I was going to jokingly say Alistair, but I had forgotten about Sandal. I'm not entirely convinced he's a running gag, but the way he keeps showing up does make me wonder. That said, there's lore as to what might have caused his rather obvious impairment and he does sort of become a mage in DA2. Sort of.Higgs303 said:Enchantment! A rather tasteless gag by Bioware when viewed under a certain light.
I feel like this is why I was super disappointed he and Bodhan didn't show up in Inquisition. I really want to know more about Sandal's origins and how he came to be a magical savant since dwarves aren't in theory supposed to be able to be mages or have magic. I love that usually near the end of both games you find him in a room full of felled enemies and how capable he truly is.Ironman126 said:I was going to jokingly say Alistair, but I had forgotten about Sandal. I'm not entirely convinced he's a running gag, but the way he keeps showing up does make me wonder. That said, there's lore as to what might have caused his rather obvious impairment and he does sort of become a mage in DA2. Sort of.Higgs303 said:Enchantment! A rather tasteless gag by Bioware when viewed under a certain light.
He does that in DA:O as well? I've played that game like... several times and I've never seen him anywhere except in the camp (and on the road when you first meet).kissthebottle said:I feel like this is why I was super disappointed he and Bodhan didn't show up in Inquisition. I really want to know more about Sandal's origins and how he came to be a magical savant since dwarves aren't in theory supposed to be able to be mages or have magic. I love that usually near the end of both games you find him in a room full of felled enemies and how capable he truly is.
Yeah, at the very end of the game inside Fort Drakon. Like right before you go out to battle the Archdemon, you have one last chance to buy/sell things to Sandal:Ironman126 said:He does that in DA:O as well? I've played that game like... several times and I've never seen him anywhere except in the camp (and on the road when you first meet).kissthebottle said:I feel like this is why I was super disappointed he and Bodhan didn't show up in Inquisition. I really want to know more about Sandal's origins and how he came to be a magical savant since dwarves aren't in theory supposed to be able to be mages or have magic. I love that usually near the end of both games you find him in a room full of felled enemies and how capable he truly is.
I think it was more of a joke about the effects of her being in cryostasis for an extended period of time. I remember the explanation about her not talking was that she didn't want to give GLADoS the satisfaction of hearing her complain.TheMigrantSoldier said:Isn't it hinted that Chell is mentally challenged by the time of Portal 2? I mean jump and speak are not too related as functions.
Unless I read it wrong.
On that note God/Dog. Even if you don't want to count multiple personality's. Dog is played very sympathetically. He just doesn't understand that God is there to help him.ObserverStatus said:I suppose you could call Christine Royce from Fallout: New Vegas mentally challenged. She did have a brain injury which prevented her from reading and writing.
Makes sense. Did the explanation come from Valve?Virtual Boy said:I think it was more of a joke about the effects of her being in cryostasis for an extended period of time. I remember the explanation about her not talking was that she didn't want to give GLADoS the satisfaction of hearing her complain.TheMigrantSoldier said:Isn't it hinted that Chell is mentally challenged by the time of Portal 2? I mean jump and speak are not too related as functions.
Unless I read it wrong.
Sandal is probably the closest you'll get to an autistic savant in fantasy games. The most common type of autistic savant is a calandrical savant, also known as "human calendars", they can calculate days, weeks and months with extreme speed and precision because their minds aren't as stuck in a base 10 number system as most people. There's other types, savants can display incredible musical, mathematical, artistic and spatial skill. Sandal just happens to display extreme enchanting skill.Zhukov said:Well, in the old Fallout games you could...
Oh.
God damnit.
The only other example that comes to mind is Sandal from the Dragon Age games. ("Enchantment!") Honestly though, I always found him a bit painful. If he was intended to be funny then, well... I certainly didn't get the joke. Likewise if he was meant to be endearing.