Anyone else looking forward to Dragon Age? (Spoilers and plot discussion here)

[Grey Fox]

Martinus = Fahdiz

I had to kill the difficulty down for the first time last nite. Giant spiders of hell.

[Martinus]

So I restarted as a "good" mage. 

On this playthrough I am planning to pick party members based on the biggest story potential (i.e. which companion is going to take the biggest "personal interest" in any part of the story, either for good or for bad).

So far I could think of the following:
- Wynne and Morrigan for Circle of Magi
- Wynne and Zevran for Dalish Elves
- Shale and Oghren for Orzammar
- Alistair for Redcliffe
- Alistair and Zevran for Denerim
- Lellana for Urn of Andraste

Any other suggestions?

[Grey Fox]

Leliana has interest in Denerim too, right?

[Sophie Scholl]

Does Alistair have much with the Mage's Tower as a Templar?  He wasn't in my party at the time so I don't know.  I do know that Leliana got some influence change with my decisions with the demon influenced Templar.  I've only been through the Dalish area, the Mage's Tower, and Soldier's Peak.

[MadImmortalMan]

- Wynne and Morrigan for Circle of Magi

Best not to have Morrigan with you when you enter there, IMO.

[Winkelried]

So I restarted as a "good" mage. 

On this playthrough I am planning to pick party members based on the biggest story potential (i.e. which companion is going to take the biggest "personal interest" in any part of the story, either for good or for bad).

So far I could think of the following:
- Wynne and Morrigan for Circle of Magi
- Wynne and Zevran for Dalish Elves
- Shale and Oghren for Orzammar
- Alistair for Redcliffe
- Alistair and Zevran for Denerim
- Lellana for Urn of Andraste

Any other suggestions?

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Alistair, Leliana and Wynne are suitable for the entire Redcliffe and Urn of Andraste questline if you play a do-gooder, otherwise not so much.

Shale "likes" mages, might be interesting in the Circle of Magi.

Leliana has her personal quest in Denerim, and as a cut purse/pick pocket has a big opportunity to increase your supplies.

[Jaron]

Wynne is the most appropriate choice for the Andraste quest.

[Cecil]

Wynne has her personal quest in the elven woods. Might keep that in mind.

[Martinus]

Ok, so to update, I went with (SPOILERS)

Circle of Magi: Morrigan (personal quest/item), Wynne, Alistair
Denerim, pre-Landsmeet: Alistair (personal quest), Lellana (personal quest), Zevran (personal quest/assassins)
Redcliffe: Lellana, Alistair (personal quest), Wynne

Planning to do Andraste with Alistair, Wynne and Lellana (i.e. my do-gooder commando)

[Cecil]

Anyone done the summoning side quest in the mages tower after you run through?

If you pickpocket the dude that appears on the fourth summoning (named Arl Foreshadow )you get a hint of DAO2 or an expansion or whatnot.

[Solmyr]

Ok, so to update, I went with (SPOILERS)

Circle of Magi: Morrigan (personal quest/item), Wynne, Alistair
Denerim, pre-Landsmeet: Alistair (personal quest), Lellana (personal quest), Zevran (personal quest/assassins)
Redcliffe: Lellana, Alistair (personal quest), Wynne

Planning to do Andraste with Alistair, Wynne and Lellana (i.e. my do-gooder commando)

Spoilers:
You can give the personal item to Morrigan after the Tower, even if she isn't there when you find it. Also, for Denerim assassins, Zevran pops out to join you even if you don't bring him along, as long as he's in your camp (his approval of you determines what he'll do).

[Caliga]

The city elf origin quest is: satisfying.

[Martinus]

The city elf origin quest is: satisfying.

Yeah, I liked it a lot. Just wait till you get back to the Alienage in the late part of the game - you will be: satisfied more. 

[Martinus]

Ok, so to update, I went with (SPOILERS)

Circle of Magi: Morrigan (personal quest/item), Wynne, Alistair
Denerim, pre-Landsmeet: Alistair (personal quest), Lellana (personal quest), Zevran (personal quest/assassins)
Redcliffe: Lellana, Alistair (personal quest), Wynne

Planning to do Andraste with Alistair, Wynne and Lellana (i.e. my do-gooder commando)

Spoilers:
You can give the personal item to Morrigan after the Tower, even if she isn't there when you find it. Also, for Denerim assassins, Zevran pops out to join you even if you don't bring him along, as long as he's in your camp (his approval of you determines what he'll do).

I meant the banter with the assassins that want to hire you. And the part about the tower is irrelevant - same goes for most "plot items" but nonetheless it is more fun to have them along since they offer comments and dialogue (for example if you have Morrigan with you in the tower, she talks to you about the grimoire just as you enter it).

You seem to have missed the point of my party planning.

[Martinus]

Anyone done the summoning side quest in the mages tower after you run through?

If you pickpocket the dude that appears on the fourth summoning (named Arl Foreshadow )you get a hint of DAO2 or an expansion or whatnot.

Yeah, pity I didn't have anyone who could pickpocket him so the guy just disappeared.