Dragon Age Inquisition Siding With Mages Or Templars

The templars aren t bad the quest around them is okay but it s not great.

Dragon age inquisition siding with mages or templars. Given the attitude amongst people about mages and the respect people have for templars they give the inquisition some more credibility. Also siding with the templars will force you to kill anders sooner or later. Inquisition on the playstation 4 a gamefaqs message board topic titled insight on siding with templars or the mages possible spoilers. Whoever you do not choose becomes part of corypheus army.

Story wise if you side with the templars you lose fiona who is a character with a lot of history. If you choose mages cole showing up doesn t make sense. The ones against this decision are sera and solas. Templars killing people for being suspected not even proven to supply mages instead of them.

Siding with the templars will allow to recruit cole first then recruit dorian at skyhold. 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. Disband the chantry of templars and include their soldiers into the inquisition this choice earns you sera s and solas s favor. If you do the redcliffe missions then choose the templars you will at least meet dorian and cole.

In the 2nd game the decision was everywhere and everything exploded to the mage rebellion. 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. 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. In inquisition you are put in a place where you decide whether to have the mages or templars join the inquisition.

Templars versus mages is a major decision thrown on the player throughout the series. Kharnthebetray 5 years ago 7 templar. In origins it was more minor. Just in the first area alone i encounter.

The difference is that if you side with the templars they crown you the viscount after the final battle with meredith. If you side with the mages the templars will let you leave kirkwall in peace. Siding with mages will get you dorian first and cole later. If you side with the mages you lose ser barris who is one of the best templars in dragon age.

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. But in dragon age inquisition go out of its way to show how screwed up the templars have become.