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I used to play sports, but then I took an arrow in my interest zone and started playing video games instead. The upside is that kicking people's asses takes so much less sweating when done virtually. The downside, however, is that last week when I actually had to run few hundred metres to catch the bus I was panting half an hour afterwards and felt like I was going to die.

So yeah, as an incredibly crappy runner I can't help being partly envious and partly amused by the fact that everyone in video games seem to be able to run indefinitely no matter what the conditions are. There they sprint in their full battle gear, day and night, up the mountainside from one battle to another - they're never out of breath, never break a sweat or show signs of tiring. Not a word of complaint about aching calves, weight of their huge inventories or the sores those Heavy Iron Boots Of Strength +3 must be causing... I want super stamina too!

So many RPG characters seem to be unnaturally skilled in long distance running so I decided to choose more than one game as examples. Oh and those of you who wonder... I use Sacred Ashes mod (this one dragonage.nexusmods.com/downlo… to be specific) for my Leliana, hence slightly different looks. I also have Phoenix Armor for my Warden - DAO is a modding paradise...

Izalie Rowan, Molly Shepard, Ellara Cousland and Skaila Skaran © me
Casavir, Sand and Neeshka © Obsidian and Atari
Liara T'Soni, Garrus Vakarian, Alistair, Wynne and Leliana © Bioware
Lydia and Vigilance © Bethesda

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Description
I used to play sports, but then I took an arrow in my interest zone and started playing video games instead. The upside is that kicking people's asses takes so much less sweating when done virtually. The downside, however, is that last week when I actually had to run few hundred metres to catch the bus I was panting half an hour afterwards and felt like I was going to die.

So yeah, as an incredibly crappy runner I can't help being partly envious and partly amused by the fact that everyone in video games seem to be able to run indefinitely no matter what the conditions are. There they sprint in their full battle gear, day and night, up the mountainside from one battle to another - they're never out of breath, never break a sweat or show signs of tiring. Not a word of complaint about aching calves, weight of their huge inventories or the sores those Heavy Iron Boots Of Strength +3 must be causing... I want super stamina too!

So many RPG characters seem to be unnaturally skilled in long distance running so I decided to choose more than one game as examples. Oh and those of you who wonder... I use Sacred Ashes mod (this one dragonage.nexusmods.com/downlo… to be specific) for my Leliana, hence slightly different looks. I also have Phoenix Armor for my Warden - DAO is a modding paradise...

Izalie Rowan, Molly Shepard, Ellara Cousland and Skaila Skaran © me
Casavir, Sand and Neeshka © Obsidian and Atari
Liara T'Soni, Garrus Vakarian, Alistair, Wynne and Leliana © Bioware
Lydia and Vigilance © Bethesda

For more "Why Video Games Are Better Than Reality" comics take a look at here !