Harold of Andraste

Megs / They/Them / Canada Reusing my old main blogs name and making it into a Dragon Age sideblog. :3c

[nugromancer]

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Megs - They/Them - Queer - Mid-30s

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Art Blog: @comiclysmic

If you happen to like the Cosmere I'm also @cosmereclysmic

⚠️This blog contains spoilers for the entire Dragon Age Franchise! Please proceed with caution svp. 🙏

I made this blog in anticipation of Veilguard as to not torture the followers of my main blog. I will definitely be using it to be geeky and annoying. I may or may not use it for liveblogging my playthrough as well. Those will be tagged #Veilguard Spoilers and #DATV Spoilers for those who'd like to filter.

[dragonagegallery]

Nugs

[nugromancer]

When I say I cackled...

[nugromancer]

10k notes.... ya'll are beautiful...

[mamoru]

every now and then I make a post about food safety and someone says "[other food company] would NEVER" and then I look them up and they sell products containing a fuckload of lead

[mamoru]

bob's red mill

[mamoru]

they should not be allowed to sell that. literally the highest lead level out of all the cassava flour tested. not only does bob's red mill sell lead, they are really really really good at it too.

[nugromancer]

do you think the mournwatchers who do the skeletal displays are actually really good w/ physiotherapy and chiropractics

like they take one look at you and are like Oh Honey let me get that for your and they fold you in half and pop your spine back into place

[nugromancer]

we never did get that second moon huh

[nugromancer]

[bunabi]

The bioware news today sucks so much ass (to put it mildly), but noah caldwell-gervais put out a da restrospective of all the games and it is very good and made me a little nostalgic for da:o and sten (🫡)

I don't think I'm strong enough for a six-hour retrospect 🥲 But I'll definitely check it out sometime it looks great

[felassan]

In recent days the Dragon Age Keep appeared to be down for maintenance or perhaps as it was experiencing an error. (at that time I also couldn't access it). it now seems to be back up again, I can log in okay like usual. ◕‿◕

[nugromancer]

Different ways to determine your Canon for Dragon Age:

Your First/Blind playthrough: you don't know what you're doing and you're going to fuck up in the most delicious ways.

Your Perfect playthrough: You do understand what you're doing and get the results you actually want.

Your Favourite PC: Similar to 2 except your player character is your Blorbo and they're the one who dictates what happens, no matter the consequences.

[NEW!] Whatever's left on the Dragon Age Keep now that it's been shut down. 🚬

[nugromancer]

my tuoy,,

screenshot by @nadas-dirthalen from part 3 of their Solas theory crafting series

[nugromancer]

my tuoy,,

[alittlelevity]

i really do love my handsome egg, my pookie bear :)

(if you were going to use my screencap, a tag would've been nice, friendo, i really would not have minded at all, especially because you liked both posts that i just linked from your main blog)

[nugromancer]

This has been sitting in my drafts for ages I straight up couldn't remember where I got it from THANK YOU AND I'M SORRY 🙏😭

[nugromancer]

my tuoy,,

screenshot by @nadas-dirthalen from part 3 of their Solas theory crafting series

[taamlok]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Tumblr Fandom Stats

Following the release of Bioware's official player choice stats, I'm curious to see how the Tumblr fandom measures up. This Google Form contains all the questions from the official stat graphics, as well as a few that were not included that I'm personally curious about.

This form contains major endgame spoilers. Do not click the link until you've finished the game.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Tumblr Fandom Stats

THIS FORM CONTAINS MAJOR ENDGAME SPOILERS. PROCEED WITH CAUTION. The official Bioware stats do not sit right with me so I want to see how t

Please only fill it out once per Rook, but if you have multiple Rooks feel free to fill it out for each of them! Live stats will be available for you to view once you've submitted the form. This form does not collect your email address. I will release a breakdown of the final results on my blog at a later date!

Thank you in advance for your participation, please reblog for reach!

[nugromancer]

Opened veilguard cc standalone. Accidentally set quality to ultra. Crash the game. Game won't open bc my computer can't handle the quality. There's no option to configure settings outside of game.

I've fucked around with memory shit in windows then open in compatability mode. The game didn't crash!! At least until it got 11.93% the way through compiling shaders, then I got the same crash report.

Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn't help bc (I think) all my previous settings keep getting backed up somewhere. 🙃

[thevulturesquadron]

Dropping this as an example and leaving out any names - so please don’t go and start an argument with these people or harass anyone. It’s not why I'm writing this, it gives them more attention, and there is no room for an actual conversation.

But, to my point! I am starting to believe that people online aren’t always shitheads on purpose. They are seriously lacking reading comprehension and that is absolutely terrifying.

In this one example the dev has not said any of the things they are being accused of. Let me break this down a bit.

Starting with the Bellara statement - the answer literally says Bellara is the most knowledgeable when it comes to elven magic EXCEPT compared to the elven gods. And even then, it’s prefaced by two things: 1. PROBABLY, which is used to show that it’s not a certainty and that there's a high chance there are others around the world (let’s saaay... people like Merrill), but they are not within reach so it's inconsequential. And 2. ‘Bellara ASSUMES’, which implies she doesn’t actually hold the totality of knowledge. The game shows again and again that she is in the process of learning through experimenting and nothing in this answer contradicts that. Additionally, literally during the game, Bellara has access to Solas’s ancient library at the Lighthouse AND an ancient archive of knowledge. Basically she has MANUALS on ancient magic from the very people that practiced it.

2. ‘Evanuris don’t understand magic’ - again the answer never said that. What it conveyed was that the Evanuris had access to magic and found ways to make it work for them. It was a tool, much like electricity: we didn’t invent it, it is a phenomenon we learnt to turn into power and use. The game kept reminding everyone again and again that the Evanuris weren’t gods, just powerful mages and Epler’s answer just reaffirmed that. (Plus this is something previous games have also hinted at repeatedly). The Elven Gods didn’t invent magic, and much like everyone else in Thedas, after they tapped into that force they started applying it in ways they were able to understand. Solas himself (the voice the devs created to tell a story) said that in so many ways throughout the game, so why are people acting like this is the first time they're hearing about it??

Anyway, this is just me taking the time to analyze one of the many absolutely mind-boggling takes that exist out there, and there’s… a lot of them. These people should just put the phone down and open a book.

[mllemaenad]

So – on the one hand: yes, this is absolutely serious. A Blight is an apocalypse, and I don't want to downplay how horrifying the arrival of an Archdemon is.

But.

Specifically, in context, Ghilan'nain screeching at the Grey Wardens that she has brought Blight and an Archdemon is pretty funny. Yes, they know. They could probably sense that thing 20 miles away. And they are, in fact, Thedas's foremost Archdemon-killing specialists. They have five notches on their collective belts so far.

She brought her big supervillain speech to the one group of people who are likely to respond by sighing and going "Well, back to work I guess."

[laurelsofhighever]

Ghilan'ain: I've brought the Blight and an archdemon to your walls. Tremble in fear!

Grey Wardens: Great, no commute