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[Spellhawk]

I was just playing DA: O with my male Dalish warrior (Champion sub-class), when I had the second vision, and my camp got swarmed by shrieks. I meet Tamlen, was forced to kill him.. and I was really disappointed that you can't show some respect to your clanmate by burying him with Dalish Honors. I mean, he's a member of your clan, and yeah, you have already 'mourned' him, but you should still be able to bury his body once he turns up, right?!

What I would like is if someone could make a mini-mod where your dalish character can fully mourn their clanmate: Your companions all standing behind you in a semi-circle while you bury your fellow elf, you then repeat the song that your clan sung for him, and you finally end it with the Dalish Oath.

I'm saying this because I feel that Tamlen really gets the small bit in your pc's origin story.. and then when he turns up almost halfway through, there isn't even a sense of your pc really feeling his death. I was forced to put my pc's clanmate down, Alister spoke a line or two and bam, oh, it's another dead enemy, let's just leave his body. No feelings of sadness that my character has just been forced to slay his kin. WHAT THE BEEP?! I want some feeling of Tamlen's death! FEELING!

So, if someone would be kind enough to see what they can do, it would really be great! Thanks you!

Signed

Spellhawk

Edited by Spellhawk, 12 August 2012 - 08:52 PM.

[Alehazar]

I was just playing DA: O with my male Dalish warrior (Champion sub-class), when I had the second vision, and my camp got swarmed by shrieks. I meet Tamlen, was forced to kill him.. and I was really disappointed that you can't show some respect to your clanmate by burying him with Dalish Honors. I mean, he's a member of your clan, and yeah, you have already 'mourned' him, but you should still be able to bury his body once he turns up, right?!

What I would like is if someone could make a mini-mod where your dalish character can fully mourn their clanmate: Your companions all standing behind you in a semi-circle while you bury your fellow elf, you then repeat the song that your clan sung for him, and you finally end it with the Dalish Oath.

I'm saying this because I feel that Tamlen really gets the small bit in your pc's origin story.. and then when he turns up almost halfway through, there isn't even a sense of your pc really feeling his death. I was forced to put my pc's clanmate down, Alister spoke a line or two and bam, oh, it's another dead enemy, let's just leave his body. No feelings of sadness that my character has just been forced to slay his kin. WHAT THE BEEP?! I want some feeling of Tamlen's death! FEELING!

So, if someone would be kind enough to see what they can do, it would really be great! Thanks you!

Signed

Spellhawk

I know how you feel. It's even worse when you play as a female Dalish and you went through the options of a romantic relationship with Tamlen during the Origin story.
It's basically why my elf quite readily makes the Ultimate Sacrifice at the conclusion of the game -maybe if the Creators will it, she might see Tamlen again. Losing him twice is just too much; yeah, I know I really get fully immersed into RPG's like DAO.
The feeling of having failed Tamlen and her clan, stays with her throughout the entire journey to the conclusion of the story.

But I like your idea for something of a decent farewell to Tamlen. While my modding skills for DAO are absolutely zero, I hope someone will take up the cause for a Farewell to Tamlen.

As an aside: I usually name Dog Tamlyn when I'm a Dalish Elf and I don't get romantically involved with any of my companions. Seeing his apparition during the Sacred Ashes Quest, is another salt treatment of open wounds.

[Rhawyn]

I know how you feel. It's even worse when you play as a female Dalish and you went through the options of a romantic relationship with Tamlen during the Origin story.
It's basically why my elf quite readily makes the Ultimate Sacrifice at the conclusion of the game -maybe if the Creators will it, she might see Tamlen again. Losing him twice is just too much; yeah, I know I really get fully immersed into RPG's like DAO.
The feeling of having failed Tamlen and her clan, stays with her throughout the entire journey to the conclusion of the story.

But I like your idea for something of a decent farewell to Tamlen. While my modding skills for DAO are absolutely zero, I hope someone will take up the cause for a Farewell to Tamlen.

As an aside: I usually name Dog Tamlyn when I'm a Dalish Elf and I don't get romantically involved with any of my companions. Seeing his apparition during the Sacred Ashes Quest, is another salt treatment of open wounds.

I know exactly what you mean, and usually do the same with my Dalish females, though sometimes they get to romance Alistair. After all, he just lost everything too, so he knows something of how she feels. This (and the desire to make my own armor and hairstyles) is what prompted me to download the toolset, though I'm still trying to figure out how it works... If I ever figure it out though, this will be one of my main projects. That and being able to mourn Nelaros.. After all, even if you didn't want to marry him, he did show that he cared for you from the beginning, and gave his life to protect you. It just bugs me that your options are "PC: He gave his life for me... Soris: Okay, sorry, but let's keep going?" Or "He's dead, we're alive. Let's go." The two elf-origin romances always seemed a bit emotionless to me. The City Elf male isn't much better, but the only way I could see that improving, is maybe if Nesiara was still there when he returned to the alienage. So hopefully I can get the Toolset to work with me so I can fix things for those of us who actually care about the elves we lost when we became Wardens. xD