Dragon Age Inquisition Siding With Mages Or Templars

Just in the first area alone i encounter.

Dragon age inquisition siding with mages or templars.

Killing a farmer because a shovel looks like a staff and keeping his wedding ring because it might be magical. If you side with the mages the templars will let you leave kirkwall in peace. Given the attitude amongst people about mages and the respect people have for templars they give the inquisition some more credibility. If you do the redcliffe missions then choose the templars you will at least meet dorian and cole.

Story wise if you side with the templars you lose fiona who is a character with a lot of history. To be fair closing the breach will give it credibility too even if the mages are recruited and you don t have anyone left to negotiate with before you close the breach so level 1. The difference is that if you side with the templars they crown you the viscount after the final battle with meredith. Whoever you do not choose becomes part of corypheus army.

Inquisition on the playstation 4 a gamefaqs message board topic titled insight on siding with templars or the mages possible spoilers. If you choose mages cole showing up doesn t make sense. In the 2nd game the decision was everywhere and everything exploded to the mage rebellion. Also the antagonist changes samson if you side with mages and calpernia if you side with the templars and of course the missions related to them are different level 2.

The ones against this decision are sera and solas. Kharnthebetray 5 years ago 7 templar. Siding with the mages leads you on a quest that involves meeting dorian one of the companion units and a plot that uses magic with time travel. But in dragon age inquisition go out of its way to show how screwed up the templars have become.

Also siding with the templars will force you to kill anders sooner or later. Siding with the templars will allow to recruit cole first then recruit dorian at skyhold. Enter the alliance with the templars and let them keep their independence this choice earns you blackwall s cassandra s vivienne s and the iron bull s favor. If you side with the mages you lose ser barris who is one of the best templars in dragon age.

Templars killing people for being suspected not even proven to supply mages instead of them. In inquisition you are put in a place where you decide whether to have the mages or templars join the inquisition. It s one of the best segments of the game and you can completely miss it by choosing to side with the templars. Siding with mages will get you dorian first and cole later.

In origins it was more minor. Templars versus mages is a major decision thrown on the player throughout the series.