Well, I imagine that the impact of the loss of a limb isn't suddenly undone completely by a working prosthesis. The prosthesis itself is still symbolic of that loss.
Exactly. Just like how Luke losing his hand to Vader plays a very important symbolic role even though within ten minutes in the same movie he gets a fully functional new one. Later even the prosthetic hand had symbolic importance.
I would like a mage Inquisitor to not have any replacement arm, it would be cooler for a mage to be fighting with one arm.
Said it once, say a thousand
Fully functional prothestics shouldn't be in the setting
I don't know... after lyrium guns in Descent everything is possible.
Honestly, I'd prefer it if the Inquisitor's adventuring/fighting days were over. It'd kind of kill the impact of getting the limb removed if they just got a weird steampunk-ey prosthetic afterwards and were just as functional as they were before.
IIRC the Inquisitor actually says in one of the speeches that their adventuring days are done.
...but in another version of the final speech the Inquisitor says s/he is going to save the world again...
...but in another version of the final speech the Inquisitor says s/he is going to save the world again...
*Serza's hope intensifies*
...but in another version of the final speech the Inquisitor says s/he is going to save the world again...
After I finished the game I was like: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I don't want to leave my Inquisitor." But now: It's all right, I was convinced in the forum here. So I was not very happy with this ending scene. 
Leave my poor Inquisitor alone, even if she gets a cosmetic option for the lost arm - it will never ever be the same again. I don't think she will be the good fighter as she was before.
Also: It was mentally a hart time. My Inquisitor was a good friend of Solas, she trusted him (no romance, but friends). I was really sad and surprised about his plan for the world. 
And all this fighting and betrayal and dispute. My Inquisitor just want a bit freedom and peace and "come down".
*Serza's hope intensifies*
You want the Inquisitor back in DA4 ? As main character?
I still want a "little solution" for the lost forearm ... mgpfgl... They leave us with an invalid Inquisitor ... may be all right for a few people, but not for all. I think they should find a solution for thoose people who want to look a bit more normal again or who want to have a special "prosthetics".
My english is not very good, but till Trespasser I can now spell the word "prosthetics" in english ... LOL
Just because you have a prosthetic doesn't mean you can't live a full, active life doing the same things you did before.
Also, this is ****** Thedas. Enchantment!
PSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTT No don't say this. It' an excuse to retire .... don't say this toooo loud please .... I don't want to send my female Inquisitor back to battle.
(My male Inquisitor can go, he is harter ... )
As a main character, I'm not sure. I want the Inquisitor back in some way.
As for the arm, 'tis what happens, and becoming a combat veteran bears an inherent risk of serious injury. You could say that a veteran is injured regardless, due to mental influences (namely, PTSD) but I'm not sure whether this applies to everyone.
I'll deal with it, or think myself stupid. It's a talent.
This is how I imagine things happening one day...
On a calm evening where Maxwell Trevelyan was resting in his room, he was so exhausted at his desk that he didn’t notice Cole, hidden in the shadows and watching over him as the little dwarf lady Dagna walked inside the Inquisitor’s Chambers.
“Measures. Have to reflect everything from his right arm,” Cole murmured to himself as he listened the voices inside Dagna’s mind. “Varric and Bianca were right, I can do this.”
As Cole observed the enchanter pulling out a measuring tape, he scratched the tip of his nose while serving a little piece of cheese to a mouse trotting by.
Once the little one finished her work, she walked away and disappeared from the chambers. Maxwell was fast asleep on his chair, dreaming of all the adventures he had with his friends and about Solas, who he wishes to save from a certain path of destruction. Cole, worried about his friend, decided it was best to follow Dagna and see what this was all about.
“A prosthesis arm? Yes… It makes sense,” repeated Cole as he sneaked behind a pillar, looking in direction of the ingenious dwarf woman who was now pushing the Undercroft’s doors and disappeared behind them. “Can I help?” He asked himself.
Ever since Maxwell helped him becoming more human with Varric Tethras, he developed a strong loyalty for his friends as much as he was still perceptive of voices. The voices weren’t as strong as before, but tonight, spirits were murmuring to him that he was needed.
He followed Dagna to the Undercroft, where she was already perched on some kind of blueprints, drawing anything that came into her mind. Cole saw that she already made many sketches of arms with different variables. Has she been working on this project for weeks? “No, months…” said Cole to himself, as he was still in hidden in the shadows.
“Who said that?” Said Dagna as she jumped.
“It is only me, Cole,” said the young man who appeared under the moonlit room. “I am here to help,” he said as he walked nearer to the blueprints.
“Oh, I swear I heard you upstairs… Were you spying on me?”
“Curiosity had the better of me, I am sorry.”
The ghost-like man blushed and tilted his hat, covering his eyes and his shy expression. The artificer dwarf giggled and invited Cole to examine the sketches she made. For the next few hours, they discussed about lyrium, spirits and Dwarven crafts. They were soon accompanied by Varric Tethras who took a small vacation from Kirkwall to visit Skyhold. At his side, another dwarf woman was carrying a large bag of metals and trinkets which would be used for their experiment. Cole smiled. Maxwell’s limb would be replaced. He wasn’t sure how, but the voices of the spirits around him told him everything would be okay. Echoes of the lyrium resonated in his mind, like a long lost song that wanted to appease his thoughts. Connecting it all to the Inquisitor’s thoughts would be the trickiest part, explained Dagna.
“Thankfully, Sparkles offered me some of those crystals he gave to the Inquisitor before leaving for Tevinter,” mentioned Varric. “I think we could try something with that.”
“Of course!” exclaimed Dagna, “reflecting his thoughts to one of those crystals which would be attached to the prosthesis would help everything move like his normal hand used to, while he holds or wear the other somewhere around his body... This is amazing! How come I haven't thought about this before?”
“This is just a theory, we aren’t sure yet. I believe we will require the assistance of a mage to activate the new arm,” said Bianca as she analyzed all of her friend’s blueprints. “This one in particular looks simple enough and convenient for his daily routines.”
“The measures have been taken at least three times last week and once this evening,” said the red headed dwarf. “We were lucky enough that Madame de Fer gave us those sleeping potions before she left to Orlais. They’ve been useful to help Maxwell. He had trouble sleeping with all the nightmares and the stress he has been accumulating over the past few months. Vivienne really was nice to offer us those bottles.”
“You tricked the Inquisitor?” said Cole who remained silent until then. “I’m not sure I like that…”
“Don’t fret, Kid,” said Varric. “We know what we’re doing.”
Cole wasn’t sure about that, as he knew all of them were confused, but had generous hearts. They each are different from humans and elves, but he’s so connected with Varric and Dagna now that everything seems normal to him. They had been changed, yes, but he can still feel their presences in his mind. It was still night outside, everyone should be sleeping. He wasn’t tired, so were the dwarves. Together, all the four of them began assembling the metal pieces together as Dagna and Bianca both shaped them with the forge and Varric made sure everything would be about the same size as Maxwell’s original arm. Cole meanwhile transported tools and pieces to Varric, as they put the whole thing together. It was experimental, but it was something they all wished for: an arm for their friend. After a few tryouts, they finally made a decent looking prosthesis which they examined thoughtfully before equipping the magical crystal inside the arm, just a few centimetres away from the hand. Now all they could do was waiting for the Inquisitor to wake up and show him this surprise.
As a main character, I'm not sure. I want the Inquisitor back in some way.
I'm frightend that Bioware will make something with the Inquisitor ..... I'm not really happy with. Look at the HoF and Hawke: Happy and possibility for a "life of our own choice" at the end of the game. But then in DA3 "missing in action". 
In my fantasy my little Hawke had about 15 children with Fenris and lives hidden in .... somewhere far far away. But DA3 destroyed this.
The old Heroes shall rest in peace so everybody could make in his fantasy his / her "own destiny".
About prosthetics: Can it be, is it possible that the men wants a bit more prostethics ("I waste him with my crossbow!") and the females wants a bit more a "arm-replacement". Of course a lot of players want to leave it like it is.
I'm frightend that Bioware will make something with the Inquisitor ..... I'm not really happy with. Look at the HoF and Hawke: Happy and possibility for a "life of our own choice" at the end of the game. But then in DA3 "missing in action".
In my fantasy my little Hawke had about 15 children with Fenris and lives hidden in .... somewhere far far away. But DA3 destroyed this.
The old Heroes shall rest in peace so everybody could make in his fantasy his / her "own destiny".
About prosthetics: Can it be, is it possible that the men wants a bit more prostethics ("I waste him with my crossbow!") and the females wants a bit more a "arm-replacement". Of course a lot of players want to leave it like it is.
I understand your concern, but thats why I really hope they come up with a way to have you choose if you want to play your Inquisitor or a new character for the next game. If you choose not to play your Inquisitor however, I can guarantee the Inquisitor WILL make an appearance as an advisor of some kind.
I don't feel a lot of closure with DA:I right now. The Inquisitor's story has really only just begun considering what Solas is getting up to. The game has heavily been set up for the Inquisitor to return in one way or another, and theres nothing to be done about that. Its made very clear no matter what you do that the Inquisitor IS going to continue going up against Solas, and all the choices mean the start of the next game would be fundamentally the same if we start in Tevinter, whether or not the Inquisition was disbanded.
I don't know... after lyrium guns in Descent everything is possible.
Frankly, I saw Thedas as a potential techno-wonderland just from Bianca. Bianca is a super advanced piece of technology in a world where people still sh** in wooden boxes and poke each other with crude metal sticks.
Just because you have a prosthetic doesn't mean you can't live a full, active life doing the same things you did before.
Also, this is ****** Thedas. Enchantment!
My father is living proof of this, he lost his arm (below elbow, which is considerably "better" than losing above elbow) a few years ago and is already highly functional doing 90%+ of the things he did prior to losing it. Granted he has the benefit of modern prosthetics, which frankly are quite amazing right now (borderline sci-fi almost heh).
Steampunk prosthetic dwarf arm? Yes pls.
Also, didn't Bull have a Gatling gun arm in some of his concept art..?
What the hell stopped them?!
LOOK AT THIS THING. It's like a beautiful arm.. cannon.. thing.
It's great, it's WOOHHMMM, it's impressive - but it's definitely NOT "beautiful" .... you scary me a bit ..... 
You know, I have here a little thread where I collect ideas (and bug reports!): http://forum.bioware...the-next-patch/
You could write this there, too. With a link to the picture. It's a bit ... crazy but I would take it on the list.
(Could it be: They still have some plans for this "Iron-Bull" hand-cannon somewhere?? They coould give it to the Inquisitor. IF he wishes.)
Like literally nobody else is missing a limb (besides Iron Bull sort of) in Dragon Age, so Bioware is telling me that the INQUISITOR is the only one to lose a limb and not have it replaced. This makes no sense at all. I wasn't shocked at the loss of the anchor (honestly). When I first saw the Dragon Age trailers I was like "The Inquisitor is probably going to lose that hand" I even thought when Corypheus picked up the Inquistitor by the hand that he was going to take it lol. I actually was disappointed and annoyed that one of the most powerful beings in Dragon Age is now an amputee and nobody is making a big deal about it (except us the players). This is not Star Wars (to the person who mentioned it), this is Dragon Age so I'm pretty sure magic and their unusually advanced technology can replace any missing organ or limb, or even make it ten times better lol. I spent a good deal of time trying to protect my Inquisitor and that ungrateful world only to lose an arm not in battle but basically due to it being afflicted with god knows what, and for no one in-game to feel bad or to come up with solutions to a very obvious missing limb. It's kind of bs really that only one character (a powerful mage in my case) is literally the only amputee in the whole dragon age series, like how is that even possible? So even though some may say it's not that big of a deal, to some of us it is because I don't want my character to be any less of a fighter than they were before, and I also don't want my Inquisitor to become a boring and useless advisor who has to be protected every five minutes (Josephine I'm looking at you). If any of you watch Game of Thrones watch how bad Jaime almost got his ass kicked by a Dornish warrior with Jaime having only one hand and compare it to his fighting skills when he had two hands. Trust, if anybody has the option between one hand and two hands I doubt anybody is going to raise their hands and be like "I'll take one hand please." I'm sorry Bioware (and fans) but I think the Inquisitor has been through way too much to lose a friend/or lover, influence, allies, and now the hand that made all of that possible. I hate to say it, but Dragon Age Inquisition needs a better ending. I think everyone who has beaten the game understands where I'm coming from when I say that the amount of effort put into maximizing our character's potential especially the anchor's abilities, it kind of feels like a slap in the face. Like here spend 70 hours+ for a character that is going to take a backseat in the next installments, (like Hawke and the Warden). It's the inquisitor, he/she saved their world and deserve so much more than what was given to them.
Does anyone else think that Dagna would be drooling at the bits to make the Quizzy a new prosthetic? I can only imagine the damage done to Skyhold while she's working on it, too.
I'm not sure why people think it's so far-fetched for the Inquisitor to have a prosthetic arm, lyrium/mage based or even more techy/steam punk in a world like Dragon Age. It's a fantasy setting, there are living constructs (whole-body) like golems (remember Shale?) that function just as smoothly as organic bodies.
This is how I imagine things happening one day...
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