I ended up looking for those Desire Demons. There are three near starting camp. I decided to not look any further.
They are surely in Hissing Wastes. I still have to check Emerald Graves and Exalted Plains more carefully.
And while in Exalted Plains I ended up making scenery screenshot o.o
On this Episode of Dragon Age Inquisition: Expanding Horizons.
I did not go into any details yesterday on exactly why I was missing being a rogue yesterday. And while I have commented on this subject before the main difference comes down to the evade abilitity. 'Fade Step' has way too long a cool down to really be practicable sometimes. Evade you could instantly use it whenever you wanted and get out of jams. I cannot tell you the number of jams that Kara warped out of at the last second, mainly those fear demons popping up out of the ground on her, the epic moments where she dove out of the way. Meanwhile Ben is just sitting here, doing nothing, and then *WHAP*. So anyways, cannot really get out of the way in time. Can't wait till he becomes a Knight Enchanter.
So...the order of the day was more clean up in the Hinterlands. I am nearly done with probably what I wanted to do pre IHW for the Hinterlands in terms of quests. Ran out of inventory room though which is my way of telling myself time to warp out of there and get to the Storm Coast. Took Blackwall up there and hope to be able to do Mercy's Crest this time. Oh and trying to do Apostate's in the Witchwood was...insane. Tried getting to the Central are and well, couldn't because more baddies started popping in all over the place. Seriously for a minute there I thought I was playing DA 2 again. lol.
Also the plans for my Kara Trevelyan fan fic proceeds at pace.
Also got Witcher 3 today, I only bring this up because imagine the chaos, Gonna be doing a Benjamin run, a Geralt run, and writing Kara fan fic...hope I can keep all the characters straight. 
I've decided to take a break from Demetria's adventures and move on to create my anti-Chantry Inquisitor.
This is Alessandra Trevelyan II, a forthcoming 2H Reaver. She's the dark world version of my Knight Enchanter. They both have similar looks and share the same name. However, my Reaver has red eyes, prominent scars that'll never heal and a broken nose.
As a reference, my Knight Enchanter has blue eyes and a few scars, but they're not as angry looking as my Reaver's. Leadership wise, she's religious and highly respected.
Moving on to the new Inquisitor's story, Alessandra II already declared she's not the Herald of Andraste and denounces the Chantry to spite Cassandra at every opportunity. As for Leliana, Alessandra took an early advantage of the former Left Hand's broken faith...
So, the seeds of darkness are being planted. Alessandra II also recruited all of the inner circle members with Dorian and Cole still to come. She'll do everything she can to help build the Inquisition, but she has a hidden agenda going on too 
As for the dark world state I created to suit the new Inquisitor, the Warden and Hawke are also corrupted heroes. To make things interesting, the Warden is king of Ferelden. Leliana hates him so much. As for Hawke, she and Varric are bitter rivals.
More to come on this new development. Just to let everyone know, I'll still continue Demetria's run and bring updates on that as well 
I've decided to take a break from Demetria's adventures and move on to create my anti-Chantry Inquisitor.
This is Alessandra Trevelyan II, a forthcoming 2H Reaver. She's the dark world version of my Knight Enchanter. They both have similar looks and share the same name. However, my Reaver has red eyes, prominent scars that'll never heal and a broken nose.
Spoiler
As a reference, my Knight Enchanter has blue eyes and a few scars, but they're not as angry looking as my Reaver's. Leadership wise, she's religious and highly respected.
Spoiler
Moving on to the new Inquisitor's story, Alessandra II already declared she's not the Herald of Andraste and denounces the Chantry to spite Cassandra at every opportunity. As for Leliana, Alessandra took an early advantage of the former Left Hand's broken faith...
Spoiler
So, the seeds of darkness are being planted. Alessandra II also recruited all of the inner circle members with Dorian and Cole still to come. She'll do everything she can to help build the Inquisition, but she has a hidden agenda going on too
As for the dark world state I created to suit the new Inquisitor, the Warden and Hawke are also corrupted heroes. To make things interesting, the Warden is king of Ferelden. Leliana hates him so much. As for Hawke, she and Varric are bitter rivals.
More to come on this new development. Just to let everyone know, I'll still continue Demetria's run and bring updates on that as well
Good good 
Sooo, being a goof with too much time on her hands apparently, I've been looking at mods for DAI. I can't even play PC games. 
But one day I will! Already found a load of mods I'm interested in trying (some with help 
) for DAO/2 and ME, but I figured I'd take a look at DAI's now.
Seems a lot of people have the same interests as me: pyjamas, hair, eyebrows.
These are the important issues. And they're so pretty. There are PJ mods for every race/gender combo! That is excellent. I don't know why looking at mods makes me happy... but it does!
So finally, finally finished Consequences of an Ordered World.
And then started working on the ideas for the next one.
I finally finished it too. Nice work.
If that's the pj's I'm thinking of then the color is going to be really light, nearly invisible.
Invisible PJs, you say? Hmmm... may be time to start modding. I mean... nevermind
@Melbella - Have you already been in the cabin and interacted with the locked door? The playthrough I couldn't find him, it was because I forgot to go to the cabin first. He doesn't show up until the door's been found. If you've interacted with the door already, travel to the Driftwood Margin camp, the westernmost camp, and highlight the quest, I think it's Cabin in the Woods, or something like that. I found him with 2 bears and a pack of mabari. Happy hunting!
Aha, I didn't know that part. Maybe that's why i didn't find him until my fourth game. I do remember the bears and the mabari, though. That's why I seem to remember encountering him by the river. It always seems to be a favourite hangout for the bears.
Good detective work, Spork. That was when I got lost trying to find the dragon and wound up doing Sand and Ruin instead. Sorry, I warned you about my directions. I could be wrong about the Exalted Plains, but I'm sure there's another one in Dalish country, other than the Emprise. I'm really going to have to start a scrapbook this playthrough.
It's fun to do. Sometimes a guy just needs a diversion once in awhile, and looking for giant statues of demons is a good one. Giver me a good excuse to use a mount too.
Elissa Lavellan got as far as the first pride demon in Haven today, because I really am itching to play with her a bit. She really does look better in combat, but here's one from a cutscene. I'm not sure about the tattoos. I was going for the look of old ink that's faded from sun and wear, but the lines are too crisp. I'll play around with it some more.
For her, I'm going with the idea of a baby owl. It's an owl, so it's all about darkness and secret vision, but a young one, that is usually just a cuddy looking ball of fluff.
Elissa looks great 
... I dunno how you and others do it, but I could never get that hairstyle to look right. i was never happy with how it turned out.
I must have a different copy of the game. You and others keep running into bears a lot while I get a couple here and there and on the very rare occasion have multiple bears at once.
That could be exactly right, Mike. I heard some things about the reasons behind discontinuing support for last-gen consoles having to do with how well they handled creature spawn rates. I'm sorry, I don't have a source or a link on that for you.
I've decided to take a break from Demetria's adventures and move on to create my anti-Chantry Inquisitor.
This is Alessandra Trevelyan II, a forthcoming 2H Reaver. She's the dark world version of my Knight Enchanter. They both have similar looks and share the same name. However, my Reaver has red eyes, prominent scars that'll never heal and a broken nose.
As a reference, my Knight Enchanter has blue eyes and a few scars, but they're not as angry looking as my Reaver's. Leadership wise, she's religious and highly respected.
Moving on to the new Inquisitor's story, Alessandra II already declared she's not the Herald of Andraste and denounces the Chantry to spite Cassandra at every opportunity. As for Leliana, Alessandra took an early advantage of the former Left Hand's broken faith...
So, the seeds of darkness are being planted. Alessandra II also recruited all of the inner circle members with Dorian and Cole still to come. She'll do everything she can to help build the Inquisition, but she has a hidden agenda going on too
As for the dark world state I created to suit the new Inquisitor, the Warden and Hawke are also corrupted heroes. To make things interesting, the Warden is king of Ferelden. Leliana hates him so much. As for Hawke, she and Varric are bitter rivals.
More to come on this new development. Just to let everyone know, I'll still continue Demetria's run and bring updates on that as well
Alessandra also looks great! I love the multitude of scars and the evilness of your world state. Well, not evilness but certainly little goodwill amongst the major players. Setting up all these different scenarios and not actually having to play through them is what I really love about the Keep.
I must have a different copy of the game. You and others keep running into bears a lot while I get a couple here and there and on the very rare occasion have multiple bears at once.
I usually go hunting along the Long River on the Storm Coast, and the western Hinterlands. Down by Begritt's Claws is still good, even after the large ones are gone, just the lurkers make it a pain, and you sometimes see bears by Lake Luthias heading toward the farms, but much more canine leather than bear hide there.
Mira finished up the Hissing Wastes, then the Solasian. There's one more rift in the Forbidden Oasis, then it's off to kill the dragon.
On my top 5 things to annoy me yesterday list was this bit of dialogue triggering just as the last door for The Spirit Calmed had opened. I love how the guys can keep up a light banter throughout the fight. At the level they were at, it was pretty easy, but still, I'm sure I missed a line of Bull's in there.
Here it is. I had been distracted by the pretty chain lightning.
Back to Dorian
And a whole lot of action in a line or two.
At that point, I could laugh, and fight, but not take any more screenshots. That would have taken way too much coordination. The pride demon behind the last door was anticlimactic. The best parts of the entire fight were finding out how much larger the wall of fire upgrade is, and also having Antivan fire to take care of the archers.
I usually go hunting along the Long River on the Storm Coast, and the western Hinterlands. Down by Begritt's Claws is still good, even after the large ones are gone, just the lurkers make it a pain, and you sometimes see bears by Lake Luthias heading toward the farms, but much more canine leather than bear hide there.
Mira finished up the Hissing Wastes, then the Solasian. There's one more rift in the Forbidden Oasis, then it's off to kill the dragon.
On my top 5 things to annoy me yesterday list was this bit of dialogue triggering just as the last door for The Spirit Calmed had opened. I love how the guys can keep up a light banter throughout the fight. At the level they were at, it was pretty easy, but still, I'm sure I missed a line of Bull's in there.
Here it is. I had been distracted by the pretty chain lightning.
Back to Dorian
And a whole lot of action in a line or two.
At that point, I could laugh, and fight, but not take any more screenshots. That would have taken way too much coordination. The pride demon behind the last door was anticlimactic. The best parts of the entire fight were finding out how much larger the wall of fire upgrade is, and also having Antivan fire to take care of the archers.
I had that dialogue between Bull and Dorian in the Frostback Basin the other night, right around the time of the big ice giant fight. I didn't have subtitles turned on though, so I could only listen and appreciate it
Just had my most annoying computer related incident, for today, at least, fighting Hakkon Wintersbreath. The computer locked completely again, with no way to control+alt+delete. Also, the game just reset itself, with all my presets being reset to base values. So, now, what do you want to bet that once again, I'll have to redo my key bindings, subtitles, etc. *Long, drawn out sigh.*
This was the screenshot I took the moment before the crash. Is it possible the change in battle phase had anything to do with the crash, if I was playing online...because I remembered to reset the option to play logged off, but not to actually log off before I started to play? Son of a gun. Stupid internets.
Oddly coincidental subject matter.
Just had my most annoying computer related incident, for today, at least, fighting Hakkon Wintersbreath. The computer locked completely again, with no way to control+alt+delete. Also, the game just reset itself, with all my presets being reset to base values. So, now, what do you want to bet that once again, I'll have to redo my key bindings, subtitles, etc. *Long, drawn out sigh.*
This was the screenshot I took the moment before the crash. Is it possible the change in battle phase had anything to do with the crash, if I was playing online...because I remembered to reset the option to play logged off, but not to actually log off before I started to play? Son of a gun. Stupid internets.
Oddly coincidental subject matter.
Argh that's a bummer 
... Are you unable to play it online?
@Melbella - Have you already been in the cabin and interacted with the locked door? The playthrough I couldn't find him, it was because I forgot to go to the cabin first. He doesn't show up until the door's been found. If you've interacted with the door already, travel to the Driftwood Margin camp, the westernmost camp, and highlight the quest, I think it's Cabin in the Woods, or something like that. I found him with 2 bears and a pack of mabari. Happy hunting!
Yes, I found the house and tried the locked door. I'll just have to wander around until he shows.
I must have a different copy of the game. You and others keep running into bears a lot while I get a couple here and there and on the very rare occasion have multiple bears at once.
If what Spork says is correct, then old gen players are really missing out. Nothing says, "Oh sh*t" like bear after bear after bandit after mabari after bear, right after you just used all your potions while closing a rift.
I've been putting off picking up the note to start the bear claw quest in Hinterlands. I'm not ready for large bears just yet! It's like that note has soaked in bear bait for a week. The second you touch it, bears spring up out of nowhere.
If what Spork says is correct, then old gen players are really missing out. Nothing says, "Oh sh*t" like bear after bear after bandit after mabari after bear, right after you just used all your potions while closing a rift.
I've been putting off picking up the note to start the bear claw quest in Hinterlands. I'm not ready for large bears just yet! It's like that note has soaked in bear bait for a week. The second you touch it, bears spring up out of nowhere.
And if you're really lucky you get those three great bears, a group (or two) of bandits and a pack (or two) of mabari hounds all at once 
Of course if that does happen you can sit back and let the bandits and/or mabari do a little damage to the bears before you join in the fun. That doesn't always work though.
Argh that's a bummer
Yeah, I can play, briefly, online, but it's not good for my game. It is a very big game, and a system stretcher to begin with. Add a very narrow bandwidth for internet with lots of data lag, and every single time the server tries to synch, the game goes down, sometimes taking the computer itself with it.
I'm not all that happy about the way updates are done. My biggest complaint is that it automatically updates, whether you're logged in or not, then returns the options to preset. It's like a rock band renting a motel room. It goes in, has its party and sleeps it off, then leaves the room a mess for the cleaning staff the next day. If updates are automatic, they should never change the keybindings, mouse button settings, or account preferences of any kind, if the settings that are in place are to be supported by the proposed changes. If the settings will no longer be available, fine, go back to the defaults. But to make customers have to manually go in and redo all their adaptations each and every time the game updates is ridiculous.
At any rate, rant over. I did eventually kill the dragon, and pretty quickly. It never made it far from its first perch - about 50 feet. Now I'm going to recruit Storvacker as an agent, then take on the Arbor Wilds. Yay!
Two versions of the next: The time it crashed
Oh, and some eye candy
No wonder the computer crashed, with a start like that! The introduction to combat was much less troubling. This time, I like the shadow of the dragon over the gibberlings.
The frost breath didn't look fun from any angle
We brought our own breath weapon.
Right on the nose!
It's raising a lot of dust, but now she's really pouring it on and it's not doing any good.
Getting down to the wire. Who's going to land the killing blow?
I snapped the screen just after the orange 643 indicated that it was Mira!
It's pretty the way Hakkon's spirit departs.
So, this is where the loot landed.
Now, it's off to the Wilds, then Cory.
Yeah, I can play, briefly, online, but it's not good for my game. It is a very big game, and a system stretcher to begin with. Add a very narrow bandwidth for internet with lots of data lag, and every single time the server tries to synch, the game goes down, sometimes taking the computer itself with it.
I'm not all that happy about the way updates are done. My biggest complaint is that it automatically updates, whether you're logged in or not, then returns the options to preset. It's like a rock band renting a motel room. It goes in, has its party and sleeps it off, then leaves the room a mess for the cleaning staff the next day. If updates are automatic, they should never change the keybindings, mouse button settings, or account preferences of any kind, if the settings that are in place are to be supported by the proposed changes. If the settings will no longer be available, fine, go back to the defaults. But to make customers have to manually go in and redo all their adaptations each and every time the game updates is ridiculous.
At any rate, rant over. I did eventually kill the dragon, and pretty quickly. It never made it far from its first perch - about 50 feet. Now I'm going to recruit Storvacker as an agent, then take on the Arbor Wilds. Yay!
Two versions of the next: The time it crashed
Oh, and some eye candy
No wonder the computer crashed, with a start like that! The introduction to combat was much less troubling. This time, I like the shadow of the dragon over the gibberlings.
The frost breath didn't look fun from any angle
We brought our own breath weapon.
Right on the nose!
It's raising a lot of dust, but now she's really pouring it on and it's not doing any good.
Getting down to the wire. Who's going to land the killing blow?
I snapped the screen just after the orange 643 indicated that it was Mira!
It's pretty the way Hakkon's spirit departs.
So, this is where the loot landed.
Now, it's off to the Wilds, then Cory.
Well I remembered you said that you didn't play multi-player. Now I see why. I will say that of the games I've bought in the last year or so, so far, Inquisition seems to be the biggest resource hog. Far more than Dying Light or Farcry 4. I haven't started playing Witcher 3 yet, so I dunno how that will be on the system, but yeah, I totally get it ... I was gonna say that I've never had that trouble with keybindings or anything, and then i realized that i haven't changed anything from it's default setup so i wouldn't even notice it had been reset. 
Well, great screenies! I'm looking forward to that dragon fight again soon myself. And I'm glad you're able to play the game and share with us here
Temple of Dirthamen:
I find this side mission pretty useless unless I was like a level 10 or somethin'. Mainly came here for the rune and not the shield.
I really don't like this dungeon, heh. It's kinda confusing to navigate around in. There should be more torches, and yeah I'm usaully well past level 15 even when I get there, and have better shields for everyone who uses them too. Ah well, can't have anything left undone in the journal, heh.
I've decided to take a break from Demetria's adventures and move on to create my anti-Chantry Inquisitor.
This is Alessandra Trevelyan II, a forthcoming 2H Reaver. She's the dark world version of my Knight Enchanter. They both have similar looks and share the same name. However, my Reaver has red eyes, prominent scars that'll never heal and a broken nose.
So, the seeds of darkness are being planted. Alessandra II also recruited all of the inner circle members with Dorian and Cole still to come. She'll do everything she can to help build the Inquisition, but she has a hidden agenda going on too
As for the dark world state I created to suit the new Inquisitor, the Warden and Hawke are also corrupted heroes. To make things interesting, the Warden is king of Ferelden. Leliana hates him so much. As for Hawke, she and Varric are bitter rivals.
Ooo, I did an evil world state too, where Leliana gave up the ghost over the Urn of Sacred ashes. Nice dialog choice and screens.
I await Alessandra's decision: mages or templars. Since they are both effectively in rebellion against the Chantry, I'm curious to see which way she goes.
I grabbed a-lot of sidequests at SKYHOLD. i am intending to give Necromancy to Ullia to fit her theme because Knight Enchanter doesn't seem to fit her and nor does Rift Mage. I got Ullia in greater graces with Sera and will mediate with Cassandra. I'll post the screenies sometime. I had to work semi late today and didn't have much playtime since I gotta go to work at 7amish but need to wake up 6amish. i took a few (should of been more. ><). I due intend to sack the charges and keep my ties with the Qun to continue the whole Ullia=Tal Vashoth VS Iron Bull=Qun routine.
The only reason I can remember his name is because there's a carpet fiber named olefin. It just cracks me up.
Referring to seeing what items for purchase look like, tell me about it. I'm hugely reluctant to shell out coin for decor items and armor schematics, because there's no way to see what they're going to look like. I think that's why there's a crafting table outside the JoH merchant, so you can see what it's going to look like or if the helmet's going to work on Inq and sell the schematic back if it's not what you want.
@Melbella - Have you already been in the cabin and interacted with the locked door? The playthrough I couldn't find him, it was because I forgot to go to the cabin first. He doesn't show up until the door's been found. If you've interacted with the door already, travel to the Driftwood Margin camp, the westernmost camp, and highlight the quest, I think it's Cabin in the Woods, or something like that. I found him with 2 bears and a pack of mabari. Happy hunting!
Yes, I found the house and tried the locked door. I'll just have to wander around until he shows.
If what Spork says is correct, then old gen players are really missing out. Nothing says, "Oh sh*t" like bear after bear after bandit after mabari after bear, right after you just used all your potions while closing a rift.
I've been putting off picking up the note to start the bear claw quest in Hinterlands. I'm not ready for large bears just yet! It's like that note has soaked in bear bait for a week. The second you touch it, bears spring up out of nowhere.
The guy does wonder around. i think what you need to do first is touch the door and get a confirmation it's locked from one of your allies (example: Cole: "He's afraid") then go look for him. For Malaioniss I found him kind of close to the house. For Ullia i found him at the trench that is located behind his house that leads to a cave.
PS: I sent a-lot of LIKEs to people. Thanks for the likes back.
I kind of had this today. A lurker was stalking a bear that my party attacked. He helped us kill the bear and then we killed him. Before that though....ugh, so many bears. Everyone face-planted at some point, and then we got attacked by lurkers and dogs. But, I got all 3 bear claws. Unfortunately, I haven't quite made it to the merc fortress yet, so more bears are likely tomorrow. 
Ooo, I did an evil world state too, where Leliana gave up the ghost over the Urn of Sacred ashes. Nice dialog choice and screens.
I await Alessandra's decision: mages or templars. Since they are both effectively in rebellion against the Chantry, I'm curious to see which way she goes.
I have an "all's dead who ends dead"....er, I mean "all's dead who can be dead" world state waiting for me to use. I wanted both Loghain and Alistair dead but it wouldn't let me do that. 
For my current game, I'm using a default world state for the first time. So far the only change I've noticed from any of my actual games is that Connor is dead. I haven't talked to Leliana yet to see what she thinks about the HoF. I kinda want to go through the entire game never talking to her (although if I side with Templars I will have to at some point).
Edit: Just to clarify the bolded part above, I wanted them both dead after the Landsmeet but one had to survive for later.
Meg Cousland (Sorcha off on business of her own)
I love my daddy
Shep: Hey Chambers, get a load of this.
Chambers: Ewww
Shep: Think I could kill enemies with this?
Chambers: You're killing me.
Shep: heh heh heh
Narrator: ooops. Sorry wrong game.
Dang mages
Sweet, brave Ser Gilmore
Loss
I kind of had this today. A lurker was stalking a bear that my party attacked. He helped us kill the bear and then we killed him. Before that though....ugh, so many bears. Everyone face-planted at some point, and then we got attacked by lurkers and dogs. But, I got all 3 bear claws. Unfortunately, I haven't quite made it to the merc fortress yet, so more bears are likely tomorrow.
Spoiler
Closed the river rift while still at level 9. I tried to use Druffy as a decoy but after the first wave she ran away.
Also found the Storm Coast mage. I fast-traveled to the Driftwood Camp and he was waiting just a ways from the perimeter. Now, is it just me or does it appear that he has been reading a copy of Anders' manifesto?
Spoiler
I have an "all's dead who ends dead"....er, I mean "all's dead who can be dead" world state waiting for me to use. I wanted both Loghain and Alistair dead but it wouldn't let me do that.
Edit: Just to clarify the bolded part above, I wanted them both dead after the Landsmeet but one had to survive for later.
I never did get any screenshots of Meghan's battle with those three bears -- FRAPS and Origin hating on each other There weren't any other beasties or bandits around to help/hinder the group, but yeah... two attacked together and the third took his time to get to us, thank the Maker.
Great Bears *shudder*
Meg Cousland (Sorcha off on business of her own)
I love my daddy
Shep: Hey Chambers, get a load of this.
Chambers: Ewww
Shep: Think I could kill enemies with this?
Chambers: You're killing me.
Shep: heh heh heh
Narrator: ooops. Sorry wrong game.
Dang mages
Sweet, brave Ser Gilmore
Loss
You're all the way back in Thedas
I want to sing, "Bravely, bold Ser Gilmore rode forth from Highever /He was not afraid to die, O brave Ser Gilmore" 
You're all the way back in Thedas
I want to sing, "Bravely, bold Ser Gilmore rode forth from Highever /He was not afraid to die, O brave Ser Gilmore"
What can I say but. . . snap
That is exactly the song I have in my head when I think of Ser Gilmore and also why I never call one of my characters Robin
What can I say but. . . snap
That is exactly the song I have in my head when I think of Ser Gilmore and also why I never call one of my characters Robin
...then we would just need Leliana singing the song as we traveled from one location to another, accompanied by Dog... "Bravely bold Ser Robin *woof*/ Rode forth from Ostagar *woof* ... maybe Zevran with a flute, Sten with a bongo drum.
You're a funny guy - but sounds good
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