Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...
The alternative is that Zathrien's spellpower sucks.
DreGregoire wrote...
ZerbanDaGreat1 wrote...
Random question - just how powerful can a templar's magic resistance be? I know there's a protection against mind-altering spells, but what about direct-damage spells? I ask because in the latest chapter Alistair took a lightning bolt from Zathrian straight on the chest and barely flinched.
You know I'm totally in awe of the templar's abilities, I'll have to do some research to answer this question. brb. LOL
Modifié par DreGregoire, 02 mars 2011 - 09:25 .
Modifié par KSuri, 02 mars 2011 - 02:23 .
Raonar wrote...
Unwarrnted change of subject.
You know, It's really frustrating when I stumble upon stories that miss the whole point of what being a Grey Warden implies. To clarify, the author thinks the best wardens are barely capable of beating one or four darkspawn on their own... whatever that means.
Coupled with portraying certain other, very old, characters as distinctly superior to a warden in his prime, who is a dwarf AND has the extra kick from Avernus's alcemical drink... I can't help but see the text screaming bias towards that particular character.
/end rant
Mahkara wrote...
Raonar wrote...
Unwarrnted change of subject.
You know, It's really frustrating when I stumble upon stories that miss the whole point of what being a Grey Warden implies. To clarify, the author thinks the best wardens are barely capable of beating one or four darkspawn on their own... whatever that means.
Coupled with portraying certain other, very old, characters as distinctly superior to a warden in his prime, who is a dwarf AND has the extra kick from Avernus's alcemical drink... I can't help but see the text screaming bias towards that particular character.
/end rant
I'm going to actually disagree here.
To me, how good the Wardens are depends a lot, I think, on what the author is doing with the story.
Sure, in game, I'd 100% agree that Wardens can take on hoardes of darkspawn on their own. But this *could* be termed game mechanics. (As so much else that the author disagrees about in game, and wants to write differently in fanfiction is.)
A lot depends on where the author is going with the story. If they want their Warden to be superman, that's awesome! (And supported by canon.) But I can also see some logic in writing a Warden who is a bit more human...which can also boost the drama in even less "epic" encounters. It all depends on the way the author chooses to slant their fiction. If they want superman, I say, go for it. But I wouldn't criticize someone who wrote Wardens that were merely human, either. TBH, I often prefer reading about grittier, more realistic fantasy worlds where the Warden can only do so much, magic doesn't save everyone all the time, etc.
Modifié par Raonar, 02 mars 2011 - 05:21 .
Raonar wrote...
Look, you can kill more than four darkspawn and not be superhuman. The situation I am referring to is when a warden in his prime, who has fought werewolves,darkspawn, Golems and DRAGONS and won with no debilitating injuries, AND drunk a potion that, by all accounts, DID make him superhuman... can barely fight agains a normal human in his fifties.
Again, a lot to me, depends on the set up. If you go from "invincible hero" to "barely able to take out a doddering old man", yeah, I 100% agree that the story sucks. But if you go, "This guy only managed to kill the dragon with the help of his friends and a lot of luck, only kills darkspawn through savvy and careful planning, and then is stuck in a head to head fight with a great warrior (who just happens to be a bit elderly), I could buy the story. Trust me, with exercise and a proper diet (and probably some luck and good genes), you can be in pretty good shape well past 50.
Modifié par Costin_Razvan, 02 mars 2011 - 05:59 .
they're gonna think my characters are derpy lol.
Mahkara wrote...
Raonar wrote...
Look, you can kill more than four darkspawn and not be superhuman. The situation I am referring to is when a warden in his prime, who has fought werewolves,darkspawn, Golems and DRAGONS and won with no debilitating injuries, AND drunk a potion that, by all accounts, DID make him superhuman... can barely fight agains a normal human in his fifties.
I'll agree that it is rather goofy when someone sets up their Warden as able to kill dragons unassisted, then suddenly has problems as soon as the plot demands it. (That's the problem in a lot of fiction, really, where a protagonist is set up one way, then it's changed dramatically without a lot of build up. I could buy that scenario *if* the old man was someone special...i.e. a male version of Flemmeth or whatever.) But I'm still not sure that killing 4 darkspawn is something normal. They're supposed to be pretty fearsome, after all. And I don't really know a lot of people who could kill four humans on their own, far less four monstrous undead. (I certainly couldn't, for what it's worth...and Duncan is done in by an ogre, despite his prowess. Admittedly, ogres are scary, but still...)
Again, a lot to me, depends on the set up. If you go from "invincible hero" to "barely able to take out a doddering old man", yeah, I 100% agree that the story sucks. But if you go, "This guy only managed to kill the dragon with the help of his friends and a lot of luck, only kills darkspawn through savvy and careful planning, and then is stuck in a head to head fight with a great warrior (who just happens to be a bit elderly), I could buy the story. Trust me, with exercise and a proper diet (and probably some luck and good genes), you can be in pretty good shape well past 50.
Modifié par Raonar, 02 mars 2011 - 06:29 .
thesnowtigress wrote...
Does anyone else have some words disappear from their stories after they upload to FF? I noticed that, and then when i went to edit it, they were there, but when i looked at my actual story, they were still gone. Great, now people are gonna get confused by my writing
No, I haven't but it really would make sense. First if your Warden took the blow, then she/he needs time to recover (I can't imagine that the Warden remains unscathed by the final blow despite performed DR. ) As well need your companions and the city itself. There is the issue of burning and broken buildings, as well corpses and such) And then there is the needed time to get the Coronation ready, so yeah come to think of it two months makes a hell of a sense here.DreGregoire wrote...
I just read somewhere that there were two months between the archdemon defeat and the coronation. Has anybody else heard that?
Costin_Razvan wrote...
Raonar is referring to my story where I had my Dwarf Noble almost lose to Loghain in the duel, and I never did make my Warden to be some supernatural hero since I don't like using that concept in my stories.
But apparently an old man who spent the last 30 years on a strict training regime, who fought many battles in his time can stand no match for a Dwarf who faced Dragons! Ignoring the fact my Dwarf had an entire party at his back when doing so else he would have been crushed.
Modifié par Prisoner24601, 02 mars 2011 - 08:47 .
DreGregoire wrote...
thesnowtigress wrote...
Does anyone else have some words disappear from their stories after they upload to FF? I noticed that, and then when i went to edit it, they were there, but when i looked at my actual story, they were still gone. Great, now people are gonna get confused by my writing
I've found upon editting within fanfiction some funky things have happened. You replaced the chapter or did you just edit the file?
Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...
DreGregoire wrote...
thesnowtigress wrote...
Does anyone else have some words disappear from their stories after they upload to FF? I noticed that, and then when i went to edit it, they were there, but when i looked at my actual story, they were still gone. Great, now people are gonna get confused by my writing
I've found upon editting within fanfiction some funky things have happened. You replaced the chapter or did you just edit the file?
FF.Net will delete multiple punctuation marks like ?! or ** and sometimes spaces, which will mash two words together. I don't know about deleting entire words though...
Costin_Razvan wrote...
Raonar is referring to my story where I had my Dwarf Noble almost lose to Loghain in the duel, and I never did make my Warden to be some supernatural hero since I don't like using that concept in my stories.
But apparently an old man who spent the last 30 years on a strict training regime, who fought many battles in his time can stand no match for a Dwarf who faced Dragons! Ignoring the fact my Dwarf had an entire party at his back when doing so else he would have been crushed.
thesnowtigress wrote...
hmm. it is a mystery to me still. there were no multiple punctuation marks or **, it was just two sentences. it went from this: This ends now. Tell me.
to this: This ends me.
lol.
i bet that confuses people "what is he trying to say?" lol.
I didn't try editing it within the editor, because in the editor it was normal. it's only on the chapter's page that the words go missing.
meh, oh well. maybe i'll try re-uploading the file or something tomorrow.
Mahkara wrote...
Ah, well, that makes sense to me. Loghain is supposed to be a great hero, after all. Plus, duels are pretty boring to read when they're like, "The dwarf walked up to Loghain, and a second later, he was DEAD!"
Modifié par DreGregoire, 03 mars 2011 - 02:02 .
DreGregoire wrote...
I prefer watching battles over reading them myself. LOL. I've only done a few fight scenes, no real battles, and usually in a single persons perspective because I think a narrative one would be long and drawn out. It all goes to what type of reading and/or writing you like to do.
Edit: I'm not sure yet how much fighting or battling will go into my Aonghas book 1 rewrite, only time will tell.
Modifié par Shadow of Light Dragon, 03 mars 2011 - 07:21 .
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