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For talents in Dragon Age II, see Talents (Dragon Age II).

Talents are unique selectable abilities that warriors and rogues can use. Mages do not use talents and have access to spells instead. The Warden receives one free talent based on their origin, two at character generation and one talent per level, as well as two or three in total after storyline events. Both rogues and warriors receive points after the Joining Ritual and after The Landsmeet, while warriors gain a point after reviving Arl Eamon at the end of The Urn of Sacred Ashes quest (rogues instead gain a skill point). Activated talents have special animations that distinguish them from standard attacks.

Types of talents Edit

Activated Edit

The character executes a special attack or action (e.g. bashing your shield into the opponent, sending them flying).

Passive Edit

A permanent bonus, change in game mechanics, or upgrade to an existing ability (e.g. adding a chance of stun to all two-handed attacks).

Sustained Edit

While activated, the Warden character gains some bonuses or some game mechanics will change (e.g. using your shield to increase your cover vs. missiles).

Important note for power playing: activating a sustained ability will only cost mana/stamina if the mana pool is full. Knowing this allows you to use mana first, and then 'reserve' the empty bit of mana pool for sustained abilities. see tactics to take full advantage of this.

Note: It is possible to stack some sustained talents as long as there is at least 1 remaining point in the stamina pool. But if the player uses all the points or an attack drains all the stamina, then the talents are deactivated and you have to wait until they cool down before you can use them again.

Talent Threat bug Edit

See also: Talent Threat Bug Testing Info

Many talents should generate threat on hit/activation. In addition to the threat number found in talent mechanics description (multiply by 10 to get the actual threat value), any damage dealt by the talent should generate additional threat. This additional threat is based on the damage amount in relation to an enemy's maximum health. E. g., dealing 50 damage to an enemy with 100 hit points should generate 50 points of threat -- in other words, the formula is 100 * (damage/enemy health at fully healed hitpoints). However, as of patch 1.02, no activated talent, except Taunt (with or without Frightening Appearance passive bonus) and Threaten, will generate any additional threat. The root of the problem is the AI_Threat_UpdateAbilityImpact() function, that gets properly invoked for spells, but not for talents. The additional threat info is left intact in the specific talent mechanics descriptions: hopefully, the issue will be resolved in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.

Class specific talents Edit

Rogue Edit

Dirty Fighting	Combat Movement	Coup De Grace	Feign Death
Below the Belt	Deadly Strike	Lethality	Evasion
Deft Hands	Improved Tools	Mechanical Expertise	Device Mastery
Stealth	Stealthy Item Use	Combat Stealth	Master Stealth
Heartseeker	Ghost	Weak Points	Flicker

Warrior Edit

Powerful	Threaten	Bravery	Death Blow
Precise Striking	Taunt	Disengage	Perfect Striking
Second Wind	Peon's Plight	Grievous Insult	Massacre

More class specific talents can be found on their respective specialization pages.

Weapon talents Edit

Dual Weapon Edit

Dual-Weapon Training	Dual-Weapon Finesse	Dual-Weapon Expert	Dual-Weapon Mastery
Dual Striking	Riposte	Cripple	Punisher
Dual-Weapon Sweep	Flurry	Momentum	Whirlwind
Twin Strikes	Find Vitals	Low Blow	Unending Flurry

Archery Edit

Melee Archer	Aim	Defensive Fire	Master Archer
Pinning Shot	Crippling Shot	Critical Shot	Arrow of Slaying
Rapid Shot	Shattering Shot	Suppressing Fire	Scattershot
Accuracy	Arrow Time	Burst Shot	Rain of Arrows

Weapon and Shield Edit

Shield Bash	Shield Pummel	Overpower	Assault
Shield Defense	Shield Balance	Shield Wall	Shield Expertise
Shield Block	Shield Cover	Shield Tactics	Shield Mastery
Juggernaut	Carapace	Air of Insolence	Bulwark of the Ages

Two-Handed Edit

Pommel Strike	Indomitable	Stunning Blows	Critical Strike
Sunder Arms	Shattering Blows	Sunder Armor	Destroyer
Mighty Blow	Powerful Swings	Two-Handed Strength	Two-Handed Sweep
Sweeping Strike	Two-Handed Impact	Onslaught	Reaving Storm

Rogue SpecializationsEdit

Class talents accessible to specializations.

Assassin	Mark of Death	Exploit Weakness	Lacerate	Feast of the Fallen
Bard	Song of Valor	Distraction	Song of Courage	Captivating Song
Duelist	Dueling	Upset Balance	Keen Defense	Pinpoint Strike
Ranger	Summon Wolf	Summon Bear	Summon Spider	Master Ranger
Legionnaire Scout*	Mark of the Legion	Strength of Stone	Endure Hardship	Blessing of the Ancestors
Shadow*	Shadow Form	Decoy	Shadow Striking	Pandemonium

*Only available in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

Warrior SpecializationsEdit