The Veilguard turns a lot of common franchise elements on its head, but the way it keeps one franchise tradition alive is quite funny.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has restored a surprising feature to the games that hasn't been seen since the very first entry in the series. The Hardened condition is a unique and permanent status applied to characters that can lead to several changes.

Throughout the endgame of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, you’ll have to make a series of choices. Some of them are no-brainers and won’t affect the overall outcome much, while others have much more dramatic consequences (i.e., death, destruction, and so on).