allthisshitisweird | Party Banter Meme

In the Dragon Age games, as you travel Thedas with your best pals, they have a lot of short conversations about politics, the weather, butts, etc. So this is the Fade Rift equivalent, in four easy steps!

1. Imagine your characters are on a very long walk toward a mission objective, or on a very long walk back after kicking ass, or standing guard together, or gathering herbs, or working in the library late at night, or something. Anything sort of boring that might make people want to have a dumb conversation just to break things up a bit.

OPTIONAL ASSISTANT: Since so many people reported being out of it, we made a random generator to help you come up with some general banter prompts for your top-levels.

2. Post a few remarks your character might say (similar to TFLN, except spoken out loud and less ridiculous and sexy, maybe. maybe not. we don’t know your life) while passing the time.

3. Tag around to reply to those general remarks or to start new/wildcard conversations! Threads should be pretty short and involve minimal action; there’s no need to turn anything into a big production. Multiperson threads are encouraged. Series of conversations between the same two characters occurring on different days are also encouraged.

4. Gather up all of your little conversation snippets like a bouquet and keep them forever, because they’re game canon. Banter threads can't be used for Base AC, but do count towards AC Rewards points.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

If there were other options, I would take them. If I'd the time or means to ask the man on the second path to sacrifice himself willingly, I would do so. But in the absence of either, I must assume the best of him — that he would not wish five people to die when he might save them.

That's quite an assumption.

Call me an optimist. Or— [ Hm. ] less kindly, perhaps, I would simply prefer not to believe in a world where the fear of death might so often win out over one's better instincts.

Ah. How Nevarran of you.

You think it foolish?

Immensely. Fear of death is the strongest power in the world.

Is it? [ Like Byerly is trying to explain the power of the wind to a fish. ] Does it guide you so very much?

Maker, yes. I've sacrificed many, many things for the sake of my life. And would sacrifice many more.

Why?

-Not that I don't believe there are reasons, of course, but which ones trouble you?

Why? Because the purpose of life is to perpetuate itself. Because when one is faced with the prospect of one's doom, one feels an overwhelming, irresistible terror that leads to a single desire that cannot be resisted. Have you never felt that, Speaker?