Enter the alliance with the templars and let them keep their independence this choice earns you blackwall s cassandra s vivienne s and the iron bull s favor.
Dragon age inquisition siding with templars or mages.
This means that you will not be able to ally yourself with the templars and as a result you will not be able to complete the champions of the just quest.
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 level 2.
Just in the first area alone i encounter.
Disband the chantry of templars and include their soldiers into the inquisition this choice earns you sera s and solas s favor.
Siding with mages will get you dorian first and cole later.
Also siding with the templars will force you to kill anders sooner or later.
If you go with templars for instance you will chance upon cole first before meeting and recruiting dorian at skyhold.
In origins it was more minor.
Inquisition templar gameplay.
If you side with the mages you lose ser barris who is one of the best templars in dragon age.
If you side with the mages the templars will let you leave kirkwall in peace.
But in dragon age inquisition go out of its way to show how screwed up the templars have become.
Siding with the mages leads you on a quest that involves meeting dorian one of the companion units and a plot that uses magic with time travel.
Killing a farmer because a shovel looks like a staff and keeping his wedding ring because it might be magical.
In the 2nd game the decision was everywhere and everything exploded to the mage rebellion.
Note taking further steps in this quest means taking up the attempts to obtain the support of the rebel mages apostates.
The ones against this decision are sera and solas.
It s one of the best segments of the game and you can completely miss it by choosing to side with the templars.
Siding with the templars will allow to recruit cole first then recruit dorian at skyhold.
Templars killing people for being suspected not even proven to supply mages instead of them.
Regardless of whom you side with you have to kill both orsino and meredith.
The difference is that if you side with the templars they crown you the viscount after the final battle with meredith.
Templars versus mages is a major decision thrown on the player throughout the series.
Story wise if you side with the templars you lose fiona who is a character with a lot of history.
The side you choose affects more than your style and your base.
The templars aren t bad the quest around them is okay but it s not great.