

Paragon Achievement.Īfter reaching 80% Paragon points, Admiral Hackett will give Shepard the UNC: Besieged Base assignment. Bonus: 5% reduction in cooldown on all powers. The Paragon scale affects Charm and more as defined below:ġ0% – Opens 2 Charm ranks. Shepard starts the game with 3 open Charm ranks. Paragon or Charm dialogue choices (colored blue in dialogue trees) often lead to people being more open and friendly with Shepard, and can sometimes avert entire battles that would otherwise be triggered. Points are often gained when asking about feelings and motivations of characters. Paragon points are gained for compassionate and heroic actions.

In Mass Effect 2 the skills no longer exist instead, the Paragon/Renegade scores unlock extra dialogue options directly. In Mass Effect, a higher score will unlock potential ranks for the Charm and Intimidate skills, where Shepard must invest skill points to make new dialogue choices available. This also means there is no gameplay-driven motivation for avoiding a particular type of action.Ĭommander Shepard's Paragon and Renegade scores affect the availability of special "good" or "bad" dialogue options with significant impact. A good action will not make up for an evil one therefore, being nice occasionally will not stop people from fearing a killer or remove the reputation of an unsympathetic heel, but nor will the occasional brutal action significantly damage the reputation of an otherwise upstanding soldier. Unlike many contemporary role-playing games, such as BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, that represent morality as a single sliding scale of good and evil, Mass Effect keeps track of the Paragon and Renegade points on separate scales. Morality is measured in the original Mass Effect trilogy by "Paragon" and "Renegade" points.
