We bring to your attention the passage of the game Dragon Age: Origins, which was kindly provided by the magazine "Best Computer Games".

In this article:

• Online lessons

• Rising shadow

• Alive among the living

• Grasping hilt

• And now in Russian

• Role system

• The composition of the detachment

• Characteristics

• Races

• Skills

• Talents and spells

• Classes

• Talent selection options

• Tactics

• Ostar

• Latering

• The circle of magicians

• Orzammar

• Redcliffe

• In search of urn

• Bresilian

• A scary court

• Last Stand

Ogr grabbed me with a pawing somewhere in the lumbar region, thoughtfully rummaged, crumpled-edible? No? It seems not too … – and with annoyance snapped on the floor.

“Get up, gang,” I grunted myself. – This is ogr, you understand? Just ogr. Not even a demon. You can probably win it. Although the remnants of your bones categorically disagree with this!"

Death to everyone, everyone, everyone!

You are not ready!!!

Illidan

Although our story is called "The Age of the Dragon. Start ", at first glance it is more like the end. The army of Mora flows into the world in a wide stream. Creeping inhuman horror devours the city outside the city, leaving bloody spots on the map of the world.

And people – they are people: in the impending nightmare, many scum sees for himself the prospects to rise to the top of the food chain. After all, the titles and thrones are so confusing in this troubled time … if not now, then when?

Big scum the scum of a shallow. Each bandy, who hit the robbery of the tavern drunk, decided that his happy hour came: after all, refugees were wandering along the roads, and they carefully laid all the most valuable from their hits in the carts. And few have a sword and chain mail, not to mention the ability to use them. Each Kupchina sees a ghost of a miracle, is ready for the sake of her to risk his own life and freeze alien hunger.

The humiliated and offended smelled their chance to take revenge, and who humiliated and insulted – the reason to squeeze the last juices, because still this rabble is no longer tenants. When trouble comes, it's time to recall the old grievances, is it so? This is the whole person. However, elves and gnomes are no better.

And everyone, with words – everyone, at least the elf in the ghetto, even the lord on the throne, has his own account to his neighbor. Not excluding the main character.

You are not ready!

Online lessons

Recall: who is the hero Baldur’s Gate? The adoptive son (or maybe a daughter) of a certain Gorion. Who is the protagonist in Neverwinter Nights 2? The adoptive son (unless, of course, not a daughter) of a certain degun. And where is such an addiction to the "adoptive sons" (or after all of the daughters)? Yes, it is very simple: how else can you do such a biography so that it approaches at least an elf-mag, at least a semi-rose-lill, even to a necromancer, even to the paladin, even to the good years!

An alternative – where the heroes of different races and classes are allowed – there was, as a rule, only one: no biography at all. Mr. Hero came from nowhere. There are no parents, there are no other relatives, there are no friends … populated by robots.

Oddly enough, the lesson online can give classical role -playing here. In World of Warcraft, War, Lotro, Lineage, we have both a native village and mentors – by the way, different depending on our race and kind of occupation. The orc grows and torments among the red storm clay, Tauren is among the green meadows of the Mulgora, and the dead man – in the gloomy spruce spaces of the Tirissfala, and only then their paths, perhaps, will converge. The creation of these same “starting zones” stands for the developers not cheap, but the benefits of them are not only more interesting to make new characters: a hero with his own, and not “general -army” childhood will be stronger to stand on his feet in a foreign world.

As far as I remember, there is still nothing of the kind in single -user roles. Now – there is.

The history of the hero Dragon Age has six different principles. The elf learns a free forest life – or the difficult share of the inhabitant of the ghetto, the dwarf can be a rejected or royal son, a person – to entrust his fate of the circle of magicians or grow up the youngest child of the nobleman. And in this short, but rich story, you will have time to feel in your own skin, how difficult it is in this world, get relatives, friends, fatal enemies … And this will not disappear now after the paths of the elf, gnome and man will merge together.

It would seem, why try so? But according to Dragon Age, as a result, it is not a “free tourist”, an adventurer, but a hero whom the world has already shook tightly. Who has his own, not a quest, goals in life. And is it necessary to say that this part of the story is fulfilled … somewhat better than beating a Western harbor from NWN 2?

Perhaps the parallel with online seemed to you from the ears. Now I will try to prove that this is not so.

Of course, the “exclamations”, shaking over the plot heads, is not an argument, like many other interface findings yourself know where. Now who just does not borrow the "only true" management. But – how you like the existence of "elite" monsters in this world? And they are: if the name or name of the character is highlighted yellow, it is an “elite”, if Orange is “super -elite”, or, if you like, “boss”.

And the most curious thing is that the full -length system uses a system of aggression. Yes, the same Aggro that accumulates the "tanks" and intercept enemies over themselves.

Therefore, most often the battle begins the lonely “tank”, while the rest – the chitoboi and the doctor – smoke bamboo on the sidelines. Only after the enemies are already imbued with a mighty iron lumberjack, can violins and winds … that is, arrows, magicians and masters of paired or two -handed blades. By the way, initially there is more aggression on that of the heroes on which more beautiful and impressive armor: apparently, congenital masochism makes the most severe armor first. But since a self -respecting spinorer or flamethrower is able to demolish a lot of health in a unit of time, the work of the “tank” is not easy, and the artillery team should die in time.

Of course, this system is very artificial – but the battle looks good, and managing your team is not easy and interesting. What is more? Possibly eliminate routine from command?

Although in Dragon Age, as in Baldur’s Gate, there is an “active pause”, to constantly distribute manually orders to the four dummies tiring. And not very effective: sometimes your heroes see the situation more precisely.

Therefore, each hero has the opportunity to configure the set of automatic actions. How wide it is – depends on the tactics skill, but for most cases it will be enough.

For example, you can order a warrior to start a fight with a threat, treat if health fall below 30%, and use increased damage, while the enemy has over half of the “lines of life”; The robber can be enjoyed primarily by magicians and archers or the same goal as the “tank”, at the beginning of the battle, lubricate the blade with poison, and if it is attacked, stun the enemy. As you can see, a set of actions is diverse and takes into account many situations.

Remember how infuriates in many games (Neverwinter Nights, both the first and the second), the obscene habit of heroes is not in their business? When the sorceress suddenly decides that it is impossible to do without her staff in the front row, the archer grabs the sword, and the paladin begins to frantically create spells? And as a warrior in the forefront, hesitantly perishes, without realizing a drink of a potion, – or vice versa, whips blue bottles like water, for nothing that the priest calls back to God about heavy wounds?

So, in Dragon Age this is not. If you take care of at least a little bit and configure tactics. And not a single computer roof I knew still visible such accuracy of the settings.

However, I am a little sly. I have already seen similar settings: on the native bots. In the same Lineage 2, for example; This is usually deeply illegal, but practices. Another lesson at the adjacent genre?

The tuning of AI in the team raises a natural question: how is the monsters with this business? With combat – very even, but – adjusted to the system of aggression. She, as it is easy to guess, does not allow too reasonable actions. But the enemies do not forget to treat and be treated and try to take into account each other's maneuvers.

With heaven of AI … everything is as usual. Nobody claimed the glory of the Great-Uzhasny Radiant Ai: most NPC just stands in their place, waving limbs languidly. And, according to old strange traditions, you can like nothing to clean the chests in front of the stunned owner. In Dragon Age, not an independent world is primary, but the plot.

Tabula rasa

For many years, Bioware has been embroidering on other people's canvases: Baldur’s Gate, MDK 2, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic … Having debuted in 1996, a relatively little-known Shattered Steel, she worked for nine years of the world mi, giving them a game incarnation.

New life began in 2005, with the release of Jade Empire. The Jade Empire, like the subsequent Mass Effect, was an attempt to make a wide leap away from their own past – to drive oneself into completely different frames and start from scratch. So sometimes in table roles, a player who has been playing Paladinov has been playing for several years, decides to “change the image” and go to necromancers or killers. But it soon turns out that such a somersault.

Dragon Age – a project of a completely different class. After the jumps in Shaolin and space bases, after flirting with the militants, BioWare decided not only to return to canonical fantasy, but to make the world of her dreams. But it was not a world in which it lives pleasantly and sweetly, but a world in which you can live a difficult, full of events and strong feelings life.

In the forgotten kingdoms, the flight of fantasy, on the one hand, is unlimited-after all, this is the universe in which “there is everything”, from the “Aztecs” to the “Slavs”, from genies and carpets to the ninja and samurai. On the other hand, it is chained in shackles: a role-playing system, quite a “gingerbread” world, famous heroes … Remember the recent Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate? According to the logic of events, God himself ordered to finish this game by the destruction of the vampire – but it is impossible. Because this is a company character Forgotten Realms. And not according to the rank of simple computer developers to make such changes to the world!

BioWare wanted to become the masters of his world, the only ones who will determine what to be in it and what is not. Yes, in the new world, it will not be possible to walk around the experts with a meeting with Drizzt Du-Urden or Marco Foy; no one will find old friends there. That is why, even before the completion of the game, the Light was seen by the book Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, and the game with a curse is stuffed with perfectly written “historical certificates” and stories about how they live in these parts. Nobody would do this, referring to a “one -time” project, which will then be given to another team (like Neverwinter Nights) or abandon.

Unlike Jade Empire, Dragon Age – not an experiment, but a frontier. BioWare intends to live there for a long time, make a lot of stories, make it relatives for himself and for us. So that we worry about the heroes of this world and even in a dream remember how Genlock differs from Garlock.

And they, in my opinion, will succeed.

Alive among the living

Among the "hardcore" role -players, it is customary to look at the graphics a little down; And in vain, because if real professionals made the game, the level of graphics can be judged by many. First of all, about the priorities of the developers.

If the leaflets turn green as brightly, as if you had just picked up new glasses, if you can see every toward on the petals and every boulder crystalline, if the stars configuration is not a random random in the sky, but a beetle beetle crawls along a fallen log-then wait for the detailed world , quests in every village and many, many freedom of action.

If the knight from the militia can be distinguished by gait if the animation of the strokes with a sword makes you think about how lousy fencing in the recently viewed action movie is made, it means that the authors concentrated their maximum efforts on the battle.

But in Dragon Age – the most lively and bright physiognomy in the world. Even a “witcher” is forced to step back a little. As you think, what is it for?

With the first steps in this world, you are taught a delicate, but very important lesson: this world changes not only your sword, but also the word. The art of belief, if you have it, is a valuable thing, but if you are a golden -down or a tongue -tied warrior, you will have to choose remarks carefully. After all, others are interested not only what you say, but also – how.

For example, the dog of a noble son found in a pantry of rats. Having told the dog “Fas!", The owner (that is, you) go out and meet the mother. She is interested in what was stuck there and whether the cook calmed down and calmed down. You choose the most natural answer (“there were huge rats in the pantry, but everything is already in order”) and … you get from the mother an immediate sink: “It’s time to listen to my guests before lunch about rats in the pantry!"

No, the long -lasting consequences of a long tongue in this case will not be. It's just a soft warning: you have to follow your own words. An awkward phrase – and your companion has been rang out, and a person who could become a new comrade exposed the blade against you. And you tried to keep in one team … Say, knight, witch and worshiper?

And vice versa: a well -aimed phrase is sometimes able to get rid of big troubles. And some of the detachment can reward you for confusion. If you know the traditions of the Baldur’s Gate series – the most famous game made by this team – then you probably guess what I mean.

Perhaps, in terms of choosing replicas, Dragon Age has no competitors at all. Maybe the plot forces of the “witcher” is wider, and in Fallout the bindings of replicas to skills are better hidden, but for the first time I caught myself thinking over every phrase. The key question, of course, is how the combat comrades will perceive it?..

And most importantly, what you should know about satellites is their character. Not at the level of “this bad, but that good”, but to imagine their views on life, their tastes, opinions. To study their companions to understand what they will inspire, what they will suffer and what they will delight. And they give all the possibilities for this: just listen to the conversations that they lead behind you. By the way, they are almost not repeated!

With those who did not enter the team, in a sense, even easier. And their characters are often painted on faces of large strokes. BioWare sincerely “marked the shelma”, so when the news of treason reaches, you are surprised: and how the rest did not guess? With such and such a mug, he simply had to be a traitor!

I have only one complaint to the appearance of the game. And this is blood. No, not loved by some “dismemberment”-the dead lie neatly in the crimson-red puddle and do not embarrass the younger generation (by the way, this is not because of the ESRB ratings: Dragon Age does not claim to be a “teenage” rating for a second. Just Bioware has a taste … which is lacking for many others).

It was not the artists who were pumped up, but the engine: the fact is that after any fight – at least with the same rats – the whole team in the ears was stained with blood, as if for half an hour he shook their opponents with a chainsaw. It looks, I will tell you, there is nowhere more stupid. A couple of attacks, the enemy is dead … And four people are sprayed in front and back from the boots to the crown. Blood Hits The Fan.

Moreover, five minutes after the fight, the hero turns to his companion, a charming girl – but she still did not find time to wipe the physiognomy from blood! Spray on the cheeks, on the forehead, on the lips … what the hell! Or in this world it is fashionable to mix epoxy into the blood?

Rising shadow

All heroes, villains, monsters – figures on a large -scale apocalyptic canvas "Mor". Cities and fields in muffle-brown tones, blue-lilac dungeons-all reminds that the world writhes from Mora and is close to death.

Every experienced player has seen so many apocalypsis in his lifetime that the severity of the sensations has already somehow dulled. Orcs, undead, demons, dragons, arthropods, we killed in thousands. The story of enemies who burned their native hut, we hear four times a day. But the mor is, your will, not just another meat for our swords.

How many times have we already killed ogres … It usually looks like this: the hero and the OGR are substantive and, like the fighters in the "Irish Vanka-Vstanka", take turns pounding each other than God sent. Whose health will run out earlier? And even easier: a fiery ball, and half a dozen ogres lie on the ground – they miss ..

And remember the monster with which I started my story? This is what the most ordinary ogr looks like here. Hefty cyanotic creature with horns, like that of a muflon, which is our hero just above the knee. She, naturally, is enough for you, and what happened, she throws you. We will bring down the reptile in a crowd? Excellent: one sweeping kick – and the whole team turns out to be picturesquely scattered on the floor, and the OGR, grinning, is stomping along it.

Mor – not gopniks in armor, as usually depict all kinds of orcs, and not a crowd of tin soldiers, as the hordes of undead look traditionally. This is a universal embodied evil … The very thing that sits in you with you. And it is no accident that demons walking on the ground find support in human meanness: they were born with it.

But what case I remember is stronger than others ..

The temple, who brought vows not of his own free will (and they assume chastity and celibacy), was captured by the demon of desire (read – Sukkubu). We will find it with the succubus for sweet visions. And what is he about, what do you think, dreams? No, not about what most of us will think about. He sees how Sukkub – a delicate, caring wife – helps him to put children in the cribs. And she promises her to take her little son tomorrow to look at the stars … Such a family idyll, which in the Order he can’t see as his ears – and if we mercifully free him, to suffer from the poor fellow with memories of what a wonderful thing it is – a family.

Well, free you? Or leave the succubus alone, as he offers you? It seems that for the first time I seriously thought about: is it worth destroying a demon who took a man who took a man ..

Grasping hilt

Playing Dragon Age is amazingly convenient. And this is not just a control made by "straight hands" – it has many small useful finds in it. I do not remember in another game there is so “oar” location maps that would be allowed to move and scale; interface strip, which is conveniently replenished with new abilities; a magazine of information about a world that would be so easy and exciting read. And even the physiognomy editor works more predictably than usual, and with its help you can create not only dull Haru, but also something individual and pleasant to the eye. Editor NWN 2 before that – like a chicken before an ostrich.

Here you came home and load the preserved game; She kindly reminds you where you are and what are approximately busy. Not the name of the location, but the essence of the matter, briefly, but literary and your eyes. A trifle? But who else can boast of such a trifle?

For the entire time of the game, only one interface detail has upset me: do you want to, if you want not, but there is no Progress bar in the local loading screen. That is, a bloody spot spread around the press, not allowing to suspect that the game was hanging-but how much has already been completed and how much more is left? Does not give an answer.

Imagine how convenient it is to play if it is the most good claim!

Bioware with a firm and ruthless hand, I missed all the “familiar standards” from the game, from which there was no joy, but only a hindrance to the game.

So, for example, outside the battle, health and mana are restored quickly – you can not engage in the management of the camping hospital. Simplification of the game? Rather, cutting excess elements. And in addition, enrichment of tactics: you can try to play without a healer. A little more difficult, but it will be possible to sharply increase the firing power.

It is more surprising that the “killed” in the battle also rise some time after the survivors hide the blades in the sheath. This is boring; but, believe me, at a decent level of difficulty it will not be too simple.

Or here is a duffel bag; Remember how in the same Baldur’s Gate or Neverwinter Nights you had to shuffle things between heroes' backpacks? Especially if you want to leave one of them in the camp and replace the other? So: in Dragon Age the bag is one for all. You can switch between the heroes to look at what is suitable and what to put on, but there is no need to sort the prey by backpacks. Its volume is limited – also, in theory, inconvenience, but these are already game solutions: what to leave, what to throw away. And let the game in Tetris be in the past.

And now in Russian

If the assessment of the game should be reduced for something, then only for the Russian translation. Not that he was terrible, rather decent, but – not worthy of the game.

The translator of texts tried well, although I didn’t figure out what (in the end can be found in the game, for example, a cabinet called “armor” – apparently Armoire confused with Armour?). Translations of the terms are also quite decent, the only large blunder is Rogue, which turned out to be a "robber". Actually, this translation will sometimes come down (for example, in WOW), but certainly not in Dragon Age. Man-Rogue there, for example, is proposed the only option for origin: a nobleman. Just imagine: the youngest son of Tyern (that is, the count) is a robber … as well as a temple minister, a bard, a hired killer … They are all robbers. What are you, gentlemen?

But the main minus is voice acting. Acting voices in English and in Russian-this is heaven and earth. In addition, the translator did not bother to arrange stress for actors; As a result, a white verse turns into a damn thing. And in some places the logical stress “moved”, changing the meaning of the phrase. Inaccurate!

In some medium game, it would get away with. But here, where every phrase is written out with love, and every companion becomes a good acquaintance to the player, you can’t.

• • •

But the more you pour words, the clearer: only it can convey the impression of this game herself. There is everything in it: an epic story – and against her background the personal tragedies of the hero and his friends; the ability to go down to the bottom – or try on the crown; Wealth of tactics in battle – and in conversations; majestic cities – and dusk of decline; The joy of victory – and bitterness prices.

Just look at the rating. For the seven -year history of LK, this is the first time.

Verdict: No, this is not a revival of Baldur’s Gate. It's better!

LIK magazine rating: 100%

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MANAGEMENT

Role system

The parameters of the character are the following here:

• Class;
• race;
• characteristics (strength, dexterity, and so on). For each level, you can increase them by three units;
• Health and mana – directly follow from the characteristics;
• Protection – a chance to evade the attack;
• stability (physical and mental) – are measured in "conditional units" and determine the chance to "resist" against the attack. Physical stability is needed not against removing health, but against additional effects – such as stunning or knocking down. These effects are characteristic of a good half of military techniques and many spells; mental stability is needed much less often. In the future, we will denote their fu and pu;
• resistance to fire, cold, and so on – are measured as a percentage and reduce damage to the corresponding share;
• Experience – as usual, determines how much remains to the level;
• skills;
• Talents and spells.

The last two points are easy to confuse among themselves. So, “talents and spells” are mainly those actions that you can use in battle. And the skills determine your overall effectiveness. And if the talents and spells come to you 1 each level, then skills are only in three levels, and you can’t change them in any way.

We are offered a choice of three races – a person, an elf, a dwarf – and three classes: a warrior, a magician, a robber (I will already use this clumsy translation). You can create only one hero – he will be our embodiment in the game; The rest of the team – up to three satellites are allowed at a time – will gather along the way.

Of course, there is no such wealth of choice as in Baldur’s Gate; However, we take into account that two heroes of the same class due to abilities are very strong, and starting from the 7th level, they can try to take specialization (four options for each class). The repertoires of magicians are especially very different.

Ask in city stores

You will really need money in the game, because traders have enough expensive things to be purchased. With potions, bombs, weapons, components, recipes for herbalists and poisoners, everyone will figure it out himself, but I would like to draw your attention to objects that you should especially look for from all oncoming merchants:

• Backpack. Each of them increases the capacity of the inventory of the entire team by 10 units. Initially, you have seventy of them, and this is completely not enough for long autonomous campaigns – which you will begin pretty soon. The first such is in Ostangar, do not miss it.
• Books. You are primarily interested in two types of literary works: to obtain talents or skills points (you need to find and pay as much) and for specialization (you need to have a maximum of two that you plan to study, and only if there is nowhere else to find out).
• Present. Invalious means to increase satellite loyalty. However, most of the gifts are interested in only one of your friends, the rest of you will receive a penny increase and a slight decrease in interest in gifts in the future. In the next issue, I hope to present you a complete list who to give what to give; So far, I will limit myself to general tips on the npc met.
• Runes. They can be built into the weapon (starting from the moment you leave loopering), and they will work as a constant strengthening. Usually-additional damage to some type, say, from electricity or acid.

The composition of the detachment

In the team you will need:

• Undoubtedly – at least one “tank”, which must certainly be a warrior;
• at least one, and better two “chitobomes”, one of which can be an auxiliary “tank” – a magician, a robber, and even a warrior are suitable for this role;
• It is desirable (although it is really possible to do without him) – a doctor, and this is definitely a magician;
• It is desirable – at least one “subordinate”, that is, a specialist in the constraint and neutralization of opponents (Crowd Controller). It can also be combined with a chitoboy or with a doctor. Of course, a magician is also good for this role, a robber with a specialization of a bard is also not bad.

You can regularly change the composition of the group – wherever you can arrange a halt. This will not help you in the dungeon, but before going there – quite.

Before you start inventing the hero, I have to give a little advice. True, he borders with the spoiler, so if you want to avoid this, immediately proceed to the next chapter.

The fact is that among the satellites who are in the game, many soldiers, they make up almost two -thirds of the list. And magicians and robbers – only two. Moreover, among the magicians there is not a single “artilleryman”, but there is a magnificent healer named Winn and a Wizard-Wonderland (that is, a magician with the possibility of close combat).

“Tank” you, in principle, will be almost from the very beginning, and very good. There are alternatives to him, but they are usually better adapted for the role of the Hitoboy tank: for example, Stan-He will be with you soon-he convincingly wields a two-handed sword.

Also, from the very beginning, a creature will be with you who makes damage well in close combat and can occasionally stun all enemies, that is, partly works as a “subordinate”. But he almost does not have equipment, which greatly limits its capabilities.

It will soon be possible if you are careful, to attach a barda robber: this is a “chitoboy-subpoor”, but this specific satellite can more able to subordinate than to inflict damage. The second robber will be found much later, and he is a specialist exclusively in the murder.

This should be borne in mind before creating the original hero. I myself, of course, did not know this at the beginning of the game and chose the robber with the first hero. But it cannot be said that I really regretted it.

Characteristics

The characteristics of us, as expected from the century, six. Namely:

Strength

Each unit of power here:

• Increases damage from any attack, except crossbow and staff. Please note: Lukes here include! And the staff in Dragon Age is not a long baton, but a weapon of a magic shot.
• Increases the chances of getting in close combat (accuracy grows by 0.5 per unit).
• Added to physical stability.
• Helps threaten the enemy.

In addition, a certain level of force is required for almost any manual weapons, as well as for wearing armor. Each sword or helmet has a parameter "requires so much power". Like in the old woman Diablo.

Dexterity

Each unit of dexterity:

• increases the chances of getting in close combat (accuracy grows by 0.5 per unit);
• increases the chances of hitting when shooting (accuracy grows by 1 per unit);
• increases damage from stitching weapons, including bows and crossbows;
• increases protection by 1 for each point;
• Increases physical stability.

In addition, high dexterity values ​​are needed for bows and crossbows, as well as a number of techniques.

Willpower

Increases mental stability, and also gives the hero Manu – 5 units for each score. Thus, everyone needs, even soldiers – they call Mana energy, but the essence is the same.

Magic

Characteristics of magic:

• increases the psychic stability of the hero;
• increases the magic power of the hero by 1 for each point;
• Required for staff and spells (as a force for weapons);
• increases the efficiency of potions and pinches applied to the character (!).

Cunning

Characterization of cunning:

• affects the ability to convince;
• required for many tricks, especially robber;
• increases the effectiveness of robber skills;
• affects mental stability.

Physique

Increases physical stability and gives health points – 5 for each score.

Races

Let's just say: in the game mechanics, the races are given little value. Four pluses to characteristics are ridiculous, you will receive for each level at +3, and all these levels are 20. Except the gnomes-who are forbidden to be magicians-receive a 10%chance to reflect enemy spells in compensation. Nice, but 10% is not the same, which is worth it to rely on.

The advantages of the characteristics are the following:

• Man: +1 to strength, dexterity, tricks and magic.
• Elf: +2 to magic and willpower.
• Gnome: +1 to strength and dexterity, +2 to physique.

However, something else depends on the race: how will they relate to you in the game. And also your original story.

Elves in Dragon Age – Paria, oppressed race; Most of them settled in the ghetto within human cities (such quarters are called "elfnazhi"), but there are still free tribes in the distant Bresilian forest.

The gnomes were once powerful and strong, but now they are experiencing a decline, and only two remains of their large cities; but still their relations with people are quite decent.

Well, people … as usual, they dominate this world. True, there is no consent between them, but other races have a little better.

Skills

Oddly enough, the skills for all classes are common. Of course, they are useful in different ways, but any character can learn any skill. The only exception is influence; It is allowed to teach only the main character.

You will get one point of skill for every three levels, that is, only six in addition to the fact that there were already. This value can be slightly improved at the expense of books that give an extra score. But they are rare and roads.

Any skill has four steps; To learn the next, you need to know the previous one and fulfill other requirements. So:

Influence

According to the good old tradition, increases the conviction of your speeches. The first level requires cunning 10, the second – 12, the third – 14, the fourth – 16.

Thief

Trying to pull the character valuable things. This skill is well increasing the welfare of the detachment, but is it worth a sheepskin? It is possible to make a thief of the “spare” robber, so that he at times joins the detachment and a little enriching it.

At the highest level, this skill helps to distract the enemy during the fight that the robber is notpty. And yet to sacrifice for this half of all the points of the skill? I doubt…

Requirements – the same as the influence.

Survival

Helps to notice the opponents https://shiny-joker-casino.co.uk/ on time, and it is also better to imagine their parameters; From the third level gives a slight resistance to the forces of nature, from the fourth – it also increases this and physical stability.

As for me, this thing does not give serious advantages.

Requirements – the same as the influence.

Production of traps

If you remember, in Baldur’s Gate, they personally made and installed traps were damn serious weapons; Old Yoshimo with their help just worked miracles. So, here – no worse. If there is time to prepare for the battle, the good old trap will sincerely delight your opponents.

Details for traps will have to be mainly bought from merchants; there is little in place.

This skill competes for the "place in the sun" with the manufacture of poisons; But it is advisable to study something from this robber-otherwise in battle his capabilities will be limited. Perhaps traps are better for the "shooting" version of the robber.

This skill also allows that it is logical, it is better to feel other people's traps.

Requirements: second step – level 4, third – level 7, fourth – level 10.

Production of poisons

Poisons are made from purchased or improvised means (for example, herbs or killed spiders) and spread on blades. A robber who prefers a close battle must very seriously think about this skill.

But poisons are only half the joy: this skill also determines the manufacture and use of bombs and bottles with acid. At low levels, these same bottles are almost the most powerful weapon of your detachment. Later, efficiency falls.

Do not forget that the poisoner needs to buy the bottles at the first opportunity: the goods are inexpensive, but without it he will not weld anything.

Requirements – the same as for the manufacture of traps.

Herbalist

This character also uses collected plants and bottles, but makes them completely different – potions, ointments and therapeutic poultices. From the purchased powder of the lyrium, the potions of mana are obtained, from everywhere the growing "elven root" – medicine.

Keep in mind that all the Magi satellites in the game have at least a little and possess this craft.

Requirements – the same as for the manufacture of traps.

Combat training

This ability not to pass either a warrior or a robber, and it will have to be developed, most likely, until it stops. The fact is that access to all techniques depends on its level – to get to the third level in any branch, you need the third level of combat training. Such is the "obligatory program" ..

In addition, combat training gives advantages in the battle, and for magicians – also the chances of not losing a spell when the enemy tries to bring him down.

There are no requirements.

Tactics of battle

This skill is then necessary to add new tactics options for your character. That is, if you prefer to manually command everyone all the time, then this is useless to you; But you can donate a cell or two and configure the hero "on the machine".

Requirements – the same as the influence.

Talents and spells

They are arranged in the same way as skills – four in the line, but you will have more, because each level will bring one point one at a time.

You can roughly divide them into three types: passive – which simply work themselves (for example, the warrior gets less tired in heavy armor); active-they work on command and take away some mana; and long -term – work as active, but after that they remain in force until they are disconnected. Since Mana here resumes very quickly, long -term abilities “block” part of your mana, as if constantly using it.

Unlike skills, each new rank of ability here has its own name. Therefore, I will call the ruler according to the first talent from the chain.

Please note that “promote” the chain is completely quite real to the level of 12-14. Perhaps the hero will turn out to be somewhat one -sided, but many abilities of the fourth rank are a kind of “super -weap”.

Weapons in each hand

Access: warrior, robber. Require combat training.

Owning weapons in each hand

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level – 912
Dexterity12162636

The first rank of talent simply provides complete damage from the weapon of the left hand. The second gives advantages to attack and protection. The third provides a chance to inflict a wound, which will gradually reduce the health of the enemy. And finally, the fourth reduces all the techniques of paired blades, and in addition, allows you to take a full -fledged sword in the left hand, and not a short dagger.

Double blow

Requirements
RAGN1234
Sleep12162228

Actually a double blow is a long -term reception that increases damage, but at the same time reduces the chance of a critical hit. For the robber is a very dubious joy, but if you pressed so that you won’t come from the back … the warrior will fit quite.

The next rank is a response blow. The fighter attacks with his right hand with a chance to stun the target; Then he strikes the left, which, if the target is stunned, gives automatically critical damage.

A crippling blow: if the attack falls, then the damage is critical, and the enemy receives a fine to the speed of movement.

Punisher (oh, and who only translated it?!): A triple blow, the third hit is a critical, chance to knock down a target from your feet or reduce the attack and defense.

Wave with two hands with weapons

Requirements
RAGN1234
Dexterity12182430

Attack on all enemies in front of themselves – with increased damage. It is dangerous for a robber to get involved in this focus – it is easy to distract the enemy over himself, but the damage is very worthy. In general, this line is especially suitable for a warrior if he decides on paired blades instead of a shield or two -handed.

Second rank, flurry – three blows with ordinary damage.

Impulse – the speed of attack increases sharply, but with each instant energy drops.

Whirlwind – the hero begins to spin, distributing attacks to everyone around. A warrior surrounded by enemies is just great.

Weapons and shield

Access: Warrior. Require combat training.

Shock

Requirements
RAGN1234
Strength11152532

A shield with the usual damage and a chance to stun the target. The push with a shield is the same, but the blow is double (we note that the “reloading” of these skills is different). Suppression – three blows, the third of them is critical. And storm-as many as four blows, but … for some reason weakened. The first rank is very useful, further – less.

Shield defense

Requirements
RAGN1234
Strength11142026

Shield defense is a stand with improved protection against arrows and a fine to the attack (long -term reception). Its development, a balanced shield, removes the penalty for the attack … And to that it is more harmful than the benefits. Deaf defense is a long -term technique that sharply increases protection, and if you take the last ability in the ruler, then in this state of the warrior it will not be possible to knock down.

Block with a shield

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level – 912
Dexterity10162026

Blok with a shield prohibits flank attacks against a warrior from his shield. Shield shelter gives advantages against shooting. Shield training does not allow a warrior in the back at all, all attacks are considered the same against him; And the last talent in this line sharply enhances all the thyroid skills.

The real "tank" this line is almost necessary – if you want to live longer. Pay attention, it is not for her to need power, but dexterity.

Two -handed weapons

Access: Warrior. Require combat training.

Ephesus

Requirements
RAGN1234
Strength12202834

The stab with the stupid end of the weapon (?) who knocks the enemy off the feet if he does not pass the check.

Indestructivity is a long -term action that slightly increases damage and does not allow either to knock down or stun the fighter.

Deafening blows – any fighter attack has a chance to stun the enemy. This is not long -term, but passive talent – does not require inclusion!

And the top of this line is a critical blow: this attack when hitting it not only always gives critical damage, but can also (if the enemy is already wounded) kill him in place.

Weapon split

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level – 1014
Strength18232840

If the target does not go through the fu, she receives a fine for an attack for a short time. It only makes sense against the “bosses” – but they will undergo this verification ..

The next rank – crushing blows – is a plus to damage against golems and other mechanical objects. The split of the armor is ordinary damage and, if the target fails, the penalty for protection. Better to split the weapon, because the attack still inflicts damage. And on the fourth rank (“destroyer”), all attacks of the hero have this property. Unfortunately, the fine to the armor is not summarized from them, so the benefit is not so great; It is not even clear why this talent has such brutal requirements.

Mighty blow

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level – 10
Strength15212836

Impact with increased damage; If the goal does not pass fu, it will be slow. An alternative way to “tie” the enemy to yourself … Powerful blows are a long -term reception that increases damage – but with a fine to attack and protection (which is reduced by the next rank of talent – “the strength of two hands”).

And finally, the fourth rank is perhaps the best two -handed trick: a wave of ordinary damage to all enemies is nearby, and each of them does a test of fu or falls. Kosi, braid, while dew ..

Archery

Access: warrior, robber. Require combat training.

In close combat

Requirements
RAGN1234
Sleep12162228

The first rank allows you to shoot, being attacked; If you rely only on the bow, you can’t do without it.

The aimed shooting reduces the rate of fire, but increases accuracy, damage, breaking through the armor and the chance of a critical hit – in a word, it is always worth turning on, when the enemies are not quite squire (this is a long -term reception). Protective shooting – rate of fire is reduced for the sake of the plus to protection; If you had to use it, then you counted somewhere much.

And the shooting master is a ability that improves almost all rifle techniques, and also avoids a fine in heavy armor (but not in armor). Who would develop protective shooting without it ..

Cocking shot

Requirements
RAGN1234
Dexterity12162130

This line is, in my opinion, the key to the robber with onions; at least the first rank in it is required. After a fetus, the target that has passed fu slows down, and not passed, is forced to stay in place! The battle with the boss – a specialist in close combat almost always begins with this shot.

The second reception, crippling a shot, reduces the target of the attack and protection (by inflicting ordinary damage). The third – a critical shot – an attack with a plus to break through the armor and automatic critical damage.

The fourth-an arrow-killer-is described in the game simply as a shot with a critical damage, but in fact it has a chance to put a target on the spot. On "bosses", however, does not work.

Fast shooting

Requirements
RAGN1234
Dexterity12162427

Increase in rate of fire – but there is no chance of critical hit. Long -term reception; In my opinion, not the most valuable. Breaking shot – ordinary damage + a fine to the armor target. The overwhelming arrow is the usual damage + a fine to the target attack; It is much more useful than a similar two -handed reception, because the fines are added up and as a result the enemy along the “tank” generally ceases to fall.

And finally, the explosive arrow: it inflicts ordinary damage, stunes the target – and after that, the explosion inflicts the same effect to all enemies in the neighborhood.

Spontaneous magic

Access: magician.

Flame flash

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182734

The good old fiery spells – as usual, amaze both enemies and friends, which is irrelevant only at the lower levels of complexity. But they beat very well if the enemy has no stability. They can also set fire to the effects of other spells (dirt …).

A fiery flash is a cone, rather narrow, it is difficult to catch a lot of enemies into it. The second rank is a fire weapon, a long -term spell that makes all the weapons of the detachment of fire. Fire ball – not only does it cause damage in a large area, but also knocks down; Yes, and it looks much more interesting than ordinary "balls". And the highest fiery spell – fiery hell – a sort of whirlwind that relieves health every round. Terrible thing, but also hurts his.

Stone armor

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182530

The first rank is the strengthening of the defense of the magician himself. A stone fist is a shell that relieves health and knocks down; It is good to use it after an ice spell, because the targets facing ice or stone can break into pieces.

Earthquake – a long -acting spell, which every few seconds forces everyone within a radius (friends too) to check fu or fall. And finally, a stone contact: if the fu fails, the target for a few seconds becomes stone. It does not move and can be broken by an attack or a stone fist.

Ice grip

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182534

Decent damage + Fasting targets: it turns into ice (which can be divided) or simply slows down, as you are lucky. Ice weapons – an analogue of fire. The cone of the cold is the same ice grip, but in the cone; And finally, the blizzard is a long spell in the area, which constantly hits everyone (its own and strangers), and also forces you to undergo stability checks so as not to fall and not contact the ice. True, goals get a plus for protection and resistance to fire, but usually this comforts them little.

Lightning

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic18182833

The first rank is just a combat spell, but rather strong. The second is the same lightning, but in the cone. The third – a storm – hits the area for a long time, scattering lightning. And the fourth – chain lightning – causes powerful damage, and then small lightning struck the neighbors of the goal with less damage.

Creation

Access: magician.

Treatment

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182328

Treats wounds to one ally. The following spells accelerate the restoration of mana and health in the ally, and the latter gives both the whole group. Mass treatment, alas, do not give ordinary magicians – for this we need a specialization of the healer.

Heroic attack

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-152030

The first rank spell – plus an ally attack. The second, heroic aura is a shield that reflecting distant attacks with a very decent probability. The third – heroic defense – gives protection and stability of all types, but presses on the target, adding fatigue (that is, it is a great cost of it all abilities). And finally, the fourth is a wonderful spell of acceleration: the whole group begins to move faster and attack, although the chances of hitting are somewhat reduced.

Runa paralysis

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182533

Very strange in appearance, but useful school. The first spell is a trap, paralyzing the first one to step on it. The second – a protective rune – gives advantages to protection and stability to all friends next to her. Runa of repulsion – shoves towards enemies who have not passed the test of fu; Together with the paralysis rune, it explodes, paralyzing everyone around! And finally, the terrible rune of neutralization, which in the radius of action blocks all spells, pulls Manu, disperses effects and does not allow restoring strength; Some battles turn into a children's game with her.

Magic light

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-202333

Magic light is just a plus to the magical power of the sorcerer himself. The next spell, dirt is a large puddle in which everyone jumps (slowdown), and it can be set fire to it with fiery spells. A magic flower is an effect that all magicians nearby (enemy, too) accelerate mana restoration. And finally, a stinging swarm: a very powerful damage, and if the sacrifice dies from him, Roy flies to the next enemy. As for me, there is little sense in this school – unless you have three magicians in the group ..

Spirit

Access: magician.

Magic shield

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182533

Great remedy for a magic duel … if your mana is thicker than an enemy. The spell absorbs enemy spells with a probability of three to four, but at the same time eat your mana for each operation. As mana ends – the shield will fall. Alas, most often those enemies from whom you want to protect yourself so, are packed under the eyeballs.

Dispersing magic, as you should expect, removes all the effects from the target – without making the difference between his and other people's spells. It always works if the spell can be dispelled at all. But then there is an anti -magic barrier – a complete protection against spells (yes, and from therapeutic too). And this is already often a weapon of victory. It works, unlike the shield, not only for itself. Anti -Magic flash – mass scattering in the region; 99% of the time is useless, but ..

Delcuting manna

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182533

Trying to borrow someone else's mana. Unfortunately, not in commodity quantities. Burning mana – spend your mana to destroy someone else's around you. Magical power – strengthening all its spells, but Mana is eaten faster, and is restored slower. And finally, the clash of Mana is a very expensive spell that takes away the whole mana from the enemy and causes him damage in proportion to taken away.

As for me, this line should be studied only for the final. Would you like to spend four talents to become a thunderstorm of magicians and be able to accelerate your resource?

Walking bomb

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-202533

Premium spell: the goal receives constant damage from the poison, and if he has time to die before the spells come in, it explodes. The next rank is a funnel of death: a long -term spell that replenishes Manu if there are killed enemies nearby. The third rank – an infectious walking bomb – does the same as the first, but even in the explosion you can infect neighbors (at the same time, on whom the effect of the first -level bomb lies, it is not placed). And finally, the fourth is raising the corpse of the enemy as a skeleton.

Bombs are a powerful weapon, but if you play not at the lower level of complexity, there is a reason to study with this ruler at least dispersing magic. Otherwise many troubles can be done.

Explosion of reason

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182330

Simple and tasteful: it stunes all the enemies around (unless, of course, they do not pass PU). The next rank is a force field: the goal cannot move and cannot be damaged, a sort of “stasis”. The third rank is imposed on the weapon of the entire detachment of the charms of telekinesis; God news why, but this improves the breakdown of armor. And finally, the fourth is a crushing dungeon: the spell does not allow the enemy to make anything and gradually takes out life from it. The most tenacious will wait for when it ends, and with the middle enemies – applied and forgot.

Entropy

Access: magician.

Weakness

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-182535

A penalty for attack and target protection; If the fu does not pass, also a slowdown. Paralysis – slowdown during successful check of fu, complete immobilization – during failure. Poisonous evaporation is a long -term spell that imposes fines on any goal of the magician. And finally, the pinnacle of this line is not without reason requires as many as 35 units of magic: this is mass paralysis. Disconnects enemies with weighty packs.

Damage of vulnerability

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-202836

Imposes fines to stability against damage from fire, cold and so on; In addition, it significantly strengthens an attack against its goal like stretching life. Contagious damage is the same, but in a circle next to the victim. Discarding damage exhausts the enemy’s attacks: critical hits become ordinary, ordinary misses. And the last, fatal, damage makes all the hits by the victim critical.

The most useful link here seems to be the third; But in general, this line is not the most rational consumption of talents. It seems to me that Bioware was overestimated.

Loss of orientation

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-183032

The victim receives a penalty for attack and protection. Horror, the second rank, is a double -action spell: usually he rivets the victim to the place if it does not pass PU; but against the victim unconscious causes a lot of damage without any checks. The euthanus puts the whole group of enemies (before the first blow, the victim wakes up from damage), and the sleepers can be finished with horror. And finally, the nightmare is in reality-something like a d & d-honey of confusion: someone is stunned, someone is fascinated, someone attacks his allies … Of course, if Pu does not pass.

This branch is studied by one of your companions; The first two links she will pass by herself, and it makes sense to advance her at least one link, and preferably two.

Extending life

Requirements
RAGN1234
Magic-202534

The first spell does the same as all its namesakes, – transfers part of health from the victim to the magician. The second is the magic of death – long -term, it restores the magician “line of life” if there are dead enemies around. Further – a deadly curse: the enemy cannot be treated and receives constant damage. And the last, cloud of death, is constant damage to everyone in the field of action (and their own too).

• • •

Next – the line of classes:

Warrior

Bogatyr

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level-4812
Strength10142025

More health, less fatigue from armor – in general, an absolutely necessary thing. The following ability, intimidation, without options, any “tank” is needed – the hero constantly radiates the threat (long -term). Courage – also, by and large, for the “tank”: increases all the parameters of the fighter if he opposes more than two enemies (for each additional). And finally, a rush of death restores energy when the enemy dies.

A calculating blow

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level-4812
Parameter10 dexterity14 force18 dexterity22 force

Less attack speed, but higher the chances of hitting and critical damage. Provocation – the second rank – a one -time outbreak of threat, interception of opponents. The exit from the battle is on the contrary, a decrease in the threat and the chance that the enemies will immediately switch to others. The perfect blow is a big plus to accuracy.

In my opinion, both a tank and a chitoboy warrior on this line can save. Although many of them have the first trick initially.

Robber

Dirty struggle

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level-4812
Dexterity10141822

Dirty struggle is a deafening blow that does not inflict damage. It is needed mainly when it is not possible to go behind. And to facilitate this maneuver, the next rank of the ruler, movement in the battle: it allows you to consider a wider angle to be a “background”, and it is highly recommended to have it – especially “wedge” robbers. The third trick is a blow of mercy: if the goal is stunned or paralyzed, every blow is considered a blow to the back. The fourth rank – “SOS button” – a feigned death, that is, forced exit from the battle.

The blow below the belt

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level-4812
Dexterity10141822

The blow below the belt causes ordinary damage; If the victim did not pass, then receives a fine for protection and movement. Reception of the second rank – a deadly blow – despite the loud name, differs from a simple attack by just an improved breakdown of the armor. The third rank is deadly; He increases the chance of a critical blow, and in addition, when calculating damage, he uses cunning instead. This is a very serious increase in damage! And finally, slipping away – 20% chance to avoid any physical attack.

Skillful hands

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level-4812
Cunning10141822

This technique improves the hero’s skill in terms of hacking locks and traps – on all ranks. Although usually this is the main thing that is for which they are holding a thief’s team, in Dragon Age you can try to do without a cracker. Most hacked chests contain small values ​​or gifts; In addition, already in the early stages you will regularly lack the second rank of this skill. That is, if you want to open any castle with a little finger, you will invest in skillful hands all the way, losing combat talents.

Invisibility

Requirements
RAGN1234
Hero level-4812
Cunning10141822

But for this, many robbers should not regret points: an attack from invisibility is considered an attack from the back, even if you are actually facing face. The first rank simply gives himself quietly to the enemy, and nothing can be done in this state. The second allows you to use objects. The third gives a chance to hide right in the thick of the battle. The fourth simply increases your chances of hiding from eye and not get caught.

Magician

Magic arrow

Requirements
RAGN1234
Level13710

Simple combat spell, all the advantages of which are fast reloading. Meaning only if you plan to develop a ruler. The second rank is a magical shield temporarily strengthening the defense of the magician himself (and do not lead him into battle …). The third – concentration on the staff – enhances damage from the staff (and in fact devaluates the magic arrow). Fourth – skill in magic – permanently increases magical power.

Classes

We have already dismantled the main abilities; This chapter is devoted to the story of how to develop the characters of each of the classes. We will consider several “working” options, which, of course, does not interfere with inventing their own on their basis or without such.

As already mentioned, there are only three basic classes, but each of them has four specializations. They can be taken at 7 and 14 levels (choosing two out of four), but you can’t do it “just like that” – you need a teacher or a guide. Guide can sometimes be bought from merchants; A teacher is either your companion, who already has a similar class (and you need a warm relationship with it), or a special NPC in the city. It’s not easy to find some specialties of the teacher ..

Each specialty gives constant advantages and its own line of skills. I don’t cover them in detail now, but I will describe briefly.

Warrior

The warrior has two main kinds of classes: tank and chitoboy. There is an intermediate one between them (it is sometimes called Off-Tank): an attacking fighter who, however, is tenacious enough not to be afraid of the interception of aggression.

The skills of a warrior, oddly enough, do not depend on the type.

Any warrior without fail the skill of combat training should develop all the way. Not necessarily the first, but should. If this is the main character, 1-3 units of influence will not interfere. The rest can be put on tactics or get a rank-two survival.

Specialization of a warrior

Templar. Antimag: He has abilities to expand the enemy of Mana, increase his PU and neutralize spells.

Berserk. Attacking fighter: combat rage increases damage (for slow recovery), there is a technique that burns all the energy with one blow and proportionally causes damage.

Knight. Their strengthening, fines to enemies. In terrible screams, the Knights weaken the opponents (or even throw them in the ground), in a vigorous voice increase the attack and defense of the detachment.

Ripper. This master can be treated due to the corpses of enemies (like the “Death Magic” spell), to damage enemies around his aura, and also fights the more, the less health he has left.

Tank

As we have known since prehistoric times, the “tank” is a shield. We will leave two -handed weapons to the tricks and hybrids, paired blades and onions all the more.

The characteristics of the "tank" are needed: strength, dexterity and physique. In what proportion? Strength and physique are approximately 2: 1, like most warriors, and dexterity – exactly as much to be enough to study the necessary techniques. Unfortunately, for a block block, you can’t do without dexterity. The main character, if you want to study the effect, will also need a trick (though not in prohibitive quantities).

The most obvious set of talents:

Bogatyr: 4 rank

Block with shield: 4 rank

Shield defense: 4 rank

Shield: 2 rank

The rest is on specialization. Among them, we immediately reject the berserker, the rest can be considered. Vityaz is good if you have many warriors and robbers in the detachment, but the weakening of enemies in price always. The templers and the gip can also definitely come in handy, although the advantages of the first are not needed so often (reached out to the magician-somehow you can handle it without additional advantages).

Alternative:

Bogatyr: 4 rank

Block with shield: 4 rank

Shield defense: 4 rank

Calculating blow: 2 rank

The rest is specialized.

You can also try to save on dexterity:

Bogatyr: 4 rank

Block with shield: 4 rank

Calculating blow: 2 rank

Shield: 4 rank

The rest is specialized.

But such a warrior will be noticeably less durable. Perhaps it is worth taking him a specialization of the gip.

To get the necessary talents at the start, it is recommended to take a noble origin. Gnome or person – the second question, the dwarf, may suit a little better. Elves and any rabble will receive advantages for shooting, paired blades … Why do you need all this?

Tactics for "tank" It looks something like this:

At the beginning of the battle – intimidation.

If they shoot at it, take refuge with a shield.

(If there is no healer) If health is below 25% – treated with a pile.

(If there is a gip specialty) If health is below 25% – pull out life.

(If there is a specialty of a knight) there are more than two enemies – a fighting cry.

If the enemy has more than 75% of health – a shield or a shield with a shield.

The templar can be additionally ordered to attack magicians and use a righteous blow, and against the magician surrounded by other enemies – the Holy Karu.

Chitoboy

What to take weapons? We will exclude the bow right away: what is the point of taking a warrior and not letting him in the thick of the battle? Shield – the lot of the "tank", two -handed swords and paired blades remain. I would confidently recommend a two -handed man, because paired blades will require dexterity; True, the gnome of unnecessary origin will immediately give you a swing talent with two blades. Without this, you can focus on the strength and to a lesser extent physique.

Talents (two -handed option):

Ephesis Blow: 4 Ranks

Bogatyr: 1 rank

Calculating blow: 2 rank

Mighty blow: 4 rank

Another talent, the one that is given at birth, will go to an unnecessary direction. You can let everything else on specializations (berserker, gip – the most natural options).

Talents (option of paired blades):

Light with two hands with weapons: 4 rank

Possession of weapons in each hand: 4 rank

Bogatyr: 1 rank

Calculating blow: 2 rank

Double blow: 2 rank

Certainly take the gnome "from the bottom" so as not to spend on a shield or onion.

Talents (hybrid chitoboy tank):

Ephesis Blow: 4 Ranks

Bogatyr: 4 rank

Calculating blow: 2 rank

Mighty blow: 4 rank

The rest is specialized (any) is suitable).

Hitoboy tactics:

(If there is no healer) If health is below 25% – treated with a pile.

(If there is a gip specialty) If health is below 25% – pull out life.

If there are more than two enemies – a wave of two -handed weapons / wave of weapons in each hand.

(If there is a specialty of a knight) there are more than two enemies – a fighting cry.

If the enemy has more than 75% of health – an ephez / triple blow.

If the enemy has more than 50% of health – a powerful blow / double blow

Robber

The main occupation of the robber is a chitoboy, but there is an opportunity to make him also a subordinate.

The robber's skills almost necessarily include:

– combat training of 4 rank, in the most extreme case of the third;

-poisons or manufacturing of traps of 2-3 rank;

– The rest, if any, can be put on influence, tactics or extra rank of poisons/traps.

In general, the robber is worse than a warrior, to leave an automatic machine: the right position here means a lot.

The weapons of the robber are only two types: paired blades or onions. Onions are easier for development, because such a robber does not need strength at all; It is better combined with traps than with poison. Paired blades require some strength; If you want to use daggers, then it is small, and if you claim to wave swords, then a fair. Note that the chances of critical damage in daggers are higher; True, basic damage is already painfully small.

When selecting talents, you have to keep in mind not only a occupation in battle, but also “side effects” like hacking locks.

Specialization of the robber

Duelist. He is slightly better protected than his colleagues, and has the ability to do all the hits for some time critical.

Murderer. The most oriented option for damage: it knows how to apply bleeding wounds, as well as “marry” the goal so that everyone is caused against it increased damage.

Bard. Unique specialty: allows you to sing a song instead of direct participation in battle, which every few seconds stunes all enemies around. To do this, you need to completely develop the line of its abilities; and before that he strengthens the detachment with his songs.

Ranger. Another “step to the side”: the trace calls the animal to the aid of the detachment. Unlike a bard, this does not prevent him from fighting himself.

Swordsman

Talents with low force (daggers):

Blow below the belt: 4 rank

Possession of weapons in each hand: 3 rank

Dirty struggle: 3-4 rank

Obviously: 3-4 rank

The rest is specializations and/or skillful hands. Specializations here are most likely – a duelist or killer, a trace is possible.

Talents with decent force (dagger + sword , then swords):

Blow below the belt: 1 rank

Possession of weapons in each hand: 4 rank

Dirty struggle: 3-4 rank

Obviously: 3-4 rank

The rest is specializations and/or skillful hands. There is more chances to develop specialization, the set is the same.

Tactics of the fencer assumes approximately the following:

Start a battle with a lubrication of blades venom.

Duel – to start a duel, the killer – to marry the target of the "tank".

Launch their techniques of critical strokes against the goal of the "tank".

If health falls below 25% – feigned death.

Dirty struggle – if it is attacked.

Archer

Talents for the archer:

Clamping shot: 4 ranks

Fast shooting: 4 rank

Obviously: 1-3 rank

Dirty struggle: 1 rank

Shooting in close combat: 2 rank

The rest is specializations and/or skillful hands. Specialization here – ranger, killer.

Before the battle, the archer puts a trap (if he knows how), then, perhaps, hides; The battle starts with a bending and crippling shots, choosing the target target. If attacked in close combat, a dirty struggle, if health is below 25% – mock death. You can take the risk of starting with an explosive arrow, but it is better to use this technique consciously when the tanks are already reliably holding enemies.

Subordinate

This is a completely different fighting role. After the development of bard talents, most of the time he will not fight at all, but will cause animals (if there is already a second specialization) and sing a charming song.

Talents for a bard with onions:

Clamping shot: 4 ranks

Bard: 4 rank

Ranger: 4 rank

Fast shooting: 4 rank

Obviously: 3 rank

Dirty struggle: 1 rank

Talents for a bard with swords:

Dirty struggle: 4 rank

Bard: 4 rank

Ranger: 4 rank

Possession of weapons in each hand: 4 rank

Obviously: 3 rank

Blow below the belt: 1 rank

Tactics until the enchanting song is obtained by weapons, then-Bardo-Pravotov techniques, and if attacked, then dirty struggle/feigned death.

Magician

In terms of skills, the magician enjoys considerable freedom. It is worth putting four ranks into herbalism (although one mage is enough in the team is quite enough), and you are free to make your hero as a gold, tactician, and so on-nothing constrains him.

With parameters, everything is quite simple: magic + willpower is about 2: 1 or even 3: 1.

But with spells – how many people, so many approaches. Magic spells allow you to create completely different characters – under the role of a chitoboy, healer and subordinate. The specialization of magicians.

It is better to manually manually manage a magician, with the exception of a healer than with a tactician. The healer is quite capable of simply starting the heals as needed, and the rest of the time to fight off the staff and what God sent.

Specialization of the magician

Spiritual healer. The obvious specialization of the doctor: here, and only here, there is group healing, resurrection, amulet (“delayed” cure that works when the goal becomes little health) and even the aura of constant treatment of all friends around itself. Transferred in the order of receipt.

Blood magician. Sooting over the blood of the enemy, he can subjugate him to himself, turning it into an ally. In addition, the magician of blood knows how to create spells at the expense of health (instead of mana), as well as heal due to the ally's vitality (from which he may die). Keep in mind that blood magicians … to put it mildly, many people do not really like, and there are serious grounds.

Werewolf. The first ability from the ruler turns the magician into a giant spider, which spits poison and web, the second into a huge bear, the third – into the stinging swarm of insects, which, when attacking the enemy, loses mane instead of health. The fourth strengthens all these forms – for example, the swarm begins to drink enemy health. In a turning form, the werewolf does not conjure.

The battle magician. The strangest specialty – increases the magician defense and attack in battle. For maniacs of the staff? Perhaps combined with the advantages of the werewolf, not sure.

Chitoboy

To build a truly effective chitoboy, you need to master the combinations of spells. A pair of these has already been mentioned: the runes of paralysis and repulsion, dirt and fire ball. Here is an example of one of the most murderous combinations:

Talents of a spontaneous magician:

Flame flash: 3 rank

Runa paralysis: 3 rank

Magic light: 2 rank

Walking bomb: 4 rank

Treatment: 1 rank

Stone armor: 4 rank

You can take specialization on the remaining (for example, a blood magician or even a healer), contagious damage, raising a skeleton or a professional line of a magician.

Two runes – explosive paralysis/slowdown, then put the dirt there and set fire to a fire ball. Option – before the runes to study the stone armor and force the opponents to fall from the earthquake. Then you can “pacify” with an infectious bomb – and it is hardly at least one enemy will get to you at all.

Why treatment? And it is always worth taking it at the opportunity. Just because two doctors are better than one.

Alternative:

Ice Crack: 4 Ranks

Lightning: 3 rank

Runa paralysis: 4 rank

Treatment: 1 rank

Stone armor: 4 rank

The principle is the same, but instead of dirt + fire – a storm + blizzard. Effect is a mighty thunderstorm storm.

By the way, note that both of these options give the magician some chances and as a subordinate – an earthquake and a couple of runes perfectly control enemies.

For Warm Magician There is no particular set of talents; You can combine it with any arsenal of spells, turning into a turned form as needed. In the game, we see an example of a combination of a werewolf with weakening spells (weakness, explosion of mind, horror); This is unconditionally works, but there is no reason not to make a washer's werewolf.

Healer

The main thing here is the arsenal of therapeutic spells. It would seem that in fact the treatment is not very necessary for the abilities of a spiritual healer; But in practice at high levels, they save Manu great. The rest of the cells can be devoted to combat or subordinating magic.

Healer talents:

Treatment: 4 rank

Spiritual healer: 4 rank

Runa paralysis: 4 rank

Heroic attack: 4 rank

For the rest-something attacking. Just in case.

Pay attention, all four ranks of paralysis runes are taken here to provide rear protection. Heroic attack is a good branch for the healer, because it does not accumulate a lot of aggression.

Subordinate

The main question: whether you want to make your hero a magician? If so, it will add a lot to its main arsenal.

It is not necessary to make a “pure” subordinate-you can combine it with a chitobo-stichist or with a werewolf.

Subordinate talents:

Loss of orientation: 4 rank

Weakness: 4 rank

Blood Mage: 4 Ranks

Explosion: 4 rank

Treatment: 1 rank

And something attacking.

The disadvantage of this option is that if the enemy suddenly has a high PU, this hero will be almost powerless against him. You can sacrifice one of the subordinating branches and make an intermediate version of the magician. What branch to give? Unfortunately, most likely – the loss of orientation, although its effect of mass confusion and beautiful, but it is combined worse with combat magic. But you can do it differently.

Hitoboy subordinate talents (with paralysis):

Weakness: 4 rank

Flame flash: 4 rank

Magic light: 2 rank

Blood Mage: 4 Ranks

Explosion: 4 rank

Treatment: 1 rank

Hitoboy subordinate talents (with a loss of orientation):

Loss of orientation: 4 rank

Walking bomb: 4 rank

Blood Mage: 4 Ranks

Explosion: 4 rank

Lightning: 3 rank

Treatment: 1 rank

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Passage

We will not dwell on each of the starting stories; Fortunately, the game itself leads you to a natural interchange. I will only say that if you are a person and a nobleman, do not miss a story with an angry cook ..

Ostar

Whoever you are, sooner or later you will find yourself in the Ostagar – in the status of a student of gray guards and personally their boss Duncan. You will be offered to get comfortable in the city before passing the test. Do not refuse; Among them there is a task from the psar that will allow you if you do not have combat dog , Get out such!

My faithful dog

The first satellite that will remain with us for life is a faithful dog. He will appear at the nobleman before arriving in Ostagar, yet the rest can buy him from Psar in the city.

The local breed of Mabari is famous, in addition to truly brutal military qualities, fidelity and devotion: therefore, no matter what you do, your dog will not betray you. But this should not be a reason to refuse the animal in gifts, the benefit of his tastes is unpretentious: he is only interested in bones. No one else will take them anyway ..

The dog is a dangerous fighter; He has the ability to stun all enemies around a terrible howl, as well as knocking down the enemy and apply critical blows (as wolves do). War before the battle will give the magician time for an extra fire ball or something similar … Although the dogs do not wear weapons and armor, something can still be attached to them: a collar and combat tattoos.

Do not forget sometimes … talk with your dog. You can, for example, ask the stomach if she sees something interesting; no, no, and he will drag something useful, or even an expensive gift for some of the satellites. And if you complain about the dirty blood, the dog will lick you and will become healthier. Hm…

Also pay attention to quartermaster. You can buy the first of the additional backpacks from him. Maybe now there will not be enough funds for this, but you can look at him upon returning from the test.

Immediately upon arrival, you will judge the audience His Majesty. He is full of optimism about the upcoming battle … Somewhere I have already heard such bravura speeches, oh, I heard ..

But now you talked with the king, gathered in the city of other passing tests (all key points are on the map) and go on a campaign. Two fighters – the shield -carrier Alistair and the swordsman give you with you Jory , as well as a robber-shooter Daveta. It is necessary to bring three bottles with the blood of the creatures of darkness-and some papers from the chest in ruins. Well, and a plant for the psar, if you took this task.

Alister

Alistair-Khramovnik warrior with rich experience of confrontation magicians. He is a specialist in a shield battle and (although he developed it, perhaps not perfectly) perfectly for the title of command "tank". It can be developed approximately as shown above in the chapter "Tank". He can teach the protagonist of the specialization of the templar (if relations with him are at a high level).

It may seem that a straightforward and friendly Alista is so loyal that it is difficult to get out of itself. And in vain. This guy is not so simple, something in life has seen before joining the templars, and in addition, it is categorically not inclined to forgive treason. But lovers of empty cruelty with him are categorically out of the way.

To please Alistair with a gift, present him something connected with the people whom he honors; In addition, he is a lover of figurines and rune stones.

Heroes can also report that friendship with Alister opens up rich opportunities.

Korkar wastelands are only empty at first glance: the road through them will not allow you to wander much. A wolf flock awaits you here; Wolves love to shoot down the heroes from the feet and pounce on a blade, so get used to leading the alister in front and remotely from others. We will meet the first creatures of the darkness; So far we do not know who they are and where we came from. The main thing is to look for archers and especially the emissary Harlock, this is the most dangerous enemy. If you have weakening spells, it's time to try them.

In a clearing next to the emissar, the same plant blooms that you need for dogs, do not forget to collect it.

But the chest … in strangers and not to say very reliable hands. The mysterious lady Flemt settled here – are the one about which fairy tales go from among those that are better not to read at night? – And her even more mysterious daughter Morrigan, a fan of saying verse. They have papers, and while we will have to return with what is; Probably, blood has already been collected by this moment.

This is interesting: Morrigan “borrowed” the Imt from the Celtic goddess of the war, in the pantheon of the Celts of one of the worst deities; That Morrigan is famous for the prophetic gift, love of love … and the ability to turn into different creatures.

And now – the test actually: the campaign, it turns out, was only preparation for him ..

And now – the word to the main character.

A fire on the tower

Our leaders are, of course, great strategists. The idea that the attack of the reserve must be called on a bonfire on the tower, and the signal is supplied at the beginning of the battle (which is heard and visible) is remarkable in itself.

And for some reason it does not surprise at all that the tower is not full of soldiers. Or, more precisely, not our soldiers!

Grasping along the road who had fought off the herd, Alister and I broke in – and almost fryed like a burning trap on a fiery trap. Harloki? So-so. And who guarded the tower with us? Not the most Logain Mc-Tir , which we are in such a hurry to give a signal?

But they do not argue with orders, and we cleaned the tower of the Harloks floor behind the floor. And the fire was burning upstairs – but not where it should – and hefty ogr warmed up by his fire.

OGR – the creature is very dangerous, because there is nothing to catch in close combat against it. He grabs and throws those who are nearby, and also kicks their foot – and everyone who tried to attack him falls. What remains? Little. I and the magician and the magician took up positions from the opposite ends of the hall, and the faithful dog Griffin and Aliste in turn tried to attract the attention of the cinema of the image. Praps gone – a terrible thing. The main thing here is … not to shoot too accurately. Because if the OGR decided to still pounce on me, he would not let go until he got into a gruel.

And why did it not surprise me at all that they did not answer the signal?

• • •

I woke up in the house Flem. The old witch unexpectedly decided to provide assistance at the last moment-to me and the alister; poor fellow magician, whose name I never recognized, did not survive the assault Ostagar. And Flemt let her daughter go with us. Alisturant did not make this fact happy ..

Morrigan

Charming, mysterious and frightening, Morrigan will probably become a symbol of Dragon Age: Origins. It is a white verse (which the Russian voice acting) and a cynical look at the world will be remembered with her manner of manner.

Morrigan is a witch and does not hide it at all. She grew up in wild lands full of barbarians and monsters, under the care of Mother, who was barely inferior to these monsters. She always “finds a few words in the reserve”, she does not like to regret the weak and stupid, respects power – but not rudeness. She can remind you of a tough Vikunia from Baldur’s Gate, but only slightly.

Although it is not easy with her, I would very much recommend to invite her to the company more often. An interesting person!

As for gifts, Morrigan loves the makeup and sometimes does not refuse jewelry. The silver chain and the golden “rope” bracelet are clearly going to her, sometimes brooches, amulets and mirror are suitable for her.

In combat terms, Morrigan is a magician (and can teach you this if you make friends). Other spells are not very convincing and scattered in different categories. I would recommend either to immediately develop the werewolf line (the swarm is good against any enemy), or to invest in icy magic or the explosion of the mind to the stop.

And here we are on the campaign. We have documents with us – the same agreements from the chest on which gnomes, elves, magicians undertake to help gray guards. That is, we are with the alister; there are no others left ..

Our path lies in the city of Latering; there you can replenish the reserves and decide where to go further.

Latering

The city met us with a gangstered outpost; This company takes a "fee" from passing refugees. For once, Alister and Morrigan were unanimous: greed and impudence should be punished! Frankly, I did not want to get into a fight tired from the road, especially since when mentioning the gray guards, the bandits were ready to be careful; But I lost.

Near the bodies of the robbers (where there was enough booty) I found the corpse of the temple, on which – a letter. The addressee, apparently, lives in Latering … By the way, the bandits mentioned that we were hunting: Logain announced that the king was killed by gray guards, and a reward was appointed for our heads.

Before going down the stairs to the city, we discussed a little business of our mournful. Alister is worth going to Erl Eamon: this is an honest and influential nobleman who is definitely not for Logaine – and can unite Tairov. In addition, we have letters to magicians, elves and gnomes. With whom to start? To reflect.

Latering, despite the efforts of the “duties”, is already packed with a bit of refugees; Some merchant dangled and blows up prices, which is extremely unhappy with the local worshiper. The laws in the city are mainly represented by the right of the strong … and why not this strong? At least not to judge the dispute? And already on conscience or for money ..

In the city you can buy a lot of things (for example, a bottle of Morrigan’s herbalist and for my poisons), but with the money of the seams.

But near the preacher, a stone's throw from the merchant, there is a board of ads where they offer a reward for the destruction of three robber leaders (he is not counted on the bridge). In the temple behind this board you can give the knight a letter from the body of the temple. He said that Erl Eamon, on whom we hoped, is seriously ill, and for his cure, they are looking for the sacred dust of Andrasta.

An venerable old lady offers money for healing poultices that Morrigan can make from an elven root – and this, by the way, is growing in the fields, there would be bottles. Behind the bridge, the farmer hopes to save the field from the generations of darkness using … traps. Alas, I am not a specialist for this part.

But in the tavern, the people of Logain are already waiting for us; This is not a marvel, marvelous that was found to someone to stand up for us. A charming girl with temple signs on a dress – Leliana – made our defense; And, since we spared the surfaced leader, asked for permission to join. Well, really I will be against?

This is important: If the leader is killed, the opportunity to take the team Lelian will be lost forever.

Leliana

Very correct, deeply believing lady … even strange for the specialty of the robber! True, she is still not a thief or a killer, but a bard-and can teach you this.

How to like Lelian? The answer can be stated in two D&Ds familiar to every fan: Lawful Good. And although one day you will probably find a flock of devils in a quiet whirlpool, but mainly with Leliana should be treated as a priest. And even a passion for jewelry for a pretty girl, she realizes exclusively through jewelry performed sacred symbols. Do not even try to please it with a simple secular ring or bracelet.

In the battle of Lelian – archer; Her bard opportunities are still a little. As an archer, she also lacks stars from the sky, but she knows how. And copes well with locks. And if she gets to the enchanting song, then … however, much has already been said about bards above.

The innkeeper Barlin – the one that gave the neighbor an idea with traps – wants to lubricate his traps with poison. The poisons are cooked from a black root, which is a lot in the fields, as well as from spiders of spiders; Sklings can be bought from the innkeeper himself. Comfortable.

And a couple of tasks – from local mercenaries nicknamed Blaxtone volunteers. They politely suggest that I will ever want to work with them; In the meantime, a couple of simple tasks. And really simple; To fulfill one, you just need to return to the temple and transfer the letter to one new recruitment.

But this will wait: in the square I noticed a huge cage in which there was a huge type by name Stan. He is waiting for an execution – and, in general, for the matter: without understanding, interrupted his family family. But maybe it's better to die in a battle for a just cause? The warrior he seems to be brave, from wild kunari ..

The holy mother in the temple I convinced me to give me Stan. There were three arguments: personal charm, a gift for the needs of the Church and the consideration that his fellow tribesmen can come behind Stan, after which luring may not survive. She heeded.

Note: The ease with which the holy mother agrees depends on your generosity in the donation. But if the team has Leliana, she will for nothing to persuade the priestess.

Stan

Well, a very large and ferocious uncle; Everyone at first glance will say that it is created for a two -handed battle. Give him a two-handed man-and he will show himself as a hybrid chitoboy-tank! Bring it to a wave of a two -handed sword at the first opportunity. As a “tank” Alista is better, although Stan can slightly strengthen the threat – and then … of course, you will have to treat it more often. But enemies – no longer have to!

It’s easy to keep it with you: he aimed at death in battle in the redemption of his mistakes, and therefore most often he doesn’t care what you are talking about there. From gifts, Stan will appreciate his own sword (he will come across it over time); And this thug is also a lover of painting. Who would have thought!

Three detachments of bandits were waiting for us north of the city, in the fields; The main thing was to hide in time and send forward Alister (and let out a griffin on archers). I left Lelian and Stan so far in the strategic reserve. And in the east of the robber fields there was a flock of poisonous spiders with valuable components at the ready.

In the temple gave a good reward and two more tasks – completely simple: to kill in the field of bears and find a dead woman. Another race in the same places is easy money and sediment in the shower.

On the way from the city we met a couple of gnomes, father and son – and at the wrong time for them: they were laid down by the genlocks right at the landing. We helped them to cope – and the cunning dwarf decided that the safest place on the roads of Ferleden was behind us. So now we are traveling with a convoy: on the parking lot next to us is the bivouac of the dwarf family. They have good goods, including books; and the younger gnome knows how to invest magic runes in weapons.

• • •

Where to go further? Eamon does not seem to help. Circle? Elves? Dwarves? I chose a circle, and it turned out to be a right decision. Because there was a great companion ..

Circle tower

Mages would be, maybe, they are glad to receive a letter from a gray guard, but is not able to. Because in the tower there is some kind of pogrom-an uprising, demons, all hell-and the templars seized it outside. And if suddenly someone is brave and stupid does not dare to enter there and eliminate the tarrars, then the tower will simply be demolished with everything that is in it, to the damn mother. Who is the most daring and stupid here?

Note: Do not forget to chat, now or after the campaign, with the intensity of the templers. He also has a lot of things for sale, including a backpack. If there is money, it is worth buying – there will be no way out of the exit tower until the very end.

Almost immediately outside the door – literally just began to rummage the boxes and rooms in search of a reward for zeal – a focus of resistance to the pogrom was discovered: a teacher by name Vinn created a magic barrier and, together with the students, keeps the entrance to the next floors. She is not yet aware that the templers decided … After brief negotiations, Winn became our guide to the tower.

Vinn

“Mrs. Mc-Hanagall! How did you bring you here?" – I want to ask at the first meeting. The manners of the real "Cool lady", a gray -haired beam on the back of the head, passionate devotion to the school ..

True, Winn is not a transfigurator, but a healer. Excellent and the only one in the game (unless you yourself choose the same path). And he can teach the ways of a spiritual healer you. It is worth developing it primarily in this direction, and then take care of combat magic (she stored something on this part, but rather helpless).

It is very, very easy to angry her: like an old school worker, she was not used to being ignored by her opinion. In difficult situations, it is better that she waits in stock … And if suddenly your main character goes along the path of a magician of blood, then you will part with Vinn.

It is also not easy to blur it; She seems to be interested only with books and scrolls. You will find something suitable in a circle tower, but generally gifts for wine on the road are not lying around.

At first, we were mostly obsessed – these are preprovable, but not too dangerous creatures – and occasionally younger demons of anger, which are like azerot elements to disgust. But soon those who brewed porridge began to meet: magicians of blood that decided to rebellion against the control of the templars. It was here that the talents of Alister in terms of suppression of magicians and drinking their mana turned out to be as much as possible.

We walked slowly and methodically: in the rooms there were books, scrolls, make -up artists even … The finds on the second floor subsequently pleased many of my friends; Gifts were found even for Stan, but I especially pleased Morrigan – a rare make -up. A lot of locked ones were discovered, and tightly locked, chests. Then Lelian would be to the place with her talents of the cracker, but alas – it was her that I let go for a walk to give the place Vinn. However, those chests that I opened myself did not mow any miracles in myself.

It became tight on the third floor. The first large hall turned out to be a trap: it was worth going inside deeper, the dead bodies stood up and attacked us. It’s good that I did not let anyone forward but Alister. While Alister and two magicians were dealt with skeletons, I quietly crept in to the opposite door and did well: as soon as the Koshmar conquering spells was outlined there, I jumped up to him and cut it into cubes. Otherwise a pair of fire balls – and then everything would end for us.

At the next closed door, I noticed a trap; I opened the door, but did not enter – even if they themselves are obsessed with it and climb. In addition, while they are breaking to the alister through the door, they are so easy to handle in a narrow passage with massive spells or a bomb ..

The third hall is completely unpleasant – there are enchanted templars in complete armor, so our swords are barely found where to stuck. True, a bottle of acid sharply changed the chances. And in the fourth in abundance, undead, but not too dangerous – if only Winn would not get under the blow.

On the fourth floor I ran into the side rooms with several more templars. One of them was enchanted by the demon of desire … But I would not want to remember about this conversation now.

And now – the one whom the magicians were invited to this cheerful holiday. Demon of idleness of its own ugly person. Now you will answer for everything, creature … But where is I?

Shadow

I came to my senses (or it seemed to me) in a strange place-I see some kind of lock, and in the distance-Duncan. Duncan? But have mercy, he died … and why I'm alone, without friends?

Amazing the illusion, I fell into another world – from the pits of land floating through the air. And then I met Nialla – one of the tower magicians. So he is here too … where? In the dreams of idleness?

This guy wanted to use Litania Andraste to escape from blood magicians. But I did not have time. And me?

Having wandered around, I found … Mouse. An ordinary mouse who died before my eyes. Looking at her, I realized that I can … become the same as she. And seep in mouse minks.

Four images

In the shade, our hero can study several forms that will allow him to go through all the pieces of shadows one after another. The mouse is the first of them. We need to quickly find all the others and only then go to destroy the local demons, and then the idleness itself.

The mouse is then needed to squeeze into the holes; In addition, with its help you can bypass many opponents, since it is inconspicuous.

The spirit – the second form – is quite suitable for battle if there are few enemies. His spell of the crushing dungeon will destroy almost any enemy, but it will be reloaded for a long time, and the health of the spirit is so -so (though it can be treated). And it also goes into special portals, which cannot be included in a different guise.

A flaming man of a cloths in close combat, but without fear passes through bonfires, which in the shade are important. In addition, he knows how to throw a fiery ball and a weak fiery flash. And he also runs the spike of most monsters, and this must be used.

And finally, the golem is a heavyweight, a stone thrower and a shock of the earth; with a throw of the boulder, he knocks out all the locked doors. When there is this form, others, by and large, are already optional, except for travel. On the other hand, it is pleasant to please enemies with a fiery ball, and there to spread to the golem and add a boulder.

First of all, I talked with Nialle – and I opened a pedestal through which you can walk along the fragments of the shadow.

Note: Try to go through all the rooms in these shadows. There are many places where permanently give +1 to one of the basic parameters; You will come out much more than you were.

I started with " Invasion of darkness ". Having leaked through the northeast corner of the hall into the hole and turning left in the corridor, I cut through the genlocks (in the midst of the battle, applying for the vegetable of the lyrium-in the shade she restores health and mana) and through the next hole I landed to the two glowing sprouts of the darkness. They fight painfully, but flimsy, and my two swords easily folded both.

In the next room there was an emissary; I had to, ignoring the blows, rush to the emissary, because he is a magician, and then return to the door and grab the lyrium. Another hole – and here in front of me is the spirit of the templers, besieged by enemies. He gave me the shape of the spirit. This was enough; I went through the pedestal to the next shadow, "" Burning tower ".

There are many bonfires – and creatures that do not burn in fire. The spirit can cope with the majority, but snoop up by the mouse until they notice it, calmer. The task was already clear to me – to find another templar who would give me a new form (flaming).

Then with three forms were passed (to the next templar) " Scattered magicians ". And now, in full -armed forms, it was possible to go through all the corridors, visit all the enhancing pedestals and, most importantly, dilapidated with demons. Then visit the side shadows, talk to friends – and take care of idle together.

Idleness was revived several times in different guises. The key is one – disperse. Otherwise, mass spells will certainly cover. Fortunately, group treatment for Winn works in a larger area than fiery and ice spells!

And so we returned from the dream of idleness … alive and more than ever angry. Did not forget to pick up the casting from the dead body of our poor friend. As the wolves of deserts say before an attack on a camel caravan: and now – a hunchbacked!

Uldred – the one who started all this – was not upset at all what his uprising led to. He was determined to turn all the surviving sorcerers in blood magicians – and brought it to the end. But we somewhat spoiled his music. As soon as one of the magicians appeared a ray of Uldred -shaped spells – I read Litania, and magic got down.

So Irving, the Supreme Sorcerer (whose Grimoire I already … borrowed) survived, and his magicians also. And I received his word, that then, in a decisive battle, he will be on my side. And it seems to me that if the magicians had not been saved, there would be temples on my side, who would have nothing more to guard ..

Branca and 777 gnomes

Two respected are equal,

Two glorious and high genus,

To the regret of the whole people,

Ancient, fierce hostility

I got involved – that the day is in a new battle.

The hands of citizens have stumbled with blood ..

U. Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"

Somehow resting after the tower, washing the book dust and ashes from the face, we gathered on the next campaign: to the city Orzammar , Present papers about the ancient union gnomes.

Note: it makes sense to return to the tower from time to time. For a very simple purpose: it seems that the intensity of the templars is the only merchant who does not end with the lyrium dust. And you will need tons of lyrium, especially if the main character is a magician ..

On the pass in front of Gnomovnik, we already prepared a pleasant meeting with the team of "Hunters". The guys got serious – with a magician, with archers – and this fight was no more complicated than all the battles in the tower. But the spells of mass defeat did their job.

At the gate stood a dwarf pier, moderately politely sending all the visitors along the azimuth. In addition to us, a certain Imrek was harassed to enter – a messenger Logaine! As it turned out, our paper is thicker than Imrekov, and the door was opened to us. Imrek ran into a fight; And I persuaded him or left him on a rock as a keepsake of the gnomes – guess yourself.

Election day

Well, gnomes are honest guys: they are ready to recognize the contract even now. Only one is wrongful: who, say, must fulfill the promised? How is it written in a piece of paper? King of the gnomes? Wonderful! And we have such an opportunity – just temporarily there is no king. For a long time – we don’t know, but enough for your century ..

The old king died, and the laws of the gnomes do not allow the successor to immediately call. Because the king appointed the heir, but the heir did not survive him. And the youngest son, Prince Belen , never promised the throne. In such cases, the king chooses advice – but he cannot decide in any way, because Belen confronts the right hand of the late monarch, Lord Harrowumont.

The solution to the problem is obvious: for the contract to be observed, it is necessary to achieve the coronation of any of the applicants. Whom – you can choose to taste! The story is dark: Harrowumont claims that the king on his deathbed asked not to give the throne to Been, and Belen – that Harroumont slandered him and put his father to suspect him not understand what.

The choice is complicated by the fact that neither the prince nor the lord is allowed us until we prove the devotion of their cause. Judging by what we saw in the city – the supporters of both have already moved to the chiseliness – they have grounds for this!

Taking a understanding of local politics, I studied the communal halls and diamond (that is, the dwellings of the nobility), and also scored several additional tasks on my neck, since my wallet fell very plaintively.

So, for example, an old woman Filde asked to look for her son, missing on deep paths; Something told me that sooner or later I would end up there. Nagam dealer (these are such meat animals, which are grown in the caves) Profagon all of his nagas and asked, on occasion, to catch him at least one – they come across and do not run away there, so it was true, albeit small profit. A wandering preacher Berkel He asked to put in a word for him to be allowed to open a church in Orzammar: the dwarves need it, like a goal of a swimsuit, but why not talk with the chronicle? All things-to be allowed to preach. And finally, a girl Daghli He dreams of funny red tails … to study in a circle tower. Why, if the gnomes are incapable of magic? Well, okay, Irving will take someone you want after recent events, at least a naga, so you can put in a word on occasion. A few more tasks can be obtained in Hall of annals. We will follow them later when it comes to paths.

About sport, you are the world!

After long fluctuations, I chose Harrowumont: you need damn good reasons so that the dwarves loyal to the ruling house did not want to give the inheritance to the son of the beloved king!

This is a spoiler: If our main character is a noble dwarf, he, in principle, already guesses who is actually right. Both are not without sin, but it seems to be involved in the death of the heir to the heir … But the first task for Belen is simpler.

Harrowumont’s proxy recommended starting to present the Lord in the upcoming tournament (and at the same time, if possible, find out from what fright the two best fighters of Harrowumont refuse to represent him).

Let's start with the fighters – one of them right in the central hall of the arena, the other in the side room. With the first, Baisil , Such an bad luck came out – one of Belen’s fighters has compromising. But the incriminating evidence is hidden here, in the fighting rooms in the chest; You can hack it (and, having gone beyond the arena, is not forbidden to change the team) and return the letters. Guiddon It is only necessary to lie that he heard with his ears from Harrowumont – he is not going to give in to the throne without a fight.

But this is only the beginning, and then the tournament itself. We all saw such tournaments – in Westgate, for example; However, the last fighter, Rodich Belen – Piotin Edukan , The most dangerous opponent that I still came across on the way. Idleness, Uldred and other residents of the tower are children next to him; And you can’t go to the tournament with your proven team and hide behind the alister shield. True, since I persuaded Baisil and Guiddon, I still fought the three of us – against the four warriors of Piotin.

I think from such a fight the rostrum was hysterical: I exhausted Piotin with a quick run. I drank speed potion at the very beginning of the fight to have time to run away, be treated and wait for reloading abilities. Otherwise, I don’t know how Piotin was fed in childhood, but he has enough health for three piles. Neither magic nor the blade are unable to finish off such a block quickly, and its blows in three waves will chop the elephant on dumplings. At the very beginning of the battle, I lit a glorious bonfire in the middle of the arena, and he helped – Piotin did not always have the mind to promote the fire. Apparently, the biceps sprouted into the skull.

But the main thing is that I received the trust of Harrowumont, even despite such a not very valiant victory.

Alternative: If you choose Belen, then instead of the tournament you will have to take two letters – to the Lords, whom Harrowumont seemed to deceive. With one there is no problem, but the other – that is, the other – requires to find her father on deep paths, interrupting a bunch of delays mora. From this moment, the line of tasks of Belen and Harrowumont is the same.

Visit to the godmother

Now it remains only to elevate my chosen one to the throne. In this regard, he found two useful ideas.

First idea: to show that he is able to maintain order in the city. And for this, find the local mafia "godfather", Jarvia , and tear her something right.

This is important: If you want to make a lot, do not start this quest until you have 50 gold coins in your bag. It is worth taking the next step for you-and you will come across a dwarf-contrabandist of the lyrium: he has a load for Magician Godvin in a circle tower. Having run back and forth, you will receive at least 10 gold; But if there is a conviction skill, you can take 65 from Godvin instead of 50, and from the gnome 25 instead of 10 – total 40 golden net profit! But if you do not have that kind of money with you, the smuggler will immediately leave, and you will stay with nothing. As I already explained, you can try to deal with people or elves before solving dwarf problems – or do sideways. The main thing is not to go to a dusty city.

Of course, Jarvia has no habit of leaving business cards with a detailed address. Therefore, I went down to a dusty city, where wild immovable gnomes live (they immediately tried to make me out for utility, but did not cope). At the fire, I found a aunt with a characteristic dwarf name Nadezhda (Nadezda) : She explained that it is necessary to get a special “key”-toe that can be taken from one of her fighters. For example, two steps from here there is a slum yard ..

Having hung the inhabitants of the yard around the neck, I received not only a bone, but also an indication of how to find the entrance to the dungeon. I didn’t have to go far again.

Jarvia's dungeon was long, but unpretentious – a serious battle expected only at the very end, with Jarvia. On the way, I looked into the germ of the prison and took the keys from the local jailer.

Note: a simple genus pus is especially recommended not to miss the chance to open the cells with the captives.

Jarvia itself is dangerous, but not too resistant to magic, and therefore was easily confused in traps and an earthquake (which Vinn had mastered by that time) while we saved her from my retinue. Alone, she could do not oppose us little. And the key in her pocket led us through the secret door … into the weapons shop, where the frightened merchant promised a big discount on the future.

Perfection itself

Here is the second idea: although, it would seem, the votes on the council should already be inclined in favor of our candidate, but it is all difficult and doubtful. But if we went to the deep paths and found there a long time ago lost by a perfect Branca , Her voice could solve everything at once.

Perfect is such a rare title for the gnome that came up with or did something exceptional: for this, he is ranked as ancestors during his lifetime. Her right, only the dwarf can come up with such a reward! But there is a practical meaning in it: the perfect and his family become a new noble family, and this is the only way to form such.

In truth, whoever you ask about the bracket – all at best politely twisted a finger at the temple. What the hell is to look for a aunt, albeit three times perfect, which escaped to the deep paths (from where few people returned alive) a few years ago?! As one scientist from another world said: “When for more than a year they have not returned from New Zealand, then people have irrevocably killed”. Yes, she did not go anyhow why, but to search for a half -mythical anvil of the void. All residents of Orzammar, although ordinary people, even noble people, talk about Branke exclusively in the past tense. It is not even clear what makes the applicant think about her otherwise ..

However, there is one dwarf that not only believes that Branca can be alive – but also dreams of finding her! He has special reasons for this: these are … a perfect husband, by name Ogren.

Ogren

A wonderful person is the most charming type of all our Kunstkamers (maybe only Morrigan is inferior). This booze, brawls and bosoter always “has a few words in the reserve,” and these words in no way could sound at the official reception. He rejoices like a child, when we decide to stop the conversation and give some impudent type around the neck. He never loses the presence of spirit and makes funny faces.

Well, as a fighter, he is a warrior with a specialization of a berserker, a lover of two-handed axes, from the very beginning decent armed and in very good armor (although he saw a helmet somewhere). It makes damage very well and at the same time tenacious enough. He and Stan occupy one niche, but Ogren is better and much funny.

And with gifts to please him just. Perhaps you have already wondered for whom in your baggage a gift drink found in different back streets is stored? So! Ogren, like a real expert, will appreciate the vintage wine – and he will not refuse from simple ale. The sympathy for you of this brave warrior is directly proportional to the degree in his blood. And if your hero is a warrior, then a berserker can learn from a fire.

In order to still cheer him up, it is worth asking him questions – about how he lives in Orzammar, how he likes on the surface, and so on. Ladies can try to shit with him, although you should not count on the novel, but it will be fun. And what will he make if you pass the orzammar before the circle and go to the tower with him ..

– Hey, open your eyes! Gray Guard is going to look for your perfect! Or I can unscrew your head?

– Ogren wants to say that we have permission.

The first sabot of the caves – The intersection of karidin – Not a big problem. It can be passed in two ways: the bridge is brought down, but there are two tunnels through the rock, one to the left, the other to the right. On the right (this move is closer) – Genlocks and Harloki, on the left – screamers who hide and attack from an ambush, but very very free. Both roads lead to a large camp of the creatures of darkness with a manual Brono; Behind this camp is the road to the next site, Teigu Ortan.

Tage at home Ortan – a confused corridor, which has not a single branch, so it is impossible to fly past. In the way, we met a local Gollum – a dwarf named hands, a collector of all sorts of rubbish, already pretty mournful mind. This is the missing son of Mother Figes … Maybe it is better to tell her that her son died? So it is somehow more merciful ..

Soon after the hand, we will find a battle on the bridge – on both sides, the fair groups of the generations of darkness. But the bridge is good because it is easy to blocked with spells, and then fry everything that remains on the other side.

But at the end of the journey – where the magazine of the Branca lies in the round cave, and the clusters of cocoons hang from the ceiling – there will be a much more serious adversary – Spider Queen. This creature calls for the help of spiders, and when it comes to her tightly, it disappears and appears in another place of the cave. You can try to pull it into the corridor, then the matter will go easier, and when it will disappear, it will be possible to restore Manu a little bit.

The next station – Dead ditches.

And again – the battle on the bridge: Legion of the dead led by Cardol reflects the attack of the Harlocks and Genlocks.

This is interesting: The Legion of the Dead – almost tracing paper from the Slayers community from Warhammer Fantasy. In both cases, these are gnomes who abandoned normal life due to some circumstances and are looking for glorious death in battle. But in appearance, the classic Slayer’y are more like a fire -ons than a warrior Cardol.

It is necessary to participate … First, they reflected the onslaught with the legionnaires (and Mages were completely because of their spin), then someone one ran to “soak” new detachments, and finally went along the bridge and proved the whole brigade. At the end, a very unpleasant surprise awaited us: a huge hall, two columns of shooters along the edges of it, and two frenzy strides from the stairs! And if the shooters could still be confused in the mud or tie an earthquake (and then fry with massive spells), then the ogrov had to be pounded manually, and it was long, painful and dirty.

This is important: You can try to convince Cardol that the legion should join you during the last battle. You will not regret it!

From this hall, the side brazen in the north leads to another site with a fragment of the bridge above the lava. After interrupting the Harlocks, we gently searched all the side rooms here: an almost complete set of legionnaire armor was found on sarcophagi! And it is made, by the way, from the dragon bone. In the northern room – boots, in the southern – gloves; After going further, we ran into Harlok who convenes skeletons – there was a helmet in this room, and the main part of the armor was further in the temple of legionnaires. In each room with sarcophagi there were rune plates, from which we learned more and more details about the exciting life of the Legion of the Dead. And in the end, data was collected enough to try to give the legion the right of a noble house ..

The third bridge in these dungeons – and again the battle, although it seemed empty. Cursed screamers hide and get out only when they can surround the entire detachment (or what they consider to be the whole detachment: this is when a lonely but very armored kamikaze causes screamers and fire balls on themselves).

Note: Do not forget that the key H allows you to order the detachment not to follow the leader.

Continuing our way – there are no alternatives here – we met a strongly spoiled gnome gespit. She shouted to us that the grandmother had betrayed them all, and also something indecent, and escaped. The evening definitely ceased to be languid: the whole terrain is covered with some growths like swings, a disgusting stench due to each corner ..

We got to the site in front of Lava, opened the temple of the legionnaires and found the key to the next door there. And behind her ..

The hefty creature of the obscene appearance turned out to be a uterus of Genlokov: and do not ask how it makes them from the gnomes. I hope not to know this until the end of your days.

But how to destroy such creatures – I will tell. You need to do this slowly and with pleasure, stored well with lyrime drinks. The uterus itself, firstly, is motionless (and will not crawl out of the platform), and secondly, it is very moderately dangerous. The tentacles and the produced genlocks with screamers from time to time bite; And to figure out how much tentacles have, it is difficult. First of all, it was the tentacles who separated from the uterus and crawled out in another part of the hall (except for the edge itself, they are non -hazardous). Square spells are not very effective against them; Best, oddly enough, chop them with weapons. At the same time, save energy and expensive meals – to bring them to the uterus as soon as the tentacles are defeated.

Note: If you suddenly have a lack of potions – it may be worth spending time and make up for the reserve, because there will be no such chance in the last section of the dungeon.

And finally, a joyful meeting with the barbell at the very The anvils of the void. She greeted us … and locked us up, so that we would not get away from here anywhere. This is because small difficulties arose with the barbell of the barbell ..

Well, well; Let's go ahead.

In the first hall of the features of the anvil, a warm friendly chlorine atmosphere with light additives of phosgen reigned: green joy with hissing out of the pipes, while our team was turned into chopped fists of stone golem. But, fortunately, the valves were in the same hall, and they managed to quickly block.

Hall number two – with golems, attackers in pairs (except for the first two, which – to euthanize vigilance – are made inactive). And the point of starting the golems is equipped with traps (with a robber in the team everything is a little simplified).

Hall number three – with the apparatus of spirits: this is a huge design calling for spirits. The idea is to attack with all the forces of only one of them, and then quickly activate the anvil light next to him. This operation had to be done eight times – until finally the perfumes end.

This is interesting: The official translator made from the apparatus of spirits … moonshine. With what we heartily and congratulations.

And now – the last room. In it we found … as many as perfect: already familiar to us the grandfather and ancient, like these dungeons, karidin, which turned into a golem.

In a simple human language, Karidin outlined us that he once came up with golemes – but these machines, alas, need one of the components in the soul of a gnome. He used volunteers who were revered as heroes … Then they began to use the sentenced … then opponents of the ruling king … and then Karidin himself.

Karidin begged to destroy the anvil, Branca – to give the artifact to her. What I did, guess for yourself ..

This is important: You will have to fight with one or the other in any case, but keep in mind: the scrap promises to put his golems in the last battle with the mor, but can not promise anything like that. Although any of them is able to forge a crown for your chosen one. Are you ready to assume responsibility for continuing to create Golems? Also keep in mind that the support of the grandfather will greatly upset all the decent people in your team (Alister, Winn, Lelian), and the support of Karidin is the fire.

Having finally recorded for memory (and for transferring to the chroniclers) a list of good volunteers on a board near the anvil, I returned to Orzammar, and my path was not joyful ..

• • •

The third test was not required: the freshly proclaimed king (after his opponent started the stabbing right in the Council Hall and finally lost the opportunity to claim anything) gave us the word to send his warriors to the battle. And we went to support the next lord.

House of the Lord

Do not torment the soul. Let it leave!

Only the enemy tried to hold him

For torture of life.

U. Shakespeare, "King Lear"

It is time to visit his castle Erla Eamon. As we have been informed more than once, Earl is sick and does not get out of bed; And something prompted us-he suffers from not a sore throat.

A significant meeting with a Submed Logain killer took place along the way: unfortunately for the “king”, Anti -Vevan raven Zevran somewhat overestimated his strength. And after that the poor fellow had no choice but to join me.

Zevran

The elf-robber directed behind your head-but he is not averse to working on you, especially since this is his chance not to part with his ears because of the failed attempt. He knows how to mask perfectly, skillfully uses poison and expertly cuts out neat round holes in his back: his specialization is a killer.

By the way, this specialty is good and in another – it increases the damage caused by the whole team. In a word, in battle he surpasses Lelian, and there are no other robbers in the game.

But with the castles he has no mutual understanding. That is, does not know how! You can learn, of course, but usually you expect from a robber that he will bring additional money by hacking, and here ..

Being a cold professional, he is indifferent to most gifts – excluding simple and understandable ingots of precious metals, as well as professional equipment.

If tomorrow is war

And now – Redcliffe. But not yet a lock, but a village with it. A peaceful pastoral settlement was bristled by picket fence and barricades, and the inhabitants are crowding in the church – who is hiding and who simply orders a waste. Nobody plans to survive until tomorrow morning.

What is the matter? And very simple: every night from the castle of Redcliffe to faithful subjects, the horde of non -life is announced. Once repulsed, two repulsed, but today they will not beat off. Unless, of course, we will not help.

I had to take the leadership of the defense on myself (so far it was mediocre by her younger brother Earl, Bann Tagan ). And here's what it turned out in the first hour in the village ..

The blacksmith categorically does not want to forge, because no one wants to rescue his daughter from the castle. Well, we promise to help, but for now let him smoke, a bastard! (Morrigan was unpleasantly surprised by such softness.)

– It remains only to help the villagers remove the cats from the trees! (Morrigan)

Even in the city, as the captain tells us, there is a veteran-nan who does not want to fight. Well, let's persuade ..

This is important: If you do not agree and move on to the swords, this operation will be counted not in a plus, but in minus.

Having shuffled the empty rural shop, I found barrels with butter; reported them to the inaccessible Sir Pertu , Knights commander to make his people burning barricades. Sir Pert’s knights are afraid of undead and want amulets from the church, in which the reverend mother refused them; I persuaded to give at least any amulets, otherwise everything that is good will scatter from fear.

To raise the morale of the militia, I convincingly asked the innkeeper to pour beer to everyone at the expense of the institution; And in the same tavern I saw a suspicious elf, about which the waitress told that he was waiting for his brother. After a thorough interrogation, it turned out that we were dealing with a spy of Logain – and to see that in the illness of Earl without “our king”, as I call him, there were no.

And between the matter I took the agenda of the Blaxtone volunteers recruit Harrison (in the house near the mill), took new tasks from the chest next to the church and (which again angry Morrigan) promised a frustrated girl in the temple to look for a missing child.

In an amazing way, this good deed has bear fruit. The child was found at home, in the closet, and talked about the wonderful grandfather's sword – which was given to us to protect the village. The sword, oddly enough, was really good.

This is interesting: If you do not have enough charm to persuade the baby to get out, it is not necessary to move on to hard measures. It is enough to include in the Vinn group. How she barks in her best teaching voice: “Come on, young man!", So he will jump out like a cork from a bottle.

And so, when all the preparation is completed, we go to Sir Perth and ask you to start dark time.

Evil Dead

Night fight with undead consisted of two parts.

First we defended the flaming barricade in front of the mill. This business is from completely simple ones, because the undead was falling in a crowd along a narrow corridor, representing an excellent goal for everything that hits the area. Not like Sir Pert’s knights, but even Alistair almost did not have to work.

But when the dead came to the village from below, the most interesting thing began ..

Note: If you manage to win a battle without losses among local militias, Bann Theagan will appreciate this especially.

The undead goes from two directions and small groups, so what to burn them with geenons – you won’t attack mana. However, if you take a closer look, you can see a funny fact: the dead, having come running from the river, first look at the central square, will be shook there for a couple of seconds – and then they are looking for a victim! Therefore, there is a simple way to win (although “without casualties” it will not work): to stand up at the area itself, but outside the barricades, and, as they receive to lock the next exit from the barricades, and burn the square itself, burn and burn again.

Flowers of life

After the battle, we, not even changing clothes, hurried into the castle. As it turned out, Bann Tagan and Sir Perth knew very well a secret move there, but … we decided to not please us for the time being, so that we helped to fight back.

Well, okay. Worse, don't understand where you came from Isolde , wife Erla Eamon, and demanded that Tagan go with her – from the main entrance. Well, we can handle it alone, I decided and led my group through the dungeon.

The secret course took it right into the castle prison; And there just languished the old acquaintance of many magicians – someone Jovan , Closed at one time in the practice of blood magic and escaped from the trial of the tower.

Jovan admitted to the move: it was he who poisoned Earl. And also … taught the son Earl, Connora , magic. The normal magician, not the apostate, would demand Connor into a circle, because this is the law, and would deprive his right to inherit ..

Yes, but the undead of Jovan did not call! Well, how can you not believe?

We could easily … but decided to wait with irreversible conclusions. Thinking, I left it in a cell where warmly and flies do not bite. Although some of my companions were not too pleased with this.

I walked through the lower floor of the castle through (in the extreme northeast corner I found the daughter of a blacksmith) and through the southeastern corner went out into the yard, where I opened the gates of Sir Perth and his people. Having scattered the undead on the steps of the castle, we entered … And we saw how strange entertainment the son of Erl is indulging in.

After that, an eight -year -old child calmly ordered Banna Tegan, his uncle, to kill us … And he tried to the best of his strength. Fortunately, neither for him or for us it ended fatal.

Connor escaped, and we had to decide what to do. The boy, having studied the basics of magic, tried to help his father – to save his life, having agreed with the demon. Well, the demon fulfilled his part of the contract: Eamon is alive (and no one promised recovery). Well, the boy is obsessed with a demon ..

What to do now? Is it possible to save the son Earl? Deciding that who was confused – even though he unravels, we ordered to deliver here Jovan. He could only offer one thing: a ritual of blood magic with which you can find a demon in the shade and kill him there. True, this needs a victim … but there is a volunteer.

This is important: _ __ If you kill Jovan or expel from the castle, we will have to kill the demon right in its current body._

Well … Maybe many (Alistair, for example) will condemn me, but I decided to follow the idea of ​​Jovan. The battles were not too heavy; And the demon himself proposed a deal already to me-because I will not drive it out forever (he will return after the war), I can get the magic of blood, or additional ability, or something else valuable … and, characteristic, no one about he won't know this … You think it was an honesty test? And I'm not sure ..

This is interesting: To enter the shadow, you need a magician. But if your hero is a different class, it can do a Winn or Morrigan. The only one of a kind of case when the task is performed by one of the satellites without you!

• • •

And now the soul of Connor is free, free and the castle of Redcliffe, living dead do not dance in it anymore; But Earl Eamon did not become healthy from this. And no healer is able to help. What to do? Unless to look for a holy relic – Urnu with the ashes of the Great Andrast.

This is important: _ __ On the table from Earl you can pick up the amulet of Alister's mother (and give the alister, of course). This is worth doing, because, no matter how you solved the problem with Connor and Isolde, the alister will most likely be furious by the result, and it is almost impossible to convince him of the correctness of the choice. So you at least soften the consequences … _

In search of urn

You lie in dust?

The glory of all victories, triumphs

I fit here?

U. Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"

From the very beginning we had one tip: to find in the capital, money, Brother Janitivit , who devoted a lot of time to search and, possibly, attacked the trail.

But, in truth, we are in the casual … not very in a hurry. Perhaps they did not feel ready for feats. Or maybe they simply succumbed to the charm of a huge city with a mass of wonderful establishments and an abundance of opportunities ..

Secular life

The appearance of a gray guard on the streets caused a splash. They began to actively contact us … with orders.

For example, Officer of the guard , A pretty loafer, an abundance in the city of mercenaries interfered, who do not put the city guard in anything. Then they are in a brothel, then they will be too noisy (!) in the tavern … And we were invited for a small reward to calm the mercenaries. And sometimes, even if I managed to persuade them, after that, in some dark nook, an ambush expected us. However, who considered those mercenaries?

Dealer Ignazio He doesn’t trade anything, but if you talk to him, then after a while the boy comes running with a letter and offers a meeting in the back room of the tavern. It turns out that Mr. Ignazio represents … anti. If you remember, this is a community of hired killers. But if you want an order? Ignazio has special conditions for us: if we do not like the contract, you can not execute it. And in general, they pay us only for us to inform Ignazio, if the client suddenly understands. As you can see, everything is legal ..

By the way, the first client is someone Pedan – engages in very interesting things: holds a trap on those who sympathize with gray guards. So maybe we will notify Ignazio about his death? It is not difficult to do this: on the wall next to the entrance to the elfinage there is its proclamation, from which you can find out the “secret password” in a trap. And Pedan himself houses the Pearl's brothel's brothel, where we have other instructions.

A forces of unseemly proposals are also available innkeeper , It is easy to promote it to it. Only some tasks … are really small and indecent. Blackmail, hiding corpses ..

This is important: _ __ If your hero is a robber, he can get a specialty of a duelist in a cash. To do this, contact the fencer Isabella in the same tavern "Bitted nobleman"._

There are also respectable tasks – they, according to the good old tradition, hang on the board of ads near the temple. For example, kill gangbang gangs in the city. By the way, one of the gangs managed to kill the temple; He handed us his last will – to destroy the sabbath of the magicians of blood right in the money.

But the old knight next to the tavern found another matter to us: he calls for a duel for the fact that the gray guards killed the king. You can convince, but … almost useless. The best defense of the guards, alas, is to accept the call.

But the most unexpected business in the city was found with Alister: it turned out that he lives in the city … his sister, Goldanna. Alas, there is no dealing with his brother to his brother, and Aliste was extremely disappointed with a visit ..

This is important: _ __ If, after a conversation with his sister, tell the alister that, they say, everything is fine – everyone for himself, then Alistair will greatly change his character. It will become tougher, get rid of beautifulness … and will become much less pretty, but more controlled. You decide … _

Behind the Grail

And the brother of Janitivity, for whom we arrived in the cash, is not in place. Some student answers instead of him … And he is spinning something, a bastard. Of course, you can go to that Kudykin Mountain, where he tries to send us, but maybe it is better to put pressure?

Alas, the poor man could not stand the pressure. But the diary of Brother Dzhenitivati ​​gave us the answer to the question, and we go to the sniffed village Shelter In the frosty mountains.

Strange people inhabit this village. From the very beginning, we are not happy, but it would be okay; For some reason, a man preaches in the temple, although everyone knows that only women serve our churches; And, when we try to figure out what's what is happening, – all parishioners suddenly take out their weapons. They are some wild here ..

From the body of Father Eirik, I took off the amulet with strange signs. And in the side room he discovered the prisoner – that very Janitic. Who explained that the medallion of the Holy Father is the key to the destroyed temple ..

In the temple, the brother of Janitivit remained at the entrance – to study, and we had to clean him of the sectarians. Alternately – first residential cells in the west, then a warehouse in the east, and then and most importantly, the northern room. It is in this sequence that the keys are located.

Remorse about the murder of the Holy Father, we disappeared immediately when we saw that his flocks did not hesitate to be friends with the spirits of the ashes – premium creatures, I will report to you and know how to hide in the floor.

And behind the temple, caves full of young dragon and older dragons began; From the latter, I carefully removed the scales, because the Masnish ​​blacksmith dreamed of experimenting with unusual material.

The battle in the hall was especially difficult, where a sectarian inspection stood on a huge pedestal on the left. If we, as usual, rushed to him in close combat, we would be surrounded by reptiles from all sides; However, while the sectarian is only sheated, the dragons are not worried. Deal with them and the overseer separately much more pleasant!

And finally, the head of all sectarians – Father Tight. He explained to us that the cult of the urn with the sacred dust was outdated: after all, Andraste was already revived, and they serve her – a giant dragon. And the urn should finally … defile, flooding with dragon blood. And if we agree to this, then he will hold the dragon from the attack on us ..

True, in this sentence something seemed insincere. And we just went through the Tubes … not paying attention to his resistance and taking off his horn from his body.

Oddly enough, the dragon did not attack – flew over us and went to his lair to rest.

Trial

To get closer to the urn, we need to go through the test – this is reported to us by a certain guard who is elusively similar to the deceased pitch of a bearded man in sparkling armor. But this is far from a pacify, and he can even tell us what he was mistaken ..

This is a bug: In the official translation of the poor fellow, the guard sometimes forgets what kind of gender he is, and begins to talk about himself in a female kind.

And now the test that should prove the purity of our intentions ..

Part one of the test – eight riddles from ghosts, with response options. There are few difficulties there, but for future pilgrims, I will list the answers: Bron – Dreams, Carton – House, General Maferate – Jealousy, Archon Hessarian – compassion, Katair – Hunger, Havard – Haurd, Vasily – revenge, and the lady who received the tender name of Elishas – a melody.

After a conversation with the ghost of the past (each, probably his own), was waiting for me to fight – one of the strangest ones in the game: a fight with the ghosts of our detachment. Among them were the second I, and Morrigan, and the rest … They knew all the same tricks and spells – but, of course, they did not know that in battle it was first necessary to eliminate the healer, and then the military magician, and this destroyed them.

The third test is a puzzle: on the left and right sides of the pool of six plates, and, standing on them, you can create ghosts of the bridge. It is necessary to combine ghosts so that they become dense. The team rises on the tiles, and the leader is trying to go through the bridge; With each step, one person must be moved. The sequence here is such (we consider tiles from the starting point):

1. 1 right, 3 on the left, 2 right.

2. Walk on the first cage of the bridge.

3. 3 on the left, 2 right, 6 on the left.

4. Walk to the second cage of the bridge.

5. 2 right, 6 on the left, 4 right.

6. 6 on the left, 4 right, 1 on the left.

7. Walk on the third cage of the bridge.

8. 4 right, 1 on the left, 5 right.

9. 1 left, 5 right, 5 on the left.

10. The bridge is passed.

And the last test – agreeing with the "proposal" of the altar, take off clothes and pass fire. And before us is the urn with ashes ..

A pinch of dust healed Erla Eamon. However, he is not yet ready to dump Logaine yet; And we went to persuade the last ally – elves, which we will tell you about after a while.

Man is an elf man

I am ready to turn what to the face of a man,

But losing a person's guise

The one who steps further rises.

U. Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

In the place marked on the map, we found the patrol of the Dali elves, which, after short -term bickering, took us to the Breselian forest.

If you were told that the elves live in the country of unimaginable beauties and miracles, know: this is a shameless lies. The village of free elves, of course, is more sympathetic than the ghettho elf, but there is definitely something in common. Among the ancient columns and statues are dull, leaked tents, which would be ashamed of wild kunari. If necessary, they can be turned into carts for half an hour and transported to a new place. Crookedly tables are collected from sticks and skins – they are wounded and sick. Many wounded and sick.

Without unnecessary conversations, I presented paper Sketch, Elder. Protsen squinted: Want to help? From us? Yes, you look around. Here a curse settled in our forest, werewolves attack the elves day and night, which army we can send you? Now, if some (we will not call names, although this is the Gray Guard) found the main iswolf, Fighting fang , And he brought his heart to the skeleton, then perhaps ..

Well, no one was waiting for them to agree right away?

According to the good old habit, before going to the forest, I interviewed the locals – no one needs anything from the gray guard? To whom to find whom in the more often, take revenge on death, bring an ears from a dead genlock? Oddly enough, there were few customers. A certain atraz asked to find his wife Daniel in the forest. Gallae girl (this is such a half-afternight, on which the elves drive), I was looking for a medicine-but I did not have enough forest skills for this. The young hunter could not marry his chosen one, because he did not go through the test – you could find the skin in the forest, but it was easier to persuade the girl to wave to the test of hand.

Note: as usual, it is better not to take Morrigan to the team to settled local affairs to the local affairs. She will not please her fuss with young lovers. But, however, with her you can lie to the girl and Galla, as if the animal is incurable, and to get horns as a reward … But you need it?

The local merchant VARTARN was, firstly, the owner of the most valuable thing in Ferlden-a backpack, and secondly, he ordered us to get an iron bark for the manufacture of armor.

Battle for the acorn

In the Bresilian forest, as expected, there are many wolves (ordinary and werewolves), there are bears, as well as an unprecedented creature – Silvan. This tree is successfully pretended to the plant until you come up to it point blank, and skillfully entangles with roots. But, as often happens with woodeners, burns like straw.

Werewolves sent us a meeting committee led by Mr. Begun. This nervous Werwolf told us that in a coffin he saw humanoids in general and us in particular, so that we would go back to the elves and refused the assignment, or he would certainly see us there. After a short conversation, the runner justified his name and disappeared, and his friends honestly killed from our swords and spells.

West Bresilian divided by rivers into three parts – Western, going to the camp (1) , central and eastern; and in the south of the eastern strip (2) We have found an amazing speaking tree. This oak, instead of following the example of his aggressive counterparts, entered into a conversation with us; However, the mysterious laws of botany forbid him to explain prose. (Does Elf Faydaean, winner of the vampire of Nicholas, live here nearby memory? However, no matter how mediocre poems of the oak are, they cannot compare with Faydaean's neuro-paralytic virs.)

The tree reported that we, of course, can walk along Bresilian and harvest wood, but where we need, we will not be missed by a magic barrier. But he, oak, can skip. If we return the acorn to him, stolen by some crazy from Eastern Bresilian.

Note: Through the northern part of the eastern river, a log (3) , from which you can dial the iron bark for the vator. There is a sarcophagus between a log and an oak tree in the middle (4) (Two fences will be attacking you near it): if you disturb it and defeat the undead, tended out from there, you can get part of the Dzaggernaut armor set, which is practically not inferior to the legion from the gearbox (you find the rest of the armor in the eastern part of the forest). Finally, in the south of the central forest belt (5) You can save the wounded elf.

After that, we headed to the eastern part of the forest; Two roads lead there (6, 7).

East Bresilian in shape resembles a sea star with wriggling tentacles. In the center of its ring-shaped meadow, from which five rays of tropics depart. Two West come from Western Bresilian; In the northwest I found the poor thing Daniel. Alas, she was already bitten by the werewolf, and she asked to tell her husband that she had died and that she loved him until the last days. And she asked to make the first statement by truth ..

Note: Unfortunately, Daniel cannot be saved. If you refuse to kill her, she will attack herself and make it do it.

The northern road was densely populated by the fragments and their henchmen, and they guarded the next grave plate with part of the armor of Jaggert. On the eastern, the abductor of the acorus was discovered.

The elder, who broke his lair here, at first glance seemed even more crazy than oak; He asked meaningless questions, giggled, and when I remembered the oak, he asked if anyone would be so amiable to make out a damned tree for firewood. However, when I launched my hand in a stump in his meadow and found an acorn there, the elder suddenly came to his senses … and began to call on the help of demons. So remorse for his death subsequently did not torment me.

Note: you can agree with the hermit. Either really destroy the oak, or offer him something in return of the acorn. A amulet from the horns of the murdered Galla or a scarf Daniela will make. If you kill oak, then through the barrier you will pass under the mask of werewolves.

Returning to the oak, I received a staff from him to pass through the barrier. However, the usefulness of the staff did not come down to this – it turned out to be quite a worthy weapon for the magician.

Animal essence

Behind the barrier, the runner again greeted us – and again after a short thrashing I moved to plan "B". The short path brought us to the ruins.

The upper level of the ruins was a simple dungeon, which was to pass through the straight line from the east to the west, after which the corridor turns at right angles to the south. All branches with a bit are stuffed with poisonous spiders and skeletons; Neither one nor other special threats posed.

But at the southern end of the floor he settled, no less, the dragon – not the most powerful, but quite decent. And, I would say, non -poor … Mr. Dragon warehouses were found down at the door itself.

Note: Caution, the dragon's lair is mined! But there will be no time for removing traps. A good method is to send a skeleton there if any of the magicians can do that.

The lower floor was also lit by skeletons and spiders. Soon after the entrance (0) , In the place where the corridor turns to the left, the spiders arranged an organized ambush.

A little further (1) We met the ghost of the child; And next to him on the plate read the description of the ritual. What the ritual led to, it was not yet very clear; However, just in case, we found the source described in the ritual (2) And they did everything that the sign required with him (fill the jug with water, move away from the source, look at the altar standing nearby, put a jug on the altar, pray, inspect the jug, swallow water, take a jug, move away from the altar, inspect the source, pour into the source in the source water from the jug).

The ritual has just opened the way to the sarcophagus (3) , where, after a ghost battle, we completed the collection of a set of armor Jaggernaut.

But a more important find awaited us in a lateral outfit (4) , Moreover, it was easier to look through the light. In the precious stone on the floor, the soul of a warrior-chain, with whom he managed to talk was hidden; She asked to destroy the stone, but gave the specialization of a military magician in exchange.

A difficult battle awaited us in the southern corridor (5) : He is all utykan with traps, so the easiest move was to send a forward reconnaissance scope, so as not to engage in sapper under arrows. But finally we got to the bones to … a big puddle on the floor (6) , plunged into which they fell into the very lair werewolves.

And now – the third meeting with the runner. This time he wanted to talk – apparently, attempts to stop us by force inspired him with a sound look at his own capabilities. I agreed, and we were passed to Mistress of the forest.

The hostess told us a simple and terrible story about where the frenzy fang came from. About how people attacked the Dali elves … and about what the elder skewed to protect his people.

By honor, I have already begun to guess about this. But he still invited the skewer to a confrontation: he walked nearby, unable to wait his wings. Sick, in turn, tried to “open my eyes”: “You already understood who the mistress of the forest is?"

Alas, the old villain refused to remove the curse. But I found good arguments for him. Unfortunately, not verbal ..

The first spell of his spell paralyzed the mistress of the forest and werewolves (we could have fallen under the blow, but we immediately rushed to him), and then called for the help of the Allies. However, we did not block his friends by Alister, as is usually done, but sent the templa to the werewolves – so that he dispelled magic and liberated them. In this balance of power, things went much more fun.

At the end of this sad story, the former werewolves wandered about their business, and the new leader of the Dalis vowed to send their archers to the war with Archidemon.

This is important: If you take the side of the sin and kill the mistress of the forest, the elves will still replenish the ranks of your army. But there is another way, for the owners of the highest eloquence: “I have a different plan. Kill the skew and all the elves!"After that, you will carry a massacre in the village of Doliytsy, and as an army you will receive instead of the elven shooters of deadly, but vulnerable veils.

A scary court

Horatio:

… let the platform be tall

They put corpses in sight of everyone;

And I will say to an insignificant light,

How everything happened; then there will be a story

Inhuman and bloody deeds,

Random kar, unaccounted murders,

Deaths, in need for tuned cunning,

And finally, insidious intrigues that fell

On the heads of the instigators. All this

I will present you.

Fortinbrais:

Haster to hear

And we will also be the most good on the assignment.

U. Shakespeare, "Hamlet"

And all the contracts are presented and confirmed, the armies are ready to act, and Erl Eamon is to convene Assembly of lands. As soon as we arrived at him in Redcliffe, he sent the Tyerns an appeal, and we all moved together to his palace in the money.

There was a surprise. I only managed to look into the chambers allocated to me and return to Eamon, and he had a guest – a maid Queen of the anor. It turns out that the queen in the imprisonment at the commandant is a money – Lord Hou.

Note: If your hero started like Human Noble, this day should be remembered for a long time … Finally, it's time to get out for everything!

The stolen queen

On the way to Lord Hou, we were waiting for a meeting with old friends. But not mine, but Zeveran: one of the anti -Wesan ravens, Talesin, brought to Zuren the news that the ravens were not in a claim – and a kind proposal to return to his. Or rest right now. Probably, if Zevran were not in Lada with me, he would have joined Talesin – and so we broke the ravons together, and after brief persuasion Zevran remained in my detachment.

The maid had a plan how to get into the estate: to go from the black move, change clothes for guards and avoid excess bloodshed. True, the guards at the black move know all the fighters of Haw in the face, so that we hid behind the garden while the elf distracted the guards, and entered without interference in Castle (1).

The main thing was not to linger anywhere and not to catch the eye of the officers (2). Ordinary soldiers took us for recruits and ignored us.

To the room where the queen is locked (3) , We reached without adventure, but the door was blocked by the magic barrier. Anora said that you need to find the combat magician Howe, the defense will subside with his death.

We went through the Lord's bedroom (4) , Where a curious book and a lot of important documents were found, and before the descent in the dungeon they found a prisoner whom Hou preferred to keep right next to the bedroom. It was someone Riordan – our colleague, gray guard. Now there are three of us ..

This is important: Do not miss the treasury (6). If you do not have a very experienced cracker, go back here with Hou keys. This gentleman lives extremely non -misunderstanding.

Having freed Rirdan (for the sake of truth, he coped well without us), we went down the ladder dungeon (1) – Hou preferred to spend time there, like his magician. We had a lot of things to do with both ..

Haw guards and battle dogs popped up from each room, but real difficulties began only in the southern part of the dungeon (2) – The corridor there was equipped with a mighty flamethrower trap, and nearby (3) , In addition to the guard, the same magician was discovered. True, if you go very carefully along the southern wall, you can not disturb the trap, but in practice it is very difficult.

Against (4) Hou organized a torture room. From the draw we took off not someone, but of Presin, the son of Banna Sigard, an influential lord; We once met his father in the "bitten nobleman". It is unlikely that Sigard now cast his voice to Logain ..

Some of the team offered to return-we have already found the magician, but somehow, you know, inaccurately leaving the matter incomplete. I have accumulated a lot of questions to HOU, and I wanted to ask them personally.

Nearby (5) We found the caretaker of this institution – the jailer, from which the keys were posthumously withdrawn and released customers of two more cameras (6). And finally got to Hou himself (7).

Earl Haw was full of hidden talents: not only is the master of torture and conspiracies, but also an experienced killer, to the envy. At the same time, he was wonderfully well protected for the robber … The guard did not hand him for a long time, but he himself had enough trouble. The lord keys, we again removed him already posthumously.

Finally, in the long nozzle of the dungeon (8) Two more guests of the Lord were discovered: Bann Vogan , The one that provoked an elven uprising (for once and Haw imprisoned the one who should). And next to him is the tortured temple Irmine, whom his sister was looking for; As soon as I was outside, I did not fail to go into the tavern and tell my sister about everything.

Now it was possible to go out, look into the treasury and free the anoru. Alas, in the next room (on the way to the exit) we were already waiting for us: the devoted officer Logaina, lady Katrien (the translator at times, having forgotten, calls her KOUTRON). And a dozen her fighters.

Note: Three options are possible here – to attack Katriden, surrender (so that Anora is saved) and try to explain himself. The latter will not pass. It is very difficult to defeat the whole team, but in the event of a defeat, you will find yourself in the same place as in the case of surrender, in Forte Drakkoc.

Fort Drakcon

Only two from the detachment – the main character and Alista. And then a very multivariate piece of the game awaits us, so we will return the word to the hero later, but for now we will deal with the situation from a bird's eye view.

Firstly, you can get out yourself, or you can provide the rest of the detachment (without a hero!) to help us out.

If we get out ourselves, then the first thing you need to open the camera (1). The cracker is not a problem; A girl with at least some talent of beliefs can seduce the guard (and the man too, but with a very high talent of conviction …), after which you have to fight with him, but he, like you, will be naked, without armor. You can also pretend to be patients or try to convince the guard that the enemies are nearby.

Next – take equipment (6) , Now it will go easier. You can break through the post (7) , But there is a simple way and more beautiful. Nice the uniforms of the soldiers (2), Go to the colonel (4) , accept an order to prepare for a review, take two novobes-novobans with you (3). They have no swords, so they will have to beg from the storekeeper (5). He has problems with cleaning rust, and if you give him acid lubricant, he will easily part with the weapons for recruits (an alternative – threaten or bribe).

After that, you can go through the colonel (to the control question that the main thing in the army, the answer, of course, is “order”) – and pass the post. Why all this circus? Then, that the recruits, although they gangsters, but know the password.

Alternative – enter the fort from the outside and smash everything through the brick. Here is the most cunning – to enter: further, if the deception breaks, scatter the guards – four of the one, and not together! – It is easy. There seems to be many options, I managed to find three completely effective ones:

• Leliana + Vinn + anyone is in the church;
• Dog + anyone enters the pretext of "deliver a new dog to a psarny";
• Ogren + Zevran + Anyone in the way … circus artists.

Medical doctors

Eamon was waiting for me an interesting conversation … Collecting advice is good, but who we want to see on the throne? There are two obvious candidate: Anora and Aliste. Or Anora is married to Alistair … Alistair, however, saw the throne in the coffin. But whether it will be correct to leave it on the anoru?

Note: If, after a visit to Goldanne, you told Alistair that it should be so – everyone for himself, persuade him to be crushing a lot easier. If your main character is a person and a nobleman, you can try to offer a hand and heart to the queen yourself. And if the hero is a lady and in good relations with Alistair … respectively. In any case, your task at a collection of land will be simplified if you promised anor support in some form. If not, you have to gain many other arguments. But in no case do not tell the anor that Logine must die for doing!

In principle, after returning it was possible to convene a collection of lands, the benefit of anor was saved from the Haw estate; But I was distracted by one more thing-the rumors brought by the queen about some problems in the elven.

Problems were visible at first sight: a crowd of elves on the street in front of a shabby building argued with a couple of healers from Tevinter. As it turned out, quarantine was announced in the ghetto, and elves – without understanding, sick or healthy, – gradually collected in the shelter. They don't let go back.

Having discussed this case with the elf Shianny, I went around the shelter behind and, overcoming the resistance of a lone guard, went inside. My arrival did not delight the “doctors”: they rushed at me with weapons and soon died from an overabundance of iron in the body. I released the prisoners of the elves, but this was clearly not all ..

I told all Shianni (alas, the healers in front of the building were so upset by this news that they also died suddenly from cut wounds and burns), and she showed us another building related to the shelter. There the battered elf washed the floor; pressing him a little, we found out where the relatives were taken away, and followed the same route.

Here the Teviners were no longer hidden. Yes, the most banal slave trade, in Ferlden is completely illegal (and in Tevinter – the standard of life). And literally in a few waves, we cut the road to their leader – Kaladrius.

Kaladrius was configured to bargain. He did not want to turn a profitable business. Why don't I retire with the documents exposing Logaine? Why don't I take these documents from the corpse and cover the bench once and for all?

This is interesting: Not far from the "Hospital" is an elf-flash. If you give him a coin, the next time he will bring a friend, then several comrades … It is even amazing why the Teviners did not use this, much simpler, technique for collecting customers!

After a brawl with Kaladrius (he is a magician, moreover, the Magician of Blood) and his retinue, he was forced to make a more generous sentence: due to the blood of prisoners of elves, to increase my health to difficulty values. But something has recently acquired an allergy to blood magicians ..

I went to the saved elves, talked with them and headed for the meeting.

Note: In one of the nooks of the ghetto, you can find a blind templete, who “feels evil” somewhere nearby. In order for him to find the desired, we must inform him of the dead dog nearby, about the pool of blood and about the crazy girl-priest; Then he will bring us to an abandoned orphanage, where demons and undead bred. But to clean the shelter, you need to protect the life of Otto to the last.

Assembly of lands

Now it was exactly time to collect tearns. Earl Eamon took up this, and I went to the palace. The old acquaintance tried to block the road to me – Katristen; But this time there was no such convincing retinue with her.

This is important: _ __ The main components of our success at the meeting are: saved from the estates of HOU Irminerik and Busyin (moreover, the mission must also be handed over), an agreement with the anora and evidence of the slave trade. If you were not too lazy to clean Haw dungeons, you can safely refer to his crimes. But in no case do not remember the deeds of HOU, if for some reason Not gave the irremine ring to his sister! You should also not rush to talk about the alistan or the death of King Caelan – it is more profitable to show yourself concentrated on the duty of a gray guard and talk about the sea, as well as the crimes of Logain here, in the money in the money. And if you told the anor that you intend to achieve the execution of Logain … then it may cost you dearly._

I collected enough evidence against Logain, and the Lords voted against him; As the last chance, he chose a duel with me.

And the end would be simple and obvious if it had not been for the interfering Rirdan. He suggested an unexpected decision: to let Logain ate everything perfect, having entered the gray guards. I understood that if I agree, Alistair would be furious – after all, Logain was actually the killer of his father and Duncan; And if I refuse, I will become the killer of Father Anora. These are the things ..

Logain Mc-Tir

If you decide to allow Logaine to wash off your crime and enter the gray guards, an angry Alister will leave you; And Logain will take the place of the detachment "tank". He is also a specialist in the “sword + shield” technique, but does not have the talents of the temple, although he owns the skills of a knight.

His characteristics are so-so: the power is low, the will for some reason is overstated, however, good health.

Gifts, dear Logaine, geographical maps of all varieties. Some of them can be bought immediately after the meeting (two-in the market, one in the ghetto). There is a couple more in the locked chests of the Redcliff castle.

Note: Before the last battle, it makes sense to quickly run around the market – the money, as they say, “you won’t take it” … you can buy another bag from Gorim, if you think that this is relevant. You can replenish the stocks of potions, study an additional spell (a book in the ghetto) or buy from Bodan Feddik. In general, see for yourself. We will have another rendezvous with Feddik, and with the rest we say goodbye to this.

This is our last

Nabat! Brush, wind! Fuck, end!

Will die, at least like a fighter.

U. Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

After the collection of lands, it only remained to speak towards the archdemon. Our army gathered in the castle of Redcliffe; And only on the eve of the exit, Rirdan decided to tell why only a gray guard could inflict a deadly blow to the archdemon. If the archdemon falls, his soul will go to the nearest generation of darkness. And the gray guard in some way … Remember what the test consisted of?

But the gray guard has his own soul – and therefore both at that moment will die.

To deliver the last blow to Riordan himself; But if he falls in battle, I will do it. The sorceress Morrigan offers me a way that can leave me in the world living, but … I don't know.

Just in case – goodbye.

• • •

The last battle begins from the battle at the city gate; All your friends participate in it (except those with whom you parted), but you can’t manage them – you only command yourself. The battle is not cunning: most opponents are the so -called Hurlok/Genlok Grunts, whom the translator with inimitable grace made "Garlock/Genlock". These guys are cannon fodder, several times weaker than the usual “white” enemy: fall from 1-2 beats or one simple spell. You will meet a lot to the end – you need to immediately distinguish them from serious enemies and not spend gunpowder on them.

After that, we choose a detachment for the entire subsequent battle – as well as the one who will command the remaining. And after touching farewell to the rest, we go to the last round on the money captured by Archidemon.

Give me hello to the archdemon. He completely stopped writing to me, and this is so grievanish … and … look after you. Don't let yourself gobble up. Unless, of course, you do not decide what it is necessary for business.

– Zevran

This is important: In the last battle, the robber is very useful. Perhaps Leliana is better than Ze random, because the bow against archdemon is more effective than blades.

First of all, two Harlock generals should be defeated – in the market and in the elfinage. That is, you can not do this … If you believe that the fight with Archidemon will decorate the participation of two "orange" generals in it who owning combat magic.

From that moment on, you can take one of the allied armies with you in every battle in an open place that we collected. But keep in mind: one of them must be preserved to the very archdemon of untouched. And it is desirable that these are the best of the best. Orzammar gnomes come to mind primarily (especially if you agreed on the participation of the Legion of the Dead – then part of the gnomes will be brutally tenacious legionnaires) or golems, although, probably, you can try your luck with the elves or magicians. I do not recommend faiths – in contact with the archdemon, they recover like flies. Redcliffe infantry is also not tenacious enough.

In the market, the general arranges a brawl in the company with francs; As support here is a good infantry of people or faithful. The battle here is not the most difficult, although the open space prevents the effectively hiding magicians behind the backs of the warriors.

The battle in the elf will be difficult if you try to attack, but it will be completely simple if you take a position between two platforms – where there is a barricade at the beginning of the battle, and not try to go outside. It can be dispensed with without support. While the barricade is still standing, the violence of the elements is arranged behind it – hell, blizzard, a thunderstorm – which not only pumps out the fry, but also leads to the half -ready state of “yellow” advents. However, this is not all – reinforcements will arrive, including the Ogra, and there will be more if the battle is delayed or goes beyond the barricade.

After that, we will expect a battle for the city gate – the rest of the group is fighting there. Ogren commanded me, but he should not fight at the gate themselves – he will not have time to swing the enemy. Let Ogren engage in “yellow” opponents, and the gate holds the dog and someone else (the ideal Leliana, its enchanting song rivets everyone to the place, and the dog carefully crumbles the throats; but Leliana may turn out to be necessary in the main detachment).

The next station is Fort Drakcon. In the courtyard of the fort, I recommend taking shooting support: this yard is a convenient shooting range. In the first seconds, we destroy three “grumbling” groups and cones, concentrate fire on the dragon (also exquisitely translated). We do it quickly, because soon the second will be “born” and the General Magis will come running. Magicians should be shifted on the steps, elves will easily shoot them.

Now – the insides of the fort, we are alone. The first battle will be in the main hall of the lower floor: the Genlock-"Creator" (and in Aglitsky Conjurer) calls for seven ghosts, after which he actively conjures. But if you are not distracted and quickly and quickly rush to the magician, then the rear ghosts will not have time to make out of us (they are not born immediately while they are formed-we are already outside their view). And this will simplify the matter. Do not take a lot of effort to ghosts, for example, one Morrigan can cope with them; The magician is much more dangerous.

Next, the ambush is waiting for us where the corridor rests on the road from west to east. No need to go there, there is a trap; It is worth immediately starting in both side corridors of Geenna or blizzards. Let their inhabitants die, so without seeing you.

In the east of here, in front of the door to the second floor, we are waiting for a sandal-this is the last chance to buy or enchant something (paternal goods under him).

On the second floor there is one difficult battle-with a killer master and his students. They are invisible to strike … but vulnerable, and if at the same time as opening the door to the south in the eastern wing of the castle to start conjuring something massive, and also put the rune of repulsion under themselves, the killers will show themselves without harm.

And finally – the archdemon.

Archidemon spits the energy of the spirit, hits its tail, tramples and at times flies from place to place. As he descends, he changes his behavior:

• After loss of 25% of health, he begins to call a “funnel” that relieves health and weakens everyone around;
• After the loss of 50% of health, he flies to a place where he cannot be reached in close combat, and calls for the help of a crowd of adolescence; In addition, he has a very long -range attack;
• After the loss of 75% of health, he returns to reach and begins to blow up his warriors in the manner of the Walking Bomb spell. The offspring of the rampart are felled.

The most powerful weapon against Archdemon is around the ballista; They are quite speedy, but soon break. That's exactly what a robber needs, he can repair the guns (although not indefinitely). And do not stand in front of the ballista – the volley is considered honestly, so you can inadvertently shoot yourself.

Spells and ordinary arrows are also good, and manual weapons are valid. Dwarves or golems will take on most of the problems with the offspring, but they should be treated. Pay attention to another ally, who is also recommended to be treated, is the Supreme Sorcerer Irving.

And what will happen next – depends on how you agreed with the second guard (Alistair or Logain) and with Morrigan ..