For Dragon Age: Inquisition on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Divine Election'. For Dragon Age: Inquisition on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Support Cassandra Operation (divine election)'.
Dragon Age: Inquisition Artist Matt Rhodes has shared a piece of artwork that appeared after the team debated the possibility of allowing players to become the next Divine, showing how a male Qunari Inquisition could attain the throne and what effect it might have had on others.
- At several points during the main quest line in Dragon Age: Inquisition, the player will come across several Decision Points.While you can choose your own responses to most of the game's.
- Unfortunately, in Dragon Age: Inquisition killing the enemy units is not that well rewarded. At the beginning of the game, for defeating a single opponent, you are rewarded with not more than 30-40 points.
Dragon Age: Inquisition delivered a sprawling experience last month when it appeared on the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One platforms. The title allows players to take control of a custom protagonist, either male or female, from four different races – Human, Elf, Dwarf, or Qunari. They then become the Inquisition, leader of the actual inquisition movement, and try to save the world.
Players were able to become the Divine
Besides already putting players in a position of power as the leader of the inquisition, BioWare also debated, at some point during the creation process, the possibility of allowing players to become the next Divine, one of the most powerful positions in the fictional land of Thedas.
There were even contingencies for player choices, according to concept artist Matt Rhodes, who confirms on his blog that players needed a certain amount of power to become the Divine, twice as much if they were male, and even more if they were a Qunari. Traditionally in the series, the Divine is a human female, so the obstacles make some sense.
Ultimately, however, the idea was scrapped as it broke the lore of the universe, not to mention some of the actual mechanics the studio wanted for the new game.
'Another one of those moments that never saw the light of day, but made for some interesting and heated discussion internally. We thought it would be interesting if you gained enough power you could name yourself Divine,' Rhodes explains.
'It would be twice as hard to do if you played as a male, and for the hardcore player it would twice as hard again to do it as a male Qunari. An effectively game and lore breaking act of heresy. Not even a little bit surprised we backed away from this one.'
Different choices can be made in the game
The concept artwork displayed above shows what impact a Qunari male as the Divine would have on two of the important characters in the game, Leliana and Cassandra.
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Spoilers: In the actual game, you can choose to support Cassandra, Leliana, or even Vivienne and help them become the next Divine, as the actual story opens with the murder of the current one.
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An anon asked me if it was possible to have Vivienne as Divine while also allying with the mages and supporting Briala for the throne, so I went through and organized the point system of the Divine election in a way that is easier to calculate your decision results.*
(This is in tangent with trying to gain approval, not lower it, as such I’ve not included points for super low approval conversations.)
*Keep in mind that this of course does not account for bugs, which unfortunately do happen in that sometimes no matter what Cassandra becomes Divine.
Vivienne Point Additions:
- Conscript the mages: +10
- Ally with the Templars: +5
- Claim you will be a servant of faith when becoming Inquisitor: +1
- Claim you will set example as a mage when becoming Inquisitor: +5
- Celene rules, Gaspard is executed: +1
- Celene rules, Gaspard is spared: +5
- Banish the Grey Wardens from Orlais: +1
- Tell Vivienne you think the Circles should be restored: +1
- Tell Vivienne you think mages should be in the Chantry: +5
- Ask Vivienne what standards she has for the Divine: +5
- Tell Vivienne she’d make a good Divine: +1
- Complete the Support Vivienne war table mission: +10 (Requires Nobility Knowledge perk to unlock)
Total available point additions: 50
Vivienne Point Subtractions:
- Ally with the mages: -10
- Disband the Templars: -5
- Claim you want vengeance when becoming Inquisitor: -5
- Claim a dwarf/elf/qunari will stand for all when becoming Inquisitor: -1
- Claim you want order when becoming Inquisitor: -1
- Celene dies, Briala rules through Gaspard: -10
- Celene dies, Gaspard rules: -1
- Force Celene, Gaspard and Briala into ‘truce:’ -5
- Ally with the Grey Wardens: -1
- Agree with Dorian about the Imperial Chantry: -1
Total available point subtractions: 40
Cassandra Point Additions:
- Conscript the mages: +1
- Ally with the Templars: +10
- Disband the Templars: +5
- Claim you will be a servant of faith when becoming Inquisitor: +5
- Claim you want order when becoming Inquisitor: +1
- Celene dies, Gaspard rules: +10
- Force Celene, Gaspard and Briala into a ‘truce:’ +1
- Banish the Grey Wardens from Orlais: +5
- Tell Cassandra she’d make a good Divine #1: +5 (after Cassandra and Giselle talk)
- Tell Cassandra she’d make a good Divine #2: +5 (after asking her if she wants to be Divine)
- Tell Vivienne you think Cassandra would make a good Divine: +1
- Complete the Support Cassandra war table mission: +10
Total available point additions: 59
Cassandra Point Subtractions:
- Ally with the mages: -5
- Claim a dwarf/elf/qunari will stand for all when becoming Inquisitor: -1
- Claim you want power when becoming Inquisitor: -1
- Celene dies, Briala rules through Gaspard: -5
- Ally with the Grey Wardens: -5
- Tell Cassandra you think the Chantry should end: -1
- Tell Cassandra to forget about the Chantry: -5
- Tell Cassandra there has to be a different option for Divine: -1
Total available point subtractions: 29
Leliana Point Additions:
- Ally with the mages: +10
- Ally with the Templars: +1
- Disband the Templars: +1
- Claim you want to do what’s right when becoming Inquisitor: +5
- Claim you want vengeance when becoming Inquisitor: +1
- Claim a dwarf/elf/qunari will stand for all when becoming Inquisitor: +1
- Claim you will set example as a mage when becoming Inquisitor: +1
- Claim you want power when becoming Inquisitor: +5
- Celene dies, Briala rules through Gaspard: +5
- Celene rules, Gaspard is spared: +1
- Ally with the Grey Wardens: +5
- Banish the Grey Wradens: +5
- Tell Cassandra you think the Chantry should end: +1
- Tell Vivienne you think Leliana would make a good Divine: +1
- Tell Giselle the Chantry has done terribly: +1
- Agree with Dorian about the Imperial Chantry: +1
- Tell Leliana the Chantry preaches hate: +1
- Ask Leliana why she thinks change matters for the Chantry: +1*
- Tell Leliana her idea of the Chantry is noble: +1*
- Tell Leliana the world needs her idea of the Chantry: +1*
- Tell Leliana you would support her as Divine: +1*
*All options in the same wheel, so only one total available
Total available point additions: 47
Liliana Point Subtractions:
- Conscript the mages: -10
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Total available point subtractions: 10