Found a loot pot I hadn't seen before and had to finagle my way to it. White Avvar Elk to the rescue!
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I have tried to climb/jump/fly (I mean fall...) to that treasure on EVERY PC I have!! HA! *respectful golf-clap*
You feckin' beauty! You got to that loot?!?! LOLOL! It didn't even cross my thick-headed skull, to try a mount.
Awwww....shucks. 
What a great idea for a mod, heh.... although I do like it when Morrigan frightens him into soiling his armour.
And did you say fic? *perks*
gracious maker - I did say fic but am procrastinating so badly I'm actually doing housework. 
Cough cough
Captions are killer! Well done.
Edit: Hah! I should complain more often! Just got my so wanted Fade Touched Dawnstone
It's a known fact that whining influences the RNG to roll your way. But you have to do it out loud.
You feckin' beauty! You got to that loot?!?! LOLOL! It didn't even cross my thick-headed skull, to try a mount.
OMG! I've tried to get that loot forever. I did try a mount, a horse, but couldn't figure out where to make the jump. Finally gave up in frustration.
Good to know it can be done.
Aha! I remembered! I was hoping to give you some inspiration, something to aspire to. You know you want this, right?
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Good luck against the Pride Demon. I think it took Olinar 4 tries? But he was a squishy mage. A warrior with extra defense should be better suited to stay alive.
Picture doesn't seem to be working? 
...but thank you. Something came up and I haven;'t actually fired up Cirwen's game yet, but I'm just about to. It won't take long to get to the pride Demon I think. Then I'll see what Cirwen is made of. Hopefully stern stuff 
That's right.
If playing as a warrior, use you grappling hook to pull the thing in your face and knock it down and start slicing and dicing.
And thank you both for the good tip about terrors. i always thought there was something off about those guys. Maybe I should teach them to play chess and sit them down with Cullen
About Cullen - I usually played female mages in DAo, and got the whole "you're bad too because mage" speech in the circle tower. I liked him in DA2 though, playing a sarcastic Hawke mage was fun and the comments back to him sort of fit in some cases so in the end my sarcastic Hawke made me like his character.
On party make up, pfft I take whoever the heck I feel like at any given time, even when playing nightmare mode. Sure some make fights a tad more difficult but that's never bothered me. The last thing I think of is "oh I have 3 mages and a rogue as my questing group".. until I come to a wall that needs to be bashed in, then it's "so no warrior, which spell might break this one"
However I'm not the best person to come to for Nightmare mode tips. I don't even use tac-cam unless I'm trying to take combat screenshots. Only thing I can say is keep gear and weapons for everyone the best you can get/make (while looking stylish as well, personal preference in single player games). And make sure to concentrate when in a fight, most of my nightmare deaths are from not keeping an eye on what's going on in the battlefield. the rest are from Hafter's Woods... Jaws of Hakkon, however, is a different story. It's harder *is not looking forward to this on Kyrrah* I even had to make new armour for it lol.
Saegar will be my first 2-hander I properly play. I had a little dwarf at one stage, ages ago though. I have reaver or champion left to unlock the hidden tiles of in the keep. One of those has to fit a 2-hander right? lol
No worries on the nightmare tips. 
...think I'm pretty well covered. But once i actually get playing 
I'm sure there will be lots of panicked HELP good advice requests from everyone here. I like your approach to party make-up heh. Apart from the magequisition game I'd been playing before now, i almost always rolled out 2 warriors, a rogue and mage unless I had to switch things up for an Inner Circle quest. I played a Templar with my 2H warrior, so i couldn't say about champion or Reaver. In the end I rarely used any of the templar abilities and kinda regretted not going with Champion. Then I played a reaver in MP, and although the skill trees are somewhat different., it was a blast, so that's why I want to go reaver this time.
Well, this was supposed to be part 3 of the mage-quisition in the Western Approach but we'll get to that. Since both Blackwall and Cassandra had business in the area, they got to come out and play for a while.
First, though, a trip through Coracavus and a not-so-pleasant surprise on the other end.
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Can't. Stop. Laughing.
Mage-quisition takes on the Western Approach, part 3.
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Great screenies 
gracious maker - I did say fic but am procrastinating so badly I'm actually doing housework.
Oh i know all about procrastination though it's usually the housework that I'm putting off doing.
Captions are killer! Well done.
Thank you.
Picture doesn't seem to be working?
Hmm...it's working for me but maybe that's just 'cause I posted it? I re-uploaded and linked from Imgur, so maybe it will work now? If not, here it is again.
OMG! I've tried to get that loot forever. I did try a mount, a horse, but couldn't figure out where to make the jump. Finally gave up in frustration.
Good to know it can be done.
At first, I tried going around and over the cliff but that didn't work. I ended up just going down the little slope that's right there, then up and over the stones that are broken on the corner.
Hmm...it's working for me but maybe that's just 'cause I posted it? I re-uploaded and linked from Imgur, so maybe it will work now? If not, here it is again.
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And if it still doesn't work, I'll just tell ya:Spoiler
Saw it that time ...and yep, that's a big part of the motivation. Also, since I'll be using potions a lot more, maybe I can get the botanist achievement too
After I started romancing Morrigan, some of the companions questioned her intentions during party banter.
Maybe they just don't like her, but I like to think it's because they care about the Warden.
It's a little of both, I'd say.
What is that? I don't think I've seen it in-game????
This beauty (among with some other accessories) can be bought in Black Emporiul 
You feckin' beauty! You got to that loot?!?! LOLOL! It didn't even cross my thick-headed skull, to try a mount.
You pretty much need to jump like and idiot (and be prepared to hear some ungry mount whines), but yes. This can be done with mount.
It's a known fact that whining influences the RNG to roll your way. But you have to do it out loud.
Then please bear with me when I'll be complaining here... a lot.
gracious maker - I did say fic but am procrastinating so badly I'm actually doing housework.
OMG, someone else who uses housework as the ultimate in procrastination! You have achieved masterhood!
And thank you both for the good tip about terrors. i always thought there was something off about those guys. Maybe I should teach them to play chess and sit them down with Cullen
Now, now. They may beat Cullen, but they would lose to the Inquisitor who is voiced by AWR who voiced Samantha who kicked Shepard's backside in chess. You don't want to torture the terrors anymore than they have been. Give them the mercy killing they deserve
But she found a somewhat unexpected ally, who told it like it was.
). they made their way through the wreckage, heard some voices that Solas claimed were coming from the Fade, found some red lyrium that Varric was none-too-happy to see, and finally saw a somewhat confusing vision of what exactly happened a few days prior. The vision exonerated Cirwen, if it was to be believed, and they got down to the business of closing the breach once and for all.
Cassandra.
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It's official. This is her: "OOoooooooooh SH*T!" face.
Also few I have two comments about what you've written:
- Warriors start with War Cry. This skill generated guard basing on the number of enemies surrounding you. With two Shades and Pride Demon Cirwen could generate full/almost full guard.
- That single Shade was probably the reason why you couldn't interact with the Rift. Another reason is that sometimes 'F' doesn't work. And last possible reason... you were just too far (I know you said you were close, but maybe that was close for you, not the Rift )
Either way, great screenies!
I keep coming here, going OT and not actually sharing any stories of Imtiyaz's exploits. I promise to remedy that soon! I've loads of screengrabs!
Edit: And maybe I should just get back and finish Aidan's playthrough to get that Nightmare achievement myself. He just has the last of Hissing Wastes, The Frostback Basin, and Mythal onwards in the main story to do...
It's official. This is her: "OOoooooooooh SH*T!" face.
Also few I have two comments about what you've written:
- Warriors start with War Cry. This skill generated guard basing on the number of enemies surrounding you. With two Shades and Pride Demon Cirwen could generate full/almost full guard.
- That single Shade was probably the reason why you couldn't interact with the Rift. Another reason is that sometimes 'F' doesn't work. And last possible reason... you were just too far (I know you said you were close, but maybe that was close for you, not the Rift
Either way, great screenies!
Thanks ... it was fun to put them all together into a story. I won't tell you how many I didn't use And it was a fun fight against the Pride Demon as well. Not as bad as I thought it was gonna be, even though I lost once and nearly twice. Surprised at how much guard that first war cry generated though, because there were never more than two shades on the battlefield with the pride Demon, and War Cry against pride alone only gave a couple bars of guard. Well, I'm not complaining, heh, just surprised.
As for the rift, yeah, I figured it was the shade I couldn't seem to get close to and kill. I've had that thing with the "F" key happen before so i was prepared for that, and I know I was close enough to interact with the rift several times. Oh well, it's all good in the end.
I keep coming here, going OT and not actually sharing any stories of Imtiyaz's exploits. I promise to remedy that soon! I've loads of screengrabs!
Hey, your glitches were totally on topic! What did you do in DA 'verse? Found glitches!
Not that I don't want to hear about Imtiyaz
Thanks
As for the rift, yeah, I figured it was the shade I couldn't seem to get close to and kill. I've had that thing with the "F" key happen before so i was prepared for that, and I know I was close enough to interact with the rift several times. Oh well, it's all good in the end.
There's hole in your reply. You did tell me how many you didn't use
War Cry. Guard per enemy: 20%. So with Shades and Pride Demon you could get 60% guard per use.
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it wasn't long before Cirwen went down too. Another double lightnight lash, which is a major pain in the ass, but damn it looks cool.
