What Class to play in Dragon Age?

No spoilers, please! From what I've gathered from videos, you get 3 companions, and I thought I'd take along Alaistair, Morrogan and that bard girl. Would this be okay? I'm not familiar with the system; i'm sort of making guesses based on DnD. Can Morrigan nuke, for instance? And can the bard do rogueish stuff?

Anyway, back to the main question. What character would be a good main dude? As I understand it, there are no clerics in this game. Otherwise I'd have one of those.

Leliana (the bard) can do rogue stuff. You just have to invest in those skills. Morrigan can nuke, yes.

You will have to get a dedicated healer at some point in the game.

I recommend playing a mage since it's best not to have a pure melee group (other than healer) otherwise boss fights will be kinda hard. Mages have some really fun abilities and spell combos which you will definiately enjoy. If you're going to play mage, you or Morrigan will have to be the main healer so keep that in mind.

Well.. any character you`ll choose wont prevent you from missing any abilities.. cause I think yyou`ll still have companions who can "nuk" and others can rogue and others are warriors, so basically.. evenifhere was n the game a thing like not making a character at all, you`ll stay enjoy the game playing with Sten-Alistar-Morrigen and the others that will be your companions.

I (as everyne I guess) started the first time as a human mage, cause I like all about magic stu more than physical encounter, but I fnd myself playing more with the other characters moving them and fight using them and leaving my character to manage based on the tactics I sat up for him.

So really there is nothing wrong in choosing any kind of character.. you`ll be having fun anyway... enjoy!

Leliana (the bard) can do rogue stuff. You just have to invest in those skills. Morrigan can nuke, yes.

You will have to get a dedicated healer at some point in the game.

I recommend playing a mage since it's best not to have a pure melee group (other than healer) otherwise boss fights will be kinda hard. Mages have some really fun abilities and spell combos which you will definiately enjoy. If you're going to play mage, you or Morrigan will have to be the main healer so keep that in mind.

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Leliana (the bard) can do rogue stuff. You just have to invest in those skills. Morrigan can nuke, yes.

You will have to get a dedicated healer at some point in the game.

I recommend playing a mage since it's best not to have a pure melee group (other than healer) otherwise boss fights will be kinda hard. Mages have some really fun abilities and spell combos which you will definiately enjoy. If you're going to play mage, you or Morrigan will have to be the main healer so keep that in mind.

lil_zelda_dude

He said he's taking Allistair, Morrigan and Leliana...no room for Wynne.

No spoilers, please! From what I've gathered from videos, you get 3 companions, and I thought I'd take along Alaistair, Morrogan and that bard girl. Would this be okay? I'm not familiar with the system; i'm sort of making guesses based on DnD. Can Morrigan nuke, for instance? And can the bard do rogueish stuff?

Anyway, back to the main question. What character would be a good main dude? As I understand it, there are no clerics in this game. Otherwise I'd have one of those.

Mr_Versipellis

DA:O's cIass system is way more simple than that of Dnd. There are three base cIasses: rogue, warrior, mage; there are specilaizations (similar to the elite cIass in dnd) for each. specilization only means 4 talents (abilities/perks) to add to the vanilla when leveling up; now, bard is just a specilization for rogue.

personally I'd recommend mage, the most powerful cIass (yet you need to be careful picking spells otherwise, early on it'll be quite tough).

also, rogue is a fun cIass to play, and ranger is a good specilization: the game is deplete of summoning spells, and ranger talents enable you to summon animal companions.

finally, if you're a dnd veteran, start with hard difficulty (similar to the hardcore rule set in BG) and above.

So can i develop Morrigan as I want?Mr_Versipellis

spirit healer is only a specialization for mage and so yes you can make a healer out of Morrigan. one thing though, for the first playthrough, you need to find ways to unlock specializations: through manuals, party and non-party member NPCs.

Wynne's advantage is that she starts with 2 spirit healer talents already; moreover, she will get a very powerful plot talent as the game proceeds.

[QUOTE="Mr_Versipellis"] So can i develop Morrigan as I want?teardropmina

spirit healer is only a specialization for mage and so yes you can make a healer out of Morrigan. one thing though, for the first playthrough, you need to find ways to unlock specializations: through manuals, party and non-party member NPCs.

Wynne's advantage is that she starts with 2 spirit healer talents already; moreover, she will get a very powerful plot talent as the game proceeds.

the talent system is really simple, each base cIass has its unique talents; however, besides their own talents, rogue and warrior share the same weapon/fight style talents, since both rely on weapons to fight. mage, however, is complete unique.

Wynne simply gets a plot talent (related to her story) that's only she has.

don't need to make any decision before you actually start the game though, in this game, you'll have your own pocket planet at camp, and so you can experiement party configuration as you wish.

the talent system is really simple, each base cIass has its unique talents; however, besides their own talents, rogue and warrior share the same weapon/fight style talents, since both rely on weapons to fight. mage, however, is complete unique.

Wynne simply gets a plot talent (related to her story) that's only she has.

don't need to make any decision before you actually start the game though, in this game, you'll have your own pocket planet at camp, and so you can experiement party configuration as you wish.

teardropmina

Oh! I thought it was like Baldur's Gate! SO it's liek NWN2, then?Mr_Versipellis

if you're talking about NPC location, yeah, DA:O's camp is a lot like NWN2's Sunken Flagon, only it's easier to access! anytime you can move on the world map, you can go to your camp.

actually, in non-dungeon areas, you can replace party NPCs at will...like I say, you have a personal pocket planet in this game.

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teardropmina

if you're talking about NPC location, yeah, DA:O's camp is a lot like NWN2's Sunken Flagon, only it's easier to access! anytime you can move on the world map, you can go to your camp.

actually, in non-dungeon areas, you can replace party NPCs at will...like I say, you have a personal pocket planet in this game.

Strange, judging by the thread title I thought you were going to tell us which class to play.

duelweild rogue dominates in dps

also if you are going as a rogue, then you dont really need leliana unless you really want her barb buffs and she can be a ranger (a good supporter).. but imo leliana would be just a wasted fill, id replace her with sten/oghren (for extra damage) or wynne (for buffs and heals). So you can either go offensive or defensive on this one.

Rogue

Does the rogue have skills that NPC's can't use, like Bluff, Intimidate and Persuade?