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TheodoreMynthe's avatar
TheodoreMynthe
Seasoned Novice
19 days ago

Varric's shaving mirror inaccessible

Myself, and a number of other players have missed the chance to set gender/scar options - either being too eager to get back to the plot line, or because of believing the mirror can be accessed later. Which it cannot. 

I got twenty-seven hours of gameplay in before a cutscene prompted me to refer to non-binary/trans options, and, not seeing the trans option, I went back to the Lighthouse. All I can do with the mirror is place it on various spots, but it isn't interactable. 

Is this supposed to be this way?.. Seems like an oversight, or a bug.

I loaded my Prologue save. There goes all my progress. 

  • visigothsniper's avatar
    visigothsniper
    Seasoned Newcomer

    Same here, I presumed the mirror was the way we'd be able to make this change later on. Considering the inclusivity for transgender characters, it seems like an oversight that players cannot change their gender/pronouns. Could we possibly get this patched?

  • willyumz's avatar
    willyumz
    Seasoned Newcomer

    I also looked at it and thought it would be accessible any time so I set it down to keep decorating and now I am so much farther past that point I don't wanna lose all my progress but I want my rook to identify as trans :(

  • Antoniwoah's avatar
    Antoniwoah
    Seasoned Newcomer

    I'm upset about this too :( I thought you could choose everything and now I feel like I'm missing out

  • StormyOnyx's avatar
    StormyOnyx
    Seasoned Newcomer

    I wanted to do gender and scar options, but it looks like once you put the mirror down you can never interact with it again. Seems like a huge oversight. Hope they patch it.

  • Zeitei58's avatar
    Zeitei58
    Seasoned Newcomer

    I would love for this to changed so that we can access it later as well.

  • CorlainValez's avatar
    CorlainValez
    Seasoned Traveler

    You can change how your Rook looks by using the Mirror of Transformation in the room where Varric is recovering, the room where Rook woke up after stopping Solas in the beginning of the game when you arrive at the Lighthouse for the first time. The Mirror of Transformation is in the corner of the room. Varric's shaving mirror is just a decorative item in the meditation room and is not used for changing how your character looks.

    • TheodoreMynthe's avatar
      TheodoreMynthe
      Seasoned Novice

      The appearance of Rook and the trans identity flag used in conversations are two separate things. 

  • DorianPavus's avatar
    DorianPavus
    Rising Newcomer

    Same here. I misunderstood the somewhat confusing explanation of how choosing something would end the conversation, and completely missed the chance to make my trans Rook actually be recognised by the game as trans. In my mind, it was gonna be a big part of their character journey so I'm gutted. I only just found out what I missed now I'm 20+ hours in so I don't wanna continue but also don't want to reload. Begging the devs to fix this tbh