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[PapaCharlie9]

I Don wanna compare accessories on 9 different people for an hour @_@

 

An hour? Pfft ... my typical crafting adventure:

 

Hour 0: Oh, I'll just do a quick upgrade for my IQ's weapon ...

Hour 2: Whew, I didn't mean to recraft every weapon for every character, even those on the bench, but it was worth it! Now, to fix their armors ...

Hour 3: Hmm, I don't like the tint on Dorian's sash, and I'm out of Highever Weave! Guess I have to go a-farming ...

Hour 6: Finally! Now I can fix that sash ... hmmm, now it clashes with Sera. Sigh ... more farming

Hour 8: Okay, I'm done! Now I can go finish that quest ... what, it's dark out already? Where did the day go?

[PapaCharlie9]

Anyway, all things Dorian to follow.

Awww, no love for my favorite Dorian vs. Mother Giselle scene?

Mother Giselle: “I don’t know what you think you’re doing.”
Dorian: “I’m being clucked at by a hen, evidently.”
Mother Giselle: “Don’t play the fool with me, young man!”
Dorian: “If I wanted to play the fool, I could be rather more convincing, I assure you.”
Mother Giselle: “Your glib tongue does you no credit.”
Dorian: “You’d be surprised at the credit my tongue gets me, Your Reverance.”

[Krypplingz]

Did some more Dragon age 2. No Gurner today, so this should be mercifully short. 

Katashi

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took care of the dog lords. I actually am fairly numb to killing the dogs. The wolves sometimes annoy me because when you knock them down they waggle their tails when they rise up. Seriously puppy, if you want to be petted, stop biting me.

Katashi also had a ladies night out with Fenris, Varric and Merrill. And a whole lot of sisters. Then I had to stop playing him because I completely forgot how his alliances were planned out and I swear I had it written down somewhere. Past me is going to be very annoyed at future me as I mess up her plans.

I'm pretty sure the candidates are Fenris, Anders or the single life style. But where is the fun in that. 

 

Nevena

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finished her hike up to the top of the Sunderland mountain, then escorted Merrill to her new home. Since she was in the area she tried recovering Anso's lyrium stash as well, but got an elf instead. The night was still young, so she, Aveline and Varric stormed the mansion while Bethany twiddled her thumbs outside. Then she rejoined them in scuffling with the local gangs and wiping out Ignacio Strand. Then there was a quick recuperation at the Hanged Man and five pints later the gang headed for the Wounded Coast. On the way they met spiders. And a dwarf as well.

Nevena accepted his job offer since she needed the cash, those pints don't pay for themselves! And the expedition as well...probably. At the wounded coast, the party turned into the wounded group by a horde of arrow shooting-mabari-spider-mages, thus ending todays session in the world of Thedas. 

[phoray]

You can get the Ring of Doubt in the Exalted Plains.

 

YAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay thanks. I hadn't gone there yet because what brings me there is Solas and Mara doesn't like him much.

Awww, no love for my favorite Dorian vs. Mother Giselle scene?
 

Mother Giselle: “I don’t know what you think you’re doing.”
Dorian: “I’m being clucked at by a hen, evidently.”
Mother Giselle: “Don’t play the fool with me, young man!”
Dorian: “If I wanted to play the fool, I could be rather more convincing, I assure you.”
Mother Giselle: “Your glib tongue does you no credit.”
Dorian: “You’d be surprised at the credit my tongue gets me, Your Reverance.”

 

 

Oh, I do like that scene, it's just the minute I move a little closer, they stop talking like I exist and interrupted them or something. 

 

I'm getting my butt handed to me in Descent at barely level 18, so I went back to the surface and made all new armor for Dorian, Varric, Iron Bull and Mara.

 

Then as I return, I notice the grips on my dagger don't match my new outfit (purple blue and white), as they are red cloth grips.

 

Then I killed some things. The blood spatter ties in the grips nicely now.

[Melbella]

Andreia swapped out Varric for Sera. Varric was being a grumpy-pants and also being rude to Blackwall for no reason. So, he got benched. She found lots of Warden trash on the Storm Coast but, alas, no Wardens. A few mabari, several bears, and a handful of spiders as well. Took one look a the rift in the spider cave and said, "Nope! Not today," [it's a level 12 and she just turned 8] and then headed back to Haven. The Chargers are apparently still fighting that band of Tevinters on the beach. Maybe when Andreia comes back, they'll have that battle won finally? As it is, so far she's not impressed.

 

Back at Haven, I sorted through all the junk collected, sold a bunch, rearranged upgrades, synced with the Nug to boost my influence to the next Inq. level, and then save-scummed for a decent Trial reward. After about 8 reloads, I finally got something Andreia could use [Tempest's Center staff].

 

I started In Hushed Whispers but stopped after getting Blackwall and Sera out of their cells. Will finish up tomorrow. I am planning on conscripting the mages this time since I haven't done that before. After what Fiona did, Andreia's pretty sure she wouldn't be any worse as the de facto mage leader. Too bad you can't judge Fiona like you can Denam from CotJ.

[Bardox9]

The Journey of Warden Drako Amell thus far,

http://forum.bioware...ops/?p=20269078

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http://forum.bioware...ops/?p=20297766

http://forum.bioware...ops/?p=20299702

 

The tale continues...

 

We made good time getting down to the Brecilian Forest. Came across one of Loghain's press gangs along the way. They were trying to force some locals into the army. The men they were accosting were little more than farmers in metal suits. We were able to reach them shortly after the swords came out. Seems Loghain's men have orders to either conscript every able man and strong lad or kill them if they refuse to serve. Winning over the people's support is clearly not Loghain's intent. Serve or die is not a winning campaign strategy... I suppose if you kill everyone that disagrees with you then you will eventually have a united nation... all be it a fraction of what is actually left. Something to focus on later. Right now we have to find these Dalish... I swear it feels like the trees are watching us...

 

Two days of stomping around these woods and nothing. I was about to give up on them when a pair of human hunters came running through the brush.They were yammering about crazed elves in a nearby valley. Gave us a direction anyway. When we finally found them, they were in pretty bad shape. According to the Clan Keeper, they were ambushed by a pack of werewolves. So Bodahn isn't always full of crap. There is more going on here than what this Keeper is telling us. He's a really bad liar. Maybe he's just too use to people blindly taking him at his word. I get the feeling that if any of the clan members questioned him or his motives then they would become a pariah.

 

With the clan in such a state, they cannot help us against the blight. The werewolves are still out there and could attack at anytime. We're going deeper into the forest soon. Zevran, Sten, and Wynne are talking to the Elves while the rest of us restock some supplies. There is a lot more going on than we are being told....This forest... The veil is thin. Nothing like Soldiers Peak, but still... It seems to be mending so whatever tore it in the first place happened long ago. The entire area feels wrong.

 

...DIdn't take long for the blighted beasts of the forest and a raiding Darkspawn party to find us. Made short work of them. It wasn't until we found some of the werewolves that something unexpected happened... the alpha... it talked. Not sure how much faith I can put into what it said, but my suspicions about Zathrian hiding something are a certainty now. The wolves ran off and we chased after them a ways, but they were too fast. Found a wounded elf hunter and took him back to the camp. Sten is trying to follow the wolf tracks, but it's as if the forest itself is trying to hide them....

 

Darkspawn, werewolves, madman living in a stump, a runway from the Circle, and walking talking trees...one of which was a rhyming tree... That's new. Seems my being watched by the trees was not far off. There is a grand tale behind all this, but one I will have to investigate at another time. With the aid of this taking "Grand Oak" tree we were able to follow the wolves back to their lair. An ancient ruin. There is not a single inch of the forest that isn't creepy. Crawling through this ruin, we are finding the remains of several treasure hunters  that did not receive a warm welcome from the inhabitants. There was even a drake in here. Was being the operative term. Another set of scales for Wade.

 

Upon reaching the inner sanctum, we were met by a spirit calling itself the "Lady of the Forest" In all my dives into the fade, I've never seen anything like it. It... she shared some of the forests history. Zathrian is the cause of this beastial curse. The ancestors of these wolves did something terrible and deserved what he did to them, but those men died long ago. This curse could not be allowed to persist. We retrieved the Keeper and, sadly, had to force him to end this curse. His hatred was simply to old. After hating something or someone for so long, you can't imagine your life without that hatred. I think what finally turned him was the idea that if he died his own people would be the victims of his curse with no way to cure them. The strain of breaking the curse was either too great or perhaps the curse was all that was keeping Zathrian alive. Either way, he died in the ruins and the spirit vanished soon after. The werewolves reverted to their previous forms and the Elf hunters are recovering. I told the clans new keeper about what transpired in the ruins. I'll let her decided what to tell her people and what not to. She has promised to  send what hunters she could when the call is sent.

 

We'll be heading back to Redcliff in the morning. I've gathered all the support I can. It's time to see if Arl Eamon can hold up his end. It's getting close... I can feel a climax approaching. A lot of people are going to die no matter what we do. Let's hope this Landsmeet goes smoothly.

 

Side note, found a life stone with an ancient Elven spirit inside. It had been in the dark of those ruins so long most of it's memories were reduced to whispers and shadows. It's sole desire was to be released into the ether. In exchange for destroying the stone and releasing the spirit, it offered to share with me what it remembered of the ancient elven art of the Arcane Mage. So little is known about the art. I couldn't pass up the chance. It's more powerful than I had imagined. The arts of the arcane mage refocus a mages mana into physical power. Using the most basic spell, I increased my physical strength to the point that I was able to lift Shale right off the ground. I am still sorting through the Elven mages memories, but I get the feeling there is much more to be gleaned. I just need time to process...

[niniendowarrior]

Today, Vraakel meets with Mother Giselle for the first time after wandering out and getting slaughtered by some horrors conjured by a rift.

 

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As a side note, enabling mouse look has improved the playability very much but the Hinterlands really sucks with all the littered generic quests.  The land mass takes too long to traverse and I'm constantly being pulled in all sorts of directions.  Ugh!

[phoray]

In this episode, Mara and Dorian go to the Gull and Lantern to be grouchy at a "retainer", Mara realizes she hasn't spoken to Cole in a while, and she finally lets go of her annoyance at Blackwall so they can go run that errand on the Storm Coast.

 

P.S. I've been doing a lot of pictures lately, so I'm going to try for more writing this time.

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The Gull and Lantern

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When they arrived in Redcliffe, Mara took a moment to take in the sight of the Griffon Statue on the way to the Gull and Lantern. A certain warden had been on her mind lately... It was rather inspiring what the Hero of Fereldan had done. Imagine if they'd been fighting off a decade long blight on top of dealing with the Breech? Dorian chided her that he wanted to get this over with, and so they continued on.

 

Mara pushed in and immediately things seemed a tad more than off. The last time she'd been there, the place had been packed. Now it was deserted. Dorian stated her thoughts exactly as if he'd been reading them. They didn't get much time to consider their next move before an older swarthy man walked down the stairs into the main room. Interesting twist, this was Dorian's father. Mara could see how visibly stressed Dorian was by this turn of events. Dorian was angry, and his father didn't seem to want to put up with it.

 

"You tricked him into being here. He has every right to be angry, so say your piece." Mara said to spur the conversation the right direction. She wasn't so sure reconciliation was a likelihood at this point...

 

"Yes, Father, Talk to me. Let me know how mystified you are by my anger." Dorian said, angry sarcasm abounding.

 

Pained, Magister Pauvus replied, "If I had known my actions would lead you to join the Inquisition--"

 

"You didn't.  I joined the Inquisition because it was the right thing to do!"

 

Mara was glad to hear her assumption confirmed. Good man.

 

Dorian continued, "Can you believe it? He taught me to hate blood magic. "The resort of a weak mind." Those are his words." 

 

Mara didn't reply, she knew a rhetorical question when she heard one.

 

"I only wanted was was best for you." The Magister interjected.

 

"No! you wanted the best for you! For your ****** legacy! Anything for that!" Dorian shouted. And nearly headed out the door then too, but he spun around and walked right up to his father, deep hurt molding his face. "You tried to change me." 

 

That last sentence hung in the air between Father and son. Dorian turned to leave, true intent this time. 

 

The Magister, regret lining every word, spoke out once more to his son's departing back, "Once I had a son who trusted me. A trust I betrayed."

 

Dorian slowed, and then stopped, back still turned. he was listening.

 

"I only wanted to talk to him. Hear his voice again. To ask him to forgive me."

 

Dorian looked to Mara, confliction written all over his face. 

 

-Go get 'em, tiger.-

 

Mara quietly left, feeling good about the outcome of their talk.

 

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Where's Cole?

 

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As Dorian was intrinsic to the team's missions, Mara trusted no other mage to have her back in the future or present... She figured she'd check in on everyone while he took a little personal time to work things out with his father. 

 

However, Mara was both alarmed and embarrassed that she actually had no idea where Cole had gone and had to 'look for him.'

 

When she finally did find him, he was sitting on a castle wall looking in on the makeshift infirmary below.

 

Cole seemed to know Mara was there and started speaking what she thought, at first, was gibberish. She finally realized he was staring a hole into the woman below, hearing her thoughts. things went a little blurry there a moment...and she realized Cole was below. She swiftly went down the stairs to follow him, not sure if she was needed or not.

 

In the end, Cole explained he was trying to help, and Mara stood by and allowed him to attempt to do so once she made sure he lacked dagger intentions...

 

But as she listened to the way Cole spoke to that woman... it almost felt like he was speaking to her, too. She was focused on the woman's expression but still... Her hurt. Her hurt about Mihri.... and watching that woman let go helped Mara too. She felt lighter. 

 

The woman wandered off and Mara turned to Cole. She felt both a relief from a pain she had still held until that moment and a gladness that that woman would no longer have to hurt similarly,  spurring her words. "Good job, Cole." Cole seemed pleased and Mara departed. Spirits could be good after all. 

 

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FlavorWall on the Storm Coast. It's a pun. Flavorful/favor/meaningful/Blackwall.   

 

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Dorian had returned from his fatherly visit but waved her off when she questioned him. Huh. Maybe it hadn't gone as well as she thought. Sigh.

 

So, Mara collected Blackwall and her pals Dorian and Sera and headed out for this "favor." Blackwall led them but the territory was pretty familiar at this point. For once, it wasn't raining.

 

Mara did talk Blackwall into putting off his favor just long enough to challenge the Hasserian Cult leader to a duel. It went much better than last time...and the Cult made her the new leader. Mara shook her head. People kept doing that to her lately.

 

"Let's be off, Mi'lady."

 

Back to Blackwall's favor. As they neared their destination, Blackwall grew even more pensive then usual and began to tell them a story. A little of his story. Mara listened closely, as this man held his past so tightly.

 

"It's so quiet now. I remember when it wasn't. I came here with another Warden. We were ambushed."

 

Mara hadn't realized he'd stopped as she walked forward into a clearing. At first she admired the view, but then cast her eyes down at her feet to see very old remains of a campfire, weeds growing through. Then she realized...

 

 

Her eyes widened as she realized she'd walked into a small open graveyard.

 

Blackwall walked up to and past her, his eyes not seeing the now but a time in his past. The rain started up again. Dorian and Sera had lagged behind, smartly guessing that this was a personal matter.

 

"This is the life of a Warden. Death and tombs and fighting."

 

 

He seemed so very lonely. Blackwall had obviously cared deeply for his past friend. Dying for a good cause didn't stop the grief of those left behind. Mara hurt for his hurt and wanted to reach out... But just as she was to put words to action, Blackwall seemed to collect himself again and turned to her.

 

 

Mara couldn't fault him that, so they returned to Skyhold.

[phoray]

Today, Vraakel meets with Mother Giselle for the first time after wandering out and getting slaughtered by some horrors conjured by a rift.

 

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As a side note, enabling mouse look has improved the playability very much but the Hinterlands really sucks with all the littered generic quests.  The land mass takes too long to traverse and I'm constantly being pulled in all sorts of directions.  Ugh!

 

I just collect everything, look at the map, and go in a proximity line. This collects and finishes quests haphazardly but saves me the time of trying to keep it all straight in the journal.

[niniendowarrior]

I just collect everything, look at the map, and go in a proximity line. This collects and finishes quests haphazardly but saves me the time of trying to keep it all straight in the journal.

 

This seems like a reasonable work flow, but I really think this is poor form by BioWare.  I'm often left bored by the lousy quests that get conjured up by random NPC standing in the way side.

[phoray]

This seems like a reasonable work flow, but I really think this is poor form by BioWare.  I'm often left bored by the lousy quests that get conjured up by random NPC standing in the way side.

 

The general advice is to just stay away from it. It's advice I read when I was starting to think DA: I was boring on my first play through, and when I left, it became amazing. As a person who just cleared it out recently, I commented then and now that there are an amazing amount of letters that tell you to seek out people that are inevitably dead. Then that dead person's letter will send you in another direction -their siblings/parent- and then all you'll find is yet another dead person. Or a Fade spirit you wonder used to be the person you were initially after. Th last fetchy quest I did in the Hinterlands, hilariously, had me deliver a letter from a dead person to a mailbox, which I think is the only mailbox I've seen in all of my Thedas wandering. 

 

I really should keep an eye out to see if there is more support for there being a Thedas postal service.

[niniendowarrior]

The general advice is to just stay away from it. It's advice I read when I was starting to think DA: I was boring on my first play through, and when I left, it became amazing. As a person who just cleared it out recently, I commented then and now that there are an amazing amount of letters that tell you to seek out people that are inevitably dead. Then that dead person's letter will send you in another direction -their siblings/parent- and then all you'll find is yet another dead person. Or a Fade spirit you wonder used to be the person you were initially after. Th last fetchy quest I did in the Hinterlands, hilariously, had me deliver a letter from a dead person to a mailbox, which I think is the only mailbox I've seen in all of my Thedas wandering. 

 

I really should keep an eye out to see if there is more support for there being a Thedas postal service.

I hope that skipping those quests don't mean I'll be under-levelled heading to the next main plot chapters.  I think after I secure the horses, I'll go to Val Royeaux because Hinterlands is really maddeningly boring.

[phoray]

I hope that skipping those quests don't mean I'll be under-levelled heading to the next main plot chapters.  I think after I secure the horses, I'll go to Val Royeaux because Hinterlands is really maddeningly boring.

2nd PT, I did just the more interesting things, then left between level 7-10 and dis just fine.

[PapaCharlie9]

but the Hinterlands really sucks with all the littered generic quests.  The land mass takes too long to traverse and I'm constantly being pulled in all sorts of directions.  Ugh!

I made this thread for players like you, for your 2nd+ play through:

Making Short Work Of The Hinterlands

[Gilli]

@PapaCharlie9, your list (where to find herbs) in my guide gave me an idea. 

 

Tho idk yet if I'll execute it, that's gonna be way more work then the guide itself...

Oh who am I kidding, I love having excuses for playing DAI and doing nothing.   

[Mike3207]

Made it through Redcliff Castle and formed an alliance with the mages.

[JD Buzz]

An hour? Pfft ... my typical crafting adventure:

 

Hour 0: Oh, I'll just do a quick upgrade for my IQ's weapon ...

Hour 2: Whew, I didn't mean to recraft every weapon for every character, even those on the bench, but it was worth it! Now, to fix their armors ...

Hour 3: Hmm, I don't like the tint on Dorian's sash, and I'm out of Highever Weave! Guess I have to go a-farming ...

Hour 6: Finally! Now I can fix that sash ... hmmm, now it clashes with Sera. Sigh ... more farming

Hour 8: Okay, I'm done! Now I can go finish that quest ... what, it's dark out already? Where did the day go?

 

I'm guilty of this in both character creation and crafting 

[Melbella]

Andreia's shiny new staff. I hadn't seen this one before so it was a nice Trial reward (after reloading several times to get something useful ).

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IHW - present Redcliffe

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IHW - future Redcliffe

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Mages conscripted. I think the only who approves is Vivienne? Ah, well.

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Breach all lit up

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Back to business....nice to know bears attack outlaws as often as they do Andreia's team.  Later on it even had a buddy join in.

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[phoray]

I haven't seen the value in specializing so far after 2 PTs. 

 

My first mage, I went Necro thinking I could have undead sidekicks. I don't know what I did wrong, but it never worked.

My second mage, I thought going Rift mage would get me awesome powers like the anchor gave my first Quiz in Trespasser. The rift powers were kinda lame, though.

 

This time, with my rogue, I spec the three rogues in their specials and then played them to find out what I would actually enjoy.

 

As much as Mara likes sneaking up and Twin Fangsing people in the back, being an Assassin is not her desire. Trap making has never been her forte either.  No, Mara likes sneaking up and taking the show in the thick of things. Mara is now a Tempest Rogue.  

 

Only one person cared that I'd gone Tempest and that was Iron Bull saying us Tempests are closer to Gaatlok that we thought.

[Gilli]

Greed talked to everyone post-WPHW

 

 

First time I got disapproval from Solas but Greed doesn't really care about the world. He cares about Dorian( ), his friends and maybe about getting rich.

 

Next: Judging Samson & going to Valence with Leliana.

[phoray]

Greed talked to everyone post-WPHW

 

 

First time I got disapproval from Solas but Greed doesn't really care about the world. He cares about Dorian( ), his friends and maybe about getting rich.

 

Next: Judging Samson & going to Valence with Leliana.

 

I keep forgetting that your subtitles are in German. :/ 

 

But the audio isn't! silly me.

 

Edit Add: And then I started playing my game again and kept hearing voices. I nearly restarted the game before I realized I'd left your video playing in the background. Double silly me.

[Gilli]

I keep forgetting that your subtitles are in German. :/ 

 

But the audio isn't! silly me.

 

Edit Add: And then I started playing my game again and kept hearing voices. I nearly restarted the game before I realized I'd left your video playing in the background. Double silly me.

 

 

Only reason I leave the subs on, is cause they sometimes talk too quietly, or with an accent that's hard to understand for me.   

The Arcane Warrior from MP is such a case: "I'm'n oh." is what I hear, when he says "I'm in awe." 

 

I could change the subs to english, but then all other texts (codices, letters etc) would be english too. 

 

Greed just judged Samson

 

 

so I wanted to send him to Valence with Leli, when DAI froze. 

[phoray]

Is it true that the only way to get the Morrigan/Alastair Garden Chat is if I go do the Winter Palace before Adamant?

[Gilli]

Is it true that the only way to get the Morrigan/Alastair Garden Chat is if I go do the Winter Palace before Adamant?

 

As far as I know, yes. (I didn't have Alistair still being Warden in DAI yet, tho)

[Gilli]

Aaaand Leliana iiiis

 

 

softened for the 4th time.

I hope I get her as Divine, got Cass with Kiri, still don't know why. Didn't do anything different beside disbanding the Templars instead of allying with the Mages.