Dragon Age 4 - now The Veilguard

[Paul Farquhar]

Pathfinder WotR has body tattoos even though they are almost always covered by clothes and armour.

 

[Vael]

As a gripe, I just cannot believe that after having people call us Warden, Hawke, Herald, Inquisitor... now they will say Rook. That's not a title, that just sounds like the rookie of the team, or an illiterate orc.

It's supposedly a nickname that we have, as our background/lineage choices will define our last name and then we can have characters we are ... getting close to can use a name instead of a title.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

It's supposedly a nickname that we have, as our background/lineage choices will define our last name

Yes, but 'Rook is a nickname that everyone will refer to you as'. Your last name will likely be like in Inquisition, reserved to a few specific 'Lord/Lady Adaar' bits. Rook is not even a title like Warden, so it doesn't make sense for everyone to call you that, but here we are.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

As a gripe, I just cannot believe that after having people call us Warden, Hawke, Herald, Inquisitor... now they will say Rook. That's not a title, that just sounds like the rookie of the team, or an illiterate orc.

That's awful gripe lol.

That's not a normal reaction. 95% of people will think of the chess piece or the bird. That you think of "an illiterate orc" (?!?!) or a weird-ass modern-day cop-show slang is absolutely "a you problem".

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

That's awful gripe lol.

So is finding the THE in Veilguard infuriating.

Dragon Age: The Origins
Dragon Age: The 2
Dragon Age: The Inquisition
Dragon Age: The Inquisition The Trespasser

 

[Ruin Explorer]

So is finding the THE in Veilguard infuriating.

Dragon Age: The Origins
Dragon Age: The 2
Dragon Age: The Inquisition
Dragon Age: The Inquisition The Trespasser

Hahaha fair enough. I'm okay with or without a The. But yes for consistency it should have just been Veilguard.

It's not Call of Duty IIII levels of annoying though! Now that's truly ghastly.

The only thing more ghastly was people who knew literally nothing about Latin numerals 10 minutes earlier finding out the factoid that Romans occasionally used IIII instead of IV (they also frequently spelled inconsistently and did bad grammar, because they're humans!) then loudly and ignorantly insisting that it's thus "fine". No. Either use Roman numerals or don't! Just because Decimus in 200 BC couldn't write proper doesn't mean you get to copy him! If he jumped off an aqueduct, would you? To be totally fair the Romans very occasionally used it when they weren't using spaces to avoid confusion where IV would have looked like part of a word, but that that excuse also doesn't apply!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Dragon Age The Definite Article

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

Article on the character creator (alas, no video or pictures, this is not a deep dive in any sense):
A Deep Dive Into Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Expansive Character Creator

'the team is aware of countless restarting stories like that with Inquisition and its green-hued character creator'
'can adjust shoulder width and glute size'
'you can have long hair'

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

I'm continuing playing through Inquisition with my completely bald main character because it's funny how its hair can be worse than that of DA:O.

 

[Synthil]

Rook is not even a title like Warden, so it doesn't make sense for everyone to call you that, but here we are.

I may be completely wrong but I get the impression that the Veilguard is a rather small, intimate organization. Unlike the Inquisition. It might just be you and your companions with a handful of helpers and informants? A nickname would fit that kind of dynamic better than a formal title and a single last name like Hawke would clash with the different races and backgrounds you can choose.