The Veilguard Fan Fixes Issue With Elven Rooks

Summary

  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard uses factions instead of backgrounds, making race less significant in character creation.
  • However, the game doesn’t tell you that there’s only one faction that lets you play as a Dalish elf.
  • This mod adds in references to being a Dalish elf regardless of which faction you picked.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s character creator works a little differently than in previous games. In Dragon Age: Origins and Inquisition, the race you selected determines your backstory, setting out your place in the world and perhaps giving you a different motivation in the story.

The Veilguard, however, opted for factions instead of backgrounds. None of the factions are restricted by race either, so it often feels that the fact that you’re a Grey Warden is more important than you being an elf, or whatever combination you picked. Frustratingly, this often means that we don’t know key facts about our character – like whether or not an elven Rook is Dalish – until dialogue confirms otherwise.

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I Am Begging Dragon Age: The Veilguard To Let Me Roleplay

I keep trying to roleplay in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but my Rook feels the same as everyone else’s.

That’s where this mod comes in. Dalish Elf Rook – Dialogue Edits by Nexus Mods user flowersforthemachines lets elven Rooks of all backgrounds make it clear that they are Dalish through dialogue options. Usually, dialogue like this is restricted to elven Veil Jumpers, so this mod makes the lines appear regardless of what your Rook’s job is.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Mod Lets You Actually Be A Dalish Elf

That vallaslin isn’t just for show

The character creator screen in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, showing a Veil Jumper elf

“When I first played DAVG, I was kind of disappointed my Rook couldn’t be Dalish. Turns out, you can be Dalish – but only if you are a Veil Jumper! Which the game doesn’t tell you about at all,” says the mod author.

Right now, the mod adds in five lines of dialogue that were previously locked behind the Veil Jumper background – even though there’s no reason a Dalish elf couldn’t be from most of the other factions. A future update will also add references to the party banter, so you get the full Dalish experience without having to be a Veil Jumper.

If you’re looking for other mods that give you more freedom as you play, there are a few to be found. Recently, we covered the mod that lets you romance Lucanis regardless of the early-game decision you made concerning the fate of Treviso. Another mod adds some reactivity to decisions you made in Inquisition.

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Released

October 31, 2024

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence

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