I've always worked on the assumption that The Chantry is lying about how important Lyrium is for Templars, because they can use the addiction to control them.
Yeah, yeah he is. And it is not going to end well for those cultists.
I generally go with 'you need to take lyrium while learning it, and regular lyrium use helps boost the power, but once you've learned it well enough you can make it work without it'.
Maybe he could reflexively use Cleanse during a skirmish with a hostile mage, and then he could be confused when it works, then have Gale do his thing?
Considering he just deliberately used some of it on Shadowheart's hand, he can hardly be surprised that it works.
He stopped an old ache from some old spell injury due to what is probably magic contamination, a minor working that could be explained away by some residual lyrium in his system. Outright no selling a full power spell in the middle of combat is another thing entirelyConsidering he just deliberately used some of it on Shadowheart's hand, he can hardly be surprised that it works.
And Hawke just became the one the enemies need to watch out for the most in the group. Spirit damage and the ability to silence and cleanse magic is something that makes most fantasy enemies with any kind of reliance on magic panic. Hawke gunning straight for your mage and other squishies is going to be very difficult to prevent.
Smiting while in The House of Hope, and Autochthon shows up.
Neat, wonder if Gale could help figure things out? I don't know much about BG3, but he is a genius and ambitious wizard, right? Feels like I haven't read/seen much of him. I'm honestly surprised that Gale hasn't been asking questions about how and what various works of magic and magic items there are where Hawke is from.
I mean Shar is straight up horrible. There is a reason her faith is banned in so many places honestly. And anyone who has any knowledge on Shar is going to be rather suspicious of Shadowheart's claims because frankly, Shar isn't like that. She's more like an abuser.
In this case, Shadowheart is the Guy who "we" (the player in BG3, Hawke in this fic) have to un-Bad.
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Her dancer avatar/aspect reminds me of Elistraee.
Yeah, he's going to have Subscriptions from what I'm seeing.
No, no it isn't.
When you consider Gale's age and relative lack of experience when Mystra sexed him up, you could make a good case that she was child grooming.
It's a retcon that makes the Orlesian Chantry less corrupt, so I disagree with it.
Tav is the normal one because he doesn't have a detailed background.
I just realized something after rereading this. Hawke doesn't need to wielding a weapon to use most, maybe any Templar techniques, does he? None of the techniques require him to be holding a weapon or shield.
Honestly, much as I love the man, way I see it, Gale and Mystra's relationship ending like it did is on him. Man was literally raw-dogging a goddess, and that wasn't enough for him.