Just in the first area alone i encounter.
Dragon age inquisition siding with templars or mages.
The difference is that if you side with the templars they crown you the viscount after the final battle with meredith.
The ones against this decision are sera and solas.
The templars aren t bad the quest around them is okay but it s not great.
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.
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.
Also siding with the templars will force you to kill anders sooner or later.
It s one of the best segments of the game and you can completely miss it by choosing to side with the templars.
The side you choose affects more than your style and your base.
Regardless of whom you side with you have to kill both orsino and meredith.
Disband the chantry of templars and include their soldiers into the inquisition this choice earns you sera s and solas s favor.
If you go with templars for instance you will chance upon cole first before meeting and recruiting dorian at skyhold.
Siding with the templars will allow to recruit cole first then recruit dorian at skyhold.
Siding with the mages lets you recruit dorian before cole.
In origins it was more minor.
Templars versus mages is a major decision thrown on the player throughout the series.
Inquisition templar gameplay.
Killing a farmer because a shovel looks like a staff and keeping his wedding ring because it might be magical.
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.
Inquisition on the playstation 4 a gamefaqs message board topic titled which side should i join mages or templars.
Templars killing people for being suspected not even proven to supply mages instead of them.
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.
Story wise if you side with the templars you lose fiona who is a character with a lot of history.
But in dragon age inquisition go out of its way to show how screwed up the templars have become.
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.
Note taking further steps in this quest means taking up the attempts to obtain the support of the rebel mages apostates.