Dragon Age: Origins : Othor Games

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:44 am

Yup, pretty well known.

So... random question... in the Ruined Temple, during the Ashes quest, at some point you find a black pearl, which ends up in your quest items inventory section. I have never noticed a related quest for that - is there one?

It is necessary to have both the Black Pearl and the Taper in one's inventory in order to light the Brazier in the Main Hall of the http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Ruined_Temple and obtain http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Codex_Entry:_The_Holy_Brazier.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:57 am

Yup, pretty well known.

So... random question... in the Ruined Temple, during the Ashes quest, at some point you find a black pearl, which ends up in your quest items inventory section. I have never noticed a related quest for that - is there one?

You need to have both it and the taper to light the brazier if I remember

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:47 am

Ah, thanks to both of you. I guess I never noticed. I am not really sure what the holy brazier even does, since I can never find the holy marshmallows to use there either.

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:09 pm

Yea I seen a little bit of it awhile ago, and that's where I recognized the voice from.

Yup, pretty well known.

The most amazing thing is that she plays a heartless shrew in Farscape, too. :-|

"Don't tell me that you miss that rock?!"

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:05 am

Ah, thanks to both of you. I guess I never noticed. I am not really sure what the holy brazier even does, since I can never find the holy marshmallows to use there either.

I was thinking chestnuts, but yes, you get a codex entry and as far as I know the chest in the ash wraith room with the elven 'goodies' doesn't appear till you do, but I never tested that

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:23 am

So...I decided to sign up for Xbox Live. That way I could download Shale, the Keep, and RTO...really stoked about all three. BUT, somehow i lost all of my characters and saves in the process.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:55 am

I was thinking chestnuts, but yes, you get a codex entry and as far as I know the chest in the ash wraith room with the elven 'goodies' doesn't appear till you do, but I never tested that

No, it appears regardless.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:01 am

No, it appears regardless.

so it's just the codex for completists then

» Thu May 26, 2011 9:38 pm

So...I decided to sign up for Xbox Live. That way I could download Shale, the Keep, and RTO...really stoked about all three. BUT, somehow i lost all of my characters and saves in the process.

Ummm.... what? :unsure:

» Thu May 26, 2011 10:06 pm

So...I decided to sign up for Xbox Live. That way I could download Shale, the Keep, and RTO...really stoked about all three. BUT, somehow i lost all of my characters and saves in the process.

Did you upgrade your current account or create a whole new one?

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:09 pm

I, as a rule, don't look for answers to puzzles but maybe I should, at the weekend I almost soiled my drawers as they say when a

Spoiler

bloody great dragon materialised in the Orzammar throne room

, that puzzle had nagged me for ages, so I had a good look round the chamber this time, fun, but I missed the points all this time.
I also realised the

Spoiler

barman in the gnawed noble gives more quests after you finish them

, doh, missed them till now too. Takes a rare intelligence, that does.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:07 am

Yup, pretty well known.

Also - known? You cheater - I figured it out on my own! Although, I confess, I figured it out when she was grumbling and showing her disapproval when someone was about to do something nice. :embarrass:

» Fri May 27, 2011 3:06 am

Some of you people totally into Dragon Age: Origins might want to watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/. You'll be in for a... "vocal" surprise.

Yeah, she's also in Uncharted 2 and Mass Effect 2. She's been busy lately, by the looks of it.

» Fri May 27, 2011 2:54 am

I, as a rule, don't look for answers to puzzles but maybe I should, at the weekend I almost soiled my drawers as they say when a

Spoiler

bloody great dragon materialised in the Orzammar throne room

, that puzzle had nagged me for ages, so I had a good look round the chamber this time, fun, but I missed the points all this time.
I also realised the

Spoiler

barman in the gnawed noble gives more quests after you finish them

, doh, missed them till now too. Takes a rare intelligence, that does.

I hadn't heard of these two incidents either, yiasemi. Could you say more about the dragon?

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:42 am

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=722

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:23 pm

I hadn't heard of these two incidents either, yiasemi. Could you say more about the dragon?

Read the inscription

Spoiler

on the throne, look for three triggers (loose paving stones that click) and the 4th member of the party reads the throne again. I realised what was going on because it is similar to the Aeducan shield quest of the dwarven noble, just less obvious. It's not a difficult dragon thank the maker

, three of those would have been too many in one game.

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:51 pm

Y'know what'd make my day for this game? A random dungeon crawl DLC of some kind, just where it generates random enemies, random traps and whatnot... Something that you can keep doing over and over and raise the Level Cap a bit. I wouldn't mind facing down more dragons and the like. The few dragons that are in the game dissapoints me, the High Dragon is quite weak when you know how to beat it. I've defeated that stupid Purple thing 4 times on Nightmare now. <_< I like the armor though, that armor is awesomeness in... Armor form. Whatever type you prefer.

Although, I am a svcker for the King's Armor now, mwahaha... I like Gold, I always wanted that.

Now I just need Duncan's armor and my collection will be complete... *Rubs hands together with an evil glint in eyes*

Hmm... I wish there was a Necromancer Specialization...

» Fri May 27, 2011 12:52 pm

Read the inscription

Spoiler

on the throne, look for three triggers (loose paving stones that click) and the 4th member of the party reads the throne again. I realised what was going on because it is similar to the Aeducan shield quest of the dwarven noble, just less obvious. It's not a difficult dragon thank the maker

, three of those would have been too many in one game.

Interesting. Thanks, yiasemi.

Last night I reached the Dead Trenches area with my dwarven commoner character. It's a little odd having Oghren along -- two dwarven commoner characters in the same party. But watching my characters beat down the darkspawn, it occurred to me again that I love this game (though nearly ready to move on to other games). Having your characters performing more than hack and slash -- striking with their shields and the pommel of their swords -- that was a good touch in this game. Or the finishing moves, like Sten turning his back and putting the two-hander sword through the enemy.

» Fri May 27, 2011 1:03 am

Interesting. Thanks, yiasemi.

Last night I reached the Dead Trenches area with my dwarven commoner character. It's a little odd having Oghren along -- two dwarven commoner characters in the same party. But watching my characters beat down the darkspawn, it occurred to me again that I love this game (though nearly ready to move on to other games). Having your characters performing more than hack and slash -- striking with their shields and the pommel of their swords -- that was a good touch in this game. Or the finishing moves, like Sten turning his back and putting the two-hander sword through the enemy.

DO the throne thing above before you crown a king, or it won't work!

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:05 am

Fighting a Level 21 Sten as a Mage is harder than the Broodmother boss fight :meh:

» Thu May 26, 2011 10:12 pm

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=722

LOL - was it really that much trouble to unlock a chest?

Read the inscription

Spoiler

on the throne, look for three triggers (loose paving stones that click) and the 4th member of the party reads the throne again. I realised what was going on because it is similar to the Aeducan shield quest of the dwarven noble, just less obvious. It's not a difficult dragon thank the maker

, three of those would have been too many in one game.

Ha - I didn't spot this either, and wasn't until a much later play-through, when I asked a friend about the clanking platform in the main hall or something. That was one puzzle that just completely escaped me. Sweet reward though, now I never forget to do it. There have been several small quests or things triggered that I never noticed early on. I know I have referenced Asunder a time or two - that was one that I didn't even realize it was a quest, further didn't realize that I had at some point picked up all the necessary components for it, then saw something I could click, that I had not seen in earlier passes through the Deep Roads and then got a pretty entertaining surprise. :lol:

(Note:

Spoiler

If you do Asunder, take the cash, unless you don't need it. There are, sadly, no consequences to going with the greed route, instead of the protection of humanity route.)

Or the finishing moves, like Sten turning his back and putting the two-hander sword through the enemy.

Heh. I love that move.

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:47 am

Think i will get back into this game after I finish ME1.Still have my noble Dwarf to finish.

» Thu May 26, 2011 11:24 pm

Found something recently that I'm surprised I didn't think of sooner.

Spoiler

When an ogre has picked up one of your characters and is preparing to beat him or her to death, just use the force field spell on your own character. He or she ends up suspended in midair or on the ground and safe from damage while the rest of your party is whaling away on the ogre. Kind of a cheesy way to save your character, but better than having to revive them.

Also, the "playing dead" ability of rogues can come in handy. I used it for the first time lately, with Leliana. It enabled her to survive the werewolves, see them walk away, then get up and, by running down the tunnel, revive the rest of the party.

» Fri May 27, 2011 6:50 am

Y'know what'd make my day for this game? A random dungeon crawl DLC of some kind, just where it generates random enemies, random traps and whatnot... Something that you can keep doing over and over and raise the Level Cap a bit. I wouldn't mind facing down more dragons and the like. The few dragons that are in the game dissapoints me, the High Dragon is quite weak when you know how to beat it. I've defeated that stupid Purple thing 4 times on Nightmare now. <_< I like the armor though, that armor is awesomeness in... Armor form. Whatever type you prefer.

Although, I am a svcker for the King's Armor now, mwahaha... I like Gold, I always wanted that.

Now I just need Duncan's armor and my collection will be complete... *Rubs hands together with an evil glint in eyes*

Hmm... I wish there was a Necromancer Specialization...

You have too much Oblivion in you...

The level cap is raised in the expansion, and the more dragons you add, the less special they become (whatever they still retain lol).

» Fri May 27, 2011 5:31 am

Found something recently that I'm surprised I didn't think of sooner.

Spoiler

When an ogre has picked up one of your characters and is preparing to beat him or her to death, just use the force field spell on your own character. He or she ends up suspended in midair or on the ground and safe from damage while the rest of your party is whaling away on the ogre. Kind of a cheesy way to save your character, but better than having to revive them.

Also, the "playing dead" ability of rogues can come in handy. I used it for the first time lately, with Leliana. It enabled her to survive the werewolves, see them walk away, then get up and, by running down the tunnel, revive the rest of the party.

Never tried that but willl give it a go.