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![]() In the beginning, the Maker created the world. All the various species lived together It didn't last. On the continent of Thedas, a cabal of powerful mages united to storm the Golden City of the Maker that shone within the spirit realm. They failed and were cursed for their hubris, becoming the first of the darkspawn; twisted monsters banished deep underground. The Maker then washed his hands of reality and disappeared. Since then, the darkspawn have periodically launched apocalyptic invasions of the surface world, the Blights. Leading the fight against them are the Grey Wardens; an ancient order of mysterious badasses founded to Do What Needs To Be Done. There have been four Blights to date and on all four occasions the Grey Wardens saved the world. Eventually. It is the 30th year of the Age of the Dragon, and a new Blight has begun. Staring down the darkspawn this time is the Kingdom of Ferelden, a damp country that likes dogs and cheeses and hates elves and foreigners. Given the scale of the threat, it should be a simple matter to bring the kingdom's forces to bear against the horde. Right? ![]() Dragon Age! The game created when Bioware got nostalgic for the good old days of Baldur's Gate, but didn't want to pay for the D&D license again. Swords and sorcery, dwarves and elves, dragons and dungeons; they're all here waiting to be killed, explored and/or seduced. But this ain't your daddy's fantasy role playing adventure. This is the new poo poo. So here's a screenshot LP, with writing and pictures and no more than three jokes. Game text is plain, sound effects are bold, comedy additions are in italics, [and square brackets mean LPer comments and mechanics explanations]. ![]() Prologue Part 01: A Long, Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far Far Away... Part 02: Paragons And Renegades Part 03: Biancamania's Running Wild Part 04: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems Part 05: The Metaphorical Shield Part 06: Everyone Hates You Now Part 07: This Update Is Brought To You By PC Gamer Part 08: Moving On Up Ostagar Part 09: The Dogs Of War Part 10: The Grumpy One Part 11: Hello Boys Part 12: Join The Grey Wardens, They Said Part 13: Unlucky For Some Part 14: Charge Of The Light Brigade Part 15: The Adventure... Begins! Lothering Part 16: Getting On With It Part 17: Fear And Lothering Part 18: Arts And Crafts Part 19: Occupy Lothering Part 20: Leaving Las Lothering Part 21: Alistair Has A Conversation With A Dog Camp Part 22: Tomb Raider Part 23: Rose Bushes And Human Flesh The Circle Tower Part 24: The Dark Tower Part 25: Who Dares, Wynnes Part 26: Kids! Say No To Blood Magic! Part 27: Love Will Tear Us Apart Part 28: Dreamy Sleepy Nightie Snoozy Snooze Part 29: A Narrow Squeak Part 30: Supaburn Part 31: The Incredible Hulk Part 32: Action Therapy Part 33: Rise And Shine Part 34: Pride Comes Before A Fall Part 35: Dodgy Geezer Honnleath Part 36: Deadly Sex Goddess Part 37: A Talking Cat!?! Part 38: Chicken Out Soldier's Peak Part 39: At The Mountains Of Madness Part 40: Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated Part 41: Deal Or No Deal Redcliffe Part 42: Glourious Basterds Part 43: Ask Not What Your Village Can Do For You Part 44: The Secret Power Of Alcoholism Part 45: A Hard Day's Night Part 46: Castle Spoopenstein Part 47: Jowan's Bogus Journey Part 48: Dismemberment Tuesday Camp (2) Part 49: Not So Simple Frozen Ostagar Part 50: Our Mutual Friend Part 51: Battle Under The Big Bridge Camp (3) Part 52: Sten Has A Conversation With A Dog The Brecilian Forest Part 53: The New Romantics Part 54: Highway To The Friend Zone Part 55: Got Wood? Part 56: Nice New Fur Rug Part 57: The Rapping Tree Part 58: I Know You Are, But What Am I? Part 59: Skellingtons Part 60: Crystal Gem Part 61: The Lady Or The Tiger Part 62: Dragon Age: The Musical! Camp (4) Part 63: That Old Black Magic Part 64: Eight Simple Rules For Possessing My Teenage Daughter Denerim Part 65: The Real Deal Part 66: The Great Mabari Caper Part 67: All I Care About Is Sex And Violence Part 68: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Part 69: Murder, She Read Haven Part 70: Take It Up With Human Resources Part 71: Haven Is A Place On Earth Part 72: The Sharpened Spike Part 73: Dragonforce Part 74: Ask Me No Questions And I'Ll Tell You No Lies Part 75: You Have Chosen... Wisely Part 76: Strangers In The Night Past Denerim Part 77: Leliana After Dark Part 78: A Little Light Treason Part 79: Chained Heat Part 80: It Was A Dark And Stormy Night Camp (5) Part 81: Leliana Rising: Revengeance Orzammar Part 82: You Can't Go Home Again Part 83: Start Spreading The News Part 84: The Old Homestead Part 85: Family Ties Part 86: The Ambassador's Reception Part 87: The Tournament Arc Part 88: Bookman's Revenge Part 89: Bear With Me The Deep Roads Part 90: I'Ll See You At The Crossroads Part 91: The Darkspawn Of The Night, What Music They Make! Part 92: Big Momma's House Part 93: Hammer Into Anvil Part 94: Rock The Vote Part 95: #Moga Camp (6) Part 96: Rump Roast Part 97: Snitches Get Riches Part 98: Oghrimemo Part 99: I Have Come To Regard You As People I've Met The Landsmeet Part 100: Stand And Deliver Part 101: Tactical Espionage Action Part 102: Your Queen Is In This Castle Alternate Universe Part 103: It's A Wonderful Life Part 104: The Denerim Gentrification Project The Landsmeet (2) Part 105: Jailbroken Part 106: Love Is In The Air Part 107: Busting Makes Me Feel Good Part 108: Does Whatever A Spider Can Part 109: Loose Ends Part 110: The Enemy Of My Enemy The Final Battle? Part 111: Indecent Proposal Part 112: Not With A Whimper, But A Bang Part 113: Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? ![]() Vigil's Keep Part 114: Here We Go Again Part 115: Vigil Dungeon Blues Part 116: Howe Now The City of Amaranthine Part 117: Is This The Way To Amaranthine? Part 118: Eff The Police Part 119: Critical Chunks Kal'Hirol Part 120: Last Dwarf Standing Part 121: No War But Class War Part 122: Attack Of The Nouns Vigil's Keep (2) Part 123: I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost Part 124: Role Playing Game Amgarrak Part 125: Down Among The Dead Men Part 126: Taste The Rainbow The City of Amaranthine (2) Part 127: Put A Ring On It The Blackmarsh Part 128: Marsh Madness Part 129: In Justice We Trust Part 130: Bianca Aeducan And The Curse Of The Ghost Dragon Vigil's Keep (3) Part 131: Dead And Loving It The Wending Wood Part 132: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires Part 133: Good Ol' Rock Part 134: Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking Wardens The Final Battle Part 135: Elf On The Shelf Part 136: All For One And One For All Part 137: Mother's Ruin Epilogue Part 138: Give A Hoot, Read A Book Part 139: My God, It's Full Of Stars Part 140: Goodbyeeeeee ![]() Our Heroes ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Grey Wardens ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Merchant Venturers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Wilds ![]() The Nobility of Ferelden ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Circle of Mages ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Redcliffe Village ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Redcliffe Castle ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Brecilian Forest ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Denerim, the Capital of Ferelden ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Haven, the Mountain Village ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Good Old Days ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Dwarven City of Orzammar ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Darkspawn Horde ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vigil Keep ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amaranthine City ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Amgarrak Expedition ![]() ![]() ![]() The Blackmarsh ![]() ![]() The Wending Woods ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Witch Hunters ![]() ![]() NOW READ ON... Inferior fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Oct 27, 2019 |
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This space for rent.
Inferior fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Oct 24, 2019 |
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PART 1: A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY... [VIDEO: The Opening] ![]() PREPARE YOUR BODIES FOR THE THUNDERDOME. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, that's the situation. Ancient evil, chosen one(s), desperate struggle. We'll laugh, we'll love, we'll learn, and in the end we'll murder a zombie dragon from hell. But first we'll need a hero. And what type of hero shall we be? ![]() Dragon Age: Origins lets you choose 1 of 6 origins (the clue's in the title) for your protagonist. Each origin gives us a different prologue and (very) occasionally affects things in the main plot. Sometimes there's additional dialogue. Sometimes there's bonus items. Sometimes everyone's just a dick to you because of fantasy racism. The choice of our plucky hero's origin is in the hands of you, the viewer. You may also choose how plucky they are. ![]() Dalish Elf posted:Proud of your role as one of the few “true elves,” you have always assumed you would spend your life with your tribe... until a chance encounter with a relic of your people's past threatens to tear you away from everything you have ever known. CON: Oooh, check me out, I'm a true elf. Lah de dah de dah. Prancey prancey prance. ![]() Dwarf Commoner posted:Born casteless in a land where rank is everything, bound as the lackey and thug of a local crime lord, you have spent your life invisible... until chance thrusts you into the spotlight, where you can finally prove whether you will be defined by your actions or your birth. CON: Common as muck. ![]() City Elf posted:You have always lived under the heavy thumb of your human overlords, but when a local lord claims his “privilege” with the bride and shatters your wedding day, the simmering racial tensions explode in a rain of vengeance. CON: “Heavy thumb.” ![]() Magi posted:Wielding a power as dangerous as it is potent, you know that magic is a curse for those lacking the will to control it. You anxiously await your Harrowing, the one chance you have to prove yourself against the demons lurking without and within. Succeed, or be slaughtered by the knights who ward against your kind. CON: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!! [NB: Mages can be either elves or humans. Humans get more skills, elves have slightly better stats. Dwarves lack the special magical juice required.] ![]() Human Noble posted:Born to wealth and power, second only to royalty, you find your training in both diplomacy and battle put to the test as your brother leads the bulk of your family's forces to war in the south. CON: We've all seen Game of Thrones. We know how this works. [NB: Dwarves and elves get two dedicated origins each, but humans only get one. There was going to be a Human Commoner origin, but it got taken out due to “lack of time”. Personally, I think it's yet more evidence of Bioware's sickening anti-human bigotry.] ![]() Dwarven Noble posted:As the favored child of the dwarven king, you proudly take up your first military command... only to learn that the deadly intrigues of family and sycophants may pose a greater danger than even the battlefield. CON: The deadliest sycophants. ![]() NOW WHAT? To make our hero, I need you to pick: An ORIGIN, from the ones listed above. Don't forget to specify human or elf for the Mage origin. A GENDER, which mostly just affects how many people we can have sex with. Just like in real life! A CLASS, either FIGHTER or ROGUE for the non-Mage origins. I won't insult your intelligence by explaining the difference. A CHARACTER ALIGNMENT, so I know how many of the “total dickhead” dialogue options to pick. Most popular choice wins. Feel free to also suggest a name, face, hairstyle, hat size, lucky number, favourite colour... I'll just pick the defaults if there's no consensus on those. Voting closes in two days, and then I'll get this show on the road. [For the record, a canticle is a religious song, and a threnody is a song of mourning. So the opening quote is from verse 13 of chapter 8 of the song of sad songs.] Inferior fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Oct 27, 2019 |
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Female Human Mage, True Neutral. Bonus: Green eyes, black hair (long)
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I'll vote for the character I played, as far as I can remember: Female, human, mage, lawful good, i guess.
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Prancy Elf Male Rogue. Neutral Pro-elf racist. Bonus: Pursue all the romances. At once.
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Female, Mage, Elf, neutral-friendly (neutral good).
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Female, Dwarf Noble, Rogue, and evil as hell I guess. Bonus: Do all the romances because the scenes are funnier when you play as a dwarf.
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Dwarf Noble Male Rogue True-Neutral (Gotta keep our options open, yo) Let's tear this game a new one. Also, Dwarven Nobles have one other teensy little pro to them. It probably counts as a spoiler so I won't say it, but there's a reason why DN is called "Easy-Mode". Ah hell...changing my vote so we can see the sure awesomeness of the Dwarven Noble advantages. mauman fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Dwarf Noble Male Rogue Neutral good This grimdark setting needs a true hero! A noble with a heart of gold that totally won't gently caress up everything due to incompetence! Wooooo! ![]()
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Hey Inferior, remember you from the TOR thread before it got way too long to keep track of. NG Female Human Mage healer, right? ![]() Actually, if I remember right, Dalish Elves can be mages, right, and that overrides the usual Mage origin? If so do that, Lawful Evil and Female for the other stuff. Veloxyll posted:Bonus: Pursue all the romances. At once. No matter which gender you pick, you miss out on one romance option. At least unlike the aforementioned Baldur's Gate 2 your race doesn't factor into it. mauman posted:Also, Dwarven Nobles have one other teensy little pro to them. Only if you're not ignoring NPCs to power through the origin story. ![]()
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Chaotic good female city elf warrior to stick it to the man!
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Wayne posted:
Dalish Elves being mages requires a mod, and it doesn't override the Mage origin stuff. Which will make things VERY strange later on in the game ![]() Always thought this was strange, since from a lore stand point, Dalish characters being mages would have made total sense. Guess Bioware didn't want to put in the extra ![]() Wayne posted:
Oh, it goes beyond the Origin story. Oh dear GOD does it go beyond the Origin story. The Origin story stuff just sets the stage for the sheer brokenness that awaits the Dwarven Noble. mauman fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Wayne posted:Actually, if I remember right, Dalish Elves can be mages, right, and that overrides the usual Mage origin? If so do that, Lawful Evil and Female for the other stuff. No. Only way you can sling spells is too go with the standard mage origin, which sucks since its by far the most boring one I've played and lasts way too long. mauman posted:Oh, it goes beyond the Origin story. Oh dear GOD does it go beyond the Origin story. The Origin story stuff just sets the stage for the sheer brokenness that awaits the Dwarven Noble. Maybe I missed something but I don't remember anything that makes the DN start broken. Internet Kraken fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Yeah, no kidding. OK, in that case, Dalish Rogue instead of mage. ![]() mauman posted:Oh, it goes beyond the Origin story. Oh dear GOD does it go beyond the Origin story. The Origin story stuff just sets the stage for the sheer brokenness that awaits the Dwarven Noble. ![]()
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Female Human Mage, True Neutral So the LP is even easier
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I keep coming back to this game every so often to bang my head at some things and try for different other things. I go Male Human Noble Fighter, but I am rather interested in the other side of the quasi-political spectrum so: Dwarf Noble Male Rogue True Neutral of the 'manipulative bastard' slant.
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Male, human, mage and Chaotic Good
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CITY ELF FEMALE FIGHTER NEUTRAL EVIL For maximum Kill Billitude.We had a really good reason for killing at first, but then it turned out it was actually pretty fun, so let's murder our way to social status.
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CITY ELF FEMALE FIGHTER NEUTRAL EVIL Because Trick Question speaks the truth.
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Internet Kraken posted:No. Only way you can sling spells is too go with the standard mage origin, which sucks since its by far the most boring one I've played and lasts way too long. Yeah, both Human and Elf mages get the same origin story. And I know re: romance. I won't name names since this is still nospoils town.
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Dwarf Noble Male Rogue Chaotic Good Lets be Tyrion Lannister!
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Elf Male Mage Alighnment:Ponciest assholiest Elf possible.
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Dalish Elf Female Warrior Super Sheltered/Naive Chaotic Good "Humans have civilization? ![]()
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Let us be Amell Magic Man bringing justice to all while being quietly ashamed of our hick cousins in that Kirk-place.
Geostomp fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Trick Question posted:CITY ELF This. THIS. OH GOD THIS. EDIT: [While it was spoiler tagged, removed line to be safe] If this goes the distance (I'm pulling for you), will this go into DA2? thejoshie fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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I agree with Trick Question, except you should be a rogue, not a fighter.
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VostokProgram posted:Dalish Elf That's basically how I played my Dalish Elf. It was...interesting. thejoshie posted:If this goes the distance (I'm pulling for you), will this go into DA2? DA 2 is basically a completely separate and terrible game though.
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Human Female Warrior/Sword & Shield Neutral-Good Leather and Mage hats look stooooooopid - be a stupid, proud tank! ![]()
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Dorf Male Warrior/Two-handed Lawful Good While everyone else is busy trying to be cutthroat assholes, we're going to be the brightest beacon of hope this setting's ever seen.
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Internet Kraken posted:DA 2 is basically a completely separate and terrible game though. DA2 was an ok game. The problem was that Bioware got lazy and didn't have the decency to cover it up. Then they made matters worse by treating us like idiots and pretend that our perception was wrong... almost like the Mass Effect 3 "the ending was a work of art" fiasco. I enjoyed DA2. It did things that I wished DA:I did (Faster paced combat, easier inventory management and the ability to be a complete jerk and STILL romance whomever you want are the ones I miss the most) but it could've been so much better. Brunom1 posted:Human Human Noble also had some hidden content PLUS possibly has the biggest link to the main plot of the game. If Female City Elf wasn't so badass, I'd vote that. Noble is my second favorite, followed closely by Dwarf Noble.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Female, Dwarf Noble, Rogue, and evil as hell I guess. This one, this is exactly what I was going to say as soon as I saw the thread. Time to go all ![]() That and I haven't done a Dwarf Rogue yet so this should be interesting
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Oh hey. I've never seen an LP of any DA games on SA and now there are two! (thanks for the shoutout). Video has its problems but doing this SS has got to be a monumental undertaking. My vote: Male, Dwarf Commoner, Rogue, Chaotic Good aka snarky as gently caress but nice where it counts
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Dwarf Commoner. Male. Rogue. Chaotic Good. Edit: Just like SubponticatePoster suggested. doctorsacred fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Male City Elf Warrior Maximum rear end in a top hat Call him Glorfinmad,
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FEMALE CITY ELF ROGUE THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE MOST COOL STUFF IN IT
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Female dwarf commoner with a heart of gold (Lawful Good), Rogue.
Veriun fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Male Dalish Elf, Rogue, TEAR DOWN CIVILIZATION.
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Trick Question posted:CITY ELF This!
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ORIGIN: Mage, species unimportant. CHARACTER ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Stupid.
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