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[Char]

Is it WoT that contains loads of recipes?
I was just making some cakes and I'm sure I've seen reference to DA recipes somewhere?

[riverbanks]

Is it WoT that contains loads of recipes?
I was just making some cakes and I'm sure I've seen reference to DA recipes somewhere?

 

The second volume, yes. Even comes with suggesstions for real world substitutes for ingredients that don't exist (nug, elfroot, etc).

[Sifr]

Some nightmare fuel from the new World of Thedas, vol 2., if you are interested.

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Do the Qunari take everything that bas do as some kind of dare or something?

 

"You think your Templars dish out cruel and unusual punishments to Mages? Watch this! You think Tevinter treats it's slaves badly? We make our own people slaves to the system! If they try to leave, you hunt them down? We just kill them! Dissidents causing problems, you need to lock away them or curtail that behaviour? Have you tried mindscrewing or lobotomising them into subservient workers?"

 

It's like they're quietly playing a game of top trumps, only it's terrifying?

[Char]

The second volume, yes. Even comes with suggesstions for real world substitutes for ingredients that don't exist (nug, elfroot, etc).

Awesome stuff thanks
I really do need to get that book *sigh*

[Potato Cat]

It probably would be terrifying if it was likely to be true. I mean, we saw Ketojan had eye holes in his mask and no problem navigating. And even if it didn't and the eyes were covered, then there wouldn't be much light to actually see and read the words. Even then, the words may well be too close. It is information from a children's tales book, after all. Thinking back, I only recall one fairy tale or nursery rhyme that's even close to factually accurate and that's about a local serial killer.

[Cerulione]

Do the Qunari take everything that bas do as some kind of dare or something?

 

"You think your Templars dish out cruel and unusual punishments to Mages? Watch this! You think Tevinter treats it's slaves badly? We make our own people slaves to the system! If they try to leave, you hunt them down? We just kill them! Dissidents causing problems, you need to lock away them or curtail that behaviour? Have you tried mindscrewing or lobotomising them into subservient workers?"

 

It's like they're quietly playing a game of top trumps, only it's terrifying?

 

... This might be very unpopular opinion but their way of thinking and doing things makes me very uncomfortable. Probably because I grew up on the borderline of "your fate is in your hands and yours alone to decide, fight for it the best you can" mentality. I can't roleplay playing some character whose personality goes well with the Qun, "just accept whatever the society assign you to as your destiny" stuffs. Personally I'm happy that in DA:I the Qunari race we can play is not brought up under the Qun. It'll be actually interesting to play a Vashoth with this rebel-against-your-fate mentality & interact with Bull. Bull's really really under the Qun so well...

 

Punishing someone for what they're born with is something I'm personally against. Heavily. That alone is reason enough for me to never align with the Qunari on Bull's quest. I'll try to refuse it downright probably in this playthrough...

[Sifr]

... This might be very unpopular opinion but their way of thinking and doing things makes me very uncomfortable. Probably because I grew up on the borderline of "your fate is in your hands and yours alone to decide, fight for it the best you can" mentality. I can't roleplay playing some character whose personality goes well with the Qun, "just accept whatever the society assign you to as your destiny" stuffs. Personally I'm happy that in DA:I the Qunari race we can play is not brought up under the Qun. It'll be actually interesting to play a Vashoth with this rebel-against-your-fate mentality & interact with Bull. Bull's really really under the Qun so well...

 

Punishing someone for what they're born with is something I'm personally against. Heavily. That alone is reason enough for me to never align with the Qunari on Bull's quest. I'll try to refuse it downright probably in this playthrough...

 

I completely get this, while I'm a huge fan of the Qunari and find their culture fascinating, it's a morbid fascination at most, because half of what they do scares the living heck out of me? When I think about how I'd do under the Qun, I honestly have no idea if I'd do extremely well or end up getting mindwiped, it really could go either way? Part of me hopes I'd end up being a spy and sent far away, simply so neither the Qunari nor I would have to deal with each other or step on the other's toes?

 

I wouldn't mind playing as a Tal-Vashoth in future? Perhaps someone who's backstory was that they had to flee the Qun after being sentenced to death for a crime they did not commit, which made them realise the Qun was not as infallible as they'd believed? Furthermore, by the time it came to light that they were innocent, they'd already fled and been branded a deserter, meaning they could not return regardless?

[panichord]

So not to pull away from the lore points of discussion, but I made my first mage ( literally first mage as in I have yet to play one in the DA verse  ) with every intention of romancing Blackwall - and I'll be damned if I didn't wander over to Cullen and rethink this character's choice in man. Gah, I'm weak. I probably should just avoid him all together, since I've got my archer playthrough going at the same time with him.

 

 

I wouldn't mind playing as a Tal-Vashoth in future? Perhaps someone who's backstory was that they had to flee the Qun after being sentenced to death for a crime they did not commit, which made them realise the Qun was not as infallible as they'd believed? Furthermore, by the time it came to light that they were innocent, they'd already fled and been branded a deserter, meaning they could not return regardless?

^ This could be very interesting.

 

I've never really been drawn to the Qunari as a whole due to the attributes mentioned above though.

[FFZero]

Just received my World of Thedas, vol 2 and my new Garrus statue, which turned out to be a fair bit bigger than I was expecting. They weren't kidding when they said you could use the book as a weapon, the thing weighs a bloody tonne. Have to say some of the recipes in the book sound delicious, may have to try some of them out this weekend. Nice to see that they gave a little more background to some of the ways of the dalish, like how they cook and stuff, nice touch and will make some of the stuff I'm attempting to write a bit easier. 

[Annarl]

I played all of WE/WH last night after "fixing" Volya, then did several companion quests when I got back. Seemed to be running fine on the PC. I don't have JoH yet, trying to behave until deadlines are dead, lol.

 

Edit: BTW, my Cullenmance has a Alistair and my Cousland Warden in a state marriage and Zevran as her LI. I can't remember if it was ever confirmed, but I just finished the Crow sequence of missions, and I got the tree that is supposed to be connected to Zevran off with the Warden. Now I'm curious to see whether she mentions Zevran or Alistair when we contact her. I hope they managed to keep that complicated situation sorted out

Thanks.    Good to know. I will try it out over the weekend.

[Cerulione]

^ I second this! You make the game visually so much more epic.

 

Also, Cerulione your drawings have gotten super pretty and awesome. Great work!

 

second (third?) both of these.

 

Thanks guys, it means a lot

 

Guess that I've just created my very first ever OC... And unlike most people's OC, this one's not a human/elf/dwarf/Qunari... It's a Griffon. She even get the name already... Can she count as OC? OMG I'm in a complete Alistair & Pouncebeak ship-hole. She kinda de-block my writing block since drawing her had also created a one-shot story already. I'll release the story with the drawing I guess...

 

I feel weird to ship (in a mix of romantic-platonic soulmate stuffs) Alistair & his Griffon instead of Alistair & Warden.   Apparently one is bonded to his Griffon until death do you a part (or even die together, The Last Flight indicated that both went to Orzammar together one last time)

 

I completely get this, while I'm a huge fan of the Qunari and find their culture fascinating, it's a morbid fascination at most, because half of what they do scares the living heck out of me? When I think about how I'd do under the Qun, I honestly have no idea if I'd do extremely well or end up getting mindwiped, it really could go either way? Part of me hopes I'd end up being a spy and sent far away, simply so neither the Qunari nor I would have to deal with each other or step on the other's toes?

 

I wouldn't mind playing as a Tal-Vashoth in future? Perhaps someone who's backstory was that they had to flee the Qun after being sentenced to death for a crime they did not commit, which made them realise the Qun was not as infallible as they'd believed? Furthermore, by the time it came to light that they were innocent, they'd already fled and been branded a deserter, meaning they could not return regardless?

 

Oooh that's going to be interesting! A Tal-Vashoth means that this person had defied his "role" the society intended, hence making him/her a rebel. That's going to be REALLY interesting to roleplay. Your backstory is super interesting. If you're going to write it please tell me I want to read that

 

It's weird that the first times I played DA:O I wanted to be "the one from high places" (Cousland & Aeducan for nobility, Mahariel for Dalish elf because of that free elf in nature thing). But then I came to appreciate much more City Elf origin & Dwarf Commoner Origin & Mages. There's something more interesting in the story of a character who was branded as criminals/trash by the society, then rose up to be the person who save the very same people who condemned him/her. That's a story.

[BioFan (Official)]

Hiya my lovely Cullenites! Just popping in to say hi again   

[Cerulione]

Hiya my lovely Cullenites! Just popping in to say hi again   

 

Well well, what have we here... I was just making a batch of shortbread... First baking since I get home XD

Welcome back Eric

 

 

On a different matter, can someone please tell me what's an OC mean? For example does the Warden/Hawke/Quizzy considered OC? Must an OC be always a person...?

[BioFan (Official)]

Well well, what have we here... I was just making a batch of shortbread... First baking since I get home XD

Welcome back Eric

 

 

 

HI!

 

I need to eat more shortbread. While I'm in Scotland at least. 

[Potato Cat]

I need to eat more shortbread. While I'm in Scotland at least. 

Is it just the one year?

[BioFan (Official)]

Is it just the one year?

 

 

Yeah I move back to texas next month

[Tishina]

Yeah I move back to texas next month

I'm sorry to hear that What part of Texas?

[BioFan (Official)]

I'm sorry to hear that What part of Texas?

 

 

Austin. It's sad to go, but It's also good to go back. 

[Tishina]

Austin. It's sad to go, but It's also good to go back. 

So, at least one of moderately bearable areas, that's good. Wish I could live there instead of the Hinterlands

[Hellion Rex]

SOME WOT2 SPOILERS ABOUT WHAT LIES BEYOND THEDAS:

 

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So I got World Of Thedas 2 yesterday .I haven't read everything in details , there's a lot to read.

But as promised there's some news about what lies beyond Thedas.

Well kind of...(it's mostly  all "rumors " "tales" and "legend" at this point)

It seems Genitivi is writing In Pursuit of Knowledge volume 2 , I hope it means he's not dead .Since he disappeared in DAI.(If you shanked him in DAO , well your warden was bad and you should feel bad.)

 

Anyway for those interested , here it is :

Also a Thedas map to help locate those place (it's an ancient map not from WOT): http://img1.wikia.no...0/ThedasMap.jpg

 

 

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North and South :

 

In the South , beyond the Korcari Wilds  and south of Orlais, there's a "sunless land" covered in snow with mountains of ice.(I think we knew that).The news is there's people called "Agadi" living there.

Agadi means Exile in Chasind .Apparently when Genitivi wondered if the agadi were ancient chasind , the Chasind were displeased.It seems there's bad blood between the two and the Chasind are afraid of the "Sunless land".

 

In the North West  there's the Donarks jungle.Nothing new here.

It seems it goes a long way up , there's some Qunari from Qundalon haging around and wild animals (rumors of flying chimera and wingless dragons )

 

The Boeric Islands :(north)

 

There's a lot of islands there , such as Seheron.

There's rumors about a large island called Par Ladi...the people living there are called Parladians and are quite isolationist.They wouldn't  even let a crippled ship gets near their coasts.

They have a capital and fortresses on the coastline (rivaling those in Thedas) and the people are into bling bling (gold and jewels) it seems they are highly educated but they speak their own language.

 

There's some sailor tales about Parladian Witches using spells to hide their land.

 

The West :

 

Laysh , a settlement in the Anderfels used to be a spawling port town.

They used work with traders across the Volca Sea called Voshai (well according to legends anyway).

They were quite hostile with the locals , didn't bother talking except when it came to bantering and were obsessed with acquiring lyrium.

It seems the captains of those ships were always dwarves and they were almost worshipped by their crew.(I assume the crew were humans , anyway they didn't have elves among them)

Of course Tevinter send their own ship to find out about the Voshai but those never returned.

In the early Black Age  , Voshai ships stopped coming...

 

It seems recently the Voshai ships are back , with tales of a "massive cataclysm " in their homeland.

 

The East:

 

Antivan legends say some sailors found , across the Amarathine Ocean, an untouched and verdant land called "Amaranth".Tales says it's some kind of paradise , there's no dangerous animals and would be a perfect land to settle.

A number of people tried to go there , they all disappeared.

One woman looking for her husband went there and only found one crew member left who was so afraid he killed himself when they tried to make him leave a cave in which he was hiding.

 

 

[BioFan (Official)]

SOME WOT2 SPOILERS ABOUT WHAT LIES BEYOND THEDAS:

 

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Interesting... very very interesting... 

[Tishina]

SOME WOT2 SPOILERS ABOUT WHAT LIES BEYOND THEDAS:

 

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Fascinating. I wonder if this legendary Amaranth had anything to do with the failure of Josephine's family's fortunes (it can't all have been because they were blocked from direct trade in Orlais...)

 

I'm very curious about the Vorshai, though...

[BioFan (Official)]

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Fascinating. I wonder if this legendary Amaranth had anything to do with the failure of Josephine's family's fortunes (it can't all have been because they were blocked from direct trade in Orlais...)

 

I'm very curious about the Vorshai, though...

 

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Interesting how a land totally disconnected from mainland Thedas has dwarves... Unless parts of the deep roads are so deep they go under the ocean?

 

[Lady Artifice]

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Interesting how a land totally disconnected from mainland Thedas has dwarves... Unless parts of the deep roads are so deep they go under the ocean?

 

 

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The idea alone kicks my imagination into overdrive. What if there are parts of the deepest of the deep roads that have flooded? 

 

I can picture a drowned Thaig, overgrown with Coral, full of sea life and spirits impersonating the dead.

 

[BioFan (Official)]

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The idea alone kicks my imagination into overdrive. What if there are parts of the deepest of the deep roads that have flooded? 

 

I can picture a drowned Thaig, overgrown with Coral, full of sea life and spirits impersonating the dead.

 

 

 

 

WANT. NOW. *grabby hands*