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[mousestalker]

Do you reckon there's a Fred and George Weasley style magic joke shop somewhere in Thedas? If there's only one my money would be that it's in Minrathous. If there's one in Kirkwall, but that's probably too much to hope for.

[Creature 1]

Corker wrote...

Creature 1 wrote...

And frostrocks and such probably exist, but they're enchanted and cost their weight in gold. 

You make my smut!fic characters very sad, Creature.   

Hey, if they're needed for plot reasons. . . 

[Raonar]

mousestalker wrote...

Do you reckon there's a Fred and George Weasley style magic joke shop somewhere in Thedas? If there's only one my money would be that it's in Minrathous. If there's one in Kirkwall, but that's probably too much to hope for.

I'm pretty sure you could get away with adding stuff like that to The Wonders of Thedas. they DO have miniature golem dolls after all.

I don;t think Kirkwall has much in the way of playful magic. I heard the Templars practically control the Viscount and hold the circle of magi in an iron grip.

[Corker]

mousestalker wrote...

Do you reckon there's a Fred and George Weasley style magic joke shop somewhere in Thedas? If there's only one my money would be that it's in Minrathous. If there's one in Kirkwall, but that's probably too much to hope for.

I would say that there indubitably is.  Where else would Bodhan get a Butterfly Sword or Uncrushable Pigeon?

[maxernst]

I guess I'm not very imaginative, but I don't think my warden exhibits any special powers beyond what he does in the game. He's not particularly remarkable or unusual looking, either.

[Sialater]

maxernst wrote...

I guess I'm not very imaginative, but I don't think my warden exhibits any special powers beyond what he does in the game. He's not particularly remarkable or unusual looking, either.

This.  About the only thing she might have is that aura of command that I use to explain away the Persuade game mechanic.

[mousestalker]

I'm pondering writing about a mage who has the ability to give herself theme music. For some reason I thought of an arcane warrior walking up to Uldred with 'Battle Without Honour or Humanity' playing and got the giggles.



Too many bad movies, probably...

[Glorfindel709]

You could have her walking up to the battle humming and everyone pauses and looks at her like she's got a second head before she goes "What? It's my theme song...."

[LupusYondergirl]

maxernst wrote...

 

I guess I'm not very imaginative, but I don't think my warden exhibits any special powers beyond what he does in the game. He's not particularly remarkable or unusual looking, either.

Same.  it's tough enough to make a character who doesn't come across as this steamroller of power just keeping within the game mechanics and lore, inventing all sorts of special snowflake skills just for them seems like it would only exacerbate the problem.

I actually sort of nerfed some of the mage skills with Maggie.  Sure, she can be strong enough to use weapons thanks to being an arcane warrior.  Doesn't mean she can tell a dagger from a greatsword from a hole in the wall, though.  I made it so she actually had to learn how to fight and move with weapons after picking up the magical component, and that she's good at it now is only because of her own hard work and a decade or so of practice.  Same with blood magic- she learned the basics from Jowan, but to do anything with it beyond "use blood instead of mana" she's had to study.  I also really like the idea that some mages just are better at one skill than another: like any other talent in life, really.  So she is a fantastic primal mage… but she can’t heal a papercut if someone’s life depended on it. 



@Sia: I just explained persuade by making Maggie a fairly manipulative sort of person.

[Corker]

mousestalker wrote...

I'm pondering writing about a mage who has the ability to give herself theme music.

Kronk approves +12

[Glorfindel709]

@Lupus I agree with the mages specializing in certain branches. Glor is really good with Primal (except for fire, he hates fire because it always seems to backfire on him) and loves to work with Spirit (walking bombs, mana clash, crushing prison... what's not to love? ) but can only heal minor wounds (very useful skill for a blood mage) and fails entirely at entropic magic.

[maxernst]

@Lupusyondergirl, Come to think of it, I nerfed my Warden's stealth a bit to bring it in line with what felt more realistic. My PC was trying to go into a room where two people were sleeping and get a description of one of the people in the bed In the game, there's no reason (unless it was a boss encounter) he couldn't have waltzed right passed the servant at the door carrying a torch and had a good look. Instead, I had him have to put the servant to sleep, grease the door hinges with lard so they wouldn't make noise, and open the shutters a crack to let in enough moonlight for him to see.

[Sialater]

I actually interpret the game mechanics to mean that's what stealth meant.

[Raonar]

Sialater wrote...

I actually interpret the game mechanics to mean that's what stealth meant.

Mee too. It's not like theives can use magic to summon a field of light refraction around them or anything

[maxernst]

Raonar wrote...

Sialater wrote...

I actually interpret the game mechanics to mean that's what stealth meant.

Mee too. It's not like theives can use magic to summon a field of light refraction around them or anything

Well, in game, there's no practical difference between combat stealth and an invisibility spell.  

[Sialater]

maxernst wrote...

Raonar wrote...

Sialater wrote...

I actually interpret the game mechanics to mean that's what stealth meant.

Mee too. It's not like theives can use magic to summon a field of light refraction around them or anything

Well, in game, there's no practical difference between combat stealth and an invisibility spell.  

Right.  Which is why we gots ta fudge it... written fiction requires LOGIC, y'all.

[Raonar]

Totally unrelated...

In my quest to actually make my chapter interesting, I ended up describing how the process of breathing worked (complete with words like pleura and thoracal cavity and alveoli.... The protagonist is trying to meditate, since he has to heal but healing magic doesn't work on him, and meditation involves breathing exercises, and breathing relies on the ribs... and his are partially broken and he also has a nasty large cut on the side.... yeah...

And his mind just wondered over to studying how breathing works and how dreadfully inconveniencing it is. Ah well...

ALSO, a question. What are those privacy fence-like things used in old-fashion bathrooms/bedrooms called like? The ons you hide behind when changing clothes and the like?

Modifié par Raonar, 10 février 2011 - 08:49 .

[Creature 1]

Raonar wrote...

Totally unrelated...

In my quest to actually make my chapter interesting, I ended up describing how the process of breathing worked (complete with words like pleura and thoracal cavity and alveoli.... The protagonist is trying to meditate, since he has to heal but healing magic doesn't work on him, and meditation involves breathing exercises, and breathing relies on the ribs... and his are partially broken and he also has a nasty large cut on the side.... yeah...

I'd think alveoli would exceed the grasp of medieval science.  Actually since the Chantry forbids study into anatomy because it might result in summoning demons to animate corpses (same as gay marriage will result in the extinction of humanity, yep), I'm afraid much of anatomy would.  I think Zevran has a good grasp on some key anatomical features (fine, say "that's what she said" <_<) and the others would have picked up a lot from hunting while on the road, but my mage's interest in anatomy is limited to the basics because of Chantry attitudes. 

[DreGregoire]

Raonar wrote...

ALSO, a question. What are those privacy fence-like things used in old-fashion bathrooms/bedrooms called like? The ons you hide behind when changing clothes and the like?

Privacy Screen's... for instance asian privacy screen, usually a screen that has something depicted on it so you could pick something in Thedas and call it something screen or something privacy screen. Heh I suppose you could make a whole paragraph up about where a certain screen came from and how it had been passed down blah blah. LOL or just call it the privacy screen. hehe

Modifié par DreGregoire, 10 février 2011 - 09:18 .

[DreGregoire]

Medieval science knowledge doesn't relate to Thedas knowledge, granted using a completely modern technical term is probably stretching the line a bit, but to say the knowledge in Thedas is equal to medieval knowledge is not acurate. Ferelden is more 'medieval' in it's knowledge than some of the other nations are but the information is there. In our world long before modern medicine there is evidence that there were people who tried to study and understand anatomy, so to even say that those in Medieval times knew nothing of anatomy isn't correct either.

Edit: Also societies that have mage healers may very well be much more familiar with anatomy and how the body works than one that doesn't. History clearly shows that certain people have appeared mystical in their ability to control their bodies; however, mostly it is because these people have had a better understanding of how their body systems work.

Modifié par DreGregoire, 10 février 2011 - 09:29 .

[Raonar]

Yes, only the one thinking it is a dwarf, and dwarves are supposed to be badass and pretty much learned in everything, since they have to heal their soldiers without magic a lot.

EDIT
And thanks for the Privacy Screen answer:P

Modifié par Raonar, 10 février 2011 - 09:40 .

[DreGregoire]

Raonar wrote...

Yes, only the one thinking it is a dwarf, and dwarves are supposed to be badass and pretty much learned in everything, since they have to heal their soldiers without magic a lot.

EDIT
And thanks for the Privacy Screen answer:P

Dwarves do have alot of time on their hands to learn things hehe.

Glad to help. I try to help when I can unless I'm in a frisky mood then I try to play and it gets dangerous. LOL

Modifié par DreGregoire, 10 février 2011 - 09:46 .

[jackkel dragon]

Corker wrote...

mousestalker wrote...

I'm pondering writing about a mage who has the ability to give herself theme music.

Kronk approves +12

I forgot how much I love that movie.

@Breathing terms: way over my head. But I agree with Dre about how some people in the middle ages were ahead of the curve in understanding, for example: there was some doctor in the Renaissance (forgot his name) that suggested fresh air was preferable to quarantine inside a home with a sick man. Who knew?

[DreGregoire]

mousestalker wrote...

Do you reckon there's a Fred and George Weasley style magic joke shop somewhere in Thedas? If there's only one my money would be that it's in Minrathous. If there's one in Kirkwall, but that's probably too much to hope for.

According to the old mage in the circle tower library, fire wands work great for pranks! That old man is kind of dangerous, telling a new mage all those tricky things. I hope he survived the tower crisis, he would be a good source of what to use for practical jokes. LOL. Heh, I might have to write a couple of encounter's with him sometime.

[DreGregoire]

In my non dragon age creation, one of my character's can create music with his mind alone. Spooky. Imagine how crazy he must have thought he was when he could actually hear the music in his head outloud? hahaha

Modifié par DreGregoire, 10 février 2011 - 09:52 .