I am soooo happy!!! Pages of Alistair gushing!!! Woohooo!!
Just wanted to comment...I LOVED playing a female noble rogue in DAO. I was smartt and sassy and my big bro Fergus loved me cause I was a "saucy minx" and my chum ser Gilmore always blushed a little when I came around cause I had dagger-sharp wit and was a little wild. I played it with all the angst and bitterness about her family, that she had nightmares about little Oren, that she sorta hoped Fergus was dead so she wouldn't have to tell him about his wife and little boy, etc. I loved the angst that origin story gave me. I was on a mission to make Howe pay! When Fergus comes back at the end, I literally cried because I imagined them growing up together and her always being a little smarter than him, but secretly looking up to him, and how happy she would be to see him after all she had been through.
Thus, the Alistair + rogue Cousland was a great pairing because he liked her wit and vivacity and he made her smile even though she was hurting, etc. My favorite pairing EVER!
So I have always liked the human rogue the best, personally. BUT, in DAI, I have to say that I missed the "use your cunning over your sword" aspect of playing a rogue. I never got to outsmart anyone...I just shot the hell out of them with my arrows. Kinda ruined it for me...