Archive for Dragon Age

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – A Daelish Curse – Session 6

Posted in Actual Play, Fifth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 13 November 2022 by Mawdrigen


Episode 443

We’re finally back to Thedas!

We left the Strange Acquaintances having just smashed some skeletons to Flinders. Will they be able to save the Elves, defeat the Abomination, save the village? If they do will the stupid blacksmith stop trying to kill them? Who knows! Lets find out.

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Violence, Danger, Prisoners, Injury detail, and Walking Bombs.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – A Daelish Curse – Session 5

Posted in Actual Play, Fifth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 10 April 2022 by Mawdrigen


Episode 415

Continuing to try and locate the Abomination who is the cause of all of the darkspawn issues the Strange Acquaintances find themselves facing having to cross a bridge with Dark Spawn Crows watching it. Will they be able to get across, or will they fall to their doom.

Due to Real World Intervening Dragon Age will take a break after this session!

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Violence, Vicious Bird Pelting, Trees, Skeletons and Danger

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – A Daelish Curse – Session 4

Posted in Actual Play, Fifth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 20 March 2022 by Mawdrigen


Episode 410

Waking to find themselves surrounded by wheezing tittering undead creatures the Strange Acquaintances have to fight through their fear and break out if they are to find the Abomination and destroy it. Can they do it?

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Violence, tittering and wheezing, shirt damage, and difficult crossings.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – A Daelish Curse – Session 3

Posted in Actual Play, Fifth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 20 February 2022 by Mawdrigen


Episode 406

The Strange Acquaintances are heading out into the wilderness to face an Abomination and hopefully end the danger to the village. You’d think that would be enough to keep even the stupidest of the Villagers off their backs, but it turns out… No!

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Violence, Really stupid peasants, Vykker getting angry, tittering and wheezing.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – A Daelish Curse – Session 2

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 5 December 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 394

Vyker’s got that look in his eye that says someone is about to pay, and with a tied up Elf and a scene of destruction its likely its someone close by.

Unfortunately then a bunch of angry villagers turn up to have a talk, and let’s be honest here none of the Strang Acquaintances have much luck with talking.

Deploy the violence? Probably.

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Violence, Threats, Us actively trying to talk our way out of a situation, resorting to violence, and angry peasants.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – A Daelish Curse – Session 1

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags on 28 November 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 393

The Strange Acquaintances are getting out of Orlais, and going to Vyker’s most favourite place in the world… Ferelden.

Having heard that one of the towns is having some curse related trouble (that they may or may not have brought upon themselves), they decide to go and take a look and try and be big damn heroes.

Yeah. This lot.

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Murder, Child Murder, Maiming, Wolves, and destruction.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 10

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 14 November 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 391

The Murdering done it is time to kick back and rest, level up and go shopping!

Levelling up took longer than we expected so we have a shorter episode.

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Shopping, Levelling up, Rumours and other such things.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 9

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags on 31 October 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 389

Its time to murder Bleyan in a cellar with the aid of some mages.

Yeah it’s going to go exactly that easy isn’t it. There is not going to be any sort of complication or problem dealing with this part of the plan right?

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Bad Dice, murder, beheading, Mages made of Paper, destruction, and betrayal

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 8

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 17 October 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 387

Still stuck in a party that they are exceedingly ill equipped to navigate the Strange Acquaintances have to scramble to get their obligations to the various people who gave them invitations resolved before the main event, Bleyan’s betrayal and murder. This requires them to do things like successfully communicate with people however… so its going to go well!

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Plotting, Bad Dice, Unleashing the Rogues for fun and profit, terrible seduction, and almost no letter writing.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 7

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 10 October 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 386

They dealt with the people following them, but now they have to talk to them which is even more terrifying. However… there’s also an evening of hobnobbing with the Nobles which for the Strange Acquaintances is a fate worse than death

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Plotting, Bad Dice, Lack of perception, bad dancing, and the Return of Non-Orleasean Meat

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 6

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags on 3 October 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 385

It’s nearly time for the ball, just a few last things to sort out, such as the routes that our heroes will take, and buying something called Gutripper. What could go wrong…

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Plotting, Looking for routes, and fights

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 5

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , on 12 September 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 382

With their previous plan utterly scuppered the Strange Acquaintances now have to scramble to keep up. Do they help Bleyan in the hopes of getting him alone later. Or do they just ensure whatever he is up to goes really REALLY badly.

Plus they need invites to the ball!

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Plotting, Poisoning for fun and explosive diarrhoea, non-Orleasean Mean, Seduction, and ridiculous plans.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 4

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags on 5 September 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 381

The Strange Aquaintances get closer to hunting down Bleyan with the decision to actually go to the brandy parlour with some hastily constructed cover identities. With people so cunning and stealthy, surely something won’t go amiss right? Right!? Right…

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Shopping, masks, over priced rum and Avar diplomacy

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 3

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , , on 15 August 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 378

The Strange Acquaintances are still trying to find out about Bleyan and manage to work out where best to “deal” with him. However this is being made very difficult by the game the nobles play in Val Royeaux. Everyone knows everyone else but somehow does not seem to be able to help with where the guy actually is!

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, information gathering, getting a dwarf drunk for fun and profit.

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 2

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags on 25 July 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 375

We had a few sound issues with this one but I have done my best.

Having rescued a dwarf the strange acquaintances headed over to his caravan to see how his brothers were getting on. It turns out… Not Well.

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Injury Detail, Threats, Politics, Awkward Flirting, and Masks

Dragon Age – Strange Acquaintances – The Indigo Road – Session 1

Posted in Actual Play, Fourth 100, Podcasts with tags , , on 4 July 2021 by Mawdrigen


Episode 372

A New Game with a new GM as Bubbles steps up to run Dragon Age By Green Ronin for us!

When a band of disparate tavern patrons hears a ruckus outside they obviously go to investigate, but will the motley connection end up being equal to the task?

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Horsemen Approach (feat. Kevin MacLeod) by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7934-horsemen-approach
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

This Podcast is Explicit and contains Archive, Injury Detail, Death by crushing, Kidney Filleting, Mages, Magic, Death by fire and Clubs.

Re-Dragon Age: Haven holidays (all dragons inclusive)

Posted in The Witterings of Bloodied with tags , on 7 July 2014 by bloodied

Tea: Just water

Demons defeated and mages enlisted, it was time for our heroes to do an Indiana Jones and find Dragon Age’s equivalent of the holy grail, Andraste’s ashes. Many of Arl Eamon’s knights had apparently been attempting this but had come back empty-handed. Could we succeed where they’d failed? Well, it’d be a short game if we couldn’t…
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Re-Dragon Age: Fade Away

Posted in The Witterings of Bloodied with tags , on 22 June 2014 by bloodied

Tea: Still hot; still water

Every game, no matter how great, has that one segment. You know the kind; that moment all momentum screeches to a halt and tedium envelops the player in an all encompassing malaise. Bored, you grit your teeth and wade forward, hoping your patience can last until you’re back to the fun stuff. Half Life had Xen. Mass Effect 2 had the planet scanning. Skyrim had the Soul Cairn. Dragon Age: Origins has the Fade.

But I pre-empt myself.
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Re-Dragon Age: There’ll be skeletons over the red cliffs of Redcliffe

Posted in The Witterings of Bloodied with tags , on 11 June 2014 by bloodied

Tea: It’s hot, so no tea, just water.

When we’d left our heroes, they were setting out on their epic quest. This was immediately interrupted by plot development, as we were shown the capital, where Teryn Loghain (he of the obvious villainy) had rocked up and was declaring himself regent, on the grounds that King Pillock the first was dead and his widow just so happened to be his daughter. This annoyed some of the Banns (the nobles who aren’t quite Arls, apparently), with a chap called Tegan being especially arsey and making insinuations about the King’s death. Personally, I was just trying to figure out how Loghain had gotten all the way across the country in a matter of hours. Clearly he moves at the speed of plot.
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Re-Dragon Age: Origins (of a Replay)

Posted in The Witterings of Bloodied with tags , on 26 May 2014 by bloodied

Tea: Créme Caramel tea from the Cult’s home away from home, The Tea Shop in Covent Garden, London. I may also have had a couple of pints with Omarscen at the pub shortly before this, but I’d like to think that’s not relevant. I’d also like to think my beard makes me look stylish rather than demented, so that shows you how effective mind over matter really is.

Reading Mawdrigen’s excellent posts on learning to tank in FFXIV, I wondered what I could contribute to the Cult by the way of blogging about computer gaming. Not being much of an MMO player, beyond a stint on Planetside 2 that was scuppered by changing work shifts and a couple of months on WoW that began to help Loka get a zebracorn, there wasn’t much I could contribute from that angle. Then I remembered that just yesterday I began another runthrough of one of my favourite games, Dragon Age: Origins. Mightn’t it be interesting for me to share my thoughts as I start the 40 to 50 hour trip down Ferelden’s memory lane?

Well, that’ll be your personal opinion, frankly, but I’m going to write about it regardless.
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