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[Sifr]

You assume Bartrand's illness is contagious like the people used to think insanity was contagious.

 

FYI: it's not.

 

Bartrand's condition could just be the same as other lyrium-addled people, except his was caused by red lyrium. 

 

Yeah, but while mental illness itself is not something one can catch, in Bartrand's case there was actually a contagion that caused him to display those symptoms, having been infected by the taint from the Red Lyrium.

 

The taint causing insanity has been depicted across the games, having manifested in those who've succumbed to ghoulification (whether it be a person, animal or Old God) and/or Grey Wardens nearing their Calling, while Bartrand, Meredith and the Red Templars all displayed similar insanity after prolonged contact with Red Lyrium.

 

So while normal mental illness obviously cannot be cured, only treated, that the symptoms manifesting in those affected by the Blight has been shown to have been caused by a contagion, could mean that those effects could possible be reversed if ever such a means was found?

 

I'd say that being Lyrium-addled is more akin to being under the influence of a heavy narcotic that doesn't want to leave the system (such as in dwarves who were accidentally exposed to raw lyrium) or the result of prolonged heavy narcotic use (such as the Templars who are addicted to it), as it seems to just screw with memory and the ability to concentrate.

 

(Apologies for that having turned slightly into an after-school special)

 

Moving to another topic:

 

Does anything think surface dwarves should reclaim Kal Repartha as a colony in the Hissing Wastes? 

 

I was really hoping in the game we could have informed Orzammar or the surface dwarves of the existence of Kal Repartha, would be interesting to see how they'd react to learning of such a place on the surface, especially founded by a Paragon who "supposedly" died.

 

Dunno about recolonisation, as it's mostly just a bunch of ruins in a sand-blasted wasteland in the middle of nowhere... but then again, there had to be something there worthwhile that the Ancient Dwarves bothered to stick around for, right?

 

I'm more curious though where that Ancient Road leads to?

[Gilsa]

Moving to another topic:

 

Does anything think surface dwarves should reclaim Kal Repartha as a colony in the Hissing Wastes? 

 

I don't know. Pretty heavily damaged, etc. Maybe if it was a descendant with ties, I could see it happening, but I have a hard time seeing why a surface dwarf would care. Varric was pretty indifferent to it all as an example. (Bartrand probably would have been going out of his mind though. Red lyrium aside.)

 

I love that they keep the nug iconic to the franchise so I'm tickled that we're getting a "Golden Nug." Better late than never. I farmed those chests for hours and hours trying to get the Carta Coat schematic to drop. That never happened, but I did get a lot of hard-to-acquire schematics so I'll be happy to upload those to the cloud and reap the benefits finally. On my current run, I got my Inquisitor to level 4 and spent all my money on buying the schematic in the Black Emporium only to discover that BE didn't sell Snoufleur, which was what I'd need to remove the rogue-only restriction for my warrior. (I had wanted to wear it for roleplay before she turned into the "Inquisitor" and cut her Carta ties.) Alas.

 

I still want a dwarven throne, but I don't really see it happening with the DLC or the patch. Not complaining, just hopeful. I don't think the elves even have one either, do they?

 

I'm itchy to see what the "dozen of Skyhold outfits" look like. I'm floored this is happening at all. When I was rooting around in the game directory for modding, I found an outfit for dwarf females. It was listed as "var 1" (the skyhold pajamas are "var 2," for reference) and I hadn't seen the design on a dwarf female NPC so that made me wonder if it was originally intended for the Inquisitor. So I'm sitting on my hands waiting for the patch in the meantime! Soooo curious.

 

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[Tishina]

I don't know. Pretty heavily damaged, etc. Maybe if it was a descendant with ties, I could see it happening, but I have a hard time seeing why a surface dwarf would care. Varric was pretty indifferent to it all as an example. (Bartrand probably would have been going out of his mind though. Red lyrium aside.)

 

I love that they keep the nug iconic to the franchise so I'm tickled that we're getting a "Golden Nug." Better late than never. I farmed those chests for hours and hours trying to get the Carta Coat schematic to drop. That never happened, but I did get a lot of hard-to-acquire schematics so I'll be happy to upload those to the cloud and reap the benefits finally. On my current run, I got my Inquisitor to level 4 and spent all my money on buying the schematic in the Black Emporium only to discover that BE didn't sell Snoufleur, which was what I'd need to remove the rogue-only restriction for my warrior. (I had wanted to wear it for roleplay before she turned into the "Inquisitor" and cut her Carta ties.) Alas.

 

I still want a dwarven throne, but I don't really see it happening with the DLC or the patch. Not complaining, just hopeful. I don't think the elves even have one either, do they?

 

I'm itchy to see what the "dozen of Skyhold outfits" look like. I'm floored this is happening at all. When I was rooting around in the game directory for modding, I found an outfit for dwarf females. It was listed as "var 1" (the skyhold pajamas are "var 2," for reference) and I hadn't seen the design on a dwarf female NPC so that made me wonder if it was originally intended for the Inquisitor. So I'm sitting on my hands waiting for the patch in the meantime! Soooo curious.

 

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Well, I hope you update the Carta Cut coat once it releases because I suspect I'll still prefer it, lol.

[Gilsa]

Hah. Oh, no worries. If the patch requires that I reassemble the mod to make it compatible, I'll redo all that, no problem.

 

More info on the upcoming patch: http://www.dragonage...ore-coming-soon

 

OOOH, I won't have to rebuy the nug mounts for 10k. YEEEES.

[Tishina]

Hah. Oh, no worries. If the patch requires that I reassemble the mod to make it compatible, I'll redo all that, no problem.

 

More info on the upcoming patch: http://www.dragonage...ore-coming-soon

 

OOOH, I won't have to rebuy the nug mounts for 10k. YEEEES.

I didn't catch that. Guess I'll splurge on those finally after all!

[Gilsa]

Yeah, I'm thinking that I should go ahead and play JoH on my character to pick up the schematics from there as well. I bought the DLC, but was saving it for a new playthrough. I'd rather just have the schematics that I *like* in Haven, ready to be crafted.

[TEWR]

Moving to another topic:

 

Does anything think surface dwarves should reclaim Kal Repartha as a colony in the Hissing Wastes? 

 

Yes. That's assuming it can be properly excavated though. The Venatori were having trouble with that, for as Cole said the sand kept erasing away what progress they were making. 

 

But Daerwin's mouth is more important in my opinion. Kal Repartha is a colony, simple as that, and the work it would take to reclaim it would be vast (from Darkspawn attacks to dealing with the sand). Does that mean it's not worth it? No, it definitely would be in my book. But Daerwin's Mouth would allow the Dwarves to set up another trading outpost and resume diplomatic negotiations at that area with the other nations, specifically Ferelden (even though Orzammar serves just as well currently) and the Free Marches.

 

Similarly, Valammar should be reclaimed as well.

 

Now I'm thinking of how Xanthos would go about doing this, because he has reclaimed a lot of Dwarven territory in the last decade.

[Cespar]

*20 years later* I finally got the Descent DLC, but haven't had a chance to play it yet.   

[Tishina]

*20 years later* I finally got the Descent DLC, but haven't had a chance to play it yet.   

S'ok, I've got both JoH and Descent and still haven't played either   Mostly it's a matter of getting free time because I like to savor things.

[Cespar]

S'ok, I've got both JoH and Descent and still haven't played either   Mostly it's a matter of getting free time because I like to savor things.

I'm currently playing SWTOR. Ugh, I'm in love with my Chiss IA. I'm waiting until my subscription is up, then I can play JOH and Descent, plus I've homework to balance with that. 

[Gilsa]

I'm really looking forward to the Trespasser to see how some choices play out. I honestly did not care who was Divine because my dwarf had no vested interest in the Chantry. They didn't acknowledge dwarves so who cares, right? Well, Leliana gave Cadash this speech about how the Chantry should be inclusive of all, including dwarves and elves. I was amused enough to give her my vote just to see how it turned out in the epilogue. Now I want to see her as the Divine in the Trespasser, if she gets generic lines or if there actually is progress for the non-humans in the Chantry.

 

And does Varric still pine for Bianca after two more years? Burning questions, ya know.

[Cespar]

I'm really looking forward to the Trespasser to see how some choices play out. I honestly did not care who was Divine because my dwarf had no vested interest in the Chantry. They didn't acknowledge dwarves so who cares, right? Well, Leliana gave Cadash this speech about how the Chantry should be inclusive of all, including dwarves and elves. I was amused enough to give her my vote just to see how it turned out in the epilogue. Now I want to see her as the Divine in the Trespasser, if she gets generic lines or if there actually is progress for the non-humans in the Chantry.

 

And does Varric still pine for Bianca after two more years? Burning questions, ya know.

I'm excited for Trespasser. My dwarf had some interest in the Chantry, but he just thought that it needed to improve a little. I would describe Cespar's faith as in-between Varric and Cassandra. Basically, he believes in the Maker. I wonder how Cespar and Divine Cassandra's relationship is going to play out, and how hard has it been for the two of them without each other. Cespar would probably not look at another woman the same after being with Cassandra. I hope my feels are played with when Cassandra is judging Cadash at the trial. 

 

I want to know how Human Cole has involved in those two years. Cole and Cassandra are the two characters that I'm looking forward to. 

[Gilsa]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how things turn out for Blackwall based on decisions made in Revelations. I went with human Cole because Cadash is unfamiliar with magic and spirits plus Varric vouched for the guy turning human. Better the devil you know. ("M" Cadash went with spirit Cole because being able to read minds and erase memories is a very powerful tool to have in your arsenal. =p)

[Cespar]

My new favorite casual outfit out of the bunch! 
 

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[Gilsa]

I'm thrilled we can wear the metal version now. It's what I had envisioned for my warrior. I do think they were cheating with "14 outfits!!" when it really means the original skyhold pajamas was dyed 3 times and the winter formal outfit was dyed 4 times. You know?

 

Edit: Dwarf females still have the terrible cone boobs for the skyhold pajamas so I expect the leather and metal versions to start being more popular.

[Cespar]

I'm thrilled we can wear the metal version now. It's what I had envisioned for my warrior. I do think they were cheating with "14 outfits!!" when it really means the original skyhold pajamas was dyed 3 times and the winter formal outfit was dyed 4 times. You know?

Yea, they might as well have just let us dye the casual outfit, since the outfits were just different colors. But, I'm still grateful that they released new casual outfits without us having to pay for them. 

[Gilsa]

I'm doing very important testing right now -- seeing which outfit looks best during barn kisses. For science!

[Cespar]

I'm glad that I restarted my canon Cespar when I did. I'll be able to get Trespasser when it release, and Cespar will have a complete run.

 

P.S: Gilsa, did you make Blackwall a warden or did you have him become a full member of the Inquisition? 

[Cespar]

I'm doing very important testing right now -- seeing which outfit looks best during barn kisses. For science!

I did the same with Lady Pentaghast!  Post pictures! 

[Gilsa]

I'm glad that I restarted my canon Cespar when I did. I'll be able to get Trespasser when it release, and Cespar will have a complete run.

 

P.S: Gilsa, did you make Blackwall a warden or did you have him become a full member of the Inquisition? 

 

Freed him on his own terms. 1) Hypocritical for my thug to send him to the Grey Wardens unless she was prepared to line up right behind him and sign up herself, too and 2) Grey Wardens had been banished so what would have been the point? and 3) relationship felt horribly imbalanced with her deciding his fate -- I would have rather done something like speak up on his behalf at a trial (much like Tali's trial in ME2). He needed to join the GW of his own accord, not because his girlfriend told him to. Make sense?

 

But "M" Cadash sent him to Grey Wardens just to see what was behind door number 2.

[Cespar]

Freed him on his own terms. 1) Hypocritical for my thug to send him to the Grey Wardens unless she was prepared to line up right behind him and sign up herself, too and 2) Grey Wardens had been banished so what would have been the point? and 3) relationship felt horribly imbalanced with her deciding his fate -- I would have rather done something like speak up on his behalf at a trial (much like Tali's trial in ME2). He needed to join the GW of his own accord, not because his girlfriend told him to. Make sense?

 

But "M" Cadash sent him to Grey Wardens just to see what was behind door number 2.

But your Cadash wasn't pretending to be someone else, so the situation would be vastly different. I like Blackwall, so I decided to keep him with the inquisition. The wardens have a short lifespan. I kept the Grey Wardens in Southern Thedas, because they did save Ferelden ten years ago, and it would feel wrong just to kick them out. 

 

I guess I'm going to be on the other side of the fate deciding in Trespasser. What would you like to happen between your Cadash and Blackwall in those two years? 

[Gilsa]

But your Cadash wasn't pretending to be someone else, so the situation would be vastly different. I like Blackwall, so I decided to keep him with the inquisition. The wardens have a short lifespan. I kept the Grey Wardens in Southern Thedas, because they did save Ferelden ten years ago, and it would feel wrong just to kick them out. 
 
I guess I'm going to be on the other side of the fate deciding in Trespasser. What would you like to happen between your Cadash and Blackwall in those two years?

 

Well, it was self-preservation and I could see that he was lying to himself rather than the Inquisitor. He resolved this whole thing on his own and was ready to die for it. If he had killed those kids with his own blade, then the outcome would be different. (My toddler was sleeping on my lap when that scene played out so that really kicked me in the heart. I had to sit there and sift through the facts and ponder my character's roleplay perspective.) And I have no expectations of what happened between Cadash and Blackwall in those two years. I hope they were happy. I don't envision marriage or kids or anything like that. Just two fools hanging out. (And I banished the Grey Wardens to protect them from Corypheus, not to punish them or anything. I didn't want them to turn into his pawns on the battlefield. And when I did reach Arbor Wilds later on, there were still corrupted GW fighting and slowing us down so I wasn't entirely off the mark.)

 

 

I did the same with Lady Pentaghast!  Post pictures!

 

Heh. Various outfits. I really like the metal one. It feels very in character for her. It's funny that Dennet is in the photo because I only brought him back to buy out the rest of the mounts so I could sync them up via the Golden Nug. I'll be keeping him in Hinterlands for future games. Doesn't feel right to keep him from his wife just to watch ONE lousy mount in the Skyhold stables.

 

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And surprise, surprise. I had restarted my canon character (with mods) because I really enjoyed Descent and wanted to be able to wear the dwarven DLC armor and take more battle screenshots of that. I hadn't gotten very far in her game because I was waiting on the Golden Nug so I could craft Legion of the Dead armor sooner rather than later.

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[Tishina]

Hmm, that leather looks much better on male dwarves than female dwarves, lol (at least for my taste.) Big surprise. About half of the choices are just redyed pajamas and uniforms, though at least there's some variety now. I like that brown leather set Cespar's guy is wearing...on the guy. I don't like it on the female, and the two metal armor options to me just emphasize the worst parts of what they did to the female shape in DAI, sigh. I suspect the absence of any shoulder armor that would improve the silhouette was nixed because of clipping issues, but with them, I'd probably be delighted with the option to wear armor. Without, meh (and it doesn't look any better on the female dalish.) Part of the problem, though...it looks like the body resizing mod is broken, sigh.

 

Now that I've b****d, though, I do like the two sets of outerwear that are more coatlike. Not nearly as well as Gilsa's carta suit, though.

 

I'm trying to see if I can get the game to recognize the body resizing mod, but if I can't (I can't even get the manager to run a merge now,) I think I'm going to park my DAI playthroughs until the modder (bless him or her) has time to get it to work with the latest patch.

[Gilsa]

All the mods are broken as of this patch. The mod manager likely needs to be updated and then we'll find out if the modders need to repackage their mods to work with the latest version. It's why I was hoping the patch would come out sooner than later so the community can tackle the problem before the DLC comes out. (Then again, the DLC might break things again, lol. =D)

[Tishina]

All the mods are broken as of this patch. The mod manager likely needs to be updated and then we'll find out if the modders need to repackage their mods to work with the latest version. It's why I was hoping the patch would come out sooner than later so the community can tackle the problem before the DLC comes out. (Then again, the DLC might break things again, lol. =D)

I was hoping to take my dalish mage into JoH this weekend since I finally got her to a high enough level for it, but it's a dozen times worse looking at her now after seeing her the way I wanted to. Same for my Cadashes. Oh, well, time to fire up a PT of DAO for the next few weeks, lol.