10 Video Games That Reward You For LYING
1. Identity Theft For An Awesome Sword - Dragon Age: Origins
In Dragon Age: Origins, you play as a Grey Warden who's meant to save the world from the upcoming Blight.
However, no one says you have to accomplish this noble goal through equally noble means.
Especially since lying is much more effective!
Early in the story at Ostagar, you can encounter an elven servant frantically running around the war camp. If you bother him for a moment, it turns out he has a custom sword that he has to deliver to one Ser Garlen, but he cannot find him anywhere.
This is where you can "help" the poor guy... by pretending to be the knight he's looking for.
If you have a sufficiently high persuasion skill, you can lie about being the sword's owner and get it for free. This will likely mean a severe punishment for the elf, but you probably won't care, as the blade offers some of the highest physical resistance bonuses among early-stage weapons, allowing you to tank almost any early darkspawn encounter.
The sword can also be obtained by intimidating the servant, but lying is much better since it doesn't anger your companions.
Besides, the elf is already screwed anyway. There's no need to make his day even worse…