[OOC] Champions of Thedas - Dragon Age RP

[Saarebas]

@SimplyJohn Yeah people don't trust mages, I doubt they would be anymore trusting of one with a spirit inside them to reverse their tranquility... *cough cough Paxton cough cough*

[McHaggis]

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[SimplyJohn]

@SimplyJohn Yeah people don't trust mages, I doubt they would be anymore trusting of one with a spirit inside them to reverse their tranquility... *cough cough Paxton cough cough*

@Saarebas

Unless they'#d been fighting beside him for the Inquisition and had learnt that he's just as trustworthy as a Grey Warden ally.

Didn't at the time of DA2, though, so... And if the Lord-Seeker hadn't gone batshit nobody would've found out about it.

We should have some mention of that method of reversing Tranquility in the RP if it's ever relevant. It makes them irrational and aggressive, doesn't it? Maybe some mages who have had it reversed b efore?

@McHaggis

There's a side quest, I think it's in the Western Approaches or the Hissing Wastes, where the Inquisitor uncovers an ancient temple where people had been trying to reverse Tranquility prior to the events of DA:I, plus Cassandra made the cure public knowledge during her time with the Inquisition (if you discover the Book of Secrets for her that is.)

Since this story takes place after DA:I it's fair to assume most people connected with either the Chantry, the Circles or the Inquisition know about the cure by now, as well as most of the nobility in Orlais, Ferelden and Nevarra.

[McHaggis]

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[Saarebas]

@SimplyJohn I don't know, Grey Warden Mages don't have the best track record at the moment XD Also seeing as the Rift crisis had just ended I doubt people would be too eager to start calling spirits back over in order to fix mages "Yeah we just closed a hole in the sky... lets start opening smaller ones on the ground!" XD

[SimplyJohn]

@SimplyJohn – Oh yeah, I'm not saying that they wouldn't know now – just that nobody in Kirkwall would've at the time of DA2. Or maybe I'm getting myself confused.

@McHaggis

There might be a contract for mercenaries to help protect Chantry representatives heading into Kirkwall to De-Tranq the Mages who'd been unfairly Tranq'd by Meredith now that the cure is well known?

Something for everyone to consider: When the RP starts I'm planning on us all being around a campfire in Cumberland after having been dropped off by a ship belonging to the Felicisima Armada (under the command of Admiral Isabela.) Each character will be asked to bring to the fire any rumours, contracts or news about possible work for the group to decide on where to go next. If you have a contact in the area, someone or a group listed in your Relationship section, you may use them as a source for a contract. If there isn't anyone appropriate then all you'll have in news, gossip or a rumour of events happening elsewhere.

If you click on the map in the first post of the OOC you'll be taken to a very high resolution map of Thedas in order to plan on where you'd like to head to, and what sort of story you'd like to follow. We'll then decide, in character, which adventure to head out on. My own character, Martin Oxblood (a former Ferelden free knight who's resorted to mercenary ways after a rough past) will be the leader of the Company and will have final say on where we're heading (in case we can't agree amongst ourselves.)

Take into account that we're in Middle Ages times and won't be teleporting around the map using magic, unless we find some magic we can use like an Eluvian, and so journeys between cities are likely to take weeks or months, not hours or days. As a guide, it would normally take a week to travel from Cumberland to Nevarra's capital (which is also named Nevarra) using the well-maintained Imperial Hwy, travel from Nevarra to Starkhaven would take three weeks using the Minanter River (if we can find a boat) or seven-eight weeks by foot, due to lack of any direct highways. Travel from Cumberland to Kirkwall would take a week at sea, along the Waking Seas coastline, three weeks through the Planasene Forest or five weeks over the Vimmark Mountains.

Travel can be made faster by using the ancient Deep Roads, and with the Architect assisting the Grey Wardens these paths are safer than ever to traverse. Having said that, they're still riskier than most surface routes and so we should avoid them if possible.

Don't worry about the travel time and transport plans too much though, Martin will have that covered when we're discussing the missions. However if you have a contract which needs to be urgently completed on the far side of the continent, we're likely not going to be able to make it there in time unless you can also propose an appropriate means of travel to get us there.)

[Saarebas]

Cumberland... PAXTON IS HOME! XD No really, that is where the Nevarran Circle is or was or... you know what I mean XD

[SimplyJohn]

Cumberland... PAXTON IS HOME! XD No really, that is where the Nevarran Circle is or was or... you know what I mean XD

@Saarebas

One of them, there was also one in Nevarra city as well. :)

Needing an opinion on a picture for the leader of our merry band, Martin Oxblood. Which of these two men would you follow into the jaws of almost certain death on the path to fame and fortune?

Option A - Overshield

Option B - Martin Of All Trades

[Saarebas]

Hey guess I am trying to find a good image for what Paxton would look like if Wrath takes over completely, any ideas?

EDIT: First one I would want on my side during a fight, the second looks like he is better at leading though

[McHaggis]

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[SimplyJohn]

Hey guess I am trying to find a good image for what Paxton would look like if Wrath takes over completely, any ideas?

@Saarebas

[Genni]

The second one. I've never trusted a leader who has a big shield to hide behind while everyone else is getting beaten up.

Plus, isn't that an ale tankard hanging from his belt..?

[booksmusicanime]

*falls flat on face* I want to play Origins but my laptop is crap.

[SimplyJohn]

#2, I think! He looks more... civilised.

@McHaggis

That's only because he's shinier. Martin A would look just as civilised if he could afford to be spending the Company's money on that much metal polish!

@booksmusicanime Come round to mine and play it on my PS4... oh wait, you can't do that either. Damn new generation consoles and your lack of backwards compatibility!

In other news, the leader of the party's CS is now up for people to view. Any comments or corrections would be appreciated.

[vancexentan]

Well just so we're clear I haven't thought of anything up yet in terms of quests related to Gerald. I suppose I can push into the templars and former mages from Kirkwall but Gerald at this point has accepted that he has to make due in the fact that he abandoned his old friends and family to hide and wants to make himself a new life.

[Saarebas]

@SimplyJohn Oh our leader is oh so carrying and loveable XD I like the old bastard, that may just what be Paxton refers to him as from this point forward.

Oh also just because of my statement earlier about the end of Dragon Age 2...

[booksmusicanime]

@SimplyJohn
Is it fine for me to rework my characters bio?

[CAS1006]

@vancexentanI so know what you mean...
<imb4procrastinatingtoplayInquisition>

Like, some areas I am unfamiliar with (Or not remembering clearly.)
As far as "Quest" I have none.

[Genni]

@Saarebas They forgot the panel where Hawke said "Fuck you" to Isabela, who then replied "Right here, or do you want to head back to the mansion first?"

So many conflicts could be avoided if we all just sat down together and had a mass orgy.

[Saarebas]

@Genni That is true about most things, but people rarely have enough lube on hand for that to be a option