Let's press the button of awesome - Stolen memos found

[Brother None]

B+C baby, you know there's no other way

 

[RK47]

A sharp blunt weapon. I see nothing wrong with that.
Can't wait for them to release SWTOR so Bioware will stop making RPGs.

 

[lightbane]

There might be a problem. You are prohibited from killing guards by the Maker himself. You really have to avoid being seen.

*headdesk* THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU KILL THAT GUARD BEFORE??? Because it was "awesome", of course.

Even though Human Constipation had many flaws, it doesn't deserve this, in this DLC the "stealth" sections are absolutely retarded.

The elf was qunari.

Didn't elves hate the Qunari and viceversa??

I read about it on the wall of a latrine.

Considering how incompetent she is, that may be for real.

Lastly but not least, I vote B.

 

[Drakron]

Didn't elves hate the Qunari and viceversa??

The issue the elves have is yet another way for the eleven heritage being destroyed, there is no reason to the Qunari to treat elves any different that any other non-Qunari as the elven nation had long been destroyed before they even set foot on Thedas.

The real question is why the fuck are we helping a member of the Qunari Stasi and its not going to get better when you learn what will be going down, this is a example of "the option of killing should be here".

 

[Sceptic]

B+C. Because Crooked Bee says so, and because I'm a sadist. Suffer for us.

 

[Twinkle]

FELICIA'S STOLEN MEMOS 5

Hawke was nice enough to let the other prisoners escape.

Prosper's riches, ready for plundering.

Need to get access first. The overall scheme is simple: when you touch f.e. a white rune you are capable of opening white doors and so on. This might present a challenge with a smaller party, but it's hardly an obstacle for a quartet of adventurers.

Weak golem served as a guardian of the final rune.

Maybe I'm going crazy, but there's something... odd about that painting. What do you think, Hawke?

It's a key to lowering magic wards around the treasure. Note the masked and the faceless dudes - they form a pattern that corresponds with positions of tiles that need to be flipped.

Note that it's possible to mix the runes to get different colors. Here, a green rune opened a small room filled with loot.

Yeah, the same picture as reference.

By flipping the floor tiles.

The first barrier's down. Two more remained.

Dissolving the second barrier was nearly identical, again linked to using colored runes.

Got a second clue.

Mixed the purple color and sacked what was left.

And disabled the second ward.

New armor set. Nice.

The last puzzle consists of flipping floor tiles to reveal duke's portrait. The difficulty lies in the pact that when you step on a tile all the neighboring tiles are flipped as well.

Well that's... Orlesian.

The last ward was disabled and the armor set went to Hawke's inventory. It should be noted that despite the leveled stats it uses exactly the same model as the Warden-Commander's armor in the first DA. So much for new graphics, lol.

With new fancy shit added to his collection Hawke was prepared to face the man himself.

That time ambush had no effect, because the door behind wasn't locked.

You should have killed me when you had the chance.

I agree. Thankfully I have an opportunity to rectify that mistake.

Just let him go, Prosper. It's me you want.

What I want is to ensure you cannot further hinder my plans.

Do your job and kill them, Chasind. Is that not why I keep you around?

Like a generic B-movie villain he just turned his back and left the task of killing his arch-enemies on hapless minions.

That is it. Hold them. I'm releasing the pets.

So that's it: battle harlequins. Like Thedas wasn't enough of a Warhammer rip-off already.

Baddies don't stand a chance being stuck in a narrow doorway, no matter the numbers.

I don't think we're getting out this way now.

We'll have to go back down and through the caves I mentioned before.

Although I wonder why the duke's bodyguard ran off like that.

He didn't want to die.

I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

Olololol, the alternative ways to complete a mission? Not in my Dragon age.

So the last painting for Bethany.

I think that's enough. I wonder, I wouldn't be the first Warden to have a portrait done...

Oh, but I didn't see this before. There are directions on the backs of them...

Oh yeah, like if I fucking need any money given that there will be no merchants further ahead.

See? Caves. Just like I said.

It looks a bit spooky, doesn't it?

How did you know about this?

I stole old plans, from the Fourth Blight. This was a Retreat, they called it.

At any rate, there's an exit that leads out onto the mountainside. That's your way out.

YES!

I'm glad my clan never camped here.

Now we know where the ghasts came from.

We'll have to fight through them. At least they'll slow down the duke's men as well.

Thwack ye, underground dwellers!

This has to be the place the directions were leading us to!

So some dude stashed a few coins in a monster-infested cavern? Makes sense.

There's a lake? In the middle of the mountain?

The Retreat needed to house hundreds of people during the Blight, if not thousands. Can't do that without fresh water.

But... it's an entire lake.

Oh that. I have no idea.

The exit was in reach, but...

Betrayal! The grate closed and the way to the castle was cut off as well.

Trust me.

Ah, and there stood the bodyguard. Perhaps there had been a conspiracy involved?

The Circle are not the only ones who know how to break a mage.

You're prepared to die for a man like Prosper?

I do not fight for him.

The duke is a fool. His enemies, a posturing, guileless lot. But you are worth testing.

Prosper can fight his own battles. And I shall choose mine.

I didn't ask for this, you did!

A dagger flew right past barbarian's face.

Pump up ur throwing skill, FFS.

In the meantime the barbarian received reinforcement. Hawke would have killed him already of not untimely Felicia's intervention.

Well! That was bracing.

I thought you'd left.

Nonsense. I found a way around. I said I'd get you out of here and I meant it.

Let's keep going. The exit can't be much further.

Hawke... have you ever thought about planting a garden?

I hadn't really. Why?

Things seem so grim all the time. You could use a few flowers.

The last obstacle had been dealt with.

And there's the way out.

See? I told you I had a plan. It was a good plan, the kind that had an escape and everything.

Should lead out to the mountainside.

So you could go. There are, however... other options.

But we've been through so much together? Wyvern hunts, betrayals, daring escapes from prison...

Laughs So it's true what they say about you.

I know you think I lied to you. Well... I did lie to you, but I'm hoping you can look past that.

What Salit is going to do will harm so many innocents -- my people as well as yours.

It's my duty to stop him. Even so, I can't do it alone. Not anymore.

You've made your argument. What am I supposed to do with it?

Whatever you decide. I'd be a fool to have a reluctant partner at my back.

I get the feeling you're... an exceptional person, Hawke. Here's your chance to prove it.

So this is the last choice you can make here, bros.

Shall we:

a) go right and help Felicia.

or

b) Say "fuck all" and escape alone.

Discuss!

 

[lightbane]

Ok, that's now sad, pitiful, so shit it's not worth raging. About the choice, I say B, fuck Talis and escape (although that may provoke an abrupt end to this DLC...)

 

[RK47]

PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZPLPLZPZLZP ESCAPE ALONE.

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

A. You've waded through ten miles of shit already...what's the harm in a few more yards (for our amusement, of course)?

 

[Erebus]

If I were Hawke, then (1) I would hate myself and (2) I would tell Tallis to fuck off.

But since it's likely that the rest of the LP will be more entertaining (intentionally or not) if you go with her, I'm voting A.

 

[Drakron]

Its Bioware, whatever option you pick leads to the same path.

Also wait until you see what Salit is going to do, I like her use of "innocent" ... serious, who the fuck wrote this sit?

 

[RK47]

B - Prove Drakron's statement. Seriously. Enduring a few yards? let me see if hawke's choice mattered.

 

[Crooked Bee]

And help he did.

In other words, A! We need to witness another cheesy Biowarean romance! That's the whole purpose of the LP!

 

[Majestic47]

.............fuck.

 

[anus_pounder]

And help he did.

In other words, A! We need to witness another cheesy Biowarean romance! That's the whole purpose of the LP!

 

[Ulminati]

B. It's a bioware game, it's not like our choice will matter.

 

[Black Cat]

A.

There can never be too much cheesy romance in this world.

 

[Brother None]

B. I just want to see if it matters.

 

[abnaxus]

I just want that fugly Elf to die.

 

[Black Cat]

I just want that fugly Elf to die.

Elves are inherently better than you. Thus, if we think an elf is fugly it just means our tastes and the things we enjoy are too primitive and base to understand the greatness of the elf in question.

Common knowledge, that is.

 

[lightbane]

DA2's elves are not true elves, they're Na'vis with a different skin, but they don't fool anyone

PS: What's your opinion about half-elves, BC?

 

[Majestic47]

........fucking thalmors.

 

[Black Cat]

DA2's elves are not true elves, they're Na'vis with a different skin, but they don't fool anyone

PS: What's your opinion about half-elves, BC?

It depends. If they understand and accept their place as partly animal beings, and see the kindness their elven overlords show by forgiving their existence, they can be allowed to live. Even the great elven kingdoms need someone to wash and scrub the bathrooms, pick up the garbage, and broom the floor. If they are pretty enough and have long enough and pointy enough ears I guess we can even let them rule humans in the stead of the highborn, as it always was suposed to be: The high lords in their blessed lands, demigods in the thrones of the mortal world, and those ugly brutish creatures in the fields.

Gnomes make for better pets, though.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

A. You must not leave in the middle of a trainwreck, but watch as it unfolds with morbid curiousity.

But do B as well, so we can see if it actually changes anything.

 

[random_encounter]

Awesome augmentations, Twinkle.

Though it likely won't matter anyway as racofer pointed out, let's go for "A" since "B" seems likely to fold into it at the end. Cheesy BioWarian Romance Scenario #21C must be revealed. We've made it this far!

And the whole 'jewel' twist...

The one I expected to find is named Salit, a member of the Ben-Hassrath... the Heart of Many.

...tells me Gaider must have watched...

...which means Hawke and Co. will be fighting this guy...

Maybe. Can't wait to see what happens next!