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Post by silverstarcross on Oct 30, 2013 22:12:33 GMT
Just to establish basic badassery for each, here's resumes of the origins prologues : ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -> the human noble is awoken by the sound of fighting, puts on armor, grabs a weapon, goes outside and plows through the attacking troops that were until now curbstomping their castle's remaining forces, ie. more efficient than their own army. -> the dwarf noble leads a small contingent into the deep roads to get an ancestral heirloom, gets betrayed and stripped of their fancy gear and exiled into the deep roads but still manage to slaughter a couple dozen darkspawn on their way to find Duncan. In plain clothes with a shitty knife. -> the dwarf commoner accidentally gets into an official gladiatorian tournament whose participants are war veterans and wins, then has to flee because casteless aren't allowed to even be in the area of the city where the arena is. They get attacked by the thug organization and kills a chunk of it before Duncan conscripts them. -> the magi is hailed as a star pupil of the 1st enchanter and a magical prodigy, passes their harrowing in literally record time and breaks into the phylactery vault like the door was left open. -> the city elf, in the games own words "left the Arl's son dead at the end of a river of blood that runs through the entire castle". The castle of the Arl of Denerim, ruler of the capital of Ferelden, they killed essentially *all* the guards inside single-handedly. -> the dalish finds a cavern/ruins filled with giant spiders and walking corpses, plus a darkspawn bear, gets infected with the taint (which usually kills people in a couple hours at most, as seen in the case of aveline's templar husband at the start of DA2), falls unconscious but wakes 2 days later in good enough shape to get back to the now filled with darkspawn cavern, get back with Duncan and then walking the entire 2-3 weeks voyage to Ostagar, then going into the wilds to kill darkspawn to get their blood for the joining, doing most of the groups work, despite having been infected for weeks by a plague that kills in hours and then finally going through the joining to cure the sickness. Here you go, guys and ghouls. Happy preparation for All Hallows' Eve.
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Post by CosmicBehemoth on Oct 30, 2013 22:14:04 GMT
So then what do you need me to elaborate on then exactly?
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Post by silverstarcross on Oct 30, 2013 22:16:51 GMT
So then what do you need me to elaborate on then exactly? What does Alagaesia have to offer in terms of what the factions each have to provide, beyond the noted basics?
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Post by CosmicBehemoth on Oct 30, 2013 22:51:44 GMT
I suppose something worth bringing up is that pretty much any Inheritance magic user, with the ancient language, can partially annihilate some of their mass, producing an explosion somewhere in the neighborhood of a nuclear device, complete with radiation fallout.
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Post by MugiwaraBlair on Oct 30, 2013 22:52:23 GMT
Doesn't that kill them too ?
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Post by CosmicBehemoth on Oct 30, 2013 22:56:45 GMT
Yeah, but if it were to happen somewhere important to the DA side, then, it would be a large blow to them too.
Though yes, I wouldn't imagine any sane faction would take this as a regular tactic.
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Post by MugiwaraBlair on Oct 30, 2013 22:58:32 GMT
Magi Warden could likely no sell it with Shimmering Shield + Fade Shroud
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Post by CosmicBehemoth on Oct 30, 2013 23:00:30 GMT
They'd have to know it was happening first, something they should have no reason to expect until the first one or two have occurred.
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Post by silverstarcross on Oct 30, 2013 23:00:59 GMT
So in any case, what can be shared in regards to what the Alagaesians may offer in terms of leaders?
We have to address that before we can get anything agreeable as far as which Warden candidate should be the overall head of the Wardens for this fight.
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Post by MugiwaraBlair on Oct 30, 2013 23:05:09 GMT
They'd have to know it was happening first, something they should have no reason to expect until the first one or two have occurred. I always put those on during fights, makes her pretty much invincible.
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Post by CosmicBehemoth on Oct 30, 2013 23:05:14 GMT
Galbatorix rules the Empire.
Nasuada/Ajihad of the Varden.
King Orrin of Surda
Izlanzadi of the Elves.
Nar Garzhvog of the Urgals
Eragon pretty much represents the new dragons, riders, and the Eldunari.
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Post by silverstarcross on Oct 30, 2013 23:10:15 GMT
Galbatorix rules the Empire. Nasuada/Ajihad of the Varden. King Orrin of Surda Izlanzadi of the Elves. Nar Garzhvog of the Urgals Eragon pretty much represents the new dragons, riders, and the Eldunari. So that's pretty much most of the basic leaders, leaving out only Murtagh or Arya essentially on the list, right?(Not in terms of them being barred since they are not barred, though!) What about the DA Leaders in Modern-day Dragon Age?
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Post by MugiwaraBlair on Oct 30, 2013 23:16:31 GMT
Well all Circles had a Knight-Commander, they're presumably all still alive barring Meredith, the darkspawns potentially still have the Architect and a couple Archdemons, all countries have their own Warden Commander even if they're not on The Warden's level, if you make Alistair king that's a pretty damn strong leader there, Judging by Zathrian the Dalish Keepers are pretty powerful, some demons of the Fade are really strong and there's presumably Spirit equivalents, Sten from Origins is the new Arishok so that's another badass.
Edit: Tevinter's ruling class are all high level blood mages.
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Post by silverstarcross on Oct 30, 2013 23:23:04 GMT
Well all Circles had a Knight-Commander, they're presumably all still alive barring Meredith, the darkspawns potentially still have the Architect and a couple Archdemons, all countries have their own Warden Commander even if they're not on The Warden's level, if you make Alistair king that's a pretty damn strong leader there, Judging by Zathrian the Dalish Keepers are pretty powerful, some demons of the Fade are really strong and there's presumably Spirit equivalents, Sten from Origins is the new Arishok so that's another badass. Edit: Tevinter's ruling class are all high level blood mages. This is sounding good so far. Let me get this straight, due to greater numbers on the DA side, they have more leaders that the Alagaesians will have to find a way to get rid of, right?
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Post by MugiwaraBlair on Oct 30, 2013 23:27:01 GMT
I listed leaders that can fight, many are just nobles or not especially noteworthy, like the dwarven king.
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