Dragon Age: Origins/Tropes F to K: Difference between revisions

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Gameplay-wise. {{spoiler|Jowan is one of only two [[Guest Star Party Member|Guest Star Party Members]] (in the PC version) with a colored background in his potrait}}. {{spoiler|He was initially intended to be a permanent party member.}} Although the plan {{spoiler|to make him a party member was scrapped, he still played a pretty important role in the plot, so...}}

** {{spoiler|Play the Human Noble origin a second time, then try not to cringe when Fergus assures Oren that he'll bring a nice sword home.}}

{{spoiler|Now, imagine how he feels when he learns of the attack on Highever, and realise that those were some of the ''last words he ever spoke to his boy...''}} }}

** Oghren can give you one if you cause him to leave the party through negative relationship: {{spoiler|"I hope you succeed [in killing the archdemon], Warden, but I hope it kills you!" Which it can, even if you do.}}

** In the Mage's Origin story, it's possible to stumble upon a Statue of a Tevinter Mage who was [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] for prophecising the fall of Archon Valerius. She does surprisingly little... until she reappears in ''Witch Hunt'' with crucial information about {{spoiler|the Eluvian}}.

** Eleni Zinovia's prophecy in ''Witch Hunt'' makes very little sense at the time, until you realises she's referring to the events of ''Legacy'' where {{spoiler|Corypheus, an Ancient Tevinter Magister turned Darkspawn, is accidentally released from his millennia-long-incarceration in a Grey Warden Prison; performing a [[Body Surf]] to a nearby Warden before Hawke delivered the killing blow and then leaving in his new host with ''no-one the wiser''}}.

* [[Forest Ranger]]: Subverted; not quite a [[Friend to All Living Things]]. Rangers are specialized Rogues described to "exploit every advantage of their environment". In this case, summoning battle beasties, making them more of a Minion Master.

* [[For Want of a Nail]]: The existence of a few other Origin player characters are alluded to in game (or in some of the DLC's), suggesting that you're the main character only because Duncan was in the right place at the right time. And then there's the DLC quest Darkspawn Chronicles, where it shows to some extent what would have happened if the Grey Warden candidate from any of the origins never survived the Joining ritual.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Invoked by Oghren in ''Awakening''.

* [[Friendly Fireproof]]: With regard to spells that affect an area. On Easy, this trope is in operation. On the other difficulties, it isn't, although Normal dials down the damage inflicted.

** It's the nature of all fire spells in particular to avert this. Avernus combines his aversion with [[Stop Helping Me!]], as his assistance is highly likely to wipe out all your melee fighters.

** In-game, of course, Oghren definitely believes the former. He remarks that he'd wish he'd known Branka preferred girls to him - just before stating he has [[A Date with Rosie Palms]].

** A Female Warden romancing Alistair ''and '' Leliana will eventually have him force them to choose, though not before he drops this gem;

* [[Give Me Your Inventory Item]]: Lots of these, actually. One sidequest for the Blackstone Irregulars is just the player giving them 20 health potions. The Mages Collective wants 10 Deep Mushrooms, 10 Lyrium potions. The Chantry wants 5-10 Corpse Galls, and the Interested Parties want Toxin Extracts and pieces of Garnet. Lothering villagers want potions, poisons, traps...

* [[Gladiator Subquest]]: The Provings.

* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: The only thing keeping two-handed weapons and ogres from being a joke is that their attacks always hit if the target is within the hitbox when the attack animation starts. It doesn't matter if you're on the other side of the map - an attack that would hit you when the animation starts ''will'' hit you unless the user is stunned, knocked down or frozen.

* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Justified. The Darkspawn rushing at the fortifications at Ostagar is somewhat plausible since they are mostly mindless beasts and have [[We Have Reserves|virtually unlimited troops]]. However, the Ferelden soldiers break their ranks and charge out of their defensive positions before the Darkspawn have come even close. Even if Loghain had charged the Darkspawn horde from the side, it wouldn't have helped the King and Duncan in any way, as they were already getting swamped by darkspawn at the other side of the battlefield. The justification? King Cailan is an [[Idiot Hero]] who was deadset on winning the battle in an epic, storybook-style fashion. Also, the main strategist, Loghain, {{spoiler|was a traitor trying to get King Cailan killed}}.

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: Bioware probably ''intended'' the (optional) fight with Ser Cauthrien in the Arl of Denerim's estate to be this, though they also doubtlessly realized that they had to provide a possibility for someone to beat Cauthrien or else it would feel like a cop-out if she suddenly turned invincible and wiped the party at 1 hp. You have the option to surrender without fighting, and if you fight and get killed (very likely) you're "captured" instead of getting a game-over. Cauthrien ''is'' beatable; just very, very hard. Possibly the hardest boss of the game, level to level. ''Definitely'' the hardest if you don't draw her out of the room with all her lackeys (the two warriors will follow you as well, but the horde of archers and the mage will stay put). Even then, she can still kill even a tank with only one or two hits. Inexplicably becomes a [[Degraded Boss]] when you meet her again at the Landsmeet if you took the "go to prison route".

* [[The Horde]]: The darkspawn. They especially like to leave people completely burned, hanging on display, or stuck in the ground with a large object lodged in the body.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: None of the love interests care what race the player is. {{spoiler|Anora does, and Alistair cuts off a non-noble PC if he gets the throne unless you pass a difficult skill check, and even if you do, you don't marry him, you just become his bit on the side, and ''then'' you'll have to have made him a bit more selfish through dialogue options in the game... but at least with him it's mainly politics.}}

* [[Ironic Nursery Rhyme]]: Hespith's poem, and the little boy in Haven:

''Come, come, bonny Lynne; tell us, tell us where you've been'' }}

 

''Come, come, bonny Lynne; we've a bed to put you in'' }}

 

''Dear, Dear bonny Lynne sleeps the peaceful crib within...'' }}

** There's also a couple of which can be overheard in the Alienage orphanage.

 

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