The Best of Both Worlds

The Best of Both Worlds

Overview

The Best of Both Worlds is a quest overhaul mod that makes it possible to complete both Champions of the Just and In Hushed Whispers in the same playthrough, as well as both “nemesis” quests in Skyhold, Before the Dawn and Under Her Skin. My goal was to make this as immersive as possible, so I have it set to follow a specific path, and edited a number of conversation files and war table missions to remove unfitting references and fill in the gaps. (There are still some cutscenes and lines of dialogue that don’t match up 100% perfectly with the edited scenario, but these should be relatively few.)

With the mod installed:

• []Champions of the Just must be completed first. Redcliffe will not unlock until you’ve finished Therinfal Redoubt. This doesn't adjust the amount of Power required to complete either mission, so you may need to do a bit more side-questing than usual to unlock both, depending on your usual play style.

  []Conversations that normally take place after finishing either Champions or Whispers will not trigger until Whispers is completed. (Such as the discussion of lyrium provisions with Josephine and the dialogue Cassandra has with a mage.) Most conversation reactivity in this part of the game will ignore Champions being completed.

  []Cole will be the companion to appear at the gates during In Your Heart Shall Burn (he doesn't join you after Champions), and Samson and the Red Templars will accompany Corypheus.

  []Calpernia will be the enemy you face in the Temple of Mythal, while Samson will be brought for judgment to Skyhold.

  For a more detailed guide, see the Walkthrough section below.

  Installation and Compatibility

  The mod must be installed with Frosty Mod Manager and consists of two fbmod components: the main file, which handles all of the in-game changes, and the talktable file. The talkable file is separate for language version purposes. At the moment, English and Russian languages are available. In order to make it as compatible as possible with other mods, my talktable edits were done to a multiplayer table; as such, you will need to have the multiplayer DLC installed.

  Both the main file and a talktable file must be installed. You’re going to end up with a lot of blank war table missions and/or gibberish otherwise.

  The Best of Both Worlds is absolutely incompatible with anything that edits the JournalSystem file. As far as I know, the only mod that actually does this is sapphim’s “Always Aiding Kirkwall" from sapphim's Inquisition Mini Mods. You cannot use these two mods together, or The Best of Both Worlds will break. I’ve pro