on average, between 2.5 to 4 pounds. If 4 pounds of weight on your hip makes you walk with a limp, you probably have Brittle Bone Disease and should consult a doctor. Hell, even really heavy and clumsy swords like zweihänders or claymores only weigh around 6 pounds on average, and those are carried on one's back, not the hip.

it's not only the weight (although it's  impossible to know because we don't know from what material it is made), it's the distribution of it, it's kind of long, the strapping that keeps it wouldn't hold it firmly down, so she has to compensate (if this makes sense)

[Delphine]

Indeed, it's feminine enough, though I had to laugh at the cutscenes. It's not at all feminine, and you just look like a basic ****** next to Cass.

 

Yeah, this. The difference in walking animation between playable moments, and cutscenes is just ridiculously gigantic.

She looks feminine when she walks in playable area, but looks incredibly masculine and weird during cutscenes.

They animated cutscenes for male inquisitors, obviously, and slammed these animations on every character, probably because of lack of time for creating more, but still. It can look really weird, especially when my Lavellan walks right next to Cassandra :'D

[o Ventus]

it's not only the weight (although it's  impossible to know because we don't know from what material it is made), it's the distribution of it, it's kind of long.

Which is why big swords are carried on the back, and not the hip.

 

So if it's being carried on her hip, then it can be reasonably inferred that it's not a particularly heavy sword. The 4 pounds I mentioned earlier is for the heaviest of 1-handed longswords. Most of them sit between 2.5 to 3 pounds, so the distribution is even less of an issue. The majority of weight in a sword is in the pommel and hilt. The blade itself is very light, being a thin and sharpened strip of metal.

 

Walking and carrying any kind of sword is easy so long as you aren't pathetically weak and can carry 6 pounds without cutting your legs off. The only reason big 2-handed swords are clunky is because swinging it around in a fight is dangerous and unwieldy when the blade is 3.5 to 4 feet long (which is an issue of length, not weight). A 1-handed longsword doesn't have this problem, because it's designed to be used with 1 hand. It's both lighter and shorter.

 

Unless you're a Final Fantasy character and your sword is 12 feet long and looks like it weighs 25 pounds, and it's held in one hand.

[o Ventus]

That's a choreographed mock fight at a renaissance festival. I wouldn't exactly say it's accurate. Nobody who is in a sword fight will clang their blades together like they do in the video, because you'll end up breaking your blade. There's a reason why everyone from Spartans to Roman Legionnaires to Vikings are seen with shields.

 

I can't say for the trailers, I haven't seen any DAI trailers. The only time I've ever seen Cassandra wield a weapon with both hands is when she's training with the training dummies (and even then she also does 1-handed swings).

 

Also, hand-and-a-half sword is just a slang term for longsword. It only means that the weapon can be wielded with both 1 or 2 hands, depending on whoever is wielding it. 

[ThreeF]

On a sidenote, cool thing about her sword is it's kind of both 2 and 1hand.

 

yeah it's almost a 2hand sword.

 

of course it's all "fantasy game" and all, so really..who knows? Bull with his bodybuilder muscles probably wouldn't be ale to swing effectively his 2 hand weapons, yet he does just that.