Dragon Age: Origins - An Idea

**johnhughthom** · 06-05-2010, 17:14

I've never understood the Duncan obsession, I thought he was kinda meh and was glad to see him go. Plus he could have at least tried to talk Ser Jory round. "I am sorry." Yeah, right.

**Double A** · 06-05-2010, 17:34

Whaaat?

**Secura** · 06-05-2010, 18:47

Originally Posted by Double A

My making him Athrogate.

Oh wait...

What do you mean? :S

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

I've never understood the Duncan obsession, I thought he was kinda meh and was glad to see him go. Plus he could have at least tried to talk Ser Jory round. "I am sorry." Yeah, right.

Duncan isn't one of my favourite characters, principally because I felt he was very much Mr. Plot Device; no matter how hard you argued not to join the Grey Wardens, he brings out the Right of Conscription and goes "lol, no choice naow!"... and then it transpires that the Joining is very much a luck of the draw thing where you're just as likely to die as you are survive, and should you even consider backing out after Daveth dies... well Duncan will kill you. :/

However, this is an Origin story, Duncan's pivotal in all of them and it would be a shame to cut him out; he will have his role to play in The Aeducan Succession, including personal goals and such, and while he will be quite powerful, he won't be invincible by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm currently mulling over an alignment change system for some of the characters; as certain events occur, whether they be a situation changing to benefit that character or someone dying, characters can change from town to mafia or the town's perception of a character can change from ally to enemy... think of the Kira/L thing in Noblesse Oblige as an example, a mechanic that didn't largely effect me as Selecao but one that I feel really changed the spirit of the game, kept town on their toes and kept things fresh.

The joy of playing so many games since I last hosted is that I have such a greater grasp of mechanics now and I have a better feeling of what works and what people enjoy seeing as opposed to what they dislike or doesn't fit in well; I'm hoping to test a few mechanics to see how well they correlate with both the narrative and the roleplaying aspect, even if the latter is more behind the scenes and decision-based rather than in-thread and in-character.

Coming up with the roles for The Aeducan Succession was easy enough because of the wealth of narrative available in the Dwarven storylines, but fleshing them out with abilities, goals and balancing 'em is a bit tougher. :P

**Double A** · 06-05-2010, 19:02

Athrogate is a dwarf from Forgotten Realms who has Glassteel morning stars with adamantine chains, and is literally strong as a giant. One morning star secretes rust monster ichor, which rusts any metal super fast, and the other one has oil of impact, which EXPLODEEEES like a bomb when it his stuff. His strategy is to hit weapons with the rust then make them explode. When he's fighting zombies or non-weapon-using-things, he just makes them explode. And he makes horrible rhymes all the time which annoy everyone around him.

I like him

**johnhughthom** · 06-06-2010, 22:26

I was going to play through Dragon Age again to get in the mood for this and bought "The Darkspawn Chronicles" to play through before I start a character to play through Origins and Awakenings (which I still haven't gotten around to playing) but it won't download. The Feastday pack downloaded fine as did Blightblood, TDC just sits on 0% not moving. It has 1.3 in red on version required, but I am on 1.3 and Feastday needed that and downloaded without problems. I've tried exiting and restarting the game and turning the PC on and off, any ideas?

**Double A** · 06-06-2010, 23:05

Dragon Age has more DLC than I thought...

Also do you get all the Blood Dragon plate from camp?

**johnhughthom** · 06-06-2010, 23:10

You start with one piece and can buy the rest from Bodahn. The Dwarf Noble Origin was amusing when they took your piece off you at the end... Think they patched it though.

**Double A** · 06-06-2010, 23:15

Yep I kept it when they exiled me.

I'd hate to know where my character kept it

**Secura** · 06-06-2010, 23:39

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

as did Blightblood

What is that? Sounds like a weapon? o_O

Also, you'll want to be careful with Awakening; I'm not certain if it's been patched yet, but when I played it conflicted heavily with some of my DLC. There's a really nice crafted sword that has a unique model that's sorta transparant IIRC... except it clashed with my Warden Keep DLC and looks identical to the Starmetal weapon. This also occured with the best armour set in Awakening, which looked like Warden's Commander Plate rather than what it was meant to. :/

**Double A** · 06-06-2010, 23:46

Hey Secura what happens if you put a fire rune and a frost rune on the same sword?

Wouldn't the fire melt the frost?

Or a fire rune on the Orlesian Mace that gives +5% frost resist, +2 frost damage, and -5% spirit resist?

**johnhughthom** · 06-06-2010, 23:54

Originally Posted by Secura

What is that? Sounds like a weapon? o_O

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Blightblood

Quite enjoying Darkspawn Chronicles, didn't seem to go down well but it's pretty much what I expected.

Thanks for the heads up on Awakenings, I'm rarely bothered what items look like (well maybe Morrigans robes bother me...) so long as they actually do what they are supposed to I'm happy.

edit: I see the old problem of party members randomly deciding they couldn't be bothered fighting and would rather stand there until dirctly controlled is still there..

**Secura** · 06-07-2010, 00:23

Originally Posted by Double A

Hey Secura what happens if you put a fire rune and a frost rune on the same sword?

Nothing happens; you get both damage modifiers added to your attacks, unless a creature is resistant to that type (Dragons to fire, for example).

Originally Posted by johnhughthom

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Blightblood

Cripes, my Rogue'd like that... I've been dithering about downloading TDC because I wasn't sure I'd like the premise and felt that the only reason I'd be downloading it was because it's release means I no longer have all the DA achievements!

I'm rarely bothered what items look like

You mustn't play as female characters then. xD

(well maybe Morrigans robes bother me...)

In the good way, right?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

My favourite part is the fact he says it's an hour and it lasts twenty-two seconds. xD

Anyways, back to work on the roles tomorrow, balancing is a pain in the bottom. >.<