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[Darkly Tranquil]

Maybe its because I love samurai movies with tragic endings, but I have this habit of deliberately doing awful things to my characters and NPCs simply to create the most dramatic story paths I can. I'm curious as to whether anyone else likes to find creative ways of tormenting their characters? (Or am I just a weirdo?)

Some notable examples of me pulling the heads off my (virtual) Barbie dolls include:

- Romanced Alistair in Origins with my F!HN and was planning to rule with him as Queen, but recruited Loghain at the Landsmeet (she could not bring herself to make Anora watch her father die) and sent Alistair off to become a drunk. Unable to live with the guilt of what she had done to the man she loved, she made the Ultimate Sacrifice to kill the Archdaemon.

- Deliberately romanced Cassandra with my Inquisitor and meta-gamed so she would become Divine, knowing she would break up with him in the end. He finished up losing his girlfriend, losing the Inquisition, losing his hand, and being left with nothing but an iron determination to stop Solas if it's the last thing he does.

So, does anyone else do this, or am I just a sadist? (masochist?)

If you have any stories of horrible things you did to your characters, feel free to share.

[Heimdall]

Well, I did make my Lavellan romance Solas knowing what would happen. For the drama. Does that count?

[NoForgiveness]

I plan to romance Solas and Blackwall....? Right after I get over Sera.... which will probably be in... never.

[Ieldra]

Other than romancing Solas knowing what will happen, no.

 

My characters lose enough as it is. The Warden lost half his lifespan, Hawke lost most of his family and his new home and became an outcast. After DAI, I thought there was an end to Bioware writers doing horrible things to our protagonists, but then came Trespasser and my Inquisitor lost her hand, her political power and the Anchor.

[Andraste_Reborn]

Yes. I usually find the story more interesting if my protagonist doesn't get everything right - learned that after a first run at DAO where stuff usually went my Warden's way. While I'm still fond of my Cousland (first ever Dragon Age PC!) I try to make sure that my player characters make more flawed decisions than she did and have more negative events happen to them as a result.

 

(Well, OK, her family died, she was forced to join the Wardens and had to convince her fiance to knock up another woman. But she still saved the mages, rescued Connor, cured the werewolves, destroyed the Anvil of the Void, slew the Archdemon without anyone sacrificing themselves, then married her true love and became queen.)

[Donk]

I wish.

 

[vbibbi]

Nothing that wasn't consensual between two loving adults...

[themikefest]

To the character I play?

 

The only thing was  romancing Isabela and instead of fighting the Arishok, I let him take Isabela away

 

To companions and npc's? Yes I did

[Regan_Cousland]

I never do horrible things for the sake of being horrible, just to see different outcomes (I find that I lose all affection for my character when I do that). However, I don't try to please everyone the way I used to, either.

In my youthful naivete, I used to think that trying to please everyone made me a winner; but since I've gotten older I've realized that you have to have the strength of will to stand by your convictions, and speak your mind clearly and bluntly, even if your companions sulk and like you a little less. 

 

P.S. The closest I came to roleplaying a truly horrible character was a male dalish elf who saw humans as weak and self-entitled and treated them with constant disdain. But I eventually got to the point where I couldn't see why anyone would follow him, so I quit the game after about thirty hours, headcannoning that Morrigan had poisoned him for the good of the group and Alistair had gone on to defeat the Blight alone. lol

[katerinafm]

Yes. But it's mostly with their backstories rather than with what I do with them in-game.

[robertmarilyn]

No, I don't purposely do bad things to my characters or anyone else. The closest I have come is in my current game, where I'm playing a female elf, who is currently romancing Solas. I know that won't end well but I'm pretending I don't know that. 

[correctamundo]

Well I romanced Anders.

[Tidus]

No..My elf warden may not like being a warden but, he/she is fair and believes in justice. Neither will kill just to kill there must be a reason.

 

My female elf dumps Alistair on Anora's lap and after the victory whoop de doo at the castle she leaves with her BFF Leliana after they spend a night drinking with Shianni.

 

As a side note my male elf has never trusted shems  the exception being his love Leliana  and therefore felt guilty about agreeing to Morrigan's DR even though he decided not to die for ungrateful shems that still  hated his people.

[robertmarilyn]

Well I romanced Anders.

 

Oh yeah, so did I.  Didn't kill him though so my Hawke ran off with him for a happy or not, ever after. 

[actionhero112]

Yes.

 

I play dragon age because the world isn't perfect, and neither are the characters. Trying to make the perfect decisions and choices just feels wrong. 

 

That being said, I never roleplay as downright racist or homophobic characters. That's where I draw the line. 

[Ryzaki]

Yep.

 

Woobie backstories, bad decisions, horrible LI choices.

 

Only thing I have yet to do is romance Qun Bull. I just can't. D:

[RoughTumble]

Unsatisfied with the ending of DAI, my wife wrote an epilogue fan fiction about her rift mage who had the ability to draw raw power from the fade with the mark.  Having lost the mark, her hand, and her power, she turned to blood magic and her templar lover killed her in the end.

 

I picked up the story and wrote the part of the templar who killed his blood mage lover then, unable to live with himself after the deed, killed himself in a particularly gruesome red lyrium death.

 

Tragedies r us.

[luxaeris]

Sometimes it's good to let our characters make something which may bring them some trouble or pain...  although I usually want a happy life for my characters. I let my Inquisitor fell in love with Solas, that's maybe because I still have hope for a happy ending.

[The_Prophet_of_Donk]

I had Hawke kill his sister.... in the name of Donk!!!

[GoldenGail3]

Well I romanced Anders.

I romanced Anders fully knowing he'd use me to blow up a bomb. I romanced Morrigan fully aware she'd dump my butt and go have her possessed child. Then I romanced Solas, fully knowing I'd be dumped twice. Apostates, i tell you.

[correctamundo]

I romanced Anders fully knowing he'd use me to blow up a bomb. I romanced Morrigan fully aware she'd dump my butt and go have her possessed child. Then I romanced Solas, fully knowing I'd be dumped twice. Apostates, i tell you.

 

You ARE hard =).

[Cobra's_back]

I romanced Solas knowing he would dump my poor Elf. I also let the Chargers die just so I could watch that poor Elf feel betrayed twice in the same game. 

[Lord Raijin]

As a pro mage It gave me such great pleasure to Judge that ****** ant, Livius Erimond, and to give him what he truly deserves...

 

 

I refuse to give this man what he desires. Instead I gave him something that he truly feared like all mages

[Dancing_Dolphin]

I usually have one character who is cruel and makes all the bad decisions. It's always interesting to see how differently characters respond to someone they despise verses someone they like. But that is as close as I get to what you describe, DT.

[Gileadan]

I don't do any of the kind. I absolutely can't stand avoidable, unnecessary drama, and I lose the connection to any character who intentionally makes stupid or bad decisions. And I'm only mean to other characters when I have an Anders level of dislike for them.