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Originally Posted by Kyero Fox
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Loved that particular plot hole.
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Originally Posted by synaesthetic
This is true in DA2, but DA2 breaks Dragon Age canon making blood magic "easy." Blood magic is not easy. DA2 had a major Wallbanger where it seemed anyone could use blood magic simply by cutting their wrist and letting themselves bleed.
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Blood magic is very easy to learn. Remember the mage origin in Origins? Even some random twat could learn it just because it looked interesting. Under the watchful eye of the circle no less.
The problem is not the ease of learning, since all you need is access to the fade which any mage can do, it's
controlling the magic that is the challenge.
I've often made the analogy to Warhammer (since, let's face it, the Fade is rather obviously inspired by the warp) and it serves again here: To be a blood mage is to fight constant temptation and whispering. The demons you claim to master will always seek ways to manipulate and use you. Learning blood magic is taking a step on the road to damnation which is very hard to get off. Merill is a prime example, she thought she had everything under control but she was the demon's puppet from the very get-go.