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[Mukora]

Personally I'm more interested in knowing what dwarven tattoos mean, since I don't think we even have a way to guess those. But this would be neat to know.

 

I don't think elves actually have to have tattoos, though, do they?

[Doominike]

Personally I'm more interested in knowing what dwarven tattoos mean, since I don't think we even have a way to guess those. But this would be neat to know.

 

I don't think elves actually have to have tattoos, though, do they?

Iirc they confirmed we have to but that you can make them the same color as your skin by playing with the CC

 

Also agreed, it'd be cool to know about the dwarven ones

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Personally I'm more interested in knowing what dwarven tattoos mean, since I don't think we even have a way to guess those. But this would be neat to know.

 

I don't think elves actually have to have tattoos, though, do they?

Yes, the Vallaslin is mandatory unfortunately. 

[Neverwinter_Knight77]

I played a casteless in DA:O recently.  Tried coloring the brand the same color as his skin, choosing the smallest one, and maximizing transparency.  Still ugly.  So, I don't mean to be negative, but I don't have much hope for playing an elf in DA:I.

[DaySeeker]

I love the tattoos, and it is a Dalish elf, this is what they do.  It is part of the culture and lore.  Throw a helmet on them, choose a light color close to skin tone and the smallest tattoo and then make a really boring elf.  

[Mukora]

I could have sworn I've seen elven Inquisitors made with no tattoos.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

I love the tattoos, and it is a Dalish elf, this is what they do.  It is part of the culture and lore.  Throw a helmet on them, choose a light color close to skin tone and the smallest tattoo and then make a really boring elf.  

So an elf who doesn't have a tattoo is boring?

Personally, a Dalish not wanting it sounds more interesting than a Dalish who just goes with what everyuone else does. 

[DaySeeker]

meh.  An elf who wants to deny the dalish just moves to the city.  I'm not sure when it happens, but it is pretty young.  It's a rite of passage.  So, I don't find a elf denying his clan that interesting.  I want to know more about the dalish.  I like tattoos, so yeah, elf with no tattoos is boring to me.

[Commander Rpg]

I'm pretty sure that, although hornless qunari exist, people won't miss the chance of not making them without horns. So is with the dalish.

No more complaining.

No more "Mrs. Bioware, can I have different hair?"

Nothing.

 

[Hanako Ikezawa]

I'm pretty sure that, although hornless qunari exist, people won't miss the chance of not making them without horns. So is with the dalish.

No more complaining.

No more "Mrs. Bioware, can I have different hair?"

Nothing.

 

*snip*

 

 

 

But you can make a hornless Qunari, so that doesn't work. 

[Commander Rpg]

 

But you can make a hornless Qunari, so that doesn't work. 

 

Good. That means horns or their abscence aren't enforced by roleplay-data.

Tattoos are, so I don't see any good effort in moaning about it, since you're not playing a city elf.

Tattoos and dalish culture are more than strong connected, every grown-up child receives one.

[Mukora]

You could make a Dalish without tattoos in Origins. You could make a casteless dwarf without tattoos in Origins- and that should be even more impossible.

 

People shouldn't be forced to use character creation options they don't want just because the lore says so.

[Commander Rpg]

You could make a Dalish without tattoos in Origins. You could make a casteless dwarf without tattoos in Origins- and that should be even more impossible.

 

People shouldn't be forced to use character creation options they don't want just because the lore says so.

If the lore says so, and if it must be followed strictly, then there's no need to complain on it.

Simply put, they didn't thought the whole fact to be necessary - as for the lore - in Origins. Now they do.

What's the problem?

[Xilizhra]

So an elf who doesn't have a tattoo is boring?

Personally, a Dalish not wanting it sounds more interesting than a Dalish who just goes with what everyuone else does. 

It's sort of like trying to hold down a conventional job while having "666" carved in your forehead; it just doesn't work in society.

[Mukora]

If the lore says so, and if it must be followed strictly, then there's no need to complain on it.

Simply put, they didn't thought the whole fact to be necessary - as for the lore - in Origins. Now they do.

What's the problem?

It would have been so easy to just have a "no tattoo" option, though. Like, ridiculously so.

[Ryzaki]

Yeah *hugs city elves close* if only if only the woodpecker sighs.

 

[Commander Rpg]

It would have been so easy to just have a "no tattoo" option, though. Like, ridiculously so.

But if the "no tattoo" option conflicts with the way they want the lore to be, then that's the reason there's no "no tattoo" selection.

[Xilizhra]

It would have been so easy to just have a "no tattoo" option, though. Like, ridiculously so.

Easy, but utterly nonsensical.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

It's sort of like trying to hold down a conventional job while having "666" carved in your forehead; it just doesn't work in society.

Instead you have to be a character that supported something for most of their life enough to get it stamped on your face.

It'd be like having to play a Pro-Chantry Human and getting a Chantry symbol tattooed on your face. 

[Mukora]

Easy, but utterly nonsensical.

Not really.

 

Again, you could have a casteless dwarf with no brand in Origins. That should have gotten you killed, but it didn't.

[10K]

Got some replies. They did make a chart, marketing got excited about it and took it, and its current status is unknown.

So basically we may never get the meanings

[SardaukarElite]

Not really.

 

Again, you could have a casteless dwarf with no brand in Origins. That should have gotten you killed, but it didn't.

 

That just means the option for casteless dwarfs was nonsensical as well.

 

Of course Inquisition appears to have some pretty nonsensical make up options as well, so...

[Doominike]

If they were excited about it they're probably making it into a pretty graphic

[-TC1989-]

So basically we may never get the meanings

 

And this was the only bone I had to pick with Bioware over this. If you want to hold it strictly that we have to have the tattoo in order to respect the lore, then make a little effort and add some background on what the designs mean. If having the tattoo is that important to them, then they should have a moment to give a little insight into what each tattoo means. Let us enjoy what we are forced to have.

 

Yes I am going on about a simple tattoo, but considering the face is arguably your biggest way of defining who your character is... I don't think we're asking for too much.

[Xilizhra]

Instead you have to be a character that supported something for most of their life enough to get it stamped on your face.

It'd be like having to play a Pro-Chantry Human and getting a Chantry symbol tattooed on your face. 

It's a part of their society.

 

 

Not really.

 

Again, you could have a casteless dwarf with no brand in Origins. That should have gotten you killed, but it didn't.

That was even worse.