Full Nightmare Difficulty Cleared as Non-Mage
I never compromised, I never shifted the difficulty, I never skipped any content I could find and I never avoided an unnecessary fight. I defeated Ser Cautherine on the first encounter, I traveled the roads often enough to pave a highway, and I did almost every side-quest.
The Arch-Demon was pretty easy, but that's what happens when you attack at 4x speed with 70% Fire Resistance and 75% Spirit Resistance.
[spoiler]Harrowmont's ending wasn't tragilicious at all! Just sort of stupid and tragic.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Sacrificed myself, became a paragon and saved all of the casteless, made Alistair enjoy being a good king, sent Morrigan off with full protection from Flemeth but none of my Justice Seed, and Leliana wrote the saddest song in the world for her lost love. Also somehow I allowed Shale to regain living status and earned Oghren and Sten's eternal respect.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Content Complete Across All Playthroughs: 72% what. 2/4 Romances, 2/4 Endings, 90% of the Codex entries, 64/87 Achievements in total.. have taken both routes of every major quest and even every DLC quest, gotten Traveler and Easily Side-Tracked.. does the game expect me to beat it for every origin? To get every single dialogue branch?! WHAT'S GOING AWN HEAR[/spoiler]
Next planned play-through: Female Elven Magi, Pure Evil/Rude. I thought my first guy was a bit too pragmatic and I'd like to play with Magi and Party Set-Up again. Rolling Rogue/Warrior and getting Wynne Only, Final Destination can get a bit stale.
However, I am feeling quite full on Dragon Age! So.. extended break time. At least I can do every following play-through on Easy without an ounce of shame.