I think Mae is going to be the Josephine equivalent, but I would LOVE her as a follower. Mae is awesome. Having both Mae and Dorian though would create a singularity of awesome so great that we might pop into Thedas
I wonder who would voice her though?
She might be the Josephine equivalent, but somehow I think she's a lot more, um, relaxed. Considering the perfumed handkerchief she can send Cullen...
VAs, hmm, good question!
She might be the Josephine equivalent, but somehow I think she's a lot more, um, relaxed. Considering the perfumed handkerchief she can send Cullen...
VAs, hmm, good question!
Oh yeah definitely a lot more laid back. I'd say like Dorian, but maybe a bit more like Isabela.,,I just realized you were talking about something else...and I'm not changing a thing 
I imagine it would be an English/European actor/actress. I can't honestly think of one. For me this would be a completely different character than what I've typically seen if that makes sense.
Huh, did they change something with the photo posting? I can't seem to get a picture to post right...
Did they bar the photo sites, or have I had a brainfreeze and I'm doing it wrong?
Hmmm, seems to be working on this end, Tish. Are you using the little picture up top? it's right next to the little "< >" image.
Hmmm, seems to be working on this end, Tish. Are you using the little picture up top? it's right next to the little "< >" image.
Yep, doing the same thing as always, but not getting anywhere. Let me try again...
Huh, now it's working, lol. Anyway, the mod is working beautifully, and honestly, so far, the only thing "off" is the kisses on the battlements that needed height adjustments, sigh, especially if you assume his hand placement on the battlements is intentional 
. He even looks directly at her most of the time. 
Yep, doing the same thing as always, but not getting anywhere. Let me try again...
Huh, now it's working, lol. Anyway, the mod is working beautifully, and honestly, so far, the only thing "off" is the kisses on the battlements that needed height adjustments, sigh, especially if you assume his hand placement on the battlements is intentional
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Aw, Tish, her hair is so pretty! Those shots actually aren't so bad, for once! LOL Glad it's still fun.
I think Mae is going to be the Josephine equivalent, but I would LOVE her as a follower. Mae is awesome. Having both Mae and Dorian though would create a singularity of awesome so great that we might pop into Thedas
I wonder who would voice her though?
Huh, I was thinking a bit about a sort of Kathleen Turner type voice but with an accent like Dorian's. So I thought of Shohreh Aghdashloo. Then I looked her up and found out that she was in ME2! LOL So she even does VA work.
Huh, I was thinking a bit about a sort of Kathleen Turner type voice but with an accent like Dorian's. So I thought of Shohreh Aghdashloo. Then I looked her up and found out that she was in ME2! LOL So she even does VA work.
Yep she was Admiral Raan 
That was my first encounter with her; later I found out she an "actual" actor and is currently starring in the SyFy show The Expanse. Her voice is so rich and awesome.
Hullo Cullen thread! This just came to me and I was curious, but since Cullen's racegating seems to have been more of a time/resources issue than an actual preference, does anyone know if the Keep lets you select him as your romance if you select a qunari or dwarf Inquisitor, or do the choices cancel each other out?
Hmm I would bet my life savings (approximately 3000 dollars) that the answer is no. In Keep beta they made it clear s/s mods for Alistair and Morrigan wouldn't count for anything (which was no surprise to me but some people were genuinely disappointed). Now you might argue that Alistair being an heir and Morrigan possibly being a mother kind of makes the s/s thing a serious story-changing issue, which I agree. But the tone of the "NO" just makes me believe that they aren't interested in responding to romance mods, even race ones.
Hmm I would bet my life savings (approximately 3000 dollars) that the answer is no. In Keep beta they made it clear s/s mods for Alistair and Morrigan wouldn't count for anything (which was no surprise to me but some people were genuinely disappointed). Now you might argue that Alistair being an heir and Morrigan possibly being a mother kind of makes the s/s thing a serious story-changing issue, which I agree. But the tone of the "NO" just makes me believe that they aren't interested in responding to romance mods, even race ones.
Thanks! It's not something that's relevant to me, really, but I was wondering. I knew that the s/s mods were a no sell in the Keep, but I figured that was an orientation thing, so I didn't know if they'd do the same with the racegating issue since in Cullen's case it seemed less like an explicit character trait ("Cullen only likes elves and humans!") and more like they just didn't have enough time to include other races. But I wasn't sure.
I think it's generally safe to say that, regardless of the reason something was excluded or included in the game, that the Keep will feature the choices and options that are in the game only.
Also if lady dwarfs and qunari were allowed to love our boy in the Keep but my poor Lavellan couldn't, you would see me at BioWare headquarters with a pitchfork and a torch
I think it's generally safe to say that, regardless of the reason something was excluded or included in the game, that the Keep will feature the choices and options that are in the game only.
Agree. The Keep devs have spent quite a lot of time on internal logic checks to make sure only combinations that are possible in game are possible in the Keep, as well as removing choices that were just headcanon and not tracked in game, like whether or not Hawke and Cullen were friends. So their intention certainly seems to be limiting to what's in game (or what was supposed to be in game, like fixing Nate to survive Awakenings if Vigil's Keep was 100% upgraded).
Hullo Cullen thread! This just came to me and I was curious, but since Cullen's racegating seems to have been more of a time/resources issue than an actual preference, does anyone know if the Keep lets you select him as your romance if you select a qunari or dwarf Inquisitor, or do the choices cancel each other out?
Nope. Just tested it and the computer said no and burst into flames.
Nope. Just tested it and the computer said no and burst into flames.
Aw, Tish, her hair is so pretty! Those shots actually aren't so bad, for once! LOL Glad it's still fun.
Thanks! Used the Aileani's French braid mod, then the hair color utility to get a true black.
Nope. Just tested it and the computer said no and burst into flames.
I kind of figured the same thing. They don't even have Harding in there for the people who do go the cannon route for her semi-romance. Not that I care, I'll just go into the Keep afterwards and set Zhenya and Vetra to "didn't romance anyone." Though with my luck, using the mods means they're defaulting the playthroughs to count for a romance I can't stand, sigh.
Thanks! Used the Aileani's French braid mod, then the hair color utility to get a true black.
Occurrence #134 that R2 was tempted again to mod her game.
Hmmm, seems to be working on this end, Tish. Are you using the little picture up top? it's right next to the little "< >" image.
Yep, doing the same thing as always, but not getting anywhere. Let me try again...
Huh, now it's working, lol. Anyway, the mod is working beautifully, and honestly, so far, the only thing "off" is the kisses on the battlements that needed height adjustments, sigh, especially if you assume his hand placement on the battlements is intentional
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OMG these gals are so pretty! 
(The skin color plus the hair color complement each other beautifully--every time I try to make a dark-skinned character the warm skin color clashes terribly with the blue-black hair color--and the hair style mods are so pretty! I really struggle to find a hair mod that actually looks good to me.)
I especially love the dwarf gal's hair and armor. She looks like a Viking! (A dark-skinned and dark-haired one, but still so. We live in an age of inclusionism here.)
On the pictures in the spoiler tag: Ha, I'm having NWN2 flashbacks. Reminds me of the time the human paladin and ranger vied for my waist-high halfling (who was literally the size of a child), and the cutscene camera angles would occasionally show the whole paladin/ranger talking to the top of my halfy's head. Oh, to roleplay the smaller races trying to woo the giant races.
(It's seriously too bad the Keep won't let Cullen be remembered as a dwarf/Qunari lover. If I could just use the mod to get them together then record it in the Keep, but alas...)
Hmm I would bet my life savings (approximately 3000 dollars) that the answer is no. In Keep beta they made it clear s/s mods for Alistair and Morrigan wouldn't count for anything (which was no surprise to me but some people were genuinely disappointed). Now you might argue that Alistair being an heir and Morrigan possibly being a mother kind of makes the s/s thing a serious story-changing issue, which I agree. But the tone of the "NO" just makes me believe that they aren't interested in responding to romance mods, even race ones.
Fun fact: one of my "playthrough states" bugged and I had female mage warden romancing Morrigan. Pity I didn't check if I can copy it to editable.
I kind of figured the same thing. They don't even have Harding in there for the people who do go the cannon route for her semi-romance. Not that I care, I'll just go into the Keep afterwards and set Zhenya and Vetra to "didn't romance anyone."
My m!Solavellan playthrough defaulted to Iron Bull LOL
OMG these gals are so pretty!
Hey now, Auren ain't no gal (But thanks; it is in big part to a skin texture mod that I used for him)
Fun fact: one of my "playthrough states" bugged and I had female mage warden romancing Morrigan. Pity I didn't check if I can copy it to editable.
:-o I think I remember people reporting that bug.
I'm not sure what I will do. It's been about a day or so and I'm back to being indifferent about Dorian/Blackwall and slogging through a canon playthrough lol Every time I think about the Winter Palace quest I get queasy... I think it's become the DAI version of the DAO Fade level for me lol
Well I totally feel obliged to provide proof of Auren's manhood by oversharing some pics of him. Here of course is the best picture he's ever taken in his life (thank you Haven tavern lighting; also I went heavy on the eyeliner and ended up removing it after this... I think I may bring it back):
Auren's overall philosophy on life:
OMG THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING:
In most screenshots he looks like he's in the process of telling Cullen he's an idiot. Cullen just takes it.
But it all worked out in the end.
And here is what he looked like default skin texture and vallaslin (EDIT: also default elven male body; I use a mod that broadens his shoulders so he looks, you know, somewhat normal):
Well I totally feel obliged to provide proof of Auren's manhood by oversharing some pics of him. Here of course is the best picture he's ever taken in his life (thank you Haven tavern lighting; also I went heavy on the eyeliner and ended up removing it after this... I think I may bring it back):
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Auren's overall philosophy on life:
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OMG THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING:
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In most screenshots he looks like he's in the process of telling Cullen he's an idiot. Cullen just takes it.
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But it all worked out in the end.
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And here is what he looked like default skin texture and vallaslin (EDIT: also default elven male body; I use a mod that broadens his shoulders so he looks, you know, somewhat normal):
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10/10 hot damn 
OMG these gals are so pretty!
I especially love the dwarf gal's hair and armor. She looks like a Viking!
On the pictures in the spoiler tag: Ha, I'm having NWN2 flashbacks. Reminds me of the time the human paladin and ranger vied for my waist-high halfling (who was literally the size of a child), and the cutscene camera angles would occasionally show the whole paladin/ranger talking to the top of my halfy's head. Oh, to roleplay the smaller races trying to woo the giant races.
(It's seriously too bad the Keep won't let Cullen be remembered as a dwarf/Qunari lover. If I could just use the mod to get them together then record it in the Keep, but alas...)
I use a recolor utility to get hair that stays blacker than the one in the CC. It doesn't entirely do away with the tendency to go brown in a lot of lighting, but at least it's a more reasonable level of change. Dark skin tones suffer badly in some lighting, particularly in Haven, and yes, the hair color from black to medium brown plus the lighting does pretty awful things to darker skin tones. In some lighting, I think she's really beautiful, but in some others, the lighting does weird things to her skin tone, makeup and tattoos.
The clothes mod is specifically designed for dwarves based on the culture/art/style we see for them, called the Carta Cut. It has one problem - I can't get JoH to launch while it's active, but that's an easy fix. Hmm, I guess I do have a lot of mods on her. I also have Vetra's body modded because I dislike the hobbitish/human look of the "new" female dwarves. Custom Body Mod actually lets you adjust most/all of the races to thinner or heavier or more muscular. I bless the modder who created that one every time I log into the game, honestly.
As far as the "top of the head" shots, that pretty much defines the experience of playing ANY dwarf in DA:I. Top of the head out of the shot, only the hairline in the shot, dwarf completely missing from the shot, and the classic furniture-blocking-the-view shot. I fumed for months, but most of the time now, I just take it out in humor and have turned all the bizarre dwarf camera angle shots into a hobby - I post them on Tumblr. I really need to come up with a tag and start posting ALL of them in order so someone can see the entire experience at once, levitating boobs and all.
My m!Solavellan playthrough defaulted to Iron Bull LOL
Hey now, Auren ain't no gal
Which...is pretty much what I'm afraid of. They really should default PTs that don't match their flags to "no romance" instead of padding someone's romance statistics, sigh. We'd have picked that romance instead of modding if that was what we really wanted...
Auren is very hot, imo.
10/10 hot damn
Which...is pretty much what I'm afraid of. They really should default PTs that don't match their flags to "no romance" instead of padding someone's romance statistics, sigh. We'd have picked that romance instead of modding if that was what we really wanted...
Auren is very hot, imo.
Thanks y'all He really came out so good. And agree with you about the different lighting affecting skin tone. I don't believe Auren could be classified as having darker skin, but his is more peach with hints of brown. Sometimes he looks beautiful, his skin glowing in the soft dewy light... other times he looks like he's aged about 30 odd years lol He looks absolutely atrocious in the docks romance scene; I was super disappointed. It's a sweet scene and I wanted to capture it, but I pretty much feel that every shot showing Auren's face head on looks like crap. I begin to question Cullen's taste level. It's that bad lol
Levitating boobs...
Also don't forget air-kissing...
And for my guys and their beaus... necking. Did you know Solas and Cullen LOVE to neck all over their boyfriends. It's true; I have proof 
(One reason why I think cut scenes was not excuse enough to not let Cullen or Solas be with boys; who doesn't love a good healthy neck-make-out scene? )
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