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Originally Posted by Keroko
On blood magic, the risks of blood magic are far greater than just a different form of magic. It requires negotiation with spirits and demons, the later of which will constantly be trying to trick and manipulate you. It is less like a sword, and more like a caged wolf. Sure, if you sick it on your enemies it can tear their throats out, but for even the most expert of trainers there's always a chance that the wolf turns upon its master. Hell, even the extremist Anders is vehemently against the use of blood magic.
And it is there that the Templars have a good point. Equality is a nice dream, but mages can easily resort to blood magic if the buttons are pushed. Even those who claim never to have practiced blood magic have shown a tendency to resort to it rather easily when cornered.
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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.
Remember that in Origins, to learn blood magic you had to actually
go into the Fade (not a simple task at all) and learn it directly from a demon! Granted, I can see it being more prevalent in a former Tevinter territory, but still. It just seemed way too
easy in DA2.
It may also be a case of Gameplay and Story Segregation (and if it is, it really shouldn't be), but blood magic doesn't always seem to equal demons. Simply using it as an alternative power source doesn't seem to involve the possibility of corruption. Since blood magic is also the most commonly used type of magic among demons, I can see blood mages as being more susceptible to demonic possession while dreaming or lucid in the Fade, because it means the demons may have an easier "back door."
Origins makes this pretty clear--blood magic allows demon summoning, but it doesn't always
mean demon summoning. DA2 kind of goes nuts with this and makes you think any use of blood magic means you're popping shades and rage demons out left and right...