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.

* [[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.