Trust me, it's very easy to make them look stupid! I was surprised with my result. They definitely don't have the same quality variety of options that the other races do - there's only a few complexions and hairstyles that don't look dumb. But yeah, its totally possible! I just have a feeling most Qunari are going to end up choosing the same few options in different categories (kinda like how in Inquisition you had to filter out the 50 shades of bald to make a good looking fem character, in Veilguard you have to filter out the 50 shades of 5head).

The biggest thing is choosing the right complexion - a lot of the complexions make the skin tone go right up to where the horns (as in, the actual model you can choose the shape of) start and it looks really weird. Only a few actually have the horns shade in darker towards the forehead. Definitely a strange design choice!

I'm glad you like her! Good luck finishing work. I had to wait ages for the game to download so I know the feeling.

I haven’t gotten to any point where I could talk about Qunari lore since it hasn’t come up yet. As a mage Qunari Lord of Fortune, only the Lord of Fortune part has come up. It does seem like your faction is a bigger determinant of comments than anything so far (or at least it is as a Qunari in the beginning, dunno if other races would’ve gotten something special at this point).

It’s pretty clear that Rook likely doesn’t follow the Qun based on vibes, but whether they’re Vasoth or Tal-Vasoth (spelling?) or a choice you can make hasn’t come up yet. In general Rook’s lack of Qunari culture hasn’t been a talking point so far.

I haven’t met Taash yet, so I don’t know if that’ll change things.

I am a bit annoyed at the lack of racial last names because only after starting the game did I realize my very Qunari first name sounded dumb as fuck with the last name.

I’m not quite sure what you mean by build, they’re still tall. The fact that the CC has a height slider might mean that Rook’s height as a Qunari isn’t special per se but at 80% height my Rook is still taller than humans. Body customization is pretty thorough so you can be bulky or slim.

So far as a whole the game seems very fast paced! They’re definitely cramming in a lot to try to get DA and non-DA fans to follow the story. As a fan I do feel like so far there hasn’t been room to breathe, like they’re afraid of boring new players with long winded tie backs to DAI. Totally new material is much slower by comparison. I’m hoping that balances out once everything is established!

Combat is pretty fluid but I’m still adjusting to it since I’m used to tactical. Environments are pretty and map design is better than DAI.

Fr though the physics are awesome. I didn’t choose a long/flowy hairstyle but even with the braids I love watching them move. I’m glad options for long hair that isn’t tied back is finally an option.

Wow, thanks! I appreciate the compliment.

I had my heart set on elf for so long but honestly all my attempts at human-faced characters just seemed so off (I am so sorry to my Inky who’s triumphant return is not going to live up to her legacy - my rendition of her looks like she got plastic surgery…), I’m pretty happy with how the Qunari turned out though!

I legit put so much thought into the name. Since my character is a mage I thought about how she would’ve been Saarebas. (I’m not sure if it’ll play out well since maybe she’ll be Vashoth and blow this theory to hell) I figured she could’ve been Tal-Vashoth from a young age if she left when her powers manifested. Meraas means “nothing” and I thought that would be a cool name for her to choose for herself to take ownership of who she was, reject roles and reject the Saarebas label. It was poetic and all that. But would also make sense for taking on the nickname Rook as a true name.

And then I get in the game and I’m like “oh right her last name is Laidir”. The random 2 dialects in her name bugs the shit out of me.

At least it’s not as bad as that meme of the guy who named his Inky Adaar Adaar.

But yeah, gamebros definitely exaggerated the issue. Qunari aren’t as badass as they were in DA2 but DAI started the trend of making them more human already 10 years ago. They haven’t been as tough looking for a long time now. Since the CC is super customizable it’s possible to have a skinny short 5head Qunari but nothing is making you do that.