Loved them all

But I like Ulrika the most

Ulrika was the one I brought for the Sphinx riddle

But for the ending tho, it was Nadinia that the dragon took hostage

Anyway, looking forward to meeting Eir later when I start the expansion

Just minding my own business getting roasted by a giant fire chicken and along comes this guy. I don't mind getting a pummeling but I draw the line at being used as a projectile weapon. I did take it personally

better love story than twilight

I've set 3 Ephemeral Keys as my Pawn Quest reward

If you're relying only on the keys obtained through normal progression and making forgeries at the Scrap Store once you've entered the Unmoored World, you won't have enough time to open all nine special weapon chests at the end of the Seafloor Sepulcher Lost Rite in a single playthrough.

For Arisen who haven't reached the Unmoored World yet, you can grab some keys now and make enough copies in advance；And for those already in the Unmoored World, hopefully these extra keys will help you out of a tight spot. 🥰

PSN: Nidus1858

Pawn ID: 0BLYZRRG4NDU

And my girl is just so adorable💕

She has all Pawn Badges and full Quest Knowledge, so you're more than welcome to take her along on your adventures

Sorcerer was my main vocation in the first game and it's what made me fall in love with Dragon's Dogma, but after trying to do the trickster phantom challenge on sorcerer it highlighted all the things I was getting annoyed with through all of norgan. I switched back to archer and it was done within literally 4 seconds with a corkscreww arrow>explosive. Archer with tomes+special arrows is Batman they have tool for everything.

1. The unreliable auto target for spellcasting, the first game gave you the option for free aim.

2. Interrupts because the cast animations and transition animations are too long.

3. Lack of utility dark spells the first game had, Misama, Lassitude, petrification, and necromancy. These spells gave debuffs and staggers to allowed you to solo.

4. Decanter sucks and it's our only holy spell which I kept only for blackdog. Honestly if holy spells are clearly supposed to be a mage thing, dark spells should have went to sorcerers.

My bad guys I’m still learning

When you’re hovering over a different save slot, your pawns eyes glow red in the shadowed image.

I love the enemy design, the only thing that frustrates me is the lack of interaction when I'm getting chain grabbed, like, at least let me parry it or let me mash all buttons to get out quicker >_<'

I always thought High Hagol was pretty disappointing due to how little damage it does (especially once enemies were frozen), so reading Grand Hagol gets a damage upgrade I was curious to try it out, and I was really pleasantly surprised.

Unfortunately the damage is not physical (tested it on a golem to make sure), but it's still pretty good, and outside of the obvious ice-themed enemies (direwolves, snow saurians, snowfoot, norgan giant, ice dragon) it even works well in the DLC. All the human enemies, the goblin/knacker knockoffs, ghouls gets decent damage on them and get slowed/frozen, making it very good for crowd control (especially with how large it's AOE is). It even works on lesser demons, and even hurts Maws/Abominations a decent amount, and the constant ticks help out Flare pretty well too. It's like a Maelstorm-lite that you can quick-cast and move while casting.

I was searching for an archer with battle frenzy 4 and found this pawn with a holy lv5 bow!

Satanachia, obviously. But more specifically, who was he before he became a demon? Given we know that:

• Demons are fallen Arisen
• The same person can become an Arisen in multiple worlds
• The same Arisen is not destined for the same fate in every world
• Demonic realms such as Bitterblack Isle and (presumably) Niflhel exist outside the boundaries of any specific world
• His phase 2 theme opens with a reprisal of Selection of Fate
• And most damningly, he drops the Supernal Armor, which has the item description: "Golden leather armor donned by an Arisen of yore who failed to find oblivion in the eternal cycle and so determined to destroy the world's will."

The implication seems to be that Satanachia is...

Savan, the playable Arisen from DD1's prologue who you later face as the reigning Seneschal. Or to be more specific, a Savan- one from a world where the DD1 player character never succeeded him as Seneschal. There, he became so resentful of his burden that it led him to not just neglect the office like Rothais did, but oppose it so vehemently it led him to fall from grace. The Savan we meet all but begs us to kill him and is almost joyously relieved when we do; it's not hard to imagine that desperation curdling into rancor with enough time.

If Satanachia was leading the invasion of Norgan, and Satanachia is Savan, then additionally there's the angle that Rovall failed his duty in at least one world as a direct result of us, the player, also failing to fulfill ours by getting a game over somewhere, which feels like an appropriate metanarrative for Dragon's Dogma.

Anyways I love how insane the lore on this series goes. Let me know if I overlooked something!

Ice block got hands.

Sphinx- FNMYVU98F802

Loving the DLC gave us some sphinx themed items so I no longer need to use tattoos for the necklace and key, thinking about doing a snow version eventually.

Tired of busty, harlot pawn-ladies with crazy stats always drawing you to keep one hand occupied while the other tries to dodge Satanachia?

No longer.

Meet Salem. Elvish elegance. Built like the brickiest shithouse in Vermund stat-wise. She may not dress like a sultry maiden, but I assure you, she’ll keep your attention.

Beneath that royal wardrobe is 13,725 HP, 1,802 Strength, and 1,774 Defense. She looks like she’s attending a coronation. Unfortunately, your enemies are attending a funeral.

Her qualifications:
3,510 Stamina: Plenty of energy for prolonged disagreements.
1,287 Knockdown Resistance: She’ll sit down when she’s bloody well ready.
1,249 Magick Defense: Your incantation has been received and politely disregarded.
Every pawn vocation maxed: An extensive résumé in applied violence.

Currently employed as a Fighter, with Calm inclination and Arcanist specialization. Ideal for the Arisen who wants a composed, regal traveling companion capable of making a deeply undignified mess of the opposition.

With a library of tomes in her inventory and flame imbued weapons, she’s a walking fire hazard with even more hazardous intent.

Shes earned all the badges that matter and she has a penchant for ass-kickery.

Seriously, pair her with an attentive mage and she’ll flatten your enemies into a hideously undignified pile of rancorous goo.

Hire Salem and let someone else be the damsel in distress.

How this game doesn't get the roses it deserves baffles me. The pros far outweigh any con. It is greater than the sum of its parts. It's an experience that can't be felt unless you're the one holding the controller. My GOTY 2 years too late.

The photo is used as an example of how i see them not wanting to jump off of a cliff, knowing damn well they won't take damage. Or won't follow when I need them to.

Because I remember playing the game at launch, did they follow me perfectly that I didn't need to command them to stay by me. They would jump off high cliffs and survive to help, or jump off cliffs as a means of a shortcut to a quests' destination.

Now they just stand there like fucking toddlers who ate glue, deciding whether to risk jumping off a small ledge and having me die fucking miserably. Or is standing at the ass end of nowhere and refuses to acknowledge the 'to me' command. Because I didn't pay attention to it, but now it's just pissing me off every single time.