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[Abraham_uk]

Companions Redone!

 

 

The purpose of this thread is to redo the companion specialisations in line with Spellbound7's Combat Overhaul.

Please check out the original thread since it includes combat mechanics. His thread is amazing!

http://forum.bioware...ombat-overhaul/

 

 

 

Please note that Sophia/Janessa/Terra are my creations and not canon.

 

 

 

Character Specific Gear

 

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Warrior Allies: 

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Iron Bull [Reaver]: Reaver Armour. Since Iron Bull is about charging into the fray throwing caution into the wind, he requires mobility in his arms and leggs. So the only part of his body that is armoured is his torso (the large target area that is easy to hit). His head, arms and legs cannot have armour. All other parts of his body can be covered with clothes (that add nothing to the armour rating) or left bare. Either way the difference is purely asthetic. He has a very low armour rating but makes up for this by virtue of being a Qunari. Iron Bull can run 20% faster than anyone else (even rogues).
 
Cassandra [Templar]: Her special item is a special dagger covered in ornate writing. Those who pay close attention can see it around her belt. It was given to her by a former member of the Chantry. It cannot be removed and grants her a +10 bonus to willpower. This takes up the ring slot.
 
Blackwall [Champion]: It is a common myth that heavy armour greatly reduces your mobility. Blackwall wears the heaviest plate armour in combat. His Champion Set is always worn in battle. He moves reasonably fast though not as fast as Iron Bull. His armour rating is at the maximum with this set. His armour also allows him to build 20% more guard than is normally possible for a warrior.
 
Janessa [Survivalist]: Infuser: Inside Janessa's utility belt is a vile full of liquid. This is used to enhance the effectiveness potions, poisons and grenades by 10% when used by Janessa.
 

 

Rogue Allies: 

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Varric [Marksman]: Varric will never do two things: He will never go into battle without Bianca (his crossbow) and he will never use any other bow. His crossbow has a 20% bonus to damage and a 10% bonus to rate of fire. However it has only has a range of 15 metres. This is inferior to other bow types. His crossbow can potentially fire two different secondary fire projectiles which he can switch between.  Varric will make use of dual wielding and weapon and shield combat styles too.
 
Sera [Tempest]: Tempest Gloves. These gloves are of Elven design with inscriptions in an ancient Elven language. The gloves aren't that old. They were made by a good friend of hers. These special gauntlets actually help boost the range of her bow by 15% and boost critical damage of her melee attacks by 20%.
 
Cole [Assassin]: He has a small ring with the mark of a skull. This grants him a 10% critical chance and a 20% critical damage bonus.
 
Sophia [Wraith]: Wraith Gloves: She has special gloves that neutralise the visual effects of spell casting. When spells are cast it doesn't look like spells are being cast. These light brown gloves add +10% to both mana and stamina.
 

 
Mage Allies:

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Dorian [Necromancer]: Mortalitasi Bracelet. This bracelet is worn by some members of this faction. It grants Dorian a 20% bonus to all spell durations and a +10 to his magic stat.
 
Solas [Rift Mage]: Ring of Chaos. Solas spent a long time trying to create a ring that would boost his connection to the fade. This ring grants a +5 to Magic, a +5 to Willpower and a +5 to Constitution.
 
Vivienne [Knight Enchanter]: Vivienne can use a special staff that looks like a hybrid of a staff and a sword. The design is sleek, elegant and has inscriptions. Only Vivienne can use this staff. It increases her spell damage by 10% and her melee damage by 10%.
 
Terra [Shape Shifter]: Amulet of Mythal: This amulet reduces all cool downs by 2 seconds, unless cool downs are already below 5 seconds.
 

 
Inquisitor: 

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The Inquisitor [Player Character]: In addition to having a specialisation specific item (based on which of the 9 specialisations was chosen) the Inquisitor can unlock a passive in their Inquisitor tree known as "Gear From The Rift". There are plenty of items that can be worn by anyone, but only The Inquisitor can gain benefit of the unique enchantments.
 
WARRIOR

• Vanquisher: the Vanquisher uses the Battle Standard. It reduces the upkeep of Battle-Born and increases the stamina regeneration of the entire party by 10%. The Battle Standard occupies the belt slot.
• Undying: the Undying uses the Dragonblood Vitaar. Unlike Qunari Vitaars, which are made from toxic plants, the Dragonblood Vitaar is a complex alchemical mixture with dragon blood as it's main ingredient. It increases the regeneration power of Immortal Blood and you gain more stamina per hit. The Dragonblood Vitaar occupies the helmet slot.
• Spirit Warrior: the Spirit Warrior uses the Spirit Talisman. It reduces the Fade Charge cost of Spirit Warrior abilities by 1. The Spirit Talisman occupies the amulet slot.

MAGE

• Fade Lord: the Fade Lord uses the Lyrium Halo. It increases your spellpower when Shining Soul is active. The Lyrium Halo occupies the helmet slot.
• Blood Mage: the Blood Mage uses the Sacrificial Dagger. It increases your spellpower when Blood Magic is active. The Sacrificial Dagger occupies the belt slot.
• Ritualist: the Ritualist uses the Ritualist's Garb. It is required for the Ritualist's spells to work. The Ritualist's Garb occupies the body slot.

ROGUE

• Ranger: the Ranger uses the Lucky Nug's Foot. It increases your pet's attack damage. The Lucky Nug's Foot occupies one of the ring slots.
• Jester: the Jester uses the Jester's mask. It is required for Mask of Madness to work, and increases your attack damage. The Jester's Mask occupies the helmet slot.
• Witch-Hunter: the Witch-Hunter uses the Lyrium Knife Set. It is required for Hunt the Apostate, Lyrium Knives and Flay to work. It also increases your attack damage. The Lyrium Knife Set occupies the belt slot.

 

Hawke [Temporary Playable Character]: 

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Unlike vanilla game he is playable for a whole mission. The mission into the fade is extended and made more difficult to compensate for Hawke's more over powered abilities. Hawke has a special set of weapons and armour. This grants Hawke 50% extra health and stamina/mana.

 

 

All Skill Trees Have Been Hyper Linked Below

 

 

Skill trees by Spellbound 7, Duellist_76 and Abraham_uk.
If you would like to come up with builds (just for fun), the cap is at 40 skill points.
 
Warrior: 

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Unique to Player Character:
Inquisitor Skill Tree. (Available to Inquisitor from the start regardless of class chosen).
 
 
Regular Skill Trees:
(Available to Warrior Inquisitor, Warrior Hawke, Cassandra, Iron Bull, Blackwall and Janessa)
 
Archery
Dual Wield
Weapon and Shield
2 Hand
Battle Master
Vanguard
 
 
Specialisations for Inquisitor (You can only pick one)
Spirit Warrior
Undying
Vanquisher
 
 
Ally Specialisations
 
Blackwall - Champion
Iron Bull - Reaver
Cassandra - Seeker 
Janessa - Survivalist 
Hawke: Champion of Kirkwall (Warrior)

 

Rogue

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Unique to Player Character:
Inquisitor Skill Tree. (Available to Inquisitor from the start regardless of class chosen).
 
 
Regular Skill Trees:
(Available to Rogue Inquisitor, Rogue Hawke,  Sera, Sophia, Cole, and Varric)
 
Archery
Dual Wield
Weapon and Shield
Alchemy
Artificer
Subterfuge
 
 
Specialisations for Inquisitor (You can only pick one)
Jester
Ranger
Witch Hunter
 
 
Ally Specialisations
 
Cole - Assassin
Varric - Scoundrel
Sera - Tempest
Sophia - Wraith
Hawke: Champion of Kirkwall (Rogue)

 
 
Mage:

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Unique to Player Character:
Inquisitor Skill Tree. (Available to Inquisitor from the start regardless of class chosen).
 
Regular Skill Trees:
(Available to Mage Inquisitor, Mage Hawke,  Vivienne, Terra, Dorian, and Solas)
 
Creation
Entropy
Evocation
Invocation
Primal
Spirit
 
 
Specialisations for Inquisitor (You can only pick one)
 
Blood Mage
Fade Lord
Ritualist
 
 
Ally Specialisations
 
Vivienne - Knight Enchanter
Dorian - Necrommancer
Terra - Shape Shifter
Solas - Rift Mage
Hawke - Champion of Kirkwall (Mage)
 

[Abraham_uk]

If you have any ideas for skill trees feel free to share them.

[Abraham_uk]

I'm thinking of changing some (not all) of Blackwalls abilities.

 

There is a lot of similar abilities in the Vanguard skill tree that Spellbound7 designed.

I think the specialisations in the original game are really good. So there aren't that many changes.

 

However I'm asking to you.

What would you change?

[Spellbound7]

You might wanna change Grand Depletion for Blackwall to something that maybe lowers the enemy's damage for something like 7 seconds instead. This would stay in the theme of tanking more imo.

[Abraham_uk]

You might wanna change Grand Depletion for Blackwall to something that maybe lowers the enemy's damage for something like 7 seconds instead. This would stay in the theme of tanking more imo.

 

Grand Depletion has been replaced with Brace Yourself. Every attack the enemy unleashes on Blackwall permanently reduces the foe's damage output versus Blackwall. This is a permanent status effect, since Blackwall is mentally prepared for anything said foe can unleash.

 

I've altered Varric's "Full Auto" sustained ability by adding reload and recoil. This is for realism and balance.

 

Solas' Unshakable ability will now come with a few drawbacks.

 

These are just some of the alterations I've made.

[Abraham_uk]

More changes made to post 2.

[Spellbound7]

Blackwall is a better tank now, imo.

 

Unshakeable for Solas seems to have a bit too many drawbacks. It already has an upkeep and is increasing cooldowns. Increased spell cost might be pushing it a bit, but the reduction in spell damage seems a bit too much. Gotta love Earthquake x Tornado combo though.

[Duelist]

One minor quibble: Flask of Lightning already does for Sera what Flask of Whirlwind proposes to do but only when AI does it.

[Abraham_uk]

One minor quibble: Flask of Lightning already does for Sera what Flask of Whirlwind proposes to do but only when AI does it.

 
I'm going to do a bit of fixing.
The new Flask of Lightning is supposed to only deliver shock damage within the vicinity of the rogue.
The Flask of Whirlwind is the same as the old Flask of Lightning but without the lightning effects.
 
I'll go and fix that. Thanks for the feedback.

 

Blackwall is a better tank now, imo.
 
Unshakeable for Solas seems to have a bit too many drawbacks. It already has an upkeep and is increasing cooldowns. Increased spell cost might be pushing it a bit, but the reduction in spell damage seems a bit too much. Gotta love Earthquake x Tornado combo though.

 

Thanks. Blackwall is a bit tankier. I'm still open to suggestions.

 

Okay I'll remove the spell cost increase and reduction in spell damage. The buffs are not that huge anyway.

As for the Earthquake x Tornado combo, I wanted to recreate the "fire-storm" ability (which I removed).

 

 

Vivienne has a new glyph ability now.

 

Also have you checked out the new secondary fire options available to Varric?

 

 

Anyway. Let me know if there are any more suggestions, because I'm going to start uploading new skill trees (once I've figured out how to use Photoshop).

[Abraham_uk]

New character specific gear in opening post.

[Spellbound7]

Love the glyphs for Vivienne. I can see them being very useful - that would probably mean that enemy Mages should gain more barrier at combat start, though, so you can drain it afterwards.

 

As for Varric's secondary ammos, Steam sounds like it would be useful in pretty much any context.

 

I'm still for removing the grenades from the list because they can already be used by anyone (and Varric, which makes him having them as secondary ammo redundant). I'm rename either Lyrium Fog or Lyrium Mist to something else as they are too similar right now. I like the rest. Animal lure sounds particularly useful in the Bearlands... I mean Hinterlands. I assume it won't work on Dragons?

[Abraham_uk]

Okay. I'm going to start doing the Skill Trees now.

The first skill tree is going to be The Inquisitor.

 

This is because this is the tree that I'm fairly confident isn't in need of any changes.

As for the creating a new web page thing that Spellbound7 has done I haven't the faintest clue.

Anyone know how to do this?

 

This is completely new to me.

 

Within 30 days (it's a 30 day free trial for Adobe Photoshop) I should have all 10 done.

So if there is any feedback on specialisations or any tweaks need to be done please let me know.

[Abraham_uk]

Oh my. I don't know how to use this program.

Photo Shop seems really complex.

[Abraham_uk]

Guys. I literally can't do what I want to do with Photoshop.

I feel like there are hundreds of obstacles in the way. I have over 200 questions and I find the Youtube videos on the matter to be confusing.

 

Okay. I'm going to just resort to Microsoft Paint.

It's not as elegant but in the end of the day I can use that program.

 

What I need to know is how to upload images I've created onto here.

I've tried "My Media" function and well nothing happens.

[Abraham_uk]

It's done!

It's finished! Check out the new skill trees.

Oh and be sure to check out the unique gear for each companion.

 

I ended up choosing Microsoft Paint.

The skill trees aren't as flashy as Spellbound7.

 

I have put quite a lot of thought into them though.

 

The formation is

 

Row 1:  Normally an opening active/sustained ability (though not always)

Row 2:  Normally 3 passives (though not always)

Row 3:  Normally 4 active/sustained abilities (though not always)

[Duelist]

So as I pomised before my own take on Varric.

Varric - Scoundrel: By his own admission, Varric isn't one for fighting. But when pressed into action, his trusty crossbow, cleverness and vast array of dirty tricks make him a formidable ally or foe.

• Armistice (Active, Personal) - Leave it to Varric to talk his way out of trouble in a battle. When activated, all enemies attacking Varric seek a new target.
  Sucker Punch - Never trust the dwarf. Any enemies who forget this suffer critical hits from Varric for 10 seconds.
• Tale Of A Hero (Active, Party) - Even in battle, Varric can spin an inspiring tall tale. When activated, Varric and allies' stamina never depletes.
  Tale Of The Champion - Few stories inspire Varric the way this one does. While allies cooldown times are halved, Varric's disappear completely.
• Hail of Arrows (Active, Personal) - Varric doesn't care how many shots it takes to put someone down, he'll shoot as much as possible as fast as possible until they drop. For 10 seconds, Varric attacks twice as fast but his the likelihood of landing a critical hit is halved. Cannot be used in conjunction with Sharpshooter.
  Storm of Arrows - Improvements to Bianca not only allow Varric to shoot faster but more accurately. Attack speed increases to three times faster than normal and the penalty to critical chance halved.
• Sharpshooter (Active, Personal) - When the time comes to make his shots count, Varric can. For 10 seconds all of Varric's attacks become critical hits but his attack speed is halved. Cannot be used in conjunction with Rapid Fire.
  Make It Count - Varric's focus sharpens as he resolves to make his shots count even more. Critical damage increases by 50% as does Armour Penetration while the penalty to attack speed is halved once more.
• Crooked Odds (Passive) - There's nothing Varric hates more than a fair fight so when the odds are in his favour, he makes the most of it for him and his friends. Varric and his allies are 10% more likely to land a critical hit.
• Free Hit (Passive) - No-one could ever accuse Varric of passing up an opportunity. When attacking an enemy who is targeting someone else, Varric attacks 50% faster.
• Weak Points (Passive) - When he's not helping out by shooting enemies, he's pointing out their weaknesses. Any ally attacking the same target as Varric is 10% more likely to land a critical hit.
• Set Up (Active, Single Target) - When shooting to kill isn't an option, he'll will look to cripple instead. Firing three shots at half their usual power, Varric has a 20% chance of reducing an enemy's attack speed. Any enemy targeting an ally is more likely to be slowed.
  Just For You - As if helping out an ally by slowing enemies down wasn't enough, Varric insists upon helping more. He fires an additional two shots, all five carrying 10% likelihood of sundering an enemy's armour completely. The effect is assured against enemies who aren't attacking Varric.
• Sure Thing (Passive) - When an enemy is down, Varric won't hesitate to kick them. Any time Varric attacks an enemy at or below 50% health, the likelihood of him landing a critical hit against them doubles.

So that's my take on Varric. Thoughts?

[Abraham_uk]

It's amazing.

 

Good combination of scoundrel abilities, nice way of having a pseudo Bard in the party (Bard spec is something I feel is missing from the Companions - Redone thread) and some amazing crossbow talents. Varric is a very versatile fighter here.

 

I will add your suggestions as an alternative.

There is the post below the opening post.

Any ideas you come up with shall be presented as a skill tree.

[Duelist]

Cheers dude.

The idea behind my take on Varric was to emphasise the fact that he isn't much of a fighter but he is an extremely canny opportunist.

I also changed Tale Of A Hero to be more offensive while Sure Thing was added to further emphasise his opportunism.

[Spellbound7]

@Abraham_uk

 

Blacky: Maybe rename Blackwall's Ravaging Calamity to something else as it doesn't really fit the skill's description. Also does Final Stand end when Blackwall is knocked out and is revived?

 

Cassyb Cassandra could maybe have one of her skills be more about burning mana/spirits/demons as that's her Seeker power. Come to think of it, why is her spec a Templar? She specifically said her powers were different from that of a Templar when you ask her about her abilities.

 

Bull: looks good.

 

Cole: looks good.

 

Sera: Not entirely convinced on the usefulness of Earthen Flask. I guess it can be good if Sera is facing an archer a they're both exchanging shots? Seems to me like Flask of Fire is better suited in most situations (you can just stealth/evade to avoid damage/negate threat). Perhaps buff the damage reduction. dunno.

 

Varric: pew pew pew *secondary fire* PEW PEW PEW. Seems good to me.

 

Dorian: I'm not a fan of Horrify since panic tends to screw up enemy positioning. Getting rid of both Horrify and that passive that increases damage vs panicked enemies was a good idea. Replacing them with entropy spells from previous DA games  seems to be an even better idea. However, do keep in mind that Necromancers appear to be spirit summoners, so I'm not sure where Entropy comes in here. You might want to go over that a second time if you want the theme to stay coherent. I'm not saying it's not, I'm saying I might have done things SLIGHTY differently. Still looks better than vanilla Necro though, good job.

 

Viv: Okay so I know I said Spirit Blade being straight up damage material would overlap with Invocation skills, and it's true, it does. However, I'd like to go back on my previous statement and add that removing the Knight Enchanter's damaging spell might not work for the class. I mean, Vivienne is a leader - she's the First Enchanter, after all! So I would suggest maybe having a skill somewhere in there that's either a timed activatable or a sustained that buffs the Spirit Blade. Maybe something that when toggle on, drains your barrier per hit to boost the spirit blade's actual damage to great levels, so you have to decide b/w offense and defense... kinda like a Mage version of my Vanquisher spec, come to think of it That might require you have some sort of barrier leech ability to work on top of Fade Shield.

 

Other than that, while both Arcane Sphere and Fatiguing Fog have their uses, idk why you decide to give them to the Knight Enchanter. Maybe a Spirit Shield?

 

Solas: While I understand the logic behind the wind talents, I have to question the thematic validity of Earthquake, despite my previous thoughts on the spells when you first proposed it for Solas (stone fist seems to be more about solid Fade-substance than actual rock). Also idk what to think about removing Pull of the Abyss - it does seem a bit overpowered even in vanilla DAI but it was extremely useful, so maybe there are limitations you could bring to it, like giving it a cast time, or perhaps reducing it to a one-time pull instead of a gradual pull. You could arguably revamp Pulling Gale to yank enemies towards the center of an AoE instead of towards Solas, to bring back the ability to reposition enemies.

 

Tornado ftw though. I picture it like a violent column of air suddenly rising and taking some enemies along with it. It lasts maybe a second or two, and then dissipates, and the enemies that were flung in an upwards spiral fall down and get stunned or something.

 

Quizzy: Aegis, Gift and Lessons seem to me to be very useful skills (and Teamwork, but this should be a passive imo since it can be a bit hard to predict when exactly you will execute a combo), but the rest feel a bit out of place. Considering it's a special tree, you could consider reducing the number of skills in it. I mean, Bioware only had 2 skills in it, and one you didn't even have to invest a skill point in.

 

 

@Duelist_76

 

Love the thematic consistency. Looks really solid. I would have loved to see Abraham's Secondary Fire idea implemented with it though - perhaps not as extensively, but some ammo like Grease (if it spills in a line and can be set on fire, it's a return of the Fire Wall!), Steam and Noise sound like they could be very useful. Maybe they could be modified to remain in-line with the damage-centric nature of Varric's proposed specs. It's potentially a case of 'don't fix what ain't broke', but I like new ideas

[Abraham_uk]

Thanks buddy.

 

Okay. Here are some proposed changes.

 

 

Cassandra: The name of the skill tree shall be changed from Templar to Seeker. [You see I haven't actually played Dragon Age Inquisition YET, so this puts me at somewhat of a disadvantage]. I think the emphasis could be less on being an anti-mage and more on being a daemon hunter. We have the Witch Hunter that covers the anti-mage quite nicely.

 

Blackwall: Well Final Stand will end if knocked out. That makes sense. It is supposed to be a highly risky choice for a tank. You draw 100% of the aggro and hope and pray your allies can kill the swarming enemies quickly enough. If you do fall Final Stand would be deactivated since knocked out fighters can't draw aggro. Ravaging Calamity's name came from an old ability. I changed the description but not the name. I'll try and think of something more appropriate. Let me know if you have a better name.

 

Iron Bull: Looks good. I stuck to the ideas from the original skill tree and made a few tweaks. I have to admit that Bioware did an amazing job here.

 

Cole: The moral of the story is Bioware's ideas plus Duellist_76 ideas equals amazing skill tree. None of the ideas here were my own. Duellist needs to get some credit here as does Bioware.

 

Sera: I'm going to tweak Earthen Flask. Probably increase damage reduction.

 

Varric: The reason why I say this is amazing is because Duellist has shown a much better understanding of who Varric is than the Artificer tree does and my Marksman Tree. The new Scoundrel tree is basically a better version of the Marksman tree from DA2. I'd get rid of hail of arrows though since there is already a similar skill in Spellbound's archery tree. I'll replace it with secondary fire. Aside from that perfect! Duellist_76 your ideas are awesome. Makes me wonder what you have in mind for other companions. Don't worry. Take your time. Your ideas take a long time to brew but they're always worth the wait.

 

Dorian: Good point. I can alter death cloud to make it a spirit spell. Also death hex can be changed with a spirit spell with similar effects. It would be 100% spirit based magic. It can work with tweaking.

 

Vivienne: I'll buff the damage output of Spirit Blade but instead make it consume barrier instead of mana. That way you're sacrificing your defence to deal damage.

 

Solas: Hmm. I like Earthquake however I can lower it's AoE and make it so that energy from the rift is making foes shake within the confines of an area. A change name and description should suffice. Also I love your idea for Tornado. A brief crowd control spell. The Gale Pull ability will be more effective. All good ideas. I'll work on it.

 

Inquisitor: I'm cool with 8 skills (which isn't that many). However some of the "out of place" active abilities can be replaced with passives. Teamwork would be better as a passive. I do want it to have 8 skills. However these could be passives that buff the entire party's performance in combat. So there is some room to think up new ideas. It's only 8 skills. It's not that big a deal removing some of the actives and replacing them with passives. What I'm going for with the Inquisitor is "useful but not essential". I want it to be a tree that is worth considering but not the be all and end all of your build.

[Abraham_uk]

Cheers dude.

The idea behind my take on Varric was to emphasise the fact that he isn't much of a fighter but he is an extremely canny opportunist.

I also changed Tale Of A Hero to be more offensive while Sure Thing was added to further emphasise his opportunism.

 

Good news. I'm including your ideas. Enjoy. So keep reading!

 

 

Proposed Changes: I haven't changed the skill trees yet.

I just want your opinion on these before I go and change the skill tress in the opening post.

 

 

Varric - Scoundrel (Lots of ideas from Duellist_76)

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Completely remove the Marksman skill tree and replace it with some of Duellist_76's ideas. 

I've cherry picked my 7 favourite skills from your suggestions. So enjoy.

 

Armistice [Active, Personal] - Leave it to Varric to talk his way out of trouble in a battle. When activated, all enemies attacking Varric seek a new target. 

Sucker Punch [upgrade] - Never trust the dwarf. Any enemies who forget this suffer critical hits from Varric for 10 seconds.

 

Tale Of A Hero [Active, Party] - Even in battle, Varric can spin an inspiring tall tale. When activated, Varric and allies' stamina never depletes. 

Tale Of The Champion [upgrade] - Few stories inspire Varric the way this one does. While allies cooldown times are halved, Varric's disappear completely.

 

Burst of Arrows [active]: Improvements to Bianca allow Varric to shoot faster but this comes with a penalty to accuracy. Upgrade removes this drawback. 

Storm of Arrows [upgrade] - Improvements to Bianca not only allow Varric to shoot faster but more accurately. Attack speed increases to three times faster than normal and the penalty to critical chance halved.

 

Sharpshooter [Active, Personal] - When the time comes to make his shots count, Varric can. For 10 seconds all of Varric's attacks become critical hits but his attack speed is halved. Cannot be used in conjunction with Rapid Fire. 

Make It Count [upgrade] - Varric's focus sharpens as he resolves to make his shots count even more. Critical damage increases by 50% as does Armour Penetration while the penalty to attack speed is halved once more.

 

Crooked Odds [Passive] - There's nothing Varric hates more than a fair fight so when the odds are in his favour, he makes the most of it for him and his friends. Varric and his allies are 10% more likely to land a critical hit.

 

Free Hit [Passive] - No-one could ever accuse Varric of passing up an opportunity. When attacking an enemy who is targeting someone else, Varric attacks 50% faster.

 

Weak Points [Passive] - When he's not helping out by shooting enemies, he's pointing out their weaknesses. Any ally attacking the same target as Varric is 10% more likely to land a critical hit.

 

Secondary Fire: [Active]  Fire a special projectile from your Crossbow. Secondary Fire module ability uses consumables instead of stamina 

Additional Capacity [Upgrade] Can switch between two secondary modules in battle and can carry more consumables for secondary fire.

 

 

Inquisitor [Player Character]: 

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Automatically Available and not part of tree. Rift Mark and Close Rifts. 

 

Focused Team Work [Passive]: Same as before but now a passive.

 

Enhancement of The Rift and Perception of The Rift [Passive]: The same but applies the stat bonuses to whole party.

 

Gear From The Rift: Unchanged.

 

Lessons of The Rift: No change

 

Vitality From The Rift [Passive]: +5 Health and +5 to Willpower

 

Mitigation From The Rift [Passive]: Barriers and Guard decay 20% slow and have 20% more hit points.

 

 

Solas [Rift Mage]:

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Pulling Gale [active]: Pull all enemies within a 1 m radius off their feet and towards Solas unless they pass a resistance check.

Veil Strike [Upgrade]: Pulling Gale sets up a combo. Foes affected by pulling gale will take more damage from Stone fist. There will be a large green explosion of radius 2m.

 

Tornado [active]: Summon a powerful column of wind rag dolling multiple foes for 2 seconds with a radius of 3 metres.

Rock Storm [Upgrade]: When cast at the same time and area as Rift Quake, rocks will be hurled into the air hitting foes within Rift Quake's area of effect.

 

Rift Quake [active]: Energy from the rift causes the ground to shake. Foes within a 3m radius will be unable to use their spells and talents for 10 seconds unless they leave the area of effect.

Sundering Quake [upgrade]: The Rift Quake now has a chance of inflicting sunder on anyone within the quake zone.

 

 

 

Vivian - Knight Enchanter

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Replace Critical Shield with a new abilty.

 

Knight Defence [Sustained]: Reserve a small portion of mana. Now barrier will automatically regenerate 10 seconds after depletion.

Knight Defender [Upgrade]: Spirit Blade now uses barrier as a resource pool. As long as the barrier is active Spirit Blade will expend barrier instead of mana. In addition Spirit Blade will deal 1000% of weapon damage if barriers are active.

 

Sera - Tempest

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Earthen Flask Changes: Remove speed reduction. Boost Crowd control and knock down chance. Boost damage Resistance. This damage resistance will still decay with every attack. This mode will also remain active untill all rocks on body are depleted through Sera's regular attacks or Sera is knocked out. This flask is unique since it can be used at the same time as the others.

 

Blackwall - Champion:

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Change name of Ravaging Calamity to "Enter The Frey".

 

 

Iron Bull (Reaver) and Cole (Assassin) shall remain unchanged.

 

 

Dorian - Necromancer: 

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Remove Death Cloud and Death Hex.

 

Replace With:

 

Spirits of The Damaned [Active]: Conjure a large purple mist (2m radius) with 5 spirits attacking enemies for a duration of 10 seconds. The less foes within the fog the more damage that will be dealt to each foe. For maximum results cast mist on 1 foe and all 5 spirits will attack foe. For ineffective results cast fog on more than 5 foes leaving some foes ignored by the spirits.

Spirits of Damnation [upgrade]: Increase AoE from 2m radius to 3m radius. Increase the number of spirits from 5 to 8.

 

 

Spirit Channel [Active]: A spirit reduces the foe's accuracy and critical hit chance.

Death Channel [Upgrade]: Spirit also reduces evasion and increases chance of party landing critical hits on said foe.

 

 

Cassandra - Seeker: 

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Wraith of Heaven and Pillar of Light unchanged. All passives unchanged.

 

Blessed Blades [Active]: Entire Party's attacks deal more damage to daemons, barriers and guard.

Rupturing Blades [Upgrade]: Even more damage to daemons, barriers and guard.

 

Rally Defence [Active]: All warriors and rogues in party generate some guard and all mages in party generate some barrier.

Rally Endurance [Upgrade]: Entire party generates maximum guard (if they are warriors/rogues) or maximum barrier (if they are mages)

 

Smite [Active]: Damage foes stamina/mana with a lyrium infused weapon attack. Deals regular weapon damage though.

Cleanse [Upgrade]: This attack now removes all beneficial magical effects from target.

 

Lyrium Strike [Active]: Quick cooldown ability that deals extra damage to daemons.

Lyrium Synergy [Upgrade]: Foes affected by Lyrium strike will take 100% more damage from Blessed Blades, Wrath of Heaven and Smite.

 

[Spellbound7]

Much better overall, although I still don't understand why Solas would have a skill that pulls enemies towards him. Would be better if it just yanked them to the center of the AoE.

 

Earthen Flask being usable with other Flasks makes it a lot more useful now.

 

As for Vivienne, here's how I would have made the skill: Make the upgraded version the base version, and it should consume both Mana and Barrier. Upgrading it would do something like decrease Barrier consumption on hit, or increase your maximum barrier while skill is active, etc. Your current suggestion is ok but idk how that would work in a practical scenario.

 

Love Dorian's new spells.

[Abraham_uk]

Much better overall, although I still don't understand why Solas would have a skill that pulls enemies towards him. Would be better if it just yanked them to the center of the AoE.

 

Earthen Flask being usable with other Flasks makes it a lot more useful now.

 

As for Vivienne, here's how I would have made the skill: Make the upgraded version the base version, and it should consume both Mana and Barrier. Upgrading it would do something like decrease Barrier consumption on hit, or increase your maximum barrier while skill is active, etc. Your current suggestion is ok but idk how that would work in a practical scenario.

 

Love Dorian's new spells.

 

Your suggestions taken on board.

I shall be making changes.

[Abraham_uk]

I've made changes to the skill trees. Check out the links in opening post.

 

Thank you Spellbound7 for all the feedback.

Thank you Duellist_76 for all the amazing ideas.

 

So what do you think?

[Spellbound7]

You shouldn't put something that drains barrier as an upgrade to the Spirit Blade. if a skill has a negative side to it, it's better if it's toggleable - by upgrading Spirit Blade, you automatically start sacrificing barrier. I suggest replacing either Arcane Sphere or Fatiguing Fog with a sustained that does that, then you can have another upgrade for the Spirit Blade. Also maybe change those two spells into a Glyph-type to remain within the theme.

 

Also random entropy spell for Dorian. Idk if necros can actually do Entropy magic, so maybe keep it in. I mean maybe it just needs a description change - he does already have spells that work on dying enemies so maybe.

 

Also a return of Pull of the Abyss for Solas. It could potentially be overpowered with all the new skills, so keep that in mind. (I like the spell though)

 

Some of the Inquisitor spec skills being party-focused is a good idea.