Tactics book: Alistair's condition-action slots
Dragon Age: Origins · Battle / Tactics
Art style Realistic 3D
About this game
Developer: BioWare · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Battle / Tactics
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What to study
Dragon Age: Origins turns companion AI into a readable if-then table: each numbered slot pairs a condition (Self: Being attacked by a ranged attack) with an action (Activate: Shield Cover), and empty slots sit openly as (Target): (Condition) placeholders rather than hidden menus. The book presentation matters: presets (Custom 1), a Behavior default, and Disable tactics / Save Preset controls share one spread, so building, naming, and switching a behavior set is one screen, not a settings maze. No caption burn-in on this frame; the video's lower-third name captions appear only in its interview segments. Frame at about 1:28 in the GamePlay video (Steam).
Patterns
How the screen is arranged.
panel-grid side-panel detail-panel
Components
Parts on screen.
Screen inventory
- Tactics header with Alistair name bar
- Custom 1 preset dropdown
- 4 numbered tactic rows, first: Self: Being attacked by a ranged attack
- second tactic row in red, text not legible at this resolution
- rows 3-4 as (Target): (Condition) placeholders
- Behavior Default dropdown
- Activate: Shield Cover action row with ability icon
- Disable tactics button bottom left
- Save Preset button bottom right
- party portraits along the left edge
- circular minimap top right (Lower Ruins)
- parchment book art with sketched battle diagrams
Top 3 colors
#070402 24%#cfbf87 21%#3f2e1c 15%
Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.
Source and credit
© BioWare / Electronic Arts, Dragon Age: Origins screenshot: GamePlay (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Electronic Arts.
Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page
Source details
Fetched 2026-11-01. verified 2026-11-01: frame extracted from the official GamePlay video (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; real Tactics book UI (Alistair, condition rows, Shield Cover action, preset controls) confirmed visible
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