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[Nemesis788450]

i dunno...but all that talk about andraste's chosen and the religious parts which are basically tied into the human culture - besides not having any other qunari, hardly any dwarves but a few elves - give u that around.... it just kinda feels "not fitting" for the scenario to play a race that is not a human as andraste's chosen...

 

is that just me? but when i try another race i always feel "missplaced" in the story?

[Nefla]

I love playing non human races I played my male Qunari as a devout Andrastian (I also made up a backstory where he was raised by the chantry) good times!

[Realmzmaster]

The Inquisitor does not have to play as Andraste's chosen. That is a title assign to him/her by those around him/her. That still will not change the opinion of people who see the Inquisitor as the Herald, but the protagonist does not have to believe that. The protagonist can choose to deny it, accept it or be unsure about it.

[Andraste_Reborn]

That's why I loved playing a dwarf! She spent the whole game denying that she was the Herald of anything and feeling very out of place as a Carta rat suddenly put in charge of this giant, mostly human organisation. Roleplaying as a fish out of water can be fun.

 

I think I'm going to go qunari next, then maybe elf. Or another dwarf. I may get around to human some time in 2016.

[veeia]

Most surface dwarves are Andrastrian...Varric and Harding, for example. Not that you'd have to play as an Andrastrian dwarf, the game is very flexible, but from that POV it's really no different from humans.

I could always use more dwarves, of course, but I think the outsider factor is appealing. Here you have a person whose race is barely acknowledged by the chantry, their background is being a criminal and who can't do magic...and all the sudden they are the Herald of Andraste, the savior and law of the land, and have a magical glowing hand. Pretty cool, idk.

Ymmv, but I didn't find it to be off at all. My dwarven characters are my favorite.

[hwlrmnky]

My elf has never forgotten she was sent as a spy. She'll say anything.

[lynroy]

Opposite of me. I feel my elf totally fits and I'm kinda attached to him. My current playthrough is a human and he just doesn't fit as well for me. Can't put my finger on it but whatever. Glad for the multiple race options.

[errantknight]

My problem with playing non humans is not the Andrastian thing, it's that the human populace would respect the inquisitor to the degree they do, especially if the inquisitor makes less than ideal decisions, but I think I can work that out in rp

[errantknight]

this is what happens when I drink wine. Weird double post, deleted.

[DemGeth]

I liked how my dwarf rogue could on the one hand be a total non-believer, but on the other use the andraste title for his own gains.  

[BunbunKitten]

Not a surprise, as...
DA:O only has the Human Noble have any proper tie to the larger story (Ferelden civil war).
DA2 only gave human as the option (though Hawkes could've been any race).
DA:I started off as human-only in design (again, family tie to the political situation, other races are just spies/guards).

Non-humans are just last-minute throw-ins. Just look at all the clipping going on when you play them, and how they look like humans with pointy ears/horns, rather than being more of their own thing, like what DA2 tentatively dabbled at.

Man, getting to play a Qunari was my expected highlight of the thing, and then it turns out they look like smashed-face humans, you never were a part of the Qunari culture, and are limited to like two armor designs.

All that said, it's useful to have a unique snowflake option in there, where you get to be Oh So Different from most of the folks you run into. Still, running into Scout Harding and having like 3 dwarves on the screen at once, was more awesome.

[In Exile]

The Inquisitor does not have to play as Andraste's chosen. That is a title assign to him/her by those around him/her. That still will not change the opinion of people who see the Inquisitor as the Herald, but the protagonist does not have to believe that. The protagonist can choose to deny it, accept it or be unsure about it.

In fact, the reaction wheel is phenomenal at allowing a variety of reactions. The general dialogue is also great.

Being non-human also helps to explain how the Inquisition is treated as heretical. You're a non-human. It changes the theme from poltics to racism. It's great.

DAI is phenomenally reactive to your background. IMO Bioware did a brilliant job.

[Rowan]

The original plan for DA:I was for another human only protagonist and I agree it is the background that fits the story best. I even think Hawke was maybe supposed to become the Inquisitor, found by the Right and Left Hand of the Divine through Varric and dragged to the conclave because of his/her role in Kirkwall where the mage/templar conflict virtually started.

[daveliam]

Yeah, I agree with those who enjoy the non-human Inquisitor.  I've done three so far (two qunari and a dwarf) and none have been Andrastian and it's been a really great aspect of the story.  I think a human is actually a little too vanilla for me.  Yawn.  Andrastian human noble.....  Wake me when a non-human shows up.

[fchopin]

I also have a problem playing a non human character.
I like playing as an elf but i cannot create an elf character that i like in DAI so will be playing a human for now.

[Shark17676]

I'm 100% convinced that Bioware's original plan was to make Hawke the Shepard of the Dragon Age series and the role of the Inquisitor was supposed to go to him / her, leading in with the Exalted March expansion that was eventually scrapped (because the devs wisely decided to change direction and go with a new protagonist).

 

Anyway, with that said, I disagree that playing a non-human feels "not fitting".  I thought it made for an even better story to have a non-human become the Herald (and eventually the Inquisitor).

[CronoDragoon]

I'm actually enjoying my Dalish playthrough a lot more than my human one as far as race reactivity goes. Characters who I sort of brushed over in my first playthrough have something interesting to say.

 

For example, the bartender in Haven says that you're Andraste's Chosen because the Maker wants to punish humans for their treatment of elves. I thought that was a unique angle on the situation. It also changes your conversations with Solas. And when the Mother in Val Royeaux asks you what you're really after, and you're like, "I'm just an elf," she says, "That's...more comforting than you realize." (paraphrase, BioWare says it better than me).

 

I listened to a podcast a few days ago where, for various spoilery and non-spoilery reasons, the participants actually thought that Dalish was how they think the story was meant to be played due to how well everything fits in story-wise. Thus far I agree.

[Kalshane]

I'm currently playing an elf mage Inquisitor who've I've been playing as doubtful of this whole Andraste thing, but understanding the need for the Inquisition to save the world. I don't feel like my character is out of place at all. And she's had some very interesting discussions with Cassandra about the Chantry and her faith. I'll probably go human Andrastraen for my second play-through.

[Nemesis788450]

its kinda funny that despite being build around a human originally, a elf female mage seems to offer the most content? (mage stuff, dialogue, romance options)... im just having a hard time building an elf i enjoy... and dont like the background story of being dalish... loved the origin story of being a slave

[poasternutbag]

My elf inquisitor has rejected every intimation that he is the chosen one.  

[prosthetic soul]

Playing as a non human kinda feels effing boring!

 

Mostly because you get a total of two outfits to choose from! 

[daveliam]

Playing as a non human kinda feels effing boring!

 

Mostly because you get a total of two outfits to choose from! 

 

?  Yeah, my qunari doesn't have many options.  But, I can think of at least 8 different outfit types for my dwarf.  And that's just off the top of my head.  Some of which are dwarf-only too.  There also seems to be a few elf-only ones too. 

[exboomer]

The Inquisitor does not have to play as Andraste's chosen. That is a title assign to him/her by those around him/her. That still will not change the opinion of people who see the Inquisitor as the Herald, but the protagonist does not have to believe that. The protagonist can choose to deny it, accept it or be unsure about it.

Actually it does affect the way Cassandra sees you.

[exboomer]

its kinda funny that despite being build around a human originally, a elf female mage seems to offer the most content? (mage stuff, dialogue, romance options)... im just having a hard time building an elf i enjoy... and dont like the background story of being dalish... loved the origin story of being a slave

The only way she could be a slave is if she escaped from Tevinter and I don't know if the game gives you that option.

[Lintton]

I like how cassandra explains it later on. The destiny of the chantry doesn't just hinge on one chosen race or people. Any can be raised to greatness by the hand of providence.

And even then, the inquisitor themselves don't have to personally buy it. In the end, the "herald of andraste" is what other people make you out to be.