Current Events > Made an Arcane Warrior in DA:O... this is like the most OP thing ever

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Combine it with blood mage and it gets fun lol

If you want sheer damage, Archer in Awakening basically has guaranteed crits (with the right Bow, and I think you can buy it) and one or two shots everything. Combine that with Scattershot and they're dead before they can do much

Sure, but that's only in the expansion-- archers aren't that good in the base game.

Archers do what they're supposed to do, crowd control.

And if you don't want to use Leliana or Zev, the Warden has to pick up the slack.

A) Mages do better crowd control. And since when are archers about crowd control anyway?

You know what pisses me off so much

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE WHOLE SERIES!

The Dragon Age DLC that reviews lyrium is blood and therefore all mages have been doing blood magic the entire time.

They drop that bombshell revelation and then nobody cares or comments about it...

WTF Bioware?

B) Double dagger cunning build rogue for the Warden is the way to go in Origins. So much DPS.

Since Scattershot, Pinning Shot, Crippling Shot, the shot that can knock down enemies.

holy shit that never occurred to me until now!!
youre right, its basically blood magic

than again lore wise, lyrium basically augments their powers, but yes I see your point

I wonder if thats why its easier to do spells with your own blood

In canon blood magic augements your magic with blood.

Blood Magic isn't actually unique spells. It's just "bad" magic the circle disagrees with and you can cast any "Blood" spell using Lyrium since iti s blood.

For example in the Redcliffe quest you need to use blood to be powerful enough to enter Connor's mind. They need to either use human blood or a big pile of lyirum....aka blood.

It's the same thing! The entire cycle is blood mages! The Stigma against it is bullshit.

This is a huge revelation

Actually, there are plenty of unique Blood Magic spells, both per the gameplay and the lore. Mind control magic is specifically stated to be something that can only be done via Blood Magic.

Actually, there are plenty of unique Blood Magic spells, both per the gameplay and the lore. Mind control magic is specifically stated to be something that can only be done via Blood Magic.

Whats cute is that Mages are OP in the lore so it's fitting XD

It's the same thing! The entire cycle is blood mages! The Stigma against it is bullshit.

Morrigan even references this when talking about the sex ritual. "Some might call it blood magic."

She's not slicing your chest as she fucks you. It's just a "dark" spell.

Also not sure if it's "canon" or not but you can flat out buy a blood magic manual in a pub in Awakening.

B) Double dagger cunning build rogue for the Warden is the way to go in Origins. So much DPS.

Actually, that can get really interesting if you think about it.

She's a virgin. When you fuck her, there is almost certainly blood involved.

Keep in mind, though - Dragon Age is a deeply cynical and flawed setting based on the popularity of "A Song of Ice and Fire".

That's mostly a game mechanic to help keep specializations available to players who didn't unlock them in the main game. Same reason why you can buy a ton of rare or unique artifacts in random shops in town. It's mostly just to keep them available to the player even if you didn't manage to pick them up in the main game.

It's worth noting that, in the main game, the only way to learn blood magic is to essentially sacrifice the soul of an innocent boy to a demon to teach it to you (or to metagame and save-scum so you can get the power without the sacrifice). So that actually justifies the lore.

Meanwhile, the other blood-related unlock (Reaver) also requires some heinous actions to acquire.

any enemies that aren't will turn their attention to the damaging rogue pretty quickly.

I still never understood why people say this. I found that many bosses were immune to the backstab, and I found that any enemies that aren't will turn their attention to the damaging rogue pretty quickly. I don't recall regaining aggro with the warrior being very easy in that game, but I also would say I wasn't always very good at video games back at the time that I played this game.

I'd say it's more LOTR inspired. Dragon Age is pretty clean and traditional despite touching on some dark aspects here and there.

It doesn't make sense to me that blood has unique properties compared to Lyrium and Lyrium is blood. Both statements can't be true

They absolutely can. Because they're two different types of blood.

It's like the difference between ordinary dragons and Old Gods/Archdemons. Archdemons aren't just powerful dragons. They're a higher order of entity entirely, with unique aspects to their nature. Even if, at face value, they seem like pretty much the same thing, they're not.

It's sort of similar to how many vampire stories imply there's a significant difference between human blood and animal blood.

Lyrium is the "blood" of ancient, primordial beings. It's not really on the same level with the blood you get from stabbing a peasant farmer or Tevinter slave.

Arcane Warrior is the weakest mage build