I downloaded the Ser Gilmore npc mod and while the va is jarring it's still perfect for the fact it's a gat damn MOD. like my lord. anywho i need a nice outfit for morrigan
Even though I've never been asked to post this, I have spent months working on complete lists of all the mods I run for my DA metaverse (and corresponding games). All mods are linked in preferred order to work, with required mods clearly marked. Hope y'all enjoy and find use of this! Actual list is below the line.
These first few mods are general mods I highly recommend running any new game of Origins with, as it will save your butt:
The CharGenMorph Complier in particular is a life-saver, working for both DAO and DA2. It effectively removes the hunting-and-pecking of editing character creation features in Origins and 2 and automates it into a simple application! CharGenMorph is also required to run many hairstyle and physical changes for both DAO and DA2, which will be clearly marked below.
Required:
Large Address Aware Fix
CharGenMorph Complier
General:
AddItem_Script
Angel_Console_Fix_Fonts
Awakening Materials in DAO
Upgrade_Items
Overhauls:
Grey Wardens of Ferelden - DAZIP
GWOF Scripts
Glimmering Griffons
Improved Atmosphere - Be sure to only use ONE (recommend Of Ferelden)
Of Ferelden (Improved Atmosphere)
Dragon Age Redesigned
Dragon Age Origins Unofficial Remaster
Replacements:
ALL REPLACEMENTS MUST BE INSTALLED ON A NEW GAME!!!!
A Noble Approach (NPC Armor/Clothing Replacements for Human Noble)
RogueLass' Fashion Bazaar - REQUIRED (RL’s Fashion Bazaar - Medium Armor; Heavy Armor; Massive Armor; AND the Cousland Replacement for Bastard King armor) - DAZIP
RL's Thedas Arsenal - REQUIRED (Warrior PC, Rogue PC, Ser Gilmore) - DAZIP
RL's Witcher Emporium - REQUIRED (Oriana) - DAZIP
Mages of Ferelden (Mage Robe Replacements)
Loincloth Fashion - REQUIRED - DAZIP
RogueLass' Fashion Bazaar - REQUIRED - DAZIP
Bug Fixes:
TerraEx’s Silverite Mines Fix
Dain’s Fixes
Awakening Riot Scene Persuade Fix
Goblet De-Gobbler - A Joining Chalice Fix and More
Mods to make followers/romances out of certain NPCs amuse me to no end. In a good way.
Like. The amount of love you must feel for a character to go THAT distance. Put THAT much work in. It's amazing. It's fucking wonderful.
Like the Joker romance mod for Mass Effect? Fucking spectacular.
.....that being said I'm forever surprised with the Ser Gilmor follower mode for DA:O. I barely even remembered the man as soon as the prologue ended, and someone loved him enough to create THAT. Magic is what it is.
First game you ever played: Like first first would probably Super Mario World on the SNES. Being the youngest of 3 I only really got to play when one of my other sister would get tired of it since they’d tag team it as Mario and Luigi without me.
Favorite game: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines my dude. It’s the game that actually fully got me into gaming. Especially PC gaming. As a kid I for some reason thought PC gaming was a whole new horrible world since I grew up with consoles mostly. Bloodlines helped me realize I honestly prefer PC and that there’s a whole world out there of not co-op or multiplayer games (which I was restricted to growing up due to having siblings. We weren’t really allowed many non multiplayer or co-op games since that would leave people out and such).
Game you hated at first but now love: Arkham Knight. I was part of the group that went for the PC release and decided to power through the lag and terrible frames and just overall broken hell to finish it. It was a terrible experience but I needed it. After it got all fixed way later I actually came to really enjoy it.
Game you used to love but now hate: Knights of the Old Republic. Now, hear me out it’s a good game and all but I’ve just gotten kinda bored with it. Played it too many times I guess. Plus I’m actually not that huge of a Star Wars fan so there’s not a giant draw from a fandom level for me.
Game with the best group / companion(s): Dragon Age: Origins
A game with your favorite ending: Portal 2.
A game with the worst ending: Imma agree with Magical here and say Fallout 4. Just, why?
Best character customization: That’s not a hentai game? Skyrim. Unmodded it’s already pretty good when it comes to variety but mod that shit and it’s beauty.
<< HEROES AND COMPANIONS >>
Your favorite playable character: Zero from Borderlands. He’s a babe and I honestly just love Borderlands. Plus his skills are basically when I tend to go for in games so it makes for the perfect set up for me.
The funniest playable character: My boy Timothy the Jack Doppleganger. Helps that one of his possible skills is Jack coming on to spew “inspiring” thoughts.
Your favorite companion(s):
Dragon Age - FUCKING CULLEN (he’s top tier husband material and I fucking waited patiently for Inquisition just to finally husband this bastard), Alistair
Skyrim- Cicero, Serana, Marcurio
Fallout - NICK!, MacCready, Curie (I may be biased due to name but you know she’s wife material), Dogmeat, Lily
Mass Effect - Liara, Tali
Star Wars - Carth, Atton
Companions you could live without:
Fallout - Cait, Piper, Preston, X6-88, Clover, anyone in New Vegas minus Lily (seriously maybe part of my lack of fondness from the game stems from the fact I can’t stand any of the companions)
Mass Effect - Ashley, Jack, Kaidan
Dragon Age - Fucking Solas (I hate this bastard with a fucking passion like ugh I just I cant), Shale, Oghren, Vivienne
<<RELATIONSHIPS>>
Favorite game relationship(s): Inquisitor/Cullen, Geralt/Yen, Darien Gautier/FemVestige. Yeah I know it’s not like a full on relationship but but he’s beautiful and I love him. And I mean if you count Smolder Scrolls as being cannon it works.
Favorite companion banter: Dragon Age: Origins. Just but Alistair in with Morrigan and it’s a good time. Or Alistair with literally anyone.
A relationship you loved but went bad: AGAIN DARIEN. My love. Why must we be separated. Also need I say Yuri from Doki Doki?
A relationship you weren’t sure of but loved: Honestly, when I started Mass Effect I wasn’t sure about Liara. Like I started with a thing with Kaidan but grew to dislike him and when I tried a second save I thought ok I’ll try Liara. Never looked back.
A character you wish you COULD romance: OK I’m not a furry buuuut Razum-dar. Let me romance that cat. Smolder Scrolls just made me want to romance him even more. Why do you tease me ESO.
A minor character you wish could be a companion: Ser Gilmore. He deserved better
<<FUN>>
Shoutout to a random NPC: To that random merchant just happening to walk by a dungeon in Skyrim as I finished looting it and decided to carry fucking everything out- I love you. You know how long it woulda taken me to get back to a city to fucking sell that shit? You saved my life sir.
A game you love watching playthroughs for and want to play: Right now it’s Predator Hunting Grounds
Love watching playthroughs but won’t ever play: Dead by Daylight. I used to love the game but after some toxic hell I don’t play anymore. Still fun to watch though.
Online gaming or solo?: Solo unless it’s specifically with friends. I’m not fond of MMOs or playing with strangers.
Why do you play video games?: Because it’s fun. I get to be whoever and get to explore without consequence.
Uh I don’t really know who to tag so if you wanna try it go ahead.
Restarted again, this time to spend more time with an outfit. Which is a perfectly normal thing to do.
Related Brynn Facts:
Her best friend is Ser Gilmore. Neither has any romantic interest in the other; it would be like incest to them.
She and Dairren are frequent lovers but as neither has any interest in marriage, they keep their affair secret. Fergus knows, but says nothing.
She’s an atheist but always accepts blessings when offered, and will happily say them for others.
As desperate as she is to get out there and fight Darkspawn, she doesn’t want to be a Grey Warden; she’s very much a conscript, not a recruit.
She never forgives Duncan for conscripting her instead of recruiting Ser Gilmore, and she never forgives him for (immediately) going back on his promise to save her mother (if he can take her against her will, he can take Eleanor). As far as she is concerned, he is as much responsible for their deaths as Arl Howe.
She never forgives Duncan for, as she sees it, exploiting the massacre of her family to get his first choice.
Duncan has to drag her kicking and screaming away from Highever.
By the time they reach Ostagar, she’s willing to put her feelings aside for the sake of stopping the Blight. Or perhaps she’s too numb to hate. She isn’t sure.
She is NOT impressed with Cailan.
Mods:
Unique Face Textures for Companions DAO Edition (Brynn’s face is a blend of Leliana and Morrigan, and the complexions have been shared out among several other NPCs)
sooo.... tell me about Saphira! who did she romance? who are her friends? who are her ride or dies? what's her doggo's name? who did she side with throughout the game? tell me everything ahhhh
ooh of course 😺 she’s romancing Alistair, and that has never changed the many times I’ve played her lmao. her bffs are Morrigan, Leliana (Alistair ofc) and Sten. Sten and Leliana are new friends though, I didnt used to care for them much?? but I’ve managed to pick all the good dialogue options for them on this run without trying and I cant believe how much I adore them. Surprisingly, she’s been very neutral with wynne and zevran. whereas before, saphira would flirt with zevran until asked to stop lmao, and I would imagine that she didnt take wynnes questioning too personally. (she does now and keeps her at arms length because of it.)
The doggo’s name is Popcorn and that hasn’t changed since I first created her either lol. I’ve always wondered if there was popcorn in Thedas? but I can’t imagine myself naming the pup anything else now.
I’m still not finished with her PT, but currently she has sided with the mages, and got the circle to help save connor. I’m doing the Dalish mission now because I didnt want to go for the Urn immediately and get whooped by that dragon… lol
And hmm some other stuff about her, she and ser gilmore were in love and she was considering running away with him before the attack on castle cousland. they got caught caboodling (or about to) and received several talks before she was sent to a bunch of matchmaking events & him as far away as possible at every opportunity. ser gilmore didn’t want to disrespect the couslands by continuing their thing after he returned from his “trips” for a good while, but saphira pushed it and they agreed to be a lot more careful. eleanor and bryce kind of understood their infatuation but wanted saphira to realize she couldn’t marry him. so she was a little upset with them, and deciding whether she wanted to stay with her family or abandon everything for ser gilmore. but then ofc, howe attacks and none of that matters lol.
I recently decided that while she was a decent fighter before becoming a grey warden, she’s not as good as she thinks she is and ends up getting hurt a lot in the first chunk of the game. (this is mostly because everyone beats the shit out of her in game and I play as alistair 50% of the time lmao. I can’t wait to beef her up ;~; ) fergus and eleanor made sure that her “training” was just a hobby and not too intensive. it was also to keep her away from ser gilmore since their fighting/training was what got them interested in each other in the first place 👀
other than that, I’m still adding stuff to her character as I go! its so weird noticing new stuff about origins because Im playing it again for the ___th time almost a decade later. I guess maybe Im just paying closer attention now. and I’m actually roleplaying now instead of just trying to appease all the npcs.
Extra Dog Slot- Lets you take Barkspawn alongside three other companions without taking up a slot. All the dialogue triggers work as well.
Dragon Age Redesigned- Redesigns the game to be prettier and has both an “aesthetic” and a “lore-friendly” version
Skip Fade- Lets you skip one of the most obnoxiously designed areas in Origins and still get the codex and attribute points (though I do recommend going through it at least once for the novelty).
Improved Atmosphere- It does exactly as it implies. It adds new NPC ambient routines, redoes items, etc. and everything can be installed in parts so you can decide what you want and don’t want.
Qwinn’s Ultimate DAO fixpack- fixes a majority of the bugs that plague the vanilla game.
Pineapppletree’s Vibrant Colors- Adds a lot more colors to the character creator.
More Hairstyles- Adds more attractive hairstyles to the character creator. If used with Vibrant Colors, get the compatibility mod as well.
Character Respecialization- Adds ravens to every major location and camp so you can respec your character if you find out you wanna try a different build.
No Helmets- Hides the ugly helmets from the character models.
Lock Bash- Lets you bash open chests if your character isn’t a rogue or doesn’t meet lock requirements.
CC Extra Tint and Tones- Adds more skin tones, tattoo tones, etc. and some hairstyles to the character creator.
Alley of Murders- An entire mini fan-campaign that you can do during the main quest, and it doesn’t conflict anything.
Universal Dye Kit- Lets you customize your armor and acts as a portable enchantment kit.
Ser Gilmore Companion- Fully voiced, romance paths, etc. for Ser Gilmore. He’s basically a companion with this mod.
Morrigan Restoration Patch- Restores dialogue for Morrigan, and there’s epilogue slide fixes with it.
More “niche” mods
ZevranASAP- Lets you meet Zevran earlier instead of his vanilla game recruitment time.
Courage of Zevran- Zevran specific custom armor..
Zevring- Gives Zevran’s ring actual stats based on your class and lets you obtain it when he offers it a second time.
Armor of the Black Fox- Decent Rogue armor that looks good and fairly good for RP purposes.
Dalish Mage - Origins - Lets a Dalish Origin be a mage.
Devout Armor- Leliana specific custom armor (and comes with a second more “generic” set).
Armor of the Sten- Sten specific custom armor.
Forced Deathblows- exactly what it describes.
Zevran Romance Scenes- Extends Zevran’s scenes.
TW Zevran Wedding- It only works for a Dalish player, but it ties up everything fairly neatly if you take his route.
You know, my favorite thing about the Ser Gilmore mod is that it exists. That someone saw this random npc with like, three lines, and decided to put the time and effort into creating entire dialogues, histories, a personality, and even voice acting, and then put it out into the world for anyone to enjoy. I just love that kind of creativity and appreciation for minor characters.
Still thinking about this because I love how angry he gets 😅
Like sorry babe, but Nathaniel was looking real pathetic in the cage like a sad dog at the pound so I had to let him out. Yes I know his father killed my whole family and tortured you and he just broke into the keep trying to kill me but you didn't see his eyes!! You would have let him out too!!
Ser Gilmore Companion NPC Fully Voiced Mod honestly the only complaint I have is that the voice over sounds like it was added but there’s nothing anyone can do about that lol
btw the mod includes ambient conversation with the party members so he truly is a fully voiced companion
3: Do you have multiple Grey Wardens/playthroughs or just one? I’ve completed all of the Warden’s origins+DLC (send help…)
5: Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden? She was kind of oblivious about the order. So not really.
7: What was your Warden’s first impression of Duncan? She was suspicious as why he adamantly wanted her to join the Grey Warden instead of Ser Gilmore.
11: What was your Warden’s first impression of Morrigan? Crushing really hard
13: What was your Warden’s first impression of Leliana? Thinks she’s creepy but seems genuinely kind
17: What was your Warden’s first impression of Wynne? Grandma definitely will take care of this mess. That’s what most grandma do, so she assumed.
19: What was your Warden’s first impression of Zevran? This hombre has no dignity.
23: What was your Warden’s first impression of Shale? Sassy
29: What is your Warden’s favourite color? Yellow
31: How old is your Warden? 22
37: What are your Warden’s specializations? Ranger. She likes to be surrounded with as many animals as possible
41: Your Warden’s favourite companion? Shale (And her mabari of course)
43: What is your Warden’s biggest regret? Didn’t take the Cousland’s treasured golds before leaving the castle
47: Did your Warden have a good relationship with their parents? Absolutely. But she’s more of a dad’s girl.
53: Does your Warden enjoy nature? Immensely! She spent most of her time scouting throughout Highever wilderness back in the day.
59: What did your Warden think of the Landsmeet? How did they solve it? She thinks the Landsmeet and the whole throne dispute thing are just the worst part of the fifth blight. She wanted to just stay out of it and only focus on gathering the troops to face the archdemon. Nevertheless she needs to get this over quickly so she just go saved Anora, killed Cauthrien (she had no time for jail time, the blight is coming!), supported Alistair at the Landsmeet, let Alistair killed Loghain, Alistair became king and done, pheww….
61: Your favourite NPC? Bann Teagan
67: If your Warden could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change? Prevent the massacre at the Cousland castle.