Luminous Beings Are We

emphasis is mine but dialogue that drove me nuts because like. putting how bad at their jobs templars are that Full Army of them, who is trained to fight these things, is not capable of handling abominations but then 4 guys with nothing to lose can. but also like the greagoir Clearly makes it clear he is more preocuppied with his men surviving this then he is about the mages, and honestly. its very much that if all the mages die, little will change for him besides just need to bring people from other circles. but he refuses to risk his templars.

Adventures in Thedas are waiting for you!

Nearly 14,000 words later, and it's finally finished: My own take on a Dragon Age modification of DnD 5E! It is created with thought for those who are pre-existing fans of Dragon Age, but potentially new to Dungeons and Dragons.

In this handbook, you will find everything you need for a TTRPG in the Dragon Age setting:

4 lineages (human, dwarf, elf, qunari)

3 classes (warrior, rogue, mage)

5 specializations for each class

16 sample backgrounds

And more!

she's The exemplary circle mage taking a permitted avenue to create a position of influence and Make something of herself, and it still isn't enough, and she's still forced to rely on wealthy and powerful patrons who don't fully see her as an equal person to them and can retract their patronage whenever they want, because a mage can Never be enough. and she knows it! probably better than anyone! she Knows she's always on the verge of losing everything she's built for herself! so yknow. yeah she's afraid, of templars and kings and queens and the chantry, of the Backlash the rebellion will provoke, and she's absolutely certain that the mage rebellion Can't Win, and when they are inevitably crushed, it will only be Worse For Everyone. that's not someone saying mages are Correctly placed under the templars' boots, that's someone saying If You Cause Trouble, All Our Most Vulnerable Will Be Killed. she's not entitled or disconnected from Normal Mages, she's terrified! & i think that often goes like. unacknowledged because. ok partly bc dai is constantly asking you not to sympathise with her and to instead be as suspicious of her as you can. but also because so much of her character is putting on a front and refusing to allow anyone to see her fear because so much of her influence comes from being able to control the narrative around her. you are falling for her bit!

Yaaay a sleeping pile of characters! :3

Dragon Age thoughts that pop into my head at 2am on a Sunday:

Hey what if during Veilguard (since we know the fate of Denerim) there's a worldstate where a king Alistair has to fight one last battle, mirroring the last fight Calian/Duncan fought at Ostagar. But instead of dying, an older Kieran saves him from the same fate.