The Veilguard Fan Turns Rogue Ability Into Functioning Gun

You know what Dragon Age: The Veilguard was really missing? Guns. Huge, old-timey guns, perfect for shooting bald, manipulative elves with.

Technically, you can use a gun with the Rogue’s Saboteur specialisation, but it’s an ability, not a weapon. Modder Gabett, however, took that ability’s model and turned it into a weapon, one that you can equip like you would a bow and arrow. There’s the standard variant with the Lords of Fortune-themed squid adornments, and another version that’s stripped bare.

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Simply titled “Rook has a gun”, this mod replaces the Thalsian’s Beacon staff you get after all companions become a Hero of the Veilguard. Because nothing says mage quite like a giant, ungainly firearm.

Gun Mods Are Surprisingly Rare For Dragon Age

This appears to be the first gun mod for The Veilguard, but digging back into the series’ history, the only other gun mod I could find was the “Gunslinger Bow” for Inquisition, which replaces one of the bow models with a bolt gun. There’s a thread on Origins’s Nexus page suggesting a gun mod, but nothing on the site indicates that it went anywhere. Gun mods, often a staple for fantasy RPGs, are surprisingly rare for Dragon Age.

There was a Reddit thread posted by u/SanguisLunam debating whether guns would fit in the world of Dragon Age, with some arguing that old school, 1500s-style firearms wouldn’t feel too out of place (as we see in The Veilguard). And one fan pointed out in the comments that Iron Bull very nearly had a canon for an arm, which isn’t too far off. But it looks like, for the most part, devs and fans agree that Dragon Age should stick with fantasy weapons.

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Released

October 31, 2024

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M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence