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[Al Foley]

I wrote and posted a new chapter today.  

 

Enjoy:)

[BraveVesperia]

Spork, your avatar! Oh my nug, that is marvellous! 

Okay this is slight off-topic but 

 

Spork, eye see that you changed your avatar to a fork (  I hope it is the game I'm thinking of or that pun fell flat).

 

Is it from Tales from the Borderlands?

Tales from the Borderlands pun definitely gets a like! 

[SporkFu]

Okay this is slight off-topic but 

 

Spork, eye see that you changed your avatar to a fork (  I hope it is the game I'm thinking of or that pun fell flat).

 

Is it from Tales from the Borderlands?

Yes. Yes it is. And excellent pun, under the circumstances. I guess you got the scoop. 

 

Watch out for those heat seeking rocks from the giant. 

 

I like the avatar. Very fitting

Thanks, Mike. From literally millions hundreds dozens okay, like six good pics, I seem to have chosen ...wisely.

 

Spork, your avatar! Oh my nug, that is marvellous! 

Tales from the Borderlands pun definitely gets a like! 

I thought you might like it. What a great scene that was! I loved it. 

[BraveVesperia]

Finally, the Winter Palace! Trev looks fairly good in his formal suit, though the collar makes his neck look the size of a tree trunk. He was slightly peeved that the court took an instant dislike to him, because of his mageyness. How did Vivienne ever manage to charm these people? Polite threats  to have them pushed out of a balcony at her earliest convenience? I can see it! 

 

A few party-goers kept saying “What is Lady Pentaghast wearing?!” Said people might find the floor suddenly icy and accidently end up in the punch bowl.  Not that Trev would have anything to do with that, of course. But it’s safer for them than getting smacked in the head by Cass.

 

It didn’t take too long for Trev to start winning back favour. He’s pretty good at playing the Game – at least as far as you can be when you’ve not been raised to it. Cassandra didn’t seem impressed, she just wants to get backing into armour and stabbing things. It probably didn’t help with her slightly embarrassing introduction to the ball. At least Trev now knows all the names to put on her birthday card!

 

It’s funny hearing all the titles the team has (and Trev was introduced as Lord Trevelyan of the Ostwick Circle of Magi, I like that  ). Cass and Dorian both have a nice set of titles. Sera didn’t want to feel left out, so she had herself introduced as Lady Mai Bhalsych of Korse. Of course she did.  Trev was having to smother a grin as he met the empress. So improper!

 

It seems that since the last couple of patches, the Winter Palace is buggy for me. Specifically, the door between the ballroom and vestibule. There are two icons, regardless of which room you’re in. One is for the vestibule and the other is for the ballroom. If you click on the one for the room you’re already in (i.e. click ‘go to ballroom’ when you’re already in the ballroom), I get trapped in a loading screen and have to exit DAI. If you click the correct option, everything’s golden. Oh, and there’s a few ordinary bugs:

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Or is it?! I remember that levitating pots was a sign of red lyrium haunting in Bartrand’s old house. Where’s Varric with the inside knowledge when you need him? Could be worse though, my brother's playing A Bug's Life Assassin's Creed right now.

 

Saved up all the halla statues and got the best scene ever! NSFW?

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Sera and Dorian were having the time of their life with that scene. You pair of naughty children.  Cass was pretty disgusted by the whole thing. I think this might have put another point in favour of offing the Empress in Cassandra’s opinion.

 

The team confronted the treacherous Florianne, and had a little bit of guessing about what exactly she stands to gain from the end of the world. “I will rule over the non-existent empire of Orlais! Rage demons will pay me taxes and desire demons will give me foot rubs!”

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By some glorious miracle, Trev got the ‘Belle of the Ball’ achievement! Without really putting much consideration into long-term consequences, Trev forced the three opposition leaders to set their differences aside and deal with Coryfish. I think this might be my favourite option. Each one gets a delicious ‘Reasons You Suck’ speech, and in the end, Orlais is still no better off than when it started. Marvellous! 

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I like how Celene made a speech and then Gaspard butted in to give his own, while Briala made irritated faces from the sidelines. Five seconds in and this alliance is already falling apart! I guess that means the Inquisition is nicely poised to swoop in and save the day though, right?

 

The evening was finished off in the most perfect style, on a balcony with Cassandra.

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You secretly love the dancing, right Cass? The romance! Look at that little smile, aww!  So the evening wasn’t an entire waste. Dancing would definitely have been more awkward if she were wearing full plate armour. Perhaps this means she won’t be opposed to the idea of a mini ball at Skyhold? Hmmm.

I think she may be the only companion who looks so dashing in her formal attire. Though I haven’t had a cutscene of Dorian wearing yet, so you never know!

[Frybread76]

I've never completed Blackwall's companion arc, so I'm working on that in my Rift Mage play through today.

 

I'm also going to start a solo Knight-Enchanter play through, I think.  I usually don't play solo because I like party banter, but I must still have the party-banter bug because my companions are always quiet.

[NaclynE]

Got all wet in Storm Coast today while recruiting Iron Bull.

Kill stole a giant from a giant dragon who was happy to let me get the xp and loot and not eating me.

Learned that I can use barrier to absorb fall damage. I bet my horse is relieved she doesn't have to be my cushion any more

 

That happened to me too except the giant's lootable corpse teleported to my feet when I was watching the fight from a tall mountain. Lucky break for me to be honest since I have been playing Chasimess on NIGHTMARE and giants have been tough cookies to bring down.

 

I'm at the exact same place in my game; just heading for the Blades of Hessarian's fortress to deal with their boss and steal all his guys for the Inquisition. Anyway, waited for the dragon to fly away before taking on the giant. Totally not fair that it dropped two rocks on Kubrie's head during the fight.  .... and it's good to see you back playing the game

 

Quick question Sporkfu....did you build the AMULET OF MERCY or whatever to only deal with the boss? It seems you can only get the Blades of Hessessians if you equip the AMULET OF MERCY then waltz into their base to fight the boss.

 

BTW i did that for Chasimess and the guy was a tad bit of a pain because the dogs have high HP and high defence while the boss is the suck but can be a pickle if you put your eggs on the dogs.

 

Okay this is slight off-topic but 

 

Spork, eye see that you changed your avatar to a fork (  I hope it is the game I'm thinking of or that pun fell flat).

 

Is it from Tales from the Borderlands?

 

I wonder myself. Every single time i see Sporkfu's name I keep thinking about the whole "You spoony bard" line from FINAL FANTASY 4.

[SporkFu]

Quick question Sporkfu....did you build the AMULET OF MERCY or whatever to only deal with the boss? It seems you can only get the Blades of Hessessians if you equip the AMULET OF MERCY then waltz into their base to fight the boss.

 

BTW i did that for Chasimess and the guy was a tad bit of a pain because the dogs have high HP and high defence while the boss is the suck but can be a pickle if you put your eggs on the dogs.

I did craft Mercy's Crest, yep. The only time I didn't craft it was in my first game. My little elf mage charged headlong into battle because she thought it would make the inquisition look bad if she returned to camp when there were bad guys to be killed... okay, in truth I didn't know until afterwards that I could have recruited the Blades instead of fighting them all, so I didn't think it'd matter if I didn't craft the amulet. Of course every time I returned to the Storm Coast after that, I had more Blades to fight. 

[Call Me Jord]

No idea if this counts but I ordered myself the Modern Age Inquisitor Hoody today. Thought the shipping price would be the same as the one I had to pay for my exclusive edition volume 2 of thedas pre-order, but thankfully it was alot cheaper.

 

But in Inquisition news, I just reached Crestwood on my first ever Nightmare run. I still feel guilty because I had to cheese my way through In Your Heart Shall Burn by getting to the point where the boss drops, running up the hill then all the way back round to the trebuchet.

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It was worth it

 

Also killed the Hinterlands dragon today. Cheesed as well, ran to where the Landmark was, got my other companions out of view, then just held down R until the Dragon died!

 

I promise no more cheesing.

 

Also in the short time of being at Skyhold, Allanon Trevelyan has confessed his feelings for Josephine, and they are now romantically involved. After destroying the contract on her life, and finding a boat with the original -something- of her Family, they are well and truly happily. However, Allanon feels something else may be coming, I mean, you can't just destroy a contract on someones life, and expect things to be good from there on? Nope, there's always something else. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

 

 

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Also please continue Romances for both companions and advisors Bioware through DLC. Need more everything

[NaclynE]

I did craft Mercy's Crest, yep. The only time I didn't craft it was in my first game. My little elf mage charged headlong into battle because she thought it would make the inquisition look bad if she returned to camp when there were bad guys to be killed... okay, in truth I didn't know until afterwards that I could have recruited the Blades instead of fighting them all, so I didn't think it'd matter if I didn't craft the amulet. Of course every time I returned to the Storm Coast after that, I had more Blades to fight. 

 

Same here. However for Amolla Vollsa's case it's one of her cases where she's just dumb. Like for an example:

 

Dorian: "So is the reason why you're here father is to continue yelling about me for the fact that I prefer the company of men?"

Amolla: "What do you mean by the 'company of men'?"

Dorian: "What do you mean? You don't understand what I mean by 'the company of men'?"

Amolla: "No. Not at all."

Dorian: *Sigh*. "It just means i am more romantically interested in men then i do women."

Amolla: "Ahhhh."

 

She was a bit of a dimwit when it came to phrases which made her a good first playthrough but like you I didn't know about getting the blade of hessessins until my second playthrough Vyre Dite. I did understand the information given to me while playing as Amolla but I think I just lacked the materials, killed the group then made the amulet and was like "what was the point of this? I can't remember". Since then now I know.

 

No idea if this counts but I ordered myself the Modern Age Inquisitor Hoody today. Thought the shipping price would be the same as the one I had to pay for my exclusive edition volume 2 of thedas pre-order, but thankfully it was alot cheaper.

 

But in Inquisition news, I just reached Crestwood on my first ever Nightmare run. I still feel guilty because I had to cheese my way through In Your Heart Shall Burn by getting to the point where the boss drops, running up the hill then all the way back round to the trebuchet.

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It was worth it

 

Also killed the Hinterlands dragon today. Cheesed as well, ran to where the Landmark was, got my other companions out of view, then just held down R until the Dragon died!

 

I promise no more cheesing.

 

Also in the short time of being at Skyhold, Allanon Trevelyan has confessed his feelings for Josephine, and they are now romantically involved. After destroying the contract on her life, and finding a boat with the original -something- of her Family, they are well and truly happily. However, Allanon feels something else may be coming, I mean, you can't just destroy a contract on someones life, and expect things to be good from there on? Nope, there's always something else. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

 

 

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Also please continue Romances for both companions and advisors Bioware through DLC. Need more everything

 

NIIIIIIIIIIICE!!! Even to the hoody!

[birefringent]

"Your hartz shall burn."

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And I found some new dialogue I've never heard before even though I've done a few runs claiming to be Andraste's chosen one:

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[birefringent]

"The cold walk."

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Once the ceremony is over Cassandra starts to regret putting me in charge. I can only wonder if my advisors made her do it because I'm the Herald

 

[PapaCharlie9]

"The cold walk."

 

 

"I'll do it for the greater good that is myself."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice!

 

I think we need to add some community-inspired options for accepting the Inquisitorship. Like:

 

I'll do it for the loot. (rogue)

 

I'll do it for the lulz. (DA:2 humorous dialog/personality style)

 

I'll do it for romance. (let's face it, all)

 

I'll do it to get this over with quickly, it's cold out here!

[themikefest]

Nice!

 

I think we need to add some community-inspired options for accepting the Inquisitorship. Like:

 

I'll do it for the loot. (rogue)

 

I'll do it for the lulz. (DA:2 humorous dialog/personality style)

 

I'll do it for romance. (let's face it, all)

 

I'll do it to get this over with quickly, it's cold out here!

Or I'll do it because none of you clowns have the guts to lead and I want the spoils for myself. Hahahahaha

[Freedheart]

I'll do it, because I have to do everything around here. (My mom)

 

I do it for all of us...well, not the Dalish (what have they ever done for me), or the mages (can't trust 'em), certainly not Orlais, or Tevinter, or the Qunari.  Hmmmm...*looks at LI*, I do it for the booty!

[SporkFu]

Nice!

 

I think we need to add some community-inspired options for accepting the Inquisitorship. Like:

 

I'll do it for the loot. (rogue)

 

I'll do it for the lulz. (DA:2 humorous dialog/personality style)

 

I'll do it for romance. (let's face it, all)

 

I'll do it to get this over with quickly, it's cold out here!

Good idea!

 

Or I'll do it because none of you clowns have the guts to lead and I want the spoils for myself. Hahahahaha

"...and don't get in my way, or..." *throat-slashing gesture*

 

I'll do it, because I have to do everything around here. (My mom)

 

I do it for all of us...well, not the Dalish (what have they ever done for me), or the mages (can't trust 'em), certainly not Orlais, or Tevinter, or the Qunari.  Hmmmm...*looks at LI*, I do it for the booty!

I'm sitting here trying to come up with my own reasons for my inquisitors to lead the inquisition, and this exact thing went through my mind: I'll do it for everyone... well, not the Dalish, or the 'vints, or the chantry, or even because of the giant hole in the sky... Nope, I'll do it for the fun (Lavellan), the romance (Trevelyan), the beard (Cadash). 

 

Truth is, though, I'll do it for the chance to fight dragons. 

[themikefest]

 

"...and don't get in my way, or..." *throat-slashing gesture*

Yep. You've seen my ME playthroughs.  Hahahahahaha

[SporkFu]

Yep. You've seen my ME playthroughs.  Hahahahahaha

Indeed Your sheps have got to be the most feared people in the galaxy. 

[Melbella]

Happened to trigger a funny banter yesterday between Iron Bull and Cassandra. I don't know if it is from the DLC or just one I never heard before since I didn't take Bull with me much until this run.

 

So, they're walking along and Bull asks if Cass thinks Cullen would let him borrow a trebuchet. Cass wonders why in the world he would need to do this. He says that Krem has a fondness for sewing and stitched together a stuffed nug. Bull wanted to see how far it would fly.  Cass says that this is not really a proper use of Inquisition resources. Bull replies (paraphrase), "That's why you're not in charge of morale."

[PapaCharlie9]

Happened to trigger a funny banter yesterday between Iron Bull and Cassandra. I don't know if it is from the DLC or just one I never heard before since I didn't take Bull with me much until this run.

 

So, they're walking along and Bull asks if Cass thinks Cullen would let him borrow a trebuchet. Cass wonders why in the world he would need to do this. He says that Krem has a fondness for sewing and stitched together a stuffed nug. Bull wanted to see how far it would fly.  Cass says that this is not really a proper use of Inquisition resources. Bull replies (paraphrase), "That's why you're not in charge of morale."

You're in for a treat. That's standard game banter. Iron Bull x Cass has some of my favorites. Iron Bull x Cass x Dorian, when one or more are in or were in a romance with the IQ, even better.

 

An Iron Bull gem, one of many: "There you go again, Seeker. Getting an eye full of Inquisibutt."

[themikefest]

Just started another playthrough

 

Cleopatra Trevelyan

rogue

dual daggers

 

So far using daggers is ok. Even at a low level, I can do a lot of damage.

 

Made it to Haven. I will continue later

[Excella Gionne]

Was that Party Banter bug ever fixed? I read the patch noted and on Patch 3 it said something about party banter being "less random." Not sure what the heck that means. It's no surprise for Bioware to not patch the most obvious bugs. ME3 for PS3, for example.

[birefringent]

Was that Party Banter bug ever fixed? I read the patch noted and on Patch 3 it said something about party banter being "less random." Not sure what the heck that means. It's no surprise for Bioware to not patch the most obvious bugs. ME3 for PS3, for example.

It seems to be fixed on my end, on PC. Ever since patch 5 or 6. It is working but the timing between talks varies a lot.

[Excella Gionne]

It seems to be fixed on my end, on PC. Ever since patch 5 or 6. It is working but the timing between talks varies a lot.

Yeah, I've been roaming around and they seem to talk on a 20-30 minute interval. Whenever it's not like a dialogue you're intending to trigger, it really wastes time.

[birefringent]

"Oh happy days."

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Well, that's one more on board the Hate-train 

I bet Blackwall is singing something like this:

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Went on a little visit to the Hissing Wastes, and suddenly Cole goes: "I'm glad we helped these people." What?

Apparently killing random Venatori is good since they had captured some slaves. You should've warned me sooner, Cole. Damn 

 

Proceeded to tell Cullen that I don't give a crap about his lyrium addiction. Do whatever you want as long as it doesn't interfere with my inquisition.

[SporkFu]

Kubrie wrapped things up on the Storm Coast today... well, as much as possible before advancing the story a bit. She recruited the Blades of Hessarian, closed a few rifts, found an astrarium cave, and a baker's dozen shards. She killed some demons, some deep stalkers, some spiders, a few mabari, and even a couple of bears. Once the Blades are recruited, though, there isn't a great deal of fighting to do there (until later). Oh, also slayed a half dozen or so dragonlings on the way to one of those astrariums too. Bet Momma will be unhappy about that someday  

 

Recruited the Bull, which is the reason we went out there in the first place. This romance is going to be tough, because in three PTs I have never been able to see Bull as someone to be romanced. He's an unfailingly loyal friend with a mostly positive outlook, who enjoys a good fight and good **** cask afterwards, and never gets down about anything for long -- or so I assume. I haven't sacrificed the chargers yet. But a LI? I just can't imagine Kubrie finding anything attractive about his man-boobs and his tiny head. 

 

Trouble is I've bypassed a couple early flirty dialogues already with both Sera and Josie, and so who does that leave? Cullen, Dorian and Solas are out of the running, as is Cassie. That leaves Blackwall, and I just finished his romance PT. 

 

Sigh.

 

Oh well. I haven't even spoken to Bull in Haven yet. Maybe I'm condemning him too quickly.