Templars versus mages is a major decision thrown on the player throughout the series.
Difference between siding with mages or templars.
It s also worth noting that if you want to try the templars path you can progress mages as far as meeting but not recruiting dorian in the chantry but you won t be locked into them until you go back and choose on the.
They ve been captives and limited for generations.
For a first run i have to recommend the mages.
Basically mages gives a more structured flow to the start of the story but templars has way more interesting repercussions.
Templars didn t abandon their post willingly they were also tricked red templars no longer have free will and are just mindless slaves templars protect the common folk from dangerous magic mages but can be corrupt just police irl mages are somewhat oppressed but are otherwise protected though some are dangerous to themselves and or others.
Whoever you do not.
In inquisition you are put in a place where you decide whether to have the mages or templars join the inquisition.
And from a role playing stance mages have been prisoners for a thousand years.
If you go with templars for instance you will chance upon cole first before meeting and recruiting dorian at skyhold.
I ve read that siding with templars allows you to get stat bonuses which is great for a min maxer like me from the fade that you won t get when siding with mages.
I dont remmeber it was all a bit list of spam approval and.
Aside from the huge story implications what are the differences between siding with mage or templar.
There s also an amulet of power for cass in the templar mission.
Gear wise uh i dont think its any different.
Inquisition on the playstation 4 a gamefaqs message board topic titled differences between siding with mages and templars page 2.
It s a better move politically the quest itself is better the war table quests about the templars are awesome ser barris is awesome and the confrontation with calpernia at the end makes more sense.
In origins it was more minor.
In the 2nd game the decision was everywhere and everything exploded to the mage rebellion.
Siding with mages will get you dorian first and cole later.
The difference in game play between the two.
You will get approval and disapproval based on your choice i sided with the mages and i romanced cassandra without any issue she s actually pretty sympathetic towards mages cassandra and vivianne like siding with the templars solas and sera i think like siding with the mages.
Siding with the templars will allow to recruit cole first then recruit dorian at skyhold.
Also the antagonist changes samson if you side with mages and calpernia if you side with the templars and of course the missions related to them are different.
